The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-02-19
LAST WEEKS SESSION FEW
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expiration OF Governor Ferris term.
Major Burkhart has introduced,
through a member of the senate, an
innocent looking little measure which
provides that the Office of secretary
of the state board of health shall here
after be filled by the members of the
board instead of by the appointment
of the governor 1t also provides that
the salary Of the secretary shall be
raised to $4,000 year.
Inasmuch as the board is now COM
posed Of Democrats Major Burkhart
would be reappo nted when his pres
ent term expires and would hold office
until the personnel of the board
changes politically, which would not
be until several years after Governor
Ferris steps out of Office.
Since the legislature IS Republican
by an overwhelming majority the fate
Of the majors bill is certainly sealed.
Noodles"
Senator James Hanley, popular
me mber of the upper house from
Wayne county, has won nickname
for himself which he will never be
able to shake off.
Mr.. Hanley, at the request Of the
state dairy and food department, in
troduced a bill in the senate which
makes it crime to use artificial col
oring in the production of noodles and
macaroni.
A number Of senators arose at once
to ask whether Mr.. Hanley was rep
resenting a black hand constituence.
1t was also gravely suggested that
hereafter the gentleman from Wayne
be recognized as Noodles" Hanley.
Stenoer7phic Report.
Rep. Jerome, of Hillsdale, the "sky
pilot" of the house. is the author Of a
resolution which will make all debates
and speeches delivered on the pro
posed railroad legislation a matter Of
record.
The Hilsdale parsons resolution
makes it mandatory that full stem
ographic report of such debates and
speeches shall be kept by the house.
1t was passed by vote of 40 to 40.
Mr.. Jerome expects that the stenoG-
raphic report feature will compel rail
road lobbyists who appear before the
house or the railroad committee to
use considerable care in presenting
their arguments and to confine them
selves to facts. He also expects that
it will put a meter in the windy and
useless utterances of good many
legislators who talk for the pleasure
of hearing their own voice and who
make statements which are so ridicu-
lous that when they appear in print
the speaker usually denies them and
blames the newspapers for misquoting
him.
Compensation Amendment.
The recommendations Of the state
Industrial accident board have been
presented to the legislature through
bills introduced by Senator August
Gannser and Rep. Oakley. The bills
contain several proposed changes
which are of great importance and all
OF them are in the interest Of the
working man.
Probably the most important change
suggested is the recommendation that
occupational diseases be included in
the cases for which employers pay
compensation. This feature has been
eagerly sought by the labor inter
ests, whose claim has been that a
man who is taken Ill with a disease
which Is peculiar to his trade, such
as lead poisoning, is entitled to COM
pensation Just as much as a man who
Is injured while working at his trade.
Employers object to the proposed
amendment to the law on the ground