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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-14

II Is now said 10 be- on the cards that
TAFT. and not Roosevelt. will have the
two delegates from the Fifth Michigan
district The Roosevelt men controlled
the Kent county convention held prior
TO the state convention at Bay City.
but in the excitement % jamming
through their program they forgot to
elect the delegates for the district con-
vention. Accordingly a set OF eau.
cuses were called for Thursday night
last They did not attract much at
tention. and IL was assumed that be-
cause the Roosevelt men carried Kent
before they would do IL again. The
Taft people, however. had put in some
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-14

Calumet has a strong baseball team.
We believe this statement will be
borne out by the showing the team
viii make in the opening games Of the
hon-Copper league season. The man
agcment is determined TO give the fans
good baseball and we believe the pub
lie will be well pleased. The team
should be given all the support pos
sibIe.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-14

one by one these attempts to ny
across the ocean are sagaciously post
poned The owners of the German
dirigible Suchart are the latest to say
they'll wait awhile.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-14

II has been denied that any nominat-
ing petitions are being circulated in
behalf of Governor Osborn. Men at the
capital who have been closely associat-
ed with the governor scoff at the story
that he will again be a candidate. They
believe that he is oIt OF the guber
Material race to stay. There continues
to be considerable talk that tho COVER
nor may call a third special session
Of the Legislature, but there appears
10 be no particular reason for its re-
currence at this time.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-14

Speaker Baker, Of the house OF rep
resentatiycs. announces that he will
start his campaign to be elected n sue
cessor TO Senator Smith Immediately
following the Chicago convention. He
proposes to enter every county In the
state and wherever it is feasible he
will use an automobile in reaching the
places where he will speak. He is
planning a personal contact cam
paign !. G., he hopes TO meet the work
ors in the fields and in the factory
and to make direct appeals To them
for their support Mayor Joslin, OF
Adrian, also plans to start his cam
paign for the senate shortly after the
Chicago convention is out of the way
senator Smiths campaign plans are
indefinite as yet. lie has been too
much concerned with the inquiry in
10 the causes Of the Titanic disaster
to give puch thought 10 them. II is
said that the senator does not regard
the opposition 20 him as serious.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-14

Whenever a candidate lets day pass
without hurting few scorching adjec-
tives at his opponent il is because his
feelings arc too deep for words.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-14
TUESDAY, MAY "a, 1912.

II would not take any great stretch
Of fancy TO picture William Jennings
Bryan in the act of accepting the dem
ocratic presidential nomination.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-14

|
question OF who viii be appointed 20
succeed District judge ANGEL OF De-
troit II il said that the old INA
chine" crowd in Detroit has been oGt
to land "A man OF their choice. and To
sidetrack Senator Townsend Town
sends first choice for the place Is Ar
thur Tuttle, now United States attor-
ney for the eastern district. but il
Tutte could not have the place il is
said that ne would be well enough
pleased with judge Blair. OF the state
supreme court. II is said that Senator
Mckay, Judge Murtin and Malcolm
Mcleod alorg with others Of the Old
Mcmillan coterie. have been interest
ing themselves In this appointment and
have gone To the extent Of approach
ing President Taft on the subject They
are said to favor the appointment OF
Judge Brooks. senator smith it is
stated. is inclined at the moment To
play the game with them rather than
with Senator Townsend. (Senator
Smith wants their support in the prim-
aries incidentally n wants the stair
newspapers to be with them9 II is said
that the president has assured Sena-
tor Townsend that he will be given a
full hearing before the appointment Is
made Townsend. so the gossip goes,
is closer TO the president than Smith.
Townsend was for reciprocity: Smith
was not. Townsend has identified him.
self in an unmistakable manner with
the Taft campaign for denomination,
Smith has had little TO say one way
or another about the presidential sit
uation. II II came To showdown it is
regarded as likely that Townsend
would have a great deal OF weigh;
with the president. The appointment
is attracting attention far odt of keep
ing with its Importance, because of the
political elements that have become
involved.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-14
rHs wELLAnp CANAL.

