The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-03-24
GOV. OSBORN
IS OPTIMISTIC
Expects Much Beneficial LegiS.
latI0n Before Adjournment.
aAL CLOS!-.G DATE MAY

Shower of New BiIIs-Insurance
Measure Will Pass-Osborn-M
Matter StraneIed by Senate.
Especial Correspondence
Lansing, Mich.-After considerab'e
oratory in which the speakers sought
10 Guido each other in their expires
sions for practical economy, the house
passed the serXte resolution fixin
April 10Th as the day when bushes
In the legislature shall come to an
end, and making May list the day Of
final adjournment.
Representative Dunn of Sanilac
started the bal rolling when, in a spii.
tied speech, he urged the house mem
hcrs to get down to work and pass the
necessary legislation so that the leg S.
a.. He may be able to adjourn at al
ealSy date. Speaker Baker also ad
monished the members of their duty
g. told them that by working hard
er during the time when the BODY Is
in session thousands Of dollars can be
saved to the state. Repres entative
Faviland defended the legislature
stating that up to the present tim
more bills have been introduced tn n
during any other legislative period c.
similar length. Representative Stroig' I
warned the members that unless the
LEGISLATION desired by the governor |
PASSED, the legislature will be called
in extra session so that the legislati c
program outlined in Governor osborn
usage may Re completed
Although Governor Osborn acknowl
edges that he has met considerab able op.
position to his legislative program by
members of the legislature and fro
other quarters, the governor is still
optimistic and believes that consider
able will be accomplished before Tire
session ends in passing legislation
along progressive lines.
"We will live just as long if the
legislature fails to pass any laws
said the governor in an address to tn
editorial association. en- Friday, t.
this city. Il hope the workingmen's
compensation act will be passed an"
other needed reforms will be brougl
about. Sometimes the only wav thot
an executive can bring about legisla.
ton is to bring out the big stick"
New Bills Still Coming.
Bills are being drawn on every mag.
Unable subject within the scope of les.
islation. Every session witnesses p
shower Of bills, most of them destined
to be pigeon-holed in some committee
room. Many important bills bearing
on progressive legislation have been
introduced and are awaiting actio"
either by the committee or the house
and senate.
The new military bill drafted b.
Representative Gansser and Stewart
was up in committee of the whole last
week and will be passed with some
minor amendments on third reading
The bill does away with three brig
adler generals and reorganizes the
staff Of the brigade organization No
changes are made in the rank and fi'e
of the three regiments composing the
Michigan brigade.
Insurance Bill viii Pass.
The Ashley bill, modelled after the
plan outlined by the National Fra.
ternal congress, was reported out by
committee on insurance and acted
favorably on by the house in the CON-
mittee of the whole. The bill is en-
dorsed by all the leading fraternal or.
CARNATIONS in the country and was
championed before the committee BY
Great Commander George Lovelace of
the Maccabees and a number of other
persons well known in fraternal life.
The object Of the bill Is to provide for
reasonable rates of fraternal insur-
ance. thus securing the stability Of
such organizations. The bill is made
special order for Wednesday. March
22nd.
Jerome Bill Fails to Pass.
The bill introduced by Representa-.
tive Jerome of Detroit. providing for
an appropriation of $4,000 for the re.
lief of dependents of convicts, failed
to pass the house last week. Repre-.
sentative Arthur Odell of Allegan ad-
vanced some very good reasons for
the defeat of the bill when he stated
that the bill attempts to. put q
premium on crime and provides for
the family Of the criminal, and yet
contains no provision to protect and
provide for the families Of the victims
of the criminals. Representatives Fitz-
gibbon and Warner also spoke against
the bill, which was defeated by vote
of 46 to 35. Representative Jerome
moved to reconsider the vote by which
the bill failed to pass and moved to
lay the bill on the table with view
of resurrecting same at some future
time when. in his opinion, the house
is in a better disposition to pass it.
Sustain Soldiers Exemptions.
The battles of the civil war were
fought over again, and the chandeliers
Of the house tingled with the hurst of
oratory which buried the Holcomb
bill, which attempted to reduce the
exemptions from taxation on the
homesteads OF old soldiers from 81 200
20 $500. Holcomb introduced the bill
at the suggestion OF the board of su.