The Yale expositor., 1911-01-20
THE THINGS DONE
AT STATE CAPITOL
SENATE REFUSES TO CONFIRM
ALL GOVERNORS NOMINAL
TONS EXCEPT ONE.
THE LOCAL OPTION LAW COMES
UP FOR SOME CHANGES IF
MR.. MARSH SUCCEEDS.
Views Of Men and Things in and
About the State Capitol That
Are Interesting.
Especial Correspondence
Lansing, Mich. Jan. IA. 1911

Especial Correspondence
Lansing, Mich, Jan. IA. 1911.
Gov. Osborn met his first defeat in
the action of the senate in turning
down every one but one of his APP
pointees this afternoon and confirm
ing the appointees of the old and re-
pudiated administration. So conf
dent of victory were the Warner men
that they denied everything to the Os-
born supporters. and did as they had
threatened-carry the slate from soup
to nuts. The big test of strength
came on railroad commissioner and
labor commissioner. So strong were
the Warner men that they substituted
on every motion to confirm the name
of the Warner appointee for the Os-
born appointee. On railroad commits
sioner, the first to be voted on, Geo.
w. Dickinson, Warner appointee, was
confirmed over James Bice, Osborn
appointee, by a vote Of 22 to as fol
lows:
For Extraordinarily, Cartier,
Collins, Foster, Freeman, Kingman,
Kline, Lee, Leidlein, Mapes, Miller,
Murtha, Newton, Putney, Rosenkrans,
F. d. Scott. G. G. Scott, Smell, Tay-
Tor, Walter, White, Wiggins-17.
For Bice-Bradley. Fowle, James,
Moriarty, Vanderwerp, Vaughan,
Ward, Watkins, Weter-9.
Next came the big test on labor
commissioner with Dick Fletcher as
the Warner substitute for Perry f,
Powers, the Osborn appointee. The
vote was II to IA as follows:
For Fletcher-Collins, Foster, Free
man, James, Kingman, Kline, Lee,
Leidlein, Mapes, Miller, Murtha, New
ton, F. ID. Scott, G.. G.. Scott, Smell
Taylor, White-17.
For Powers-Barnaby Bradley, Car
tier, Fowle, Moriarty, Putney, Rosen-
krans, Vanderwerp, Vaughan, Walter,
Ward, Watkins, Weter, Wiggins-14
With the bit in their teeth the War
ner men then went in to carry every
thing through. When one Warner
man asked that as personal favor
an appointment in his district be laid
over temporarily and Cartier, an Os-
born man, requested the same priv
ilege, the Warner man refused to per-
ing taken on all. Down the line they
went. George Bennington, Warner ap-
pointee, was confirmed for the state
board of health over Leartus NJ. Con-
nor, Osborn appointee by vate OF 20
to 8. e. A. Honey, Warner appointee,
was confirmed over George +. Burke,
Osborn appointee for the state dental
board, by vote of "a to 5. William
G.. Malcolmson was confirmed over
DR.. G. NJ. Hitchcock for trustee of the
eastern asylum by a vote of 10 to Il.
Horace Kitchell, Warner appointee,
was confirmed over o. l.. Millard for
the board of the institution for the
feeble minded by vote of 10 to 9.
E. o. Shaw, Warner appointee, was
confirmed over DR.. j. b. Griswold for
the Michigan Soldiers Home board
by vote of IL to -. Then came a
queer mix up. II. r. Pattengill was
placed in opposition to Arthur H. Van
denberg, Osborn appointee, for the Il
brary commission. This was not in
tended and the result was Mr.. Van
denberg was beaten by vote of Fl to
s. Mr.. Vandenberg was then offered
against Henry NJ. Loud, the Warner
appointee. Loud won by vote of IS
to IA.
DR.. ]. B. Kennedy. for member of
the Detroit board of health, an Os-
born appointee, was unanimously con-
firmed being the only Osborn man to
be confirmed.
All the other Osborn appointees, those
having no opposition, including Gil
man II. Dame for dairy and food COM
missioner, were confirmed, except E.
T. Boden. of Bay City, for member of
the state board of pharmacy, whose
name was laid on the table on the
request of Senator Collins, Of his
home town.
Here was the way the senate lined
up on the general proposition of ad-
herring to the platforms of the two
major parties or of standing by the
old administration:
Warner soup to nuts"-Collins
Foster, Freeman, Kingman, Kline,
Lee, Miller, Murtha, Newton, f. d.
Scott, G. G. Scott, Smell, Taylor,
White.
Osborn, first, last and all the time
Bradley, Watkins, Weter, Vaughan,
Fowle, Moriarty, Vanderwerp.
Wobblers-Barnaby, Cartier, James,
Leidlein, Mapes, Putney, Walter,
Ward, Virgins.
IL may De Salu MapeS broke away
from the Warner bandwagon only on
the two votes when a Grand Rapids
man was the Osborn candidate, and
Rosenkrans broke away only to vote
against Fletcher
Gov. Osborn took the defeat with
customary dignity and issued state
ment full of force as follows:
This is not time to become i'll
tempered or excited. do not expect
to be able to accomplish the impos-
sible. II was my hope that all of the
senators would feel their direct and
special obligation to the people. The
people of Michigan, irrespective of
party, desire a clean, efficient and
economical administration OF state af.
fairs, and the controlling party has
pledged this. The senate has tied my
hands in important directions and has
embarrassed me, but am still hope
full of carrying out measures that will
be fruitful in good results.
II shall not cherish a desire to pun
ish those whom / cosider recreant in