The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-03
jim HELME
IS SHELvED.
Senate Refuses to Con.
firm His Appoint
ment

4 tAt.NoisNo, aACus. hatNu -topt-
eial Tine senate committee In ex.
ecutiye business today voted TO re-
port out all save seven OF Gov. Fer.
ris' second list OF % appointees.
The name OF Jim" Helme. state
dairy and food commissioner heads
the list OF those held up by the com
mittee. Commissioner Helme Is
largely responsible for his own pre-
dicament. hts charges that the com
lmittees on taxation OF both house
and senate were loaded In opposi.
ton TO the grange tonnage tax
measure having aroused strong OPP
position. II Is believed that the sen
ate will refuse to conhrm his APP
pointment.
The name OF Judge Henry s. HUI
bert. Of Detroit. named for member.
ship on the board OF control OF the
farm colony for epileptcs Was held
up TO correct clerical error. his
name having been transmitted TO
the senate as Harvey Hubert"
At the request OF Senator Wood
the names OF Andrew J. Short OF
Sauit Ste. Marie. and Thomas MUIR
ply. OF Luce county, named as mem
bers OF the board OF control OF New
berry state hospital. were held up.
Senator Wood charges that Short
and Murphy were named to replace
experienced men and that the shift
Is merely the replacing OF two com,
petent Republicans by two inexperi
enced Democrats. Senator GROCER
requested that the names OF John
Waltz. OF Ann Arbor. and John s.
Smith. OF Elba. be held up until the
committee could ascertain whether
or not they are members OF the
board at present They are the gov.
ernors appointees for membership
on the board OF control OF the La
peer home.
The committee also refused TO re
port out the name OF Frank 4. Pull
te. OF Kalamazoo. who was appoint
ed TO membership on the board for
the Kalamazoo State hospital.
The other names win be present
ed for confirmation this afternoon.
Coincident with the senate's op-
position TO the confirmation Of James
Helme Of Adrian as state dairy and
food commissioner. q move Is on
foot in the house to introduce and
push through a bill abolishing the
department OF which he Is head.
In view OF this fact. the senates
persistent refusal to report out the
Adrian mans name takes on a dou-
BILE significance. The opposition has
enough votes in the senate 10 re-
fuse Helme's confirmation right
now. and were u not for the other
move in the lower branch. would
naturally bring the matter to head
as quickly as possible.
Helme has always held the undi-
vided backing OF the state Grange.
but considerable portion OF the
Grange support In the Legislature
was alienated by the commissioner
himself when he declared. In an edL
torial In his paper. the Michigan
Patron. that the Grange was I'm the
hands OF the rich" The charge was
made after Helme discovered that
several upper peninsula solons OPP
posed TO the tonnage tax were
grangers in good standing.
HeIme also got himhelf I'm bad"
by declaring that the taxation com
mittees OF both houses were load.
ed" against the tonnage tar propo-
sition.
II Is understood that a bill abol.
ishing the department and transfer.
ring It's duties to the Michigan Agri-
cultural college IL in course OF prep.
aration and will be introduced with
In short time.