The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-01-23
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Of COMMITTEES
SELECTIONS MADE BY SPEAKER
CHARLES W. SMITH PROVE
PLEASING.
cHAIRMANsHIPs FOR NINE
Appointment OF Representative Albert
e. Peterniann Of Calumet on
Taxation Body Causes
Some Surprise.


Lansing. Wayne county members
OF the house as a whole consider they
Jared well In the house committee
chairmanships and in the committee
appointments made by Speaker
Charles w. Smith, and announced In
the session. or the IA members of the
Wayne delegation, nine were given
chairmanships.
Representative Charles Flowers OF
Detroit heads the judiciary commit.
tee. post he held at the last SEES
sion. and Representative James Je-
rome was given the chairmanship OF
the state affairs committee.
Speaker Charles w. Smiths oppo-
nent for the speakership. Represent
alive Noble Ashley, drew the chair
manship of the committee on revision
and amendment of the constitution.
Representative Charles H. Culver
was given the workmanship Of the
committee on military affairs;
George p. Palmer heads the elections
committee; H. l.. Koehler is chair
man Of the committee on federal rela-
tons; John Stevenson drew the COM
mittee on state capitol and public
buildings. Sheridan d. Ford heads the
state library committee, and William
Martz was given the craftsmanship Of
the lumber and salt committee.
Representative Martz's chairman
ship occasioned considerable surprise.
In the last two sessions he has served
on important committees, and It was
expected he would this year head a
committee relatively much more i'm
portant than the one to which he was
assigned.
Representative Dana H. Hinkley Of
Emmett county again is chairman Of
the ways and means committee, and
Representative James Henry of Battle
Greek, who also withdrew from the
speakership race in favor OF Smith,
was re-appointed chairman Of the rail-
road committee OF the house.
The craftsmanship of the liquor COM
mittee, the selection of which has
been matter Of conjecture since the
legislature convened, went to Repre-
sentative Charles Tufts of Ludington.
Representative Tufts had not sought
the place, but the four "wets" and
four "drys" comprising the committee
in voting for their own chairman,
unanimously chose Tufts on the first
ballot.
The opposing forces on the liquor
committee are sharply defined, but
Tufts position is not so easily deter
mined. He is believed to be man Of
liberal views, and eminently fair.
While there seems to be no middle
ground on the liquor question, Tufts,
II such designation may be employed,
is considered slightly damp" He is
avowedly in favor Of strict regulation,
but two years ago voted against state
wide prohibition.
Members of the committee feel that
his position on bills coming before
the committee will be governed en-
tirely by the merits of the bill in ques-
ton.
The appointment of Representative
Albert E. Petermann OF Calumet as
chairman, OF the committee on taxa
ton. caused some surprise, in that
Petermann is counsel for the Calumet
& Hecla Mining company, and that
the tonnage tax this year again may
come before the legislature.
The membership of the entire SO
committees appointed by the speak.
er is as follows:
Agricultural College-Pray. Hop
kins. c. ]. Reed, Ross and Sours.
Agriculture-Schmidt. Wells. Ew-
ing. Green and Gayde.
Appprfipnment-rThomas Read, Croll,
F. A. Smith. Koehler, Rice, Schmidt,
Hinkley, Biggerstaf, Haviland. Daig.
neau. r. L. Ford. Francis. Gettel and
Tufts, .y
Central Michigan Normal School
r. l.. Ford. Person. Place. Leland and
Kooyers.
City Corporations--Averill, Palmer.
Empson, Gayde. Wright, Ormsbee.
Person. Place and Woodruff. n
College of Mines Stevens. Foote,
Green, Pray and Weissert.
Drainage-Moore. Olmsted. Bosch.
Clark and Evans.
Education - Symonds, Wieland.
Jones. Wells, weissert, Hoffman, Emp
son, Wright and Hopkins.
observation-disclosures. Wieland. War
ner. Anon, Keen. Thomas Read, Mar
tin. Culver, Sours, Leland. Lewis, MIL
Ter and Nelson. a
Federal Relations Koehler. Hulse.
Marts. +. A. Smith and Place
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