The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-01-13
THE GOVERNOR WILL HAVE AN
ADVISORY CABINET MADE
UP OF STATE OFFICERS
LEGISLATIVE JUNKETs CUT OUT
THAT BUSINESS MAY BE
EXPEDITED.
Taxes and Woman Suffrage Will
Come UP in Form Of constitu-
tional Amendments.
(special Correspondence.l

new Osborn administration who has
made good in a hurry is Major VIII
liam X. Oates. of Laurium, military
secretary 10 the governor IL looks
ike an easy job TO an outsider to
meet people and conduct them to the
governor but Infinite tact is needed
10 weed out those whose business
Is unimportant and who would only
use up time which the governor must
give to the important affairs of
state. Then there is the vast amount
OF correspondence which flows into
the executive offices every day. Let
tiers come on every conceivable sub
| ject under the sun and also on q few
subjects which no one would believe
1t possible for people TO conjure up
reasons to write about This must
all be sorted out and those which
the governor must see transmitted 10
him and the others cared for in the
routine of the Office. A mistake is
| likely TO cost a friend and a rare
discrimination is necessary The first
week at Lansing was an exceedingly
trying one for both the governor and
his new secretary but they came
through with flying colors and are
now settling down to an administra-
ton which promises much. Major
Oates considered carefully before he
accepted the position and finally took
| ii because OF desire to be identi-
fed with the Osborn administration.
! In order 10 do so it was necessary
for him to sacrifice a valuable law
| practice in Laurium.
The Governors Cabinet.
Gov. Osborn will model his admin
istration of state affairs and the trans
action of executive business along
national lines. One of the first
| things he will do will be TO form a
cabinet to be composed of the cleo
| tive state officers and the heads of
| the various state departments FIRE.
| quent meetings of this cabinet will
! be held so that the governor may
have the advice of these men on the
| business of Michigan and that plans
may be formulated and discussed
which will bring the machinery of
! government to the highest state of
efficiency. This is a distinct limo
walton in the administration of the
executive office and the result will
be watched with great interest.
|
| Speaker Baker has inaugurated
regime of economy in the house. The
number of house employees has been
cut from 43 to "a and the new speak
er promises that il will not be in
creased. However, in the past, sim
liar statements have been made but
occasionally after the opening of the
session resolutions have been showed
through increasing the number and
before the end of the session the
same old number would be reached
MiIlers Tax Amendment.
Rep. Guy A. Miller of Detroit has
prepared a constitutional amendment
which, while differing slightly from
the tax recommendations of Gov. Os-
born, is along the same line. 1t pro-
vides for the collection of a corpora
ton tax which will be used to pay
all state expenses. the counties pay
ing all of their local taxes and no
state tax. This does away with the
present primary school fund and the
measure is sure TO be bitterly fought,
especially by those districts which
now receive more in school money
than they pay in state taxes.
Woman Suffrage.
Rep. ID. A. Green of Pontiac has in
troduced in the house a resolution
providing for the submission to the
people of a constitutional amendment
which gives women universal suf-
frage. The measure has the backing
of the Federated Women's Clubs of
the state, the State Grange and
many other organizations and is sure
to be backed strongly in the legisla-
ture. The organized women of the
state are planning to maintain a
permanent lobby here for the purpose
of urging the measure and warm
time is expected
War Veterans.
OF the 1872 members of the legisla-
ture, there are just three veterans
of the Civil War One is Judge
Heckert of Paw Paw. another Rep.
Rankin of Ypsilanti, and the remain
ing one Rep. Graves of Adrian. There
are also three members who partici-
pated in the Spanish-American war,
Senator James and Reps. Stewart and
Gansser.
No Junkets This Session.
There will be no more legislative
iunkets. Both the house and the
senate have adopted resolutions do
ing away with the Today recess of
other sessions when the various COM
mittees went out on Joy riding trip
around to the state institutions, par
ticularly to the upper peninsula in
which trip a special train was always
engaged. Under the new regime the
committee will fix their time for slip
ping away to look over the institu-
lions and will not interfere with the
consideration of legislation by the
remainder OF the members.
The Democratic Members.
The Democratic party has larger
representation in the legislature than
II has had since the '90's. In the
house are 10 members of the minor
ity party and in the senate three
About the only sign of activity, from
party standpoint. which the minor.
ity is showing is that It has agreed
to vote for John T. Winship foI
] United States senator when the elec