The Detroit times., 1912-02-29
SPEAKER BAKER FLAlS
REP LORD AND OTHERS
FOR KNOCK ON OSBORN
Declares They Were Opposed To
Statewide Primary
Law in 1907
FIREWORKS IN THE HOUSE
Resolution Asking Governor To
Request General Primary
Statute Is Adopted
FIREWORKS IN THE HOUSE
From a san Correspondent.

From staff Correspondent
LANSING, Mich, Feb. 29.-The sem
ate need not try TO fiim-fam itself
with the notion that IL has corner
on the fireworks line. Not yet The
house gave a little exhibition this
morning that made the recent un-
pleasantness In the senate look like q
sane Fourth OF. July. There were sky
rockets, cannon crackers and red fire.
IL happened as a result OF the reso-
luton introduced by Rep. Lord asking
the governor to send a message to
the legislature requesting a statewide
primary law. The resolution carried,
80 TO 81, and then speaker Baker
asked Rep. Currie to take the chair
While @he explained his mo" vote on
the Issue. Baker said that In 1907
when an attempt was made to secure
state wide primary and he was in
favor of IL, Rep. Lord and others (and
he read the names), were against II
and that the resolution at this time
was a subterfuge on the part of those
who wanted 10 hand the administra.
ton a jolt.
Rep. Whelan, Rep Lord and Rep.
Currie all took a punch at the husky
speaker who good naturedly fought
his antagonists to frazzle and was
a popular fav6rite In spite of the fact
that he was muzzled with parlia-
mcntary technicality and forced to
go back to his gavel.
The committee on elections report
ed out the administration presiden-
tial primary bill and recommended
that 1t be passed. Rep. Fralick in
troduced resolution intended to
prohibit the introduction of any bills
after March and il was tabled.
The house adjourned about IL
o'clock until next Monday evening at
3, IN accordance with a previous reso-
luton concurred In by the senate.
Il have never consented to COM
promise and Will not do 50 as long
as there is any chance to get any
thing better" declared Governor Os-
born, this morning, with characters
tic energy when informed that he has
been charged with having at one time
acquiesced in the compromise prcsi-
Dental primary proposition being
prompted by Rep, Lord, OF Detroit.
Rep. Lord told the Times this
morning that he was going home to-
day and would prepare a new persi-
Dental primary bill which would
probably be introduced next Tuesday.
Senator Guy Miller said he wolld
vote for the proposed lord bill and so
would Senator White. He also ex-
pressed the opinion that Senator Lee
and Murtha would also vote for Il.
While the session of the senate, We'd
nesday afternoon, was not entirely
without friction, the trace of spectacu-
larity is hardly entitled to the distinc-
ton of being categoried as fireworks
There was, possibly, shooting off of
five-cent bunch of firecrackers with
preponderance of the "fizz" find.
The senate disposed of the Chicago
attempt to bail out Lake Michigan Tor
the purpose of helping to flush away
the sewage of much-sewaged city,
listened to the elaborate opinion or
the attorney general covering tho
pending paramountly prominent pres
idential preference primary PROPOSE
ton, and received the favorable re-
port from Chairman Carl Mapes of
the elections committee in regard 20
the administration primary law
These things done, the august body
entered into a scrap with itself over
the matter of adjournment and the
setting Of the time for making the
primary bill the special order OF bus
mess in the committee of the whole
Senator Mapes was in hurry an
-made-to-con -in-the
house resolution to adjourn Thurs
day until Monday evening at 8 O'Clock.
Mapes was for an adjournment until
2 o'clock Monday and he succeeded
In getting a motion to that effect
through. on vote of IL to 3.
Senator Mapes then moved TO have
the primary bill made the special or
der of business for Monday at 2:S0
And then the crackers commenced
10 crack and "fizz."
Senator John Leidlein, OF Saginaw
had business obstacle that he could
not climb over in time to be here for
the Monday afternoon session and he
wanted to have part in the confer.
ence.
Senator Moriarty, OF the northern
north, handed ii out la lemon thai ~
was up to the senatorial statesmen
to give the state their first consldcra
Continued rage Two.