The Detroit times., 1913-04-19
Ioasure Provides Cash to Pur-
chase Site and Construct
Buildings
PASS 30 BILLS. KILL TWO
q AND TABLE THREE MORE
No Protest Offered by Interests
to Proposed State In
Surance
Fvon. a Ston Correspondent.

LANSING, Mich, April l9.--The
Humanitarian action OF separating
F4he epileptic from the feeble-minded
k1nd idiotic inmates of the Lapees
Fhome, which has been 80 strongly
Recommended by the governor was
assured Friday in the passage by the
h house OF Senator Murtha's bill for the
q establishment OF state farm colony
h Cor epileptics.
The i'll calls for the appointment BY
h The governor OF commission OF
three to select suitable site or not
Hess than 1000 acres and to make the
arrangements for the establishment
LOT the communicates that Ii what
E:lt Is TO be rather than an asylum in
(which to shut up unfortunate mem
beers OF society.
The idea back OF the plan. accord
/ Ing to Senator Murtha, is TO give this
Glass of persons who are normal
most of the time. healthful outdoor
employment in living conditions that
will aid in their mental and physical
improvement.
The bill carries with IL an appropri'
alton OF 100000 TO pay for the land,
y cottages and other necessary ex-
I penses. AS soon as the colony site
n ready for occupancy, about 400 OF
the LOO inmates of the Home Tor
the Feeble Minded and Epileptic will
be removed TO II.
This will relieve the congestion in
; the Lapeer home which is conceded
I to be the most overcrowded OF all
state institutions. Ii will, 1t is said.
be filed to capacity again almost I'M
\ mediately by feeble-minded patients,
many of whom would be there now
y II there were any room for them. SO
great Is the ned for more accommo-
cations that sl16.000 probably be set
aside for repairs and additions even
b though some 400 inmates are TO go
elsewhere.
!: Rep. Charles w. Smith, OF Lapeer.
was one OF those who heartily urged
the adoption of the Murtha bill
S"You might think that the people OF
smy city would be opposed to IT," he
4 said. land In favor OF enlarging the
4 local Institution, but we are not. The
possible help to these persons whose
lot is bad enough at best comes be
fore any financial considerations
The house passed an even 80 bills.
killed two outright and tabled three. |
Those which met their death In the
rush were one by Rep. Hopkins, OF
Kalamazoo, to regulate the sale OF
fruits, vegetables and berries in
crates and baskets and an elaborate
regulation Of hotel rates fixing among
tother things the charge allowed
against additional guests when more
( than one occupy a single room or
suite. The last was introduced BY
\ Rep. Palmer, of Detroit.
II bill proposed by Rep. Bricker
fares well In the senate. the state
may 60 into the business Of life In
+ purance. The bill has received little
discussion or opposition. Not even
the old-line insurance companies
hare offered protest. II was re-
Gently called to the attention OF a
representative of one Of them and his
answer was that experience in other
states had proved government insur.
ance to be neglible factor In com.
petition with private firms.
& The Henry bill, to empower the
railroad commission TO force rail-
\ roads and interurban lines to place
telephones in all stations, also passed.
In committee OF the whole, the
Martx telephone bill. which was the
fruit OF an investigation by special
committee, was killed. like fate
was pending for the Bayliss bill to
require election OF party committee
men In the primaries. but roll call
was demanded on concurrence In the
committees report and II was saved
~ to 19. A similar bill passed the
senate, Thursday.
A movement has been started 10
get signatures TO submit the Glasner
purity marriage bill TO vote Of the
people by iniative. Among those who
have declared their interest In II IL
Mrs. f. l.. Calkins. of Kalamazoo,
president of the w. C.. T. L.
SCOTT.