The Detroit times., 1912-03-14

are Mllluk 10 take their Chances on
giving the people their right TO a
voice in the naming OF presidential
But. anyway. there seems 10 be
one theme OF which nearl, all OF the
Taft ant Roosevelt and harmon aud
" ilson legislators can agree and that
is the matter OF workmens coinpen-
satior and employers liability. The
bill that deals with this subject Was
passed I'm the house by a unanimous
vote and sent over 10 the senate.
xuuHtethut bpdy-gubstftut
its own bill, substantially the same
as the Ashley bill. and passed II with
bat two Observation-Disclosures q. G..
Scott and Senator James A. Murtha.
The bills are now up 10 the con.
ference point.
The house conference committee Is
composed OF Reps. Ashley. Stewart
and Graves, while similar commit.
tee from the senate Is made MP OF
Senator'S James and White.
II. l.. Drake, OF Detroit. secretary
of the workmen's compensation com
mission. appointed by the governor,
expressed the opinion that the bail
would reach a final vote today and
would surely be passed
And In this connection II would lie
timely TO mention thai among inc
many men who have worked arduopS.
ly and earnestly TO give the woIkmtn
OF Michigan and their families pre-
lection against the hardships result
ant from Industrial accidents. Score
tary Drake has been particularly con
spicuous for his fdelity 10 the cause
he represents. He has been yisoYO "a.
~ and alertly on the firing line .,
every stage OF the fight. and fight Is
the word. for the opposition has been
great and persistent. and predomlnai'
ingly from Detroit.
In the senate, Wednesday amer
noon, the amendment 10 the law re,a-
tive TO the carrying OF concealed
weapons, the amendment thai ex'
tended the ban on this practice from
counties OF 100000 population or moro
to all the counties In the state, was
passed in the house with but one nsy
vote and was given immediate effect.
The bill TO compel the approval OF
property plats by boards OF supervis-
ors before being submitted 10 the au-
ditor general. was also adopted.
The woman suffrage amendment
resolution was reported out by t.I
senate committee on constitutional
amendments, but without rCcomm' IL
dation. which suggests the posslbil-
ity that the committeeman were not
anxious TO feature their positions on
This quenchless Question,
over In the house the concealed
weapons bill was also passed ana
was also given immediate effect with.
out evident fracture OF the funda'
mental law OF the state.
The house also passed senate Bill
No 4 an appropriation for the STATE
L y. prison, senate bill No. ). an ap-
preparation for the state prison az
Jackson, and senate bill No. 8. tho
state expense appropriation bill.
The greater part OF Wednesday al
ternoon's session in the house was
consumed in discussion OF Rep. OPP
penborn's statewide primary bill IN
committee OF the whole. Rep. Verdier
of Kent declared that supreme court
Judges. university regents and mem
beers of the state boards OF education
and agriculture should not be forced
t. enter a primary campaign, he
would have officers elected In the
spring removed from the provisions
OF the primary bill, with the excep-
ton OF circuit judges, although. he
believed the nomination OF circuit
Judges by convention system would
be more satisfactory.
Rep. Bricker led a Democratic
fight against the section in the pres
eLt law requiring each party to cast
at the primaries, Is per cent OF the
number of votes cast by II for secre-
tary OF state at the last preceding
election. Six other Democrats pro-
tested against the=bili@ Wayne
and Kent representatives said that II
would prevent members of one party
going into the primaries OF the other
aud nominating weak candidates.
Rep. Flowers cted Proctor X. Owens
nomination, and Brokers amendment
promptly failed He introduced sue
cessively 8 per cent and 10 per
cent clause, both of which failed.
The committee OF the whole dla Tot
complete its labors on the bill ami
is 10 continue It's work today.
There seems TO be a better feeling
about the prospect for another extra
session and disposition TO make the
best of II.
The legislature could side.step an
other session II II would simply take