While the people Of the United
States are greatly interested in the
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-14

Sir Frederick ". Borden. Canadian
statesman. Go years old today.
Sir Douglas Fox, one of the world 4,
most noted engineers, az years old to-
day
Col Theodore a. Bingham, former
police commissioner Of New York City
a years old today.
Alton -. Parker Democratic candi-
date for President OF the United States
in 1904. 60 years old today.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-14
This is MY list BIRTHDAY"

Sir Squire Bancroft who Mas un-
til mis- retirement some years ago one
OF the foremost actor managers Of tho
English stage, was born in London.
May II, 1874. The premature death Of
his father put an end to his dreams OF
a college education and at an early
age he was obliged to seek his own
livelihood. His inclination led him TO
the stage. and he got his first engage
ment in Birmingham in 1861. He con-
tinued in the provinces ;or several
years, and won much applause as an
interpreter of Shakespeare. In iSGJ
an engagement was offered to- him in
London by Miss Marie Wilton, the
noted actress who later was to become
Lady Bancroft. Together the Ban
crofts appeared with much success for
many seasons. first at the Prince of
Wales Theater and later at the Hay
market Theater. both of which were
under their management. Sir Squire
Bancroft was the second English actor
20 be honorcd with knighthood.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-14

effective work. and IL Is claimed that
they elected 50 many more delegates
in the city than the Roosevelt men
that there IS no doubt that they will
control the district convention. which
Kent county will dominate. II il
turns out this way the count on dele
gates for Michigan is Likely 10 stand
Taft -. Roosevelt. $.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-01

his vote recorded on the flnal pas
sage OF the bill. Not a single vote Is
cast against It.
What value has the record of how
the Senators voted? Not by the wild
est stretch oil the imagination could
any be conceived. Yet there are liter
ally hundreds of such records solamnly
mado at every session, which servo
no purpose except to kill time and
prevent the making OF records upon
matters of general interest, which
would have value. Besides, they oc-
cupy many hours when the bodies are
In session and might be considering
and discussing questions of real Inn
portance. Now. in every legislative
| body roll call may always be had
when there Is any necessity for It:
but under our system they must BIO
had ad anuseam when the uselesa-
ness Of them is apparent to all
1t cannot be doubted that the Con-
stitution makers had a worthy end
| In view when they formulated these
regulations. which appear so absurd In
practical operation. They Intended that
every piece of Legislation should be
considered line by line, and each mem
Der should be driven to carefulness by
the necessity OF his being recorded
as voting on every measure. But
human nature is not to BIO thus
mOlueu. NO member is going to listen
TO the reading OF bill which doesn't
in the remotest degree concern him.
his constituents. or the State at large.
Also, he Will vote for a purely local
bill without knowing or caring what
1t Is about. He does care, however
all the members carc-that this pre-
cious time should be wasted. Like
many another effort OF the kind, these
provisions defeat their own objects.
SO many roll calls are taken that mem
bers become Indifferent to them and
vote for measures concerning they
know not what and sometimes con-
trary 10 their intentions. The system
is Ideal for the preparation of iokers
Scarcely any Legislature adjourns sine
die without cry being raised that
something Objectionable has slipped by
in the rush. So much time is taken
up by mere mechanism that the real
work of examination is often omitted.
The Legislature at the session OF 1904
passed law fixing the beginning of
the terms of court for the several
circuits of the state, which was I'M
constitutional because of defective
title. There was not lawyer in
either house who would not have
known the title was defective If he
had taken the time TO examine It, but,
under the stress OF trying TO do three
months work in two. all of them
overlooked the fatal variance between
the bill and It's title.
The session should be long enough.
and the procedure sufficiently simple
to allow the very careful cons Iteration
OF every measure which a majority of
the two branches might deem worthy
OF passage.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-01
/, LEGISLATIVE COMMENT

By LEWIS H. MACHEN.

