The Detroit times., 1913-03-26
ADJOURNMENT
NOW APPEARS
FAR DISTANT
All Efforts in Legislature to Set
Date Meet With
Failure
PROPOSED INSURANCE
BILL CAUSES DISCUSSION
Woodwork Central Committee
Bill Meets Its Waterloo
in House
From q Ston Correspondent.

From St0H correspondent.
LANSING. Mich- March 26.-Final
adjournment Of the legislature seems
TO have become an elusive will-o-the
wisp Hitting ever further away toward
the summer days on the other side Of
steadily growing mountain OF work
to be cleared out Of the way. Tuesday
the senate refused to concur In the
Skeels resolution to set April 10 a.
the closing date for the Introduction
Of new bills and recapitulation o!
six and q half hours Of hard labor BY
the house, shows q net loss OF two
bills In the race to keep up with the
mass Of questions demanding atten'
ton: - bills were disposed OF on the
order Of third reading, while 26 were
reported out of committees to take
their places.
The Woodwork bill to place the
choice Of state central committees in
the hands Of party candidates was de-
feated In the house, receiving only
Is Of the necessary 81 votes, while
80 were registered against II. IT had
already been approved by the senate.
A sharp party clash preceded the
roll call by which 1t WAS rejected.
Rep. J. N. Mcbride. Progressive Of
Shiawassee, vigorously attacked the
proposal. characterizing 1t - incon'
gruous, untried and unworkable.
The bill stipulated that the county
and district delegates Of each con
gressional district should meet In
convention and select two committee.
men for their party. Rep. Mcbride
asserted the plan could not be carried
out and pointed to the fact Of De
troit's being allowed two congress
men In the reapportionment. In
which district" he asked, shall
Wayne county candidates sit?"
Another objection he urged wa
that IN many places the IL per cent
primary vote requirement would keep
sives OF the ticket and thus serve t.
6isfranchise those communities.
Rep. Bricker, OF Ionia, one OF thu
Democratic leaders Endorsed the
views Of Rep. Mcbride and Rep
Sproat. another Democrat, Of Kent,
who has introduced q bill to require
the incorporation Of political parties,
contended the W0odwortn bill would
give ofacial duties 70 men who were
merely the nominees Of organizations
which are without legal status.
Rep. Bierd, Of Bay, who introduced
. similar one. came to the defense OF
the bill, ana when -hs -xAA- asked by
Rep. Mcbride what was the need for
any Hesitation Of the sort, replied
tartly that he waa surprised to see q
Progressive oppose anything on the
ground OF ito being new or untried.
One Of the strongest reasons ID
vanced for the formation Of . third
party. no said. Was the improper gov
eminent Of the old organizations and
this WAS q step In the correction oi
the situation which made the argu
msnt plausible.
The vote WAS on strictly party line,
except for three ultra conservative
Republicans who opposed the reform
and three Bull Moose who support
ed II.
A modification OF the Mobile bill tc
require fraternal insurance socistisl
to conduct their Affairs on q business
basis. passed the house In commit
tee Of the whole. Tuesday afternoon
and II the attitude OF members may
be taken 40 conclusive, II 10 assured
Of ultimate passage.
In Its present form. the proposal
known ~ the New York conference
bill on account Of ito being agreed
upon IN the meeting OF the insurance
oommissioners Of Al states In New
York last summer.
4 The reading Of the bill, which oc
cupied moro than IN hour, was fire.
ouently Interrupted and followed BY
a intermittent debate between Reps
Ashley, Of Detroit. and Bricker. oI
lonia. The argument was pointed
and threatened to become personal q,
times. Rep. Bricker was uncondition
ally against the suggested regulation
which no asserted was IA the interest
Of old-line companies and would take
away from the poor man the only
form Of insurance which he can a.
ford.
He read statistics 70 show the
higher cost Of giving old.lins insur
snce and that It takes. much wealth
out Of the state.
Rep. Wsidenfeller. Of Van Buren,.
made an eloquent plea for the bill.
The highways and the biways Of ~
surance history" he said. ARE strewn
with the wrecks Of s0-callod fratornal
Insurance ventures, In 1904 there
were "a such Michigan companies do
Ing business and since that time 80
Of the number have gone by the
board.
LET us let In the light of day and
require these organizations to do q
solvent business. There 10 no better
way OF laboring In the vineyard OF
tho Lord than to work for the pas
sage Of this bill and give the poor
man an insurance which insures.
II too have received letters and
kilograms such az the gentleman from
Ionia speaks about, and from persons
I know, but those letters in them
selves show unfsmiliarity with the
question before us. There are a lot
OF people who are buying gold bricks
thinking they are buying insurance
and II Ia my highest duty a. we'll AZ
yours 10 protect them in spite Of
their protests"
Rep. Santo, Of Traverse City spoke
in . similar vein falling 6f . petition
he received with . iist Of sianers
heoded by one OF his oldest friends
vA4 vhen askel about the matter ex