The Detroit times., 1912-04-04
KNIGHT BONDING BILL
is PASSED BY HOUSE
Opens Saloon Bonding Business
To Outside Concerns-Vote
To Adjourn Friday
From a staff Correspondent.

N'N"s " DtuII Correspondents.
LANSING, Mich, April 3--The feat
ure of this mornings session in the
house was the passage OF the knight
Bonding bill by vote OF 81 TO 81.
This is the bill TO open the saloon
bonding business TO outside concerns
and bust the Michigan Bonding Co
trust.
Al the conclusion OF the third read
ing OF the bill, Representative Field
offered the Watkins-Field bill as a SUBJ
stitute. This bill provides for personal
bonds TO the exclusion OF all surety
bonds and is the bill, that, according
TO Attorney Bunting, would eliminate
80 per cent OF the saloons in Michi-
gan.
The substitute was defeated by a
vote OF Sc to 20.
Rep. Graves offered a concurrent
resolution fixing business adjournment
of the extra session for noon Friday
and final adjournment for Wednesday
noon OF this week
Rep. Graves moved that the rules
he suspended and that the matter be
brought to an immediate vote. Rep.
Rankin protested against hasty action,
asked to have the matter take its ordi-
nary lay-over-a-day course and made a
couple of menacing swings with the
possibility third-extra-session club.
The rules were suspended by
vote of 10 to and the concurrent res
olution was adopted. Presumably the
senate will concur.
Rep. Lord offered a resolution 20
the effect that inasmuch as the legis-
lators had been SO panied, prosecuted,
plagued and parched As a result OF
the long drought" IN Ingham couL-
ty, and as the voters OF the county
had declared for refreshing relief.
that the decision at the polls be
given immediate effect
And 1t was time to laugh
Rep. Edwards, of Boughton, in
troduced a bill to so aLend the law
relative TO the bonding OF cities so
that cities OF the fourth class coaId
bond for five per cent Of their as
sessed valuation instead of two par
cent. This bill was offered at the
solicitation Of Senator James, of
Hancock. His city wants To borrow
money and build 100000 nigh
school with manual training, d.
nestle science and general up-to-
date accessories. The bill jumped
over the rules and was passed with
out dissenting vote The same bill
will probably do the same stunt III
the senate.
Rep. Rankin offered resolution to
have certain state officials investigat.
ed on the strength OF a rumor that
their travelling expense account had
been excessive. He wanted a COM
mittee of three appointed by the gov
ernor to look into the matter and re-
port at 2 tomorrow as a special order
A lively debate followed and the ses-
sion broke up at u, with a decision
TO recess until 2, and the resolution
still pending.
The legislators, their wives and
others are to be the guests of the
women suffragists of Michigan at a
feast to be served in the Presbyterian
church at $3.50 this afternoon. WISH
tors from Grand Rapids, Detroit and
Kalamazoo are 10 be present Hunt
ley Russell, vicepresident OF the
Mems League for Woman's Suffrage
in Michigan, is TO be POSTMASTER. No
set speeches have been provided for,
but II is expected that there will be
eXtemporaneous eruptions of oratory
to entertain and enthuse and boost
the double suffrage. cause on its way
for the big race In which IL is for
mally entered for next fall