Not only did the Constitutional Con-
vention see 1T to abridge tho legisla
sive session one-thIrd, but II required
procedure so cumbersome that. were
4 carried out to the letter. II would be
Practically impossible for the LegIs-
iature TO accomplish anything. Tho
hree readings of each bill at leng h
N both houses is 30 unreasonable an
4Naction that It has never been com
Slied with, and thero Is now scarcely
any pretcnsc OF compliance Th,
taxing of roll call upon dispensing.
Sith the constitutional readings was
Always an unnecessary procedure, ex-
t6pt in rare cases. but, since the read
.nes are dispensed with practically by
Unanimous consent. That provision
amounts to nothing. The constitu-
tional requirement that a roll call
dhould be had upon the final passage
OF every measure, however insignif-
cant does nothing but kill a guam
city of valuable time. Strictly local
nii!s-which constitute the great ma
Jofity OF those assed-might as we'll
ne pissed viva voce.
Consider a concrete case as to the
working of this cumDrous program, as
promulgated by the Constitution: The
board OF supervisors OF tho county of
wish slight amendment TO the
county road Law. The law containing
the desired amendment Is drawn by
the Commemorative attorney for the
county and sent to the member of the
House of Delegates for the county OF
a. It Is satisfactory to him, and it
is Introduced. No other member cares
continental about it. After being
read at length II goes to the Hous :
Committee on Private. Local and Spe-
cial Legislation, which reports that
the matter cannot be reached b. gen
crai law 1t must afterwards go TO
the House Committee on Roads and
Internal Navigation. which reports il
faro-ab!"- 1t Is then to be read at
length on two separate calendar days
in the House. The bill may conta In
ten pages. though the amendment may
De only ten words. Nobody but The
patron cares what the bill contains.
and under no circumstances would tho
House listen TO tn, reading OF IT, To
dispense with the readings would take
a roll call requiring about twenty
minutes. No vote would be cast in tn :
negative. What possible use is the
record Of how the members voted? On
it, passage 1T is unavoidable that the
roll should be called. Every vote Is
In the affirmative. What value has the
record OF how the members OF the
House voted: None on earth The
measure then goes to the Senate. and
Is supposed to be read at length there
II is sent to the Senate Committee on
Roads and Internal Navigation, which
reports Il favorably. It takes its
place on the calendar, and is supposed
10 be read twice more ut length in that
body on two different calendar days.
and every Senator is required to have
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-01
AFTERNOON SESSION

The regular calendar was resumed
when the House reassembled at $3.50.
and first upon it was che Chalklcy bill
increasing the tax on express com
panies from Sc to 81 the mile over
which the concerns operate.
Aubrey G. Weaver took the floor to
oppose the bill. lie said 1t was not
proper to take all the interstate earn
lngs of express companies, as is now
done and then reach over for slice
Of the interstate earnings. one half
the revenue, he said. goes TO the rail-
roads which furnish the cars and haul
them. and this leaves $4,000 OF net
revenue for the Southern Express COM
pany in Virginia. Thirteen per cent.
OF this is intrastate business and 1t
pays more than this sum In taxes.
There was no other way to get at
an express company save through q
license tax, said John W. ChalSley.
These concerns have no tracks nor cara
and very little personal property OF
any sort. IL mileage tax were uh-
constitutional. as Mr., Weaver contend
cd, tho companies could defeat II In
the courts. 1t was well known the ex-
press companies pay enormous divl-
bends. and ars parasites on the public
commerce. a large part Of their stock
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-01

SCISSOR. Judge Williams pronounced
James A Stone TO be strikIngly
valuable public servant. The State
was to be congratulated, he thought,
In that Judge Rhea, who Is in charge
OF the assessment of mineral lands.
had found such man. But Mr.. Stone
has no direct connection with agricul-
tural interests,
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Continued ON Eighth Page,)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-01

Dir Oliver said 1t was not fair 10
ccnhscate the property of express com
pan.es. Up to 1908 the mileage tax
was 81 Then 1t was put TO So, and in
iSlo this was doubled to Sc. Now it ia
proposed TO make further increase
In other States express companies arc
! taxed, he said. on their earnings The
virginia method Is entirely arbitrary
and is totally disproportionate and ir.
relative to the earnings. The people
pay the freight any way. he argued
II there is additional taxation.
Daniel Coleman, swinging his band
aged arm in the air. shouted that the
tax ought TO be sl4 the milo instead OF
| 81 and that he only wished the bill
were in an amendable stage, so that he
could have il doubled Express com
| panies do nothing for the States
/ through which they run save take tho
| money. They own no property and
| mako no public improvements and ere
| ate no valueu
! The bill was passed. n to g.
The House Joined with the Senate in
electinS r w. Peatross to DO judge of
the Corporation Court OF Danvillc. 1t
Is hoped that at last this settles the
middle caused there by the unfortu-
nate mental condition OF Judge A. NJ.
Aiken. Mr.. Peatross was nominated
by w. n. Brown, OF Danville.
Trcnsurers Need Not Settle.
kesuming the calendar, the next bill
| was that requiring the local treasurcrs
| and clerks TO make monthly settle
ments with the Auditor. AT present
the officer must settle only at certain
| intervals.
MIR. Lunsford opposed the bill. say
ing that it would make unnecessary
| work. and that it gave the Governor
the power to arbitrarily remove local
officers elected by the people
Its patron, c. r. Coleman, fully cx-
pected It's defeat. In view of the fight
against 1t by treasurers, and local de-
positories. lie was not disappointed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-01

