The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-01-08
Range From Killing Of Dog Fish
to Initiative, Referendum
and Recall
sUFFRAGISTS NOT AGREED
ON RESUBMISSION DATE
Petition Is Withheld at Present
early Vote on Amend
ment Favored
From q gtar Correspondent.

LANSING, Mich, Jan. S.--Forty-one
ILLS and concurrent resolutions intro
1uced in less than 80 minutes, was
he record set BY the house OF repre-
,sntatiyes in the short session OF
Tuesday afternoon. So fast and fur
|ous was the rain OF documents on
The clerks desk that II almost swamp
ca the clerical force provided TO han
de them The questions raised We're
0f most varied sorts, from the killing
On dog fish TO the amendment of the
constitution to allow the recall OF cleo
five ofiicers and the initiative and
referendum In both constitutional and
legislative matters. The latter changes
were proposed In resolutions offered
By Rep. Happier. of Houghton.
As q result of recent agitation
against the intermarrying OF whites
with negroes and Cinnamon, the pur-
pose Of two Of these measures Is %
DO away with sdch mixed marriages
Altogether. Representative Murphy,
OF the first district OF Berrien, pro
posed bill 10 make the marriage OF
white person and one wholly or In
part Of African, Chinese or japanese
descent. q felony, punishable by hne
from $500 10 $1,000. or not more than
i've years imprisonment or both.
A similar bill was proposed by Rep
resentative Whelan. Of Hillsdale.
Another stringent blue sky" bin
was put forward by Representative
lIinkley, OF Emmett Some OF its
unique features are the requirements
that copy OF every advertisement or
circular sent OFT by the corporations
Affected must DE fled with the super
vising commission: that the general
accounts OF each firm must be kept
n double entry books and that they
with all trial balances must be open
10 Investors and stockholders.
The expected resolution for the re-
submission OF the woman suffrage
amendment was not Forthcoming Tor
the reason that the leaders OF the
movement cannot agree upon Che
election date to be demanded. The
women are eager to strike while the
iron Is hot and get the full benefit OF
>fitc Widespread advertising the cause
has had. They favor the earliest date
possible, before people can forget
what forces were chiefly responsible
for IT'S former defeat.
Some OF their advisers, however
tell them temporary reaction will
follow the almost universal interest
upon which their judgment is based
and further. that the rural vote In
which their greatest strength lies will
be light In the spring.
Other representatives interested IL
the question are Of the opinion that
more farmers will vote IN the spring
man will come out next fall when
there is no general election, and so
the argument runs. Just now the wo-
men leaders want the whole subject
deferred It'll after Jan. is, when they
hold another meeting.
II ID possible that Rep. Flowers, OF
Detroit, who Is preparing the resoiu-
X ton, may introduce 1t before that
time without any set date. leaving
that to be put in later.
TO keep buyers OF farm produce
from unjustly discriminating between
the communities that patronize them
i8 the purpose OF one of six bills in
PRODUCED by Rep. j. n. Mcbride. OF
Shiawnssec; the other FIVE refer to
permitting students and travelling
men TO vote away from home; the
weekly payment az employees, except
those Of steam railways and bEmonih.
IL payment OF them; providing the
< scrutiny II cases by prosecuting at
torneys before the issuing OF sum.
mons; regulation and inspection OF
hotels and lodging houses; requiring
fun crews In the operation OF trains
and limiting the working hours oI
those who compound and sell drugs
70 men.
Rep. Leonard, OF Detroit, introduced
bill 70 enable cities TO establish hos
pitfalls and Industrial colonies In which
to care for and treat inebriates and
persons addicted to the habituaI use
Of certain drugs. II also provides fol
the creation OF board in each cit,
that would have charge OF the plsc
ing OF persons in such institut .ons.
Rep. Ashley. of Detroit, reintroduce,
the bill TO regulate the furni5hl1s O
freight cars by railroads, that h
placed before the legislature tw
years ago.
Rep. Middleton, OF Geneseo, mad
the start IN liquor legislation, oy pro
posing that screens shutting of tb
view from front TO back OF sslcoLs b
prohibited and ih8t LIQUOR sold IN bul
s n retail bear to name OF seller. ia.
OF sale, and d 5es.Euation of the kin
Of LIQUOR tits. lie also would reluir
All fences along highways TO be eithe
woven wire OF hedge.
Other bills. were. two to abolish Of