The Detroit times., 1915-01-12
Rep. Charles Flowers Only Man
10 Head big" Committee
Gets Judiciary Plum
MARTZ DRAWS HEADSHIP
JF LUMBER AND SALT BODY
Changers Object Appointment of
Peterman, Copper Attorney,
to Head Tax Committee
Frorl a stan Correspondent.

LANSING, Mich. Jan. l2.--As pre-
dicted in The Times last week. Wayne
county got IL where the chicken got
the axe when the committee chair
malships OF the house were made up
by Speaker Chafles w Smith.
Charles Flowers, head or the Wayne
delegation, was the only one named
or the so-called big" committees,
heading the judiciary body. George
+. Palmer heads the committee on
elections, which may be important
this session. Other Wayne county
men who received chalrmanships are:
Kcehler, federal relations Martz, lum-
Der and salt, Culver. military affairs
Ashley. revision and amendment OF
constitution; Jerome. state affairs;
Stevenson, capitol and public build
lngs; Sheridan Ford. state library
Representative Charles Tufts, OF
Ludington, who heads the liquor COM
mittee OF the house. cannot pe eata-
logued either as wet" or dry" In
conversation with newspapermen
this morning Representative Tufts de-
clared that he had been approached
by other members OF the committee.
representing both sides OF the liquor
question, and asked 10 line up" with
them He declared that he had re-
fused and would continue TO refuse 10
do so "All | want 10 do is 10 be as
fair as possible TO all OF them" he
said
Representative Tufts announced
that he was, however. opposed TO
statewide prohibition
The selection OF Representative Al
bert E. Peterman, OF Calumet. attor-
ney for the Calumet & Hecla Mining
Co, as head OF the taxation commit.
tee. is regardless certain TO raise
strenuous objections on the part OF
the Grange and other organizations
which have been boosting the tonnage
tax proposition.
Hhe complete list OF chairmanships
is as follows
Agricultural college. Pray. Eaton;
agriculture, Schmidt, Osceola: appor.
tionment, Thos Read. Oceana; Cen
trail Michigan Normal school, r. L.
Ford. Genesee city corporstions.
Averill Kent; College OF Mines. stew.
ems, Missaukee; drainage. Moore.
Lenawee; education, Chas. u. Sy.
n ends. Menominee: elections, Geo. p.
Palmer Wayne; federal relations. II.
l.. Koehler. Wayne; fish and fisheries.
II. L. Mcmillan, Charlevoix: game
laws, c. Wesley kemmerling, Mon
roe: general taxation, Albert f. Peter.
man, Houghton geological survey
George Ward. Saginaw; horticulture.
Samuel f. Daigneau. Berrien: indus
trial School for Boys, VIM. F.. Jerome
Hillsdale; insurance. Wayne r. Rice
Evans. Branch; judiciary, Charles
Flowers. Wayne: Kalamazoo State
hospital, T. F. Rogers. Muskegon:
labor. Marshall A. Oakley. Bay: liquor
traffic, Charles Tufts, Mason; local
taxation. Chas A. Hulse. Clinton: lum.
bei and salt, VIM. II. Martz, Wayne:
Michigan Employment Institution for
the Blind, Henry Cross, Jr.. Gladwin:
Michigan Home and Training schools.
Adelhert ID. Edwards, Houghton:
Michigan reformatory, Roy NJ. Wat
kins. Kent, Michigan School for the
Blind, Frederick Wieland Oakland;
Michigan School for the Deaf. /. J.
Wolcott; Calhoun; Michigan Soldiers
Home, Lester B. Place, st. Joseph:
Michigan State Prison, Daniel B. SUIT
ton. Washtenaw: military affairs.
minerals, Patrick O'Brien. Iron: New
berry State hospital VIM s. Ewing.
Marquette: Northern State Normal
school. Frank A. Smith. Lake: Pontiac
State hospital, Sigurd G. Nelson.
Gogebic; printing, II. A. Van Antwerp.
KeTt; private corporations, Charles 3.
Foote, Kent; public health New
Smith, Gratiot; public lands and for
49, tWNN .ea
Presque Isle; railroads. James Hen.
ry, Calhoun; religious and benevolent
societies, Emery ]. Wood, Jackson;
revision and amendment OF the con.
stitution. Noble Ashley, Wavne; re-
vision and amendment OF the statutes.
heryey A. Penny, Saginaw; roads and
bridges, John ID. Aprato. Dickinson
rules, Fred l.. Warner, Ionia -state=
affairs, Jas ID. Jerome. Wayne: state
capitol and public buildings John
Stevenson, Wayne; state house OF
corr ection and branch OF the state
prison In the UPPER peninsula, Elwin
b. Follett, Iosco; State Industrial
Home for Girls, n. H. Hoffman, San
ilac; state library, Sheridan ID. Ford.
Wayne; State Normal college. A. G.
Griggs, Oakland:S State Psychopathic
hospital Clifford c. Olmstead. Mid.
land; state public school, A. Robert.
son. Saginaw; State Sanitorium. Milo.
A. Snow, Kalamazoo; supplies and ex.
penditures, Aaron Anon, Mecosta:
towns and counties, James NJ Hayi-
land. ST. Clair; Traverse City State
hospital, Alonzo ]. Sherman, Tuscola:
university VIM. F. Nank, Macomb:
village corporations, Lynn J. Lewis.
Van Buren, ways and means, Dana n
Huxley. Emmet; Western state Nor.
NAL school. Merlin Wiley, Chippewa
H. A. BALLENGER.