ploy and Is worth $4,000 the year. The
Smith motion was lost.
Discuss Tax bills.
No further items in the bill could
be reached, for the hour OF o'clock
arrived, and the special order for that
t'me-the Tax Commission b!il--came
up. Judge Williams resuming the fioor
and continuing his argument from the
previous day.
He dis c:timed any intention of re-
fleeing OH state Accountant Carlton
Mccarthy, but said that official lacks
intimate knowledge of rural values.
Coming 10 the Mineral Land AS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-01
SENATE |NDOn
/. COMMITTEES |
CONTINUED from First

8othcr amendment would eliminate
3from the I'LL that section which con-
Gers the power to remove commission
Sera OF. tho revenue from Office.
MIR. Lunsford's argument WIS large
$y directed ut the impossbilitS' of any
athlng like an accurate assessment OF
property by q commission without in
innate knowledge Of the value OF
individual pieces OF personal property
and OF local conditions and circum-
stances. lie saw many ways In which
localities would he disturbed by the
operations OF the measure.
at IL o'clock this morning the House
VIII resume consideration of the APP
proDriation bill, to be displaced ut 1
o'clock by the Tax Commission bill.
II the special orders are strictly fol-
lowed. at $3.50 the consideration OF the
legislative redistrictsng bill will be
begun.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-01

certain
Next was sss
Kemper and ssSSsS otine
vinesars and regufasasss sale OF
other such products. ColoHel Temple
ton explained that goods sold as
vinegar would by the bill be required
to como up to d certain analysis named
therein. approved BY DR.. Wiley, the
pure food expert. and also by Deputy
State Food Commissioner b. l. purcell.
Not intciligible.
Daniel Coleman objected to the bill
on the ground that 1t was mot writ
ten in United States" referring to the
involved chemical analyses contained
therein. Further. he said he had a
well defined idea that a older and
vinegar trust exists In Virginia.
Hugh a. White had a lot of fun out
OF reading the bill. Its technical terms
delighted the House.
Mr.. Smith thought the bill would
require small sellers to have analyses
made. Mr.. Kemper replied that thoss
who did not secure analyses could
still sell their product by marking IL
cider apple vinegar" The measure
was defeated. IS to So. forty votes
being required. largely because nobody
could understand It,
Averts Water Famine.
w, g. Parker. of Portsmouth, asked
thdt lHe Two NoTtolk water bills bS
taken up out OF their order. That
city, he explained, is threatened with
water famine. Through AN unfor-
tunate combination of circumsta nces,
Portsmouth has been put in the posi-
ton of blocking what Norfoll, desires,
and which it is without legislative uu-
thoIity to secure.
III YOU Will pass these bills, said
MI. Parker, warming UP to his sub
jet, you will for the first and last
time In fifty years see the Representa-
tives of Norfolk city. Norfolk county
and Portsmouth agreed on single
proposition" The readings were dis
penscd with and the bills passed
The Montague trust company regu-
lation bill. said to have been agreed
to hy all parties in interest, wass
passed by vote Of 46 to l3. a
Next was the Byrd child labor bf&3ss;
which went through. SO to IL. The ASSasSss;
was no debate or either proposition 20
Bills Are sugroascd.
The following bills were read the
second time and ordered to their en-
grossnItnt:
Permitting the directors OF tho
Western State Hospital to sell right
of way over the hospital property
Patron. Mr.. Kcmper.
Empowering the supervisors OF CD 4
PEPPER county TO issue bonds for bridge
building. Patron. Mr.. Bell.
Validating u bond issue OF the town,
TCanIJ,,,ax, T.. q,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-28
MORE STRIFE OVER CURTIS.
Two Widows Come Forward Claim.
ing Marriage to Him.

