The Detroit times., 1911-03-29
OSBORN PROGRAM
BLOCKED IN HOUSE
Central Board Of Control Is Killed by
Representatives of Cities Having
State Institutions.
rrom . stan Correspondent

blocked yesterday. The mouse reius-
ed to pass the bill for central board
OF control for all state penal, chart
table and insane. institutions, just
enough members changing their votes
TO prevent a majority. The senate
stopped the Fowle bill removing the TAX
on mortgages, and substituting an
initial registration fee of one-halt OF
one per cent. Rep. Lord secured
reconsideration on the Stewart Dill,
and is confident that ii will pass II
an amendment which was defeated
is adopted, eliminating the charitable
institutions.
Rep. Lord believes that these insti-
tutions could be punched under a
board by themselves, and that this
course would carry out the Repuoii'
can platform, which calls for the cen
Trailing under one board OF all insti-
tutions of similar nature.
After the bill had been read, II
seemed at first as If concerted at
tempt was being made TO kill II by
inches. Rep. Gansser managed tenn
porarily TO get an amendment cutting
out the soldiers home. Rep. Straight
followed with an attempt TO exempt
the state public school at Coldwater.
and another member tried TO exempt
the psycopathic ward at the Univer'
sity of Michigan. The last two were
caught and killed, and then Gansser
amendment was pulled back and I'M
tremendously murdered. Rep. Rankin
was displeased at this, and voted
against the measure at every turn
thereafter.
Rep. Warner was one OF the strong
men for the opposition. both in de-
bate and in personal work with the
members. When the bill had finally
passed. 80 to 3S, IL was two men with
whom he had been in earnest CONVEX.
sation, Samuel Odell and Wheeler,
who changed their votes, giving the
measure one less than a majority OF
the members elect.
Rep. Perry moved to eliminate the
section giving the proposed commits
sion the powers of the pardon board,
pointing TO the fact that that board
had all IL could attend to. and that
three men could not take on the work
In addition to their other duties. Rep.
Stewart, introducer of the bill, agreed
with him, and the resolution carried.
Rep Flowers then attacked the bill
as impracticable, and produced set
OF figures tending TO show that under
the honorary board system in Michi-
gan, expenses for support averaged
only S1S6.02 per capita. while in three
states which paid central boards the
average was Minnesota, $195.52:
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Rep. Stewart came back with fig
ures for Indiana and Illinois.
Rep. Smith, of Lapeer, where the
home OF the feeble-minded is situat-
ed, and Rep. Yaple. of Kalamazoo,
where there is a state asylum. also
attacked the bill. Rep. Lord then in
troduced his amendment, cutting out
half the institutions covered. His
amendment failed to carry. Rep. Ash
ley. OF Detroit, moved to amend by
making. the books OF the central board
subject to audit by the auditor-gener-
al. The amendment was adopted.
or the opponents OF the bill no less
than IA represent districts contain
ing or adjacent TO institutions where
local boards OF control would be
ousted by the bill. They are:
Bricker, Of Ionia, asylum for Grim
inal insane and reformatory Catlin
and Raudabaugh, Ingham, state school
for blind and state industrial school
for boys: Chandler. Grand Traverse,
Northern insane asylum; Ewing, Mar
quette, prison; Kalmbach and Rankin.
Washtenaw, psycopathic ward: Myers
and Wheeler, Genesee, state school for
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feeble-minded; Taylor, Kent, soldiers
home; Walker and Yaple, Kalamazoo,
insane asylum: Waters, Saginaw, state
employment institution for the blind:
Willoughby, Oakland, eastern asylum.
In the senate, the struggle over
Senator Fowle's mortgage bill was
equally bitter, taking up most of the
session.
Senator White sought an amendment
exempting building and loan associa.
ton mortgages from taxation. This
was voted down. Senator Newton
then brought out the fact that the bill
would not apply to mortgages now in
force, but only TO those made in fu-
ture. Senator Taylor attacked the bill
along the lines laid down by Newton.
He declared that the bill would re-
turn only one-seventh the revenue OF
the present law, and that Detroit OF
itself would lose sS7 900 a year. Sen
ators Fowle and Miller defended the
provisions OF the bill exempting the
now enrolled Miller point
ed out that in a year enough mort
cages would be filled 10 remedy in a
large degree any temporary loss. Sen
ator Taylor sought TO kill the bill
entirely, but yielded TO motion by
Senator Moriarity TO re-refer IL 10
Those who voted TO re-
refer we're:
Senators Barnaby, Bradley, Conley,
Freeman, James, Kline, Liedlien,
Mapes, Moriarity, Newton. Putney,
Taylor, Vanderwerp,
Walter and White; opposed to the mo-
ton we're: Senators Collins, Foster,
Fowle, Kingman, Lee, Miller. Murtha.
F. d. Scott. c. q. Scott. Smell,
Ward, Weter and Virgins.
The taxation committee, which was
in favor OF the Fowle
bill, will hold a meeting Wednesday
TO amend the Fowle bill,
and also consider the Giles mortgage
tax bill, which has passed the house.
Senator James Lee, of Detroit, was
"a years old, Tuesday, and on mis-
birthday was called upon to preside
over the proceedings of the commit
tee of the whole Lee was called up
on to make a speech, but declined.
Senator TavInr introduced hill