The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-10-30

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Because Of : ruling Of Attorney
General Fellows. the submission Of 10
cal option in possibly = dozen coun.
ties In Michigan next spring hangs in
the balance.
In that many counties the boards Of
supervisors are now worrying with the
problem Of receiving or rejecting the
petitions Of both drys and vets, while
at the Headquarters OF the Michigan
Anti-6aloon league here there 10 an
admission that their plans for several
counties are in doubt
Mr.. Fellows decision, rendered for
the prosecuting attorney OF Otsego
county at Gaylord. was to the effect
that ten full days must elapse between
the posting of petitions and their
presentation to the county clerk. and
that afiidavits Of posting, which on
their face showed that ten full days
had not elapsed, invalidated the petit
tions. He pointed out. however, that
new affidavits, secured from each vot-
ing precinct in the county. naming the
ten full days. could still be presented
and acted upon by the boards Of su-
pervisors at their meetings.
Following this from the attorney gen.
eral, the vets in Ingham county have
already started after new affidavits
and in some OF the upstate counties
the drys will initiate the same sort OF
movement Wednesday.
AS nearly ss can be ascertained
here, seven counties are affected. They
are: Otsego. Iosco, Menominee, Del
ia, Schoolcraft, Ingham and Mackinac.
Unofficially 1t Is said that Baraga
county is also in line. In addition,
Superintendent Hudson OF the Anti
Saloon league announces that In three
counties, Menominee, Manistee and
Luce, where the supervisors have al
ready refused to submit the question.
writs of mandamus will be sought to
force submission. This action, he
says, will take place in all that refuse
to order submission.
In Ingham county q resolution OF
submission, asked for by the vets,
was passed and within half an hour
was rescinded. 1t will be acted upon
finally Wednesday,
1t is questioned here whether, In
the larger counties in the upstate dis
tricts, where settlements are sparse.
new afidavits from each voting dis
trict can be secured before the end OF
the week, when boards will ordinarily
quit. Should the boards adjourn un-
til January the matter can be fixed
then, but in wet counties the drys fear
that the boards will not adjourn till
January. which will block the whole
submission.
Particularly does the adjournment
proposition enter into the case In
Washtenaw county. There, through
misinformation given to the drys. sig
natures of but 30 per cent of the reg
istered voters were secured. whereas
33 1-3 per cent were necessary. The
petitions contained just one name less
than the needed one-third. The board
has voted to adjourn without date so
that Washtenaw will stay wet at least
another year.
Leading vets and drys at Lansing
are 'sup in the air" over the latest
turn of affairs. The condition which
now faces both sides appeared 80 sud-
denly that they were unprepared. The
question on which Mr.. Fellows ruled
has never been raised before and some
OF the dry attorneys are limiting at
case in the supreme court to deter
mine whether he is right.
state Treasury Nearly Empty.
But S535,0O0 remained in the gen.
eral fund of the state treasury at the
close of business and only $S89.OO0 In
all funds, including trust funds for the
state institutions and boards. This
financial situation which the state
treasury is facing bears out the state
ments made several months ago that
the general fund Of the treasury
would be depleted by January 1.
with ordinary conditions surround
ing the state 1t takes on an average
OF $780, 900 to run the general fund Of
the state each month, and receipts
are about done for this year. From
now on It will be steady drain on
the general fund. State taxes are due
in December. but the county treasur-
ers do not make their returns until
late in January.
sanatorIum Cost High.
Increases in the per capita cost OF
patients at the Howell sanatorium are
shown lp the report of the board OF
control for the year ending June 80
Just fled with Ferris.
On July I. 1915. there were In the
sanatorium "A patients. AZ against 81