The Detroit times., 1912-03-11
Hnnngest-#e nthet-nAHeHse
United Factions in That Body
On Preference Primary
TAYLOR is A DEMOCRAT
Because of Minority His Bill Is
Given To Another To Intro
duce, Robbing Him of Fame
IRON q staff cSrrslpondent.

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VIM. II. Ball, or bill" Ball. who
introduced the Ball bill, has very in
nocently and very easily tumbled into
the glare OF the political limeligtt
while the real and rfghtful daddy OF
the measure has been doing the part
OF the rose that was born TO blush
unseen and waste Its fragrance on the
desert air." .......
Mr., Bali - the representative from
Berrien county and he is banker In
Colbma, He Is one Of those fellows
who keeps pressure on. the soft pedal
--one OF the, men to remind you OF
T. r. because he Is SO different--and
1t was because OF his brass bandless-
ness and the fact that he was not
conspicuonsly Identified with either
the administration or, the anti-adInin-
istfation forces, that he was selected
TO lead the dark horse bill into The
split and factiopized arena.
Rep. Ball didn't fourfush a BIZ.
When he introduced the measure, he
said frankly and honestly that he was
not its parent He didn't even claim
to be a stepfather, a.,
However, the modest representative
from Berrien has had fame. forced
upon him and one prominent Michi-
gan daily had him pictured and L.
beled as the father OF the Ball bill.
just q little political play has made
Mr.. Ball q rival or pink pills in the
race for rotoriety.
Well, then, who Is entitled to re
known as the famous father OF this
famous presidential primary measure
that recently came within three votes
OF seriously cracking the constitution,
and is still trying to do things TO the
fundamental law Of the statei Is.
Here's the answer: HIS name Is
Thaddeus B. Taylor. ana ne Is The
kid OF the house fhadc IL oalS
"a now. and he has, been married soine
three or four years WHICH IA syn6dJ
nous with sailing that he Is some
hustler l.-t-sa-SL- -
And now ws VIM Tell you about the
bill. Z - g9
A few days ago Rep. Lord nitro.
duced his compromise bill as q sub
stitute for the administration primary
bill, after which Rep, Taylor tried to
Introduce his bill as substitute for
the substitute. But inasmuch as he
couldn't do this he didn't.
Rep. Taylor ard his bill then re-
tired to the shadows.
The primary fkht continued in the
4 house and II waved warmer and hot.
IL became evident. that the adnlfnis-
tration bin could not run the gaunt.
let OF criticism and get two-thirds
vote because or certain Objectionable
features, There were things about
the bill that the REPRESENTATIVES didnt
like and things that seemed. hard 70
mentally digest, and 1t was cinch
that majority vote wohid be the best
It could get. ~ Il
1t was another evident cinch that
rnlesst something were done, Rep.
Lord would be able to send his bill
over to the senate and there was q
fair prospect that. IL II once reached
the upper house 1t would become q
law.
The thoughtful lighters. for, an
April primary. this year, became busy
and turned TO Taylor and his bill as
the accessible port In the storm.
RIP. Tayiors original bill was
good bill, but Il had certain features
which. were wanted to be changed.
This was last Wednesday after the
committee, Of the whole had reported
fat0rAbiy on. The. Lord bill. the house
had accepted the report OF the com
mittee or the whole and the measure
was In order for the third reading
and hnal passage. In the logical
course OF human events the Lord bill
would have been passed In the house
Thursday morning.
But wednesday night Rep. Thad.
deus B.. Taylor and Leonard ID. Yer
dier, both OF Kent county and both
young lawyers, held q session and re-
vised the original Taylor bill. A
clause which provided for pledging
the delegates to vote for some partic-
ulaf. candidate, was subtracted, and
the appropriation feature was added.
1t Happens that Rep. Taylor Is a
Democrat, and thereby hangs a
tais2 II was Thought by the wise
! ones that q hill from Democrat
might not be as slippery for the pre-
pontterorsly Republican house to
swallow and thus Rep. Bail was
struck by the lightning OF state-wfde
Incidentally, too, II was this 60
called Ball bill that put such an ef-
fectiye crfmp In the seemingly we'll
developed program resulting from
the nder-the-white-fag conference
between. bell.gerent antisOsborn SEN
ator white on the one hand and SEN
ator Newton, and the governor on
the other.
II was understood that a com.
promise had been agreed upoti. that
the compromise measure had been
prepared by the attorney general.
that Il would be substituted for the
Lord bill and that II stood a very
good show for becoming a law.
But the Taylor bin, altered by Tay-
lor and Verdier and left on Balls
front porch, got the Job Intended for
another bill which is still out of EN-.
ployment
The governor has been blamed for
this radical change in the program,
but 4 has not been proven that the
governor could have done much with
tho tide of sentiment in opposition
to any kind OF presidential primary
In June. w
" Speaker Baker was very much OBJ
posed TO the June primary idea and
IN, speaker Is q factor worth think
Ing about for the fellow who has a
special line OF house work to perform.
And now let's talk little more
about the house kid"
Rep. Taylor represents the Third
district Of Kent county, his home Il
IN Cedar Springs and he IL a,lawyer
He Gomez from a district that fs
chronically Republican and accordine
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