The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-06
HOUSE VOTES FOR
HOLIDAY JAGs
Legislators Throw Saloon Doors Open
by Supporting the Martz-Steven-
n-Kimmerling Bill.
CFrom a stan Correspondents

LANSING, Mich, April 6.-There
We're only three real contests In the
house yesterday In the process of
passing 81 bills on third reading and
of dozen or more in committee OF
the whole.
These were over the MartZ-Steven'
son.Kemmerling bill favoring liquor
dealers; the Lord bill for uniform
system OF state and county account
ing, and the Giles bill making tele
phone and telegraph companies com
mon carriers and forcing them 10 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 to have
saloons closed on New Years day
and the amendment lacked only one OF
the 81 votes necessary TO adopt It.
An amendment allowing liquor 10 be
sold Labor day received little sup
port. IL would have been easy TO ef
feet a swap, but every one was afraid
that pledges would not be kept, and
the bill went as reported by the com
mittee OF hte whole II allows saloons
TO be open on New Years day, Lin
coins and Washingtons birthday
Columbus day and after the close OF
the polls on primary days.
Rep. Dunn sought to attach an
amendment prohibiting the shipping
Of liquor TO minors or persons under
a fictitious name. Rep. Lord said that
this amendment ought not to go with
the bill but ought TO be a bill by II
self
I'll withdraw my amendment and
introduce a bill tonight If you will
agree to report IL out of the liquor
committee said Dunn
Rep. Warner rose 10 his feet, and
accused Dunn OF disgracing the house
in trying TO make a swap on the floor
I 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 o.
the cmmon council withut giving uI
their licenses and obtaining new ones
and permission TO administrators tC
carry on business under the licenses
OF deceased saloon keepers.
I The vote:
1 o-htSSI.S AlutI Sui, ASHlty
| Austin, Averill. Bierd, Bricker, Brown
Burnham, Chamberlain, Chambers
! Chandler, Clark, Copley, Dusenbury
Gansser, Gard Giles, Glasner, Graves
Edwards, Fitzgibbon, Flowers, Fralick
Haviland, Henry, hollana, Jensen
jerome. Kalmbach, Happier, Kemmer
! ling, Kerns, Knight, Leonard, Lord
Lucas, McEachern, Mckay, McNitt
I Martz, Morgan, Samuel Odell, Ogg
Oppenborh, Parks, Perry, Rankin
Raudabaugh, Russell, Sharp, Smith
Stevenson, Stewart. Straight, Sy
monds, Taylor, Tufts, Unsoeld, Yer
dier, Walker, Ward, Warner, Waters
Whelan, Willoughby, Woodruff, Wood
worth, Yeo, Speaker.--6O.
Nays-Messrs Baldwin, Ball, Cum
Minis, Currie, Decker, Dunn, Farmer
Field, Fisk, Green. Hale. Heckert
Hinkley, Holcomb, Mcbride, Nc
Naughton, Millikin, Morford, Morri
son, Myers, Arthur Odell, Pearson
Reynolds, Wheeler, Wolcott, Wood
Yaple, Young,-27
The Lord bill providing for a uni
| form system of accounting and for 9
state accountant with assistants, wa:
| passed by vote of 55 to Az 1t was
opposed by several members who sait
that 1t was unjust to force countie;
to pay 81 day for the services OF 8
state accountant to go over theil
| books. Rep. Lord said that on the
average, counties paid more for spas
modic audits than they would undel
this system, and he was corroborateC
! by Rep. knight, of Dickinson county
who said that his country paid $25 6
/ day every year to a Detroit account
ant to go over its books.
Speaker Baker took the floor in de
fense 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 d
school auditors; by Young and Copley
| for prevention OF cruelty to animals
/ by Rep. Stewart, for the publishing
OF information about Michigan soldier:
! in the Spanish-American war; the ap
preparation for the Michigan Schoo
| 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, takini
off the 30-year limit on the incorpora
| tion OF ecclesiastical bodies: by Rep
Hecket, amending the nav unde
which. Masonic lodges are incorpor
ated; by Mcbride, requiring insuranc,
companies to make public lists OF thei
agents; by Woodwork, regulating tn,
sale OF pure milk and cream; and
| few local and minor bills.
Some 20 bills wer& disposed of un
dergeneral order. The resolution To-
q steering committee TO put necessar,
! legislation TO the front did not com,
Iup for discussion yesterday. In III
stead, Rep. Straight introduced bill
( for joint committee OF five from tn,
senate and house for a similar pur
pose.
! A modification of the bill for a cen
tral board OF control for state institu
tions was reported out by the commit
tee yesterday II embraces penal in
stitutins was reported out by the com
mittee yesterday. II embraves pena
4 institutions. SANFORD,