Troubles never come singly and In the
case of the late Charles Curtis. colored
messenger at the House OF Representa-.
tives, they seem to have a faculty for ar
irving in pairs. 1t was only couple of
days ago that pair Of undertakers fought
over his body, and now a pair of wij-
ows come forward to claim the six
months salary which the House of Rep
resentatives generally votes to the fami-
lies of deceased employees. Widow No.
/ claimed to have married Curtis in Iowa
twenty years ago and that he drifted
away without the Formally of a divorce.
She said she had the proper papers and
other evidence Widow No. called on
Jerry South, chief clerk of the House,
little later. She, of course, has possession
of the body, and that constitutes owner
ship on nine points of the law according
to the old saying. What Widow No. 1
will do remains to be seen. Jerry South
says he refuses to arbitrate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-28
GOOD WATER ASSURED.
Agreement Whereby U. S. Naval
Station in Cuba Is Supplied.

the protection of the water supply for
the United States naval station at Guam
tansmo, Cuba, is guaranteed by the con-
vention between the United States and
Cuba which was signed in Havana yes
terday. The otherwise admirable features
of the Guantanamo naval station have
been rendered less valueblc BY the almost
complete absence of drinking water in
sufficient quantity To meet the needs of
the garrison which il Is contemplated to
esta blisl there In the future. It was found
that water could he obtained from tract
of land i'm the hill country. about a mile
nothward of the naval station.
BY the arrangement just concluded with
the Cuban government the United States
is given jurisdiction over that additional
and adjacent tract, while in return the
United States abandons to Cuba its rights
of eminent domain over the considerable
tract of land OH the shores of Bahia
Honda, reserved in the treaty with Cuba
for use an American naval station.
but which is now found to be unneces-
Sary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-28
CAPT. w. L. BAILIE DEAD.
Naval Veteran of Civil War Sue
cumbs to Heart Trouble,

Capt. William l.. Bailie. naval vet
eran of the civil war; died at the Naval
Hospital, in this city. yesterday after
noon after long illness due to heart
trouble. He was seventy years old. Capt.
Bailie was born in Baltimore, Nd, in
September, 1872, and entered the en-
gineer department of the navy in Janu-
airy. 1868, in time to serve on the Monitor
in it's memorable fight with the Merri-
mac in Hampton roads. Later I'm the civil
war he was attached successfully to the
Cimmerone and .Juniata. He was retired
for age in June. 1885. in the grade of
chief engineer. Since then he had acted
as an instructor at the School Of Tech
nology. DreNcl Institute. Philadelphia.
About three weeks ago he came to this
city 70 treatment at the Naval Hospi-
tai His wife. Mrs. Harriet *. Raiiic,
and one son. William Landin Baltic. 3r..
of Norfolk. Va. survive him.
The body of the naval hero will be Gre
mated bere Monday afternoon and the
ashes VII be- sent to Baltimore for burial
IN Loudt Park cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-28
RECALL JULY EXPERIENCES.
Fifty Boys Who Were in Y. M. c. A.
Camp Have a Reunion.

Fifty boys who were members of the
camping party under the direction of the
boys department of the Y. Nj. c. A, at
South River. Md last July attended Il
dinner at the Y. NJ. G. a. building last
evening.
Camping days were recalled wildly by a
program which was given by various
members of the party. DR.. r. S. Trimble.
the camp physician, gave burlesque on
first aid to the injured. An issue of the
Wangdoodle, the camp paper, was read by
It's editor, Raymond Wax. a -'snipe-
hunting trip was described by Gordon
Leech Other numbers on the program
were George Harlow in strong-man
act; the overnight camp. the Anne Arun-
del county colt show, the episode of Uncle
Jim's goat and the Edgewater apron and
necktie social.
Other features We're given by Walter
MARI Dufour Brown. George Libbey,
Mark De Grange, ''Ssorty"' Thomas,
Stephen Baldwin and Gordon Law.
Charles Fadeley. the camp bugler. called
the boys to dinner with the mess call and
dismissed them, when it was time to go
home, with taps.