The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-26
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State OF Michigan:
Gentlemen-For your information
| and because OF causes bearing upor
important legislation under considera'
ton by the legislature. ] transmit yot
the following letter:
| Detroit Lodge. No. 1. knights OF the
Royal Ark.
John M Griffin. secretary. 2l7 Mich
March 81, 1912.
| whereas. The governor has seen a
to call the Legislature In second ex'
Extraordinary session, and
1 whereas He has submitted to -sucf
extraordinary special session, amonf
other things. the following
| "First-The brewery owned saloons
| "Second-Chahge In the saloon bond
ling system
"Third--The Initiative, referendum
and recall
| "Fourth-Woman suffrage.
| Therefore, be IL,
| Resolved That the knights of the
| Royal Ark OF Wayne county, at reg.
ular meeting held on Thursday, Marcf
| 81, 1912, are unanimously opposed &c
| any liquor legislation or any change In
the present bonding law. to womaE
suffrage, and to the Initiative fefefeh'
DUN and recall, and especially are We
opposed TO dealing with such import.
| ant questions at a special session 'oi
| the legislature, when due consideration
cannot be given them. and we re-
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| Wayne county in the legislature TO OPP
pose these propositions. BE IL further
Resolved. That copy OF these reso.
lutions be sent TO each senator and
representative from Wayne county.
Yours very otruiy,
ANTHONY IBBETsoN,
"cHAs. w. McCAULEY,
Vice President
"JOHN GRIFFIN
Secretary"
This letter was sent 10 every member
OF the legislature from wayne county
by special delivery, reaching Lansing
Friday morning, March ~, after your
week END adjournment.
/ have made the claim in my mes
| sages TO you that the organized saloon
and brewery interests were unwarrant-
eddy active in Michigan politics. The
order OF knights of the Royal Ark Is
composed OF saloonkeepers. These sa.
| loonkeepers are all dependent upon the
Michigan Bonding & surety co fol
brewery owned saloons The connec.
| ton between the knights of the Royal
! Ark and the Michigan Bonding 4
Surety Co. and the large brewers oil
| Chicago Milwaukee, Detroit and else
where, Is direct and unbroken. They
might be warranted in taking POSI-
I ton in opposition TO the proposed
brewery and bonding legislatlons, but
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! such questions as the Initiative, ref
erendum and recall and woman suf-
| frage IL proves that they fear the
wholesome public voice ana are dis-
1t is apodictic that birds OF a feather
flock together when the state Is
fghting a public enemy, IL Is perfectly
proper to call the attention or the
| In All directions of sympathy and con.
nections. The Detroit Free Press and
| the Detroit Journal are active support
ters OF the Michigan Bonding * surety
| co. and OF the brewery owned saloons
Large newspapers are quasi public fac
! tors II is proper to publicly study
! their character and TO point out where.
in they are conducted In manner IN
| imIcal to the interests OF society.
/ shall endeavor to briefly show, and
without any more malice or anger OF
J temper than the surgeon displays wner
he does his work In the operating room
why the Free Press and the journal
and the big brewers and the Michigan
| Bonding & Surety Co, flock together.
The message at this point fixes ar
Identity OF interest on the part OF the
| the. brewers in opposing the develop
| ment of the five-cent theaters. which
| have cut into the business OF the theaters
\ in which f.. u. stair il interested, and
which have also hurt the saloon bust.
! ness, by drawing into them people
| who might otherwise spend the same
| time In saloons. An editorial in the
Free Press, referring TO the 'preyalen'
/ madness for moving picture shows J!
| quoted In support OF the governor
| allegations The message then con
| tinues:
The question before us seems to BE-
| plain. and that is, how many OF us VIII
flock with the Michigan Bonding &
Surety Co. the brewery-owned saloOI
| and Mr.. Stair. and who will foregathel
with those who are standing and hop,
i q \. -. H.. a. N..as
The agents OF evil obtain their profits
| from the common people by selling
them things that excite sensual de
| baucheries and then use the same
money to prevent their emancipation
and Improvement. thus keeping then
| in a state OF sad bondage. wherein theS
are most easily preyed upon. Thus ar
| the masses made to forge their owl
shacRles and wear them.
The argument Is made for the Michi
gan Bonding & Surety Co. monopoly
that IL refuses bonds to improper per
sons and thus improves the salooI
business. IL has not done this or there
| would be no saloon dives In Michigan
/ II refuses saloon bonds TO only -thos'
who will not promise 10 heed its might
\ IL is the duty OF the state of Michigan
/ to retain and apply it's police power ~
n state and II should not turn tn,
regulation OF the saloon business owe
to such malevolent monopoly as th'
! Michigan Bonding a surety Co, an,
more than wolf should be put N
charge OF lamb kindergarten.
You are authorized and requested q
| consider a bill or bills for the purpose
\ OF abolishing the office OF state in
I spector OF oils and transferring tn,
duties Of that office TO the department
OF the dairy and food commissioners.
You are also authorized and re-
quested 10 consider bill or bills q
abolish the office OF state salt inspect
or and TO transfer the duties of tina
/ office TO the department OF the dairy
and food commit ssioner.
This is in accordance with my fra
message 20 the legislature The worl
/ OF these departments. " necessary. cal
/ be performed by the same officials tina
ar now doing the work OF the dairl
and food department. The work or tn
dairy and food department requires tn
inspectors OF that department To visit
I the places where salt and oil may b'
! Inspected The work can be as effect
lively done by the dairy and food de
! partment The saving 90 the taxpayer
OF Michigan accomplished by this leg
islation would be very considerable,
and worth making. II the. machiner!
! OF government can be improved with
out reducing the efficiency OF perform
ance and a saving accomplished at tn
/ same time, there can be no sufhclen