The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-03-19

present republican occupies the 20
sition of game and fish warden. I'm
der him are dozens of other republi-
cans holding jobs as deputies. The
wardens time expires in June and II
would, IL events took their course nor
mally, be up to Governor Ferris to ap-
point a democrat who in turn would
appoint large number OF other dem
ocrats to very fat and satisfying jobs.
This is what Senator Samuel Odell
aimed to prevent and his bill provides
that the department shall be abolished
and its work consolidated with that of
the public domain commission. This
commission, be it known, is controlled
by the republicans. Consequently it
would continue to fill the jobs of dep
utv game wardens with republicans
and everything would be lovely.
Ferris Is Peevish.
Governor Ferris has been more
peevish over the Odell measure than
over any bill that has been brought
before the legislature during his two
terms of office.
'It's nothing more than politics."
says the governor "T don't think the
legislature should pass such a bill"
Asked whether he would sign the
measure or not the governor rigidly
refuses to make an Illuminating reply
and no one seems to know, not even
those in his close confidence, just what
he will do.
Democrats in the senate and house
who tried to stem the progress of the
bill might just as well have thrown
themselves into the roaring current
above Niagara Falls and clutched at
straw The republicans have an over
whelming majority and they are keen
for the bill They howled the demo
Gratis down whenever they argued
against the measure and jeered at
them because they were unable to
prove that the bill will not in reality
be a good thing for the state. There
is every argument in favor of the bill
as a measure and practically none
against il except that it is political
move. Highly elated, therefore, by
the fact that they can do a good thing
and at the same time do their political
enemies, the republicans in the legis-
stone wall and declare that if the gov
ernor refuses to sign the measure
they will pass it over his veto.
1t looks as Il they had the votes ia
do this thing, too. A two-thirds vote
Is all that is needed to overturn
veto and at the present writing the
republicans have far more votes than
that In both the house and the senate.
Brewers Are In Bad.
Kent and Wayne county brewers
are not making any friends among the
wet" members of the legislature.
They are opposing Rep. Parsons bill
which would permit home breweries
to operate in dry counties and to de-
liver beer by the case for the simple
reason that if the bill goes through
they will lose the trade which they
have built up in local option counties.
The only wet" member of the
liquor committee in the house to vote
against reporting out the measure was
Rep. Culver of Wayne. Since that
time the Kent and Wayne brewers
have offered open opposition to the
bill. The result is that a fracture has
made its appearance in the ranks of
the vets and the drys are accordingly
very jubilant. Rep. Sours of Grand
Traverse county also votes against re-
porting out the bill, but as he is
militant dry this was not unexpected
The passage of the Person bill would
allow breweries to operate in dry
counties and sell beer by the case. II
would not permit them to retail il by
the glass, however, and the same re-
strictions as now apply to clubs and
lockers would still prevail The bill
is based upon the contention that it is
not fair to allow outside breweries to
ship beer into dry territory while
local concerns are compelled to sus-
pend business.