The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-28
Senator Miller Gets Hot
Shot From HuC0Xeagues

LANSING, Feb. 27.--The senate vol
cano, which was practically dormant
Monday, bin for rumble or two and
possibly few splits OF fire, erupted
some, II not considerable, at the SEES
sion that commenced at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon.
Senator Michael II. Moriarty, of the
Il rty-nrst district and from the icy
north land, set off the fireworks when
he moved to pass resolution asking
his excellency, the governor, for re-
turn OF the Senator Guy Miller resolu-
ton adopted Monday and which called
upon the chief executive to show
cause for the calling of the legislature
into extraordinary session.
And then the eruption OF the lava
of pent.up oratory flowed from
bunch of craters and flooded and sat
urated the senate chamber.
Senator Miller promptly got on his
feet, and abou as promptly got on
his political wrist. He explained his
reasons for submitting the resolution
In question and defended his action.
He had not been able to discover any
evidences OF popular demand In his
district for a presidential primary and
assumed that similar conditions pre-
vailed in other parts OF the state.
When told to read the papers and find
out where the people stood, he retort-
ed that two Of the papers in his city
were for and two against and that 1t
was a case of pay your money and
take your choice"
Senator Miller also remarked that
early in last January, as he had been
informed, petition from the LaFol-
lette crowd with several thousand
names, was presented to the govern
or. asking for the presidential prl-
mary, but that his exceflency at that
time did not see fit to acqulesce in the
request. Senator Miller didn't know
that this was so, but he had heard it
and evidently was willing that others
should hear It,
And then Senator Michael Moriarty
arose to his feet and the situation, and
handed a prize package TO The senator
from Wayne. He suggested that IL
Senator Miller had taken the investi-
CATION step prior to the converting OF
T. extra session, his move would
have been in order, but the big man
from the north insisted that as the
extra session was fact and the
statesmen wero on the job, II was up
TO them to saw wood and not waste
time or insult the governor by ques.
tioning the causes or motives that
prompted him to extraordinarily bring
the Michigan sOlons together.
Senator Mike" took another fall
out of the senator from Wayne when
he declared that Governor Osborn was
not the only governor who had ever
called an extra session, and cited the
fact that Governor Pinsree had called
OF them.
Later in the disturbance. the SEM
tor from the thirty-arst, made a heavy
mt when he suggested that II Senator
Miller did not now know the senti.
ment of his constituents in regard TO
a presidential primary, he could hnd
ont when he read the returns from
the next congressional election. pro.
viding he happened TO be ancaudl.
date and providing he votes against
the primary proposition at this exs-a
session.
Senator Whitney J.. Watkins. The
farmer statesman from the Jackson.
Hillsdale district, got In the game.
and landed few on. Senator Miller,
right on top OF the ones landed Ly
The expansive senator from the ti..-ti-
Senator Watkins said he was sur.
prised at the senator from Wayne and
gave him a recipe for getting The IN
formation as to the will OF the masses
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the people and find out. declared
Farmer Watkins, In ringing tones