The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-28

that made noise like craftsmanship
and democracy.
When In action at another time tie
Observation-Disclosures senator told some
thing about President Taft 10 prove
by precedent that IL was not particI'
larry any OF the senate's business
what kind OF evidence the governor
had or how many bushels he hau o.
Il. Watkins cited that when Prosi.
dent Taft was making his fight Ter
-EaelpEee the-tetffrta tt-t,ttr-I
and asked the chief executive vino
wanted the pact, and that the COLI
gress received notice from the presi.
dent that the solicited information
was not pertinent TO the matter az
/ Issue.
Pretty soon Senator James II. Lee,
sometimes dubbed Jimmie" By his
familiar friends. took the floor and
while he was talking, he just about
took the senate by storm. Senator
Jimmie" in action can make a rapid
fire gun look like a muzzle- loader by
contrast. To look at him one would
hardly think II was In him, but any
way he got IL out, and he made
genuine hit, too. because II was a
clever bit OF spell-binding eruption.
The way the boy orator from
Wayne" lambasted the governor was
at least inconsiderate and unkind. lie
charged that when his (Lee's) presi-
Dental primary bill was introduced
at the regular session last March. IT,
was promptly consigned 10 the waste
basket; that the governor and the
now protested friends OF the proposed
reform were not SO ardent In those
days when the law could have been
secured in the regular way; that his
law was the same as the governors
law but for the appropriation clause
which he characterized as a subter.
fuge: that the governor was playing
pSlitics. and that the governor was
doing the extra session stunt TO boom
Roosevelt for the presidency and 10
help himself politically.
Senator Lee said some more
thorny things about the governor,
hut incidentally gave 1t out strong
that he was very much In favor OF
the presidential primary idea.
The senator informed your CORE
spondent some days ago that he was
net only in favor OF the primary, but
wanted to vote for immediate effec-
tiveness If he could convince himself
that il vas the right thing to do.
However, In his speech today he
practically charged that the attempt
TO use the appropriation clause as n
means OF beating the constitutional
game was a sure-enough skin bust
ness.
After all OF the eruptions and all
of the fireworks and all OF the radi-
alton OF n heat that isn't steam and
all of the oratorical soarings, Lieu
Ross put the matter
to a vote and Senators Lee and Tay-
Tor were the only ones who voted
against the resolution 10 release the
governor from request TO prove
that he was not a bad citizen.
A motion was made 10 take the
Senator Miller redistricting resolu
ton from the table. This resolution
WAS a request to the governor TO sub
nit the matter of congressionally re.
dstricting the state to the extra ses-
sion. The yeas and nays We're called
for, at which juncture Senator Mil
Ter promptly withdrew his motion TO
untable the resolution. Ii is sup
posed that the senator was not ready
for show of strength between the
Osborn and anti-Osborn forces.
It had been suggested, too, that the
vote on the recall Of the other Mil,
Tor resolution would reveal Lineup
OF the opposing senators, but eyi.
.dently the "antis," so-far unknown
quantity, got foxy and even Guy him.
self voted against himself
The senate did little more and
then adjourned until 2 tomorrow.
There is some speculation as to
how long the extra session will last
and one rumor has il that no more
bills will be asked for by the COVER
nor. Another report was to the eff
feet that If the legislature would be
good and adopt the pending meas
ures they could then go home, but
II they baked they would be kept
for a long long time FERRIS