The Detroit times., 1913-04-18
PURE MARRIAGE" BILL
ALLOWED TO BITE DUST


drew his motion 10 table allowing the
question TO revert automaticslly To
the one ol Senator Straight to place
the bill ON the calendar
again there VAS chance 10 lis re-
Ceivine attention and a second time
tho possibility Was shn, off This
time by The motion OF senator +, II.
Scott to postpone IL indefinitely, which
carried Il to H. Those who voted
Tor the motion and aEiuSt the bill
were Anderson. Case Curtis. FitZeih-
bon, Grace. Iladdcn. Hnlcy. kinC, Mc.
Eaughton. Murtha Odell. r. u Scott.
Ncrdier. Walter, Weadock. VINEGAR
and Wood
Those who favored The bill were.
Alswedc. Corliss, Gittins, Hutchins,
James. Kelley. McGregor. Powell,
Rosenkrans. G. G. Scott. Smith.
Straight. and Woodwork.
| The Detroit domestic relations court
received the favorite vote OF ~ mem
( hers with only Powell, OF lonia. and
/ Weadock. OF Saginaw. opposing II.
/ The bill, however will have TO 20
back to the house for approval OF
ate committee
Senator Odell's plan OF re-enactlng
the present apportionment OF state
senators passed without change. A
substitute bill for three introduced
by Senators Anderson, Murtha and
Corliss 10 provide for the election OF
state and national party committee
men in the primary election every
two years also passed. Others were
for modification and indexed com
pilation OF the fish and game laws by
the fish and game warden's depart
ment. introduced by Senator Walter:
to raise the salry OF the secretary OF
the governor to $4,000. and appropria-
ton bills for a science building for
tire university for the Iona State hos
pital, the Newberry state hospital the
state highway department the Pom
iiac state hospital. and the Michigan
Employment Institution FOR the
Blind
The Gittins anti.lobbyinG bill was
agreed 10 in the committee OF the
whole Senator Weadoc.I attacked il
az infringement upon the inalien-
able right OF petition and moved 10
strike out all after the enactine
clause His motion received little
support.
concurrent resolution OF Senator
Odells 10 provide for the printing OF
only synopsis of constitutional
amendments upon ballots and all OF
them upon the same one was thor
oughlv discussed and advanced 10
third reading Several senators want
ed to incorporate in II clause 70
require the printing of amendments in
newspapers at least 80 days before
election.
Among the others agreed 10 were
the Bayless telephoen bill 10 increase
the powers OF the railroad commission
relative 10 the control Of telephone
companies and the regulation of rates
and one to raise the salries OF circuit
judges 10 $4,000.
The house spent most of the day on
relatively unimportant bills in the
committee OF the whole Some OF the
more significant ones were that of
Rep. Jensen TO provide for a yearly
inspection OF private banks by the
state treasurer's department a bill 10
authorize state life insurance of the
lives OF private individuals up 10 So
600. the business to be conducted by
the insurance department. 10 require
the placing OF telephones in railroad
and interurban stations, and to define
wholesale and retail as applied TO
dealers In intoxicating liquors
A substitute for the Alswede trunk
line highway bill was reported favor
ably In the house and its expected 10
pas. II retains the routes mapped out
in the senate bill. but provides for the
construction by different plan the
chief feature OF which is double |
award for roads built upon the desig-
mated lines
Rep. McNitt. OF Cadillac, chairman 4
Of the committee on roads and
bridges, is largely responsible for the |
substitute. He has done a great deal |
of work on II and for this reason it |
probably viii be called the Alswede-
McNitt bill.
The house adopted a resolutions
offered by Rep Stecens. OF Mssaukee.
asking congress TO authorize the use
OF postal savings bank deposits in
IN l. In 20 1npc CrnrT