The Detroit times., 1911-04-06
HOUSE VOTES FOR
HOLIDAY JAGs
Legislators Throw Saloon Doors Open
by Supporting the Martz-Steven-
SON Kimmerling Bill.

were only three real contests in the
house yesterday In the process OF
passing 81 bills on third reading and
OF a dozen or more In committee OF
the whole.
These were over the MartZ Steven
son. Kemmerling bill favoring liquor
dealers the Lord bill for a uniform
system OF state and county account
! ing. and the Giles bill making tele-
phone and telegraph companies COM
mon carriers and forcing them TO ex'
change service. All three passed.
ON the Martz bill, nearly every one
had his mind made up, and the dis
cussion was only incidental. Rep.
Mcbride made an attempt 10 have
saloons closed on New Years day.
and the amendment lacked only one OF
the 81 votes necessary 10 adopt IT,.
An amendment allowing liquor 10 be
sold Labor day received little sup
port. II would have been easy TO eff
feet swap, but every one was afraid
that pledges would not be kept, and
the bill went as reported by the COM
mittee of the whole. II allows saloons
10 be open on New Years day, Lin
coins and Washington's birthday,
Columbus day and after the close OF
the polls on primary days.
Rep Dunn Sought 10 attach an
amendment prohibiting the shipping
OF liquor 10 minors or persons under
a fictitious name. Rep. Lord said that
this amendment ought not TO go with
the bill but ought TO be bill by II
self.
"Ill withdraw my amendment and
introduce bill tonight II you will
agree TO report IL out Of the liquor
committee said Dunn.
Rep Warner rose TO his feet. and
accused Dunn OF disgracing the house
in trying TO make a swap on the floor
OF the house. Dunn in order TO save
trouble, withdrew the resolution.
The other provisions OF the bill
were not touched They include per-
mission to saloonkeepers TO remove
their place OF business by consent of
the common council without giving up
their licenses and obtaining new ones,
and permission to administrators TO
carry on business under the licenses
OF deceased saloon keepers.
The vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Anderson, Ashley
Austin, Averill, Bierd, Bricker, Brown,
Burnham, Chamberlain, Chambers,
Chandler, Clark, Copley, Dusenbury,
Edwards, Fitzgibbon, Flowers, Fralick.
Gansser, Gard, Giles. Glasner. Graves,
Haviland, henry, holland, Jensen,
Jerome. Kalmbach. Happier, Kemmer-
ling, Kerns. Knight, Leonard, Lord,
Lucas, McEachern. Mckay, McNitt,
Martz. Morgan, Samuel Odell. Ogg,
Oppenborn, Parks, Perry. Rankin,
Raudabaugh, Russell. Sharp, Smith.
Stevenson, Stewart, Straight, Sy-
monds, Taylor, Tufts, Unsoeld, Yer
der, Walker, Ward. Warner, Waters.
Whelan. Willoughby, Woodruff, Wood.
worth, Yeo, Speaker.-69
Nays-Messrs. Baldwin, Ball, Cum
minis, Currie. Decker, Dunn, Farmer,
Field, Fisk, Green, Hale, Heckert,
Hinkley, Holcomb, Mcbride, Nc
Naughton, Millikin, Morford, Morri-
Reynolds, Wheeler, Wolcott, Wood,
Yaple, Young,-27.
The Lord bill providing for a uni
form system OF accounting and for q
state accountant with assistants, was
passed by vote of 55 TO A. II was
opposed by several members who said
that II was unjust to force counties
to pay 81 day for the services OF a
state accountant TO go over their
books. Rep. Lord said that on the
average. counties paid more for spas
modic audits than they would under
this system, and he was corroborated
by Rep. knight, OF Dickinson county,
who said that his county paid $25 a
day every year to a Detroit account
ant to go over its books.
Speaker Baker took the floor in de-
Tense OF the Giles bill, and gave some
facts about telephone methods which
helped in the passage Of the bill.
Bills passed by the house were: By
Rep. Yeo, for the appointment of
school auditors: by Young and Copley,
for prevention OF cruelty to animals !:
by Rep. Stewart, for the publishing
of information about Michigan soldiers
in the Spanish-American war; the ap-
preparation for the Michigan School
for the Blind; by Yaple and Copley,
furnishing the obtaining OF gas, water,
electricity and steam by fraud; by
Arthur Odell, for the care OF depend
ent children; by Rep. Gansser, taking
off the 30-year limit on the incorpora-
ton OF ecclesiastical bodies; by Rep.
Heckert, amending the law under
which Masonic lodges are incorpor-
ated; by Mcbride, requiring insurance
companies to make public lists OF their
agents; by Woodwork, regulating the
sale OF pure milk and cream; and a
few local and minor bills.
Some 20 bills were disposed OF un-
der general order. The resolution for
steering committee TO put necessary
legislation TO the front did not come
up for discussion yesterday. In its
stead, Rep. Straight introduced a bill
for q joint committee OF five from the
senate and house for a similar pur.
pose
modification OF the bill for a cen.
trail board OF control for state institu-
tons was reported out by the commit
tee yesterday II embraces penal In
stHutions was reported out by the
committee yesterday. II embraces
penal institutions SANFORD.
Day In Legislature Record-8reaker.