The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-01-16
Equai suffrage Again

Although the CONSTITUTIONAL amend
| ment providing for the resubmission
of the equal suffrage question, Is
bound to encounter some opposition,
| it is generally predicted that the legis-
lature will not dare defeat the resolu.
ton presented by Rep Flowers of De-
troit. 1t is pointed out that the num-
Der of people who voted in favor of 1t
last fall is sufficient to warrent its
being submitted again, and there are
few here who believe that the legis-
lature will turn deaf ear.
At the regular session two years
| ago the resolution providing for the
submission of the equal suffrage
| amendment did not receive the requir-
| ed two thirds vote of the house, but it
| was the house that was responsible
ing the special session last spring the
house passed the immediate effect
| primary bill in order to place the
| responsibility on the senate.
In retaliation the senate passed the
suffrage resolution with a view to
II.
The senators little dreamed that the
house would give favorable considera-
ton to the resolution, and when it
was adopted by two-thirds majority,
some of the senator's who had helped
it along, nearly collapsed.
A Short Session
Some of the legislators are already
expressing themselves in favor of a
short session, but judging from the
mass of bills that have been introduc-
ed already the prospects are bright
that the lawmakers will not leave
Lansing before April 10 and possibly
later
The new constitution provides that
the legislators shall receive $500 for
the session, and for financial reasons
there is no object to string the work
over a long period. In the old days
when the members of the house and
senate received s. per day, the ses-
sions some times lasted until well
into the summer, but the new constitu-
ton remedied that apparent defect in
the old statute.
"Pure Shoe BILL"
On a par with the now celebrated
pure wool proposal" with which Con-
gresham Lindquist, of Greenville,
won his way to a seat in congress
from the eleventh district is the bill
of Senator Woodwork of Huron coun-
ty, which might be termed the pure
shoe bill" The Wodworth bill is
copy of the measure now pending
in congress and a somewhat similar
law passed by the Louisiana legisla-
ture. The bill does not prohibit the
use of inferior materials in the con-
struction of shoes, but provides that
when anything other than leather is
used in the manufacture of supposed
leather footwear, the fat shall be
plainly labelled or printed on the
shoes.
The Game Laws.
State Game and Forestry Warden
W. r. Oates, in the annual report of
his department, recommends a num-
Der of radical changes in the present
laws. Civil service for employees, limit
ing hunters to one deer and changing
the opening of the season to November
10, the adjustment of spring shoot
ing of water fowl and shore birds,
requiring nonresident fishermen to Sc
cure license and increasing the num-
Der of deputies from 10 to TO-, are
among Oates recommendations. The
passage of a bill providing that each
resident hunter shall pay license fee
of one dollar, which license shall be
issued and used only during the open
season, would supply an annual reve-
nue. of 100000, it is estimated by the
department.
Enlargement of the Capitol.
Rep. Charles Flowers, of Detroit, in
troduced a bill calling for an appro-
priation of $3.50, 900 for the purpose of
building an addition to the state cap
itol. This measure is Endorsed by the
state bar ASSOCIATION and every coun-
ty bar association in Michigan. Two
paramount reasons are mentioned
why the building should be enlarged.
The first is that the state has out
grown the quarters provided when
the state house was constructed in
the middle seventies. The second
paramount reason for the appropria-
ton, it is claimed, is that the con-
tents of the state library, conserva-
lively estimated to be worth 100000,
would be destroyed If fire got good
Roadway, for the books and valuable
documents are not properly protected.
Shipments Of Live Stock.
Rep. Dunn, of Sanilac has prepared
bill compelling railways to give live
stock precedence over ordinary freight
movement has been started in
Michigan and surrounding states by