The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-05-29
PLAYING ROY
Governor Ferris and the Legislature al
Outs Over the Passage OF Bllis


Outs Over the Passage OF Bits
Last week witnessed piece OF kid
play" between the governor and the
legislature at Lansing. The 1915 leg
islatnre. like other bodies In the past.
adjourned on April 30th with the un-
derstanding that final adjournment
would take place on May 20. This ac-
tion was taken so as to allow the gov
ernor to sign or veto the many bills
left with him az the close Of the iegis-
lative session.
IL was discovered that serious de-
feet existed in the highway bill and un-
less II was remedied the highway de-
partment would be without funds the
coming year, Accordingly the legisla-
ture was asked to return and correct
the error. The legislators returned al
their own expense and made the cor
rection. In addition they found that
the governor had vetoed several meas
ures, some OF them for reasons OF gen
eral welfare and some OF them for pol
itcal reasons under the guise OF public
welfare.
The legislature being overwhelming
ly republican and the governor a dem
oc- at II was but natural that their pol
itical ideas should be at yarience ana
they cetainly were Five bills were
passed over the governors veto and
several others failed to get the required
number of supporters and were not so
passed.
One bill. the primary bill which re
quires separate ballots for different
parties. was not returned by the gov
eInor when time for final adjournment
came last Thursday. The word went
| out that the governor would veto the.
bill and the legislators were anxious
that II should become law The COVER
nor wished TO kill the bill for politicaf
reasons, only. as the blanket ballot
gives the minority party big advan-
tage. BY IL the supporters of minority
| candidate can vote for an unpopular
candidate on the majority ticket ana
thus bring about the nomination OF a
man on majority ticket purposely TO
beat him at the election II is certain
that this was done in the last primary
when Gov Ferris was elected. The bill
further provides minimum number OF
votes in the primary in order TO allow
candidate TO get on the ballot This
was put in TO keep voters In their own
party
The passage OF this act would ser
iously handicap the democrats the
coming year and the governor wouldn't
sign the bill In this stand no one cri-
ticised him as he is expected 10 take
what advantage there Is for his party
but and this is where the boy play
came in. the governor wouldn't act
upon the ibll last Thursday and he
compelled the legislature 20 reconsider
it's motion TO adjourn on the Goth whsch
Il did voting a recess until Tuesday OF
this week. one day later than the time
allowed the governor-to sign the bill
On Friday Governor Ferris filed his
veto. The legislators felt. and they had
right to feel So that as Gov Ferris
knew the temper OF the legislature, he
could just as well have filed his veto
on Thursday last week andallowed the
legislators 10 take action then as to
pout about IL and cause them TO stay IN
session at much expense TO themselves
for whole week Many stayed below
rather than incur the expense OF
coming home and returning again
The friction between the governor
and the legislature Is very great aud
some warm political results are liahle
to arise from that state Of mind