The Detroit times., 1915-01-13
WAYNE COUNTY
"PASSED UP" ON
CHAIRMANSHIPS
Rep. Charles Flowers Only Man
to Head big" Committee
Gets Judiciary Plum
MARTZ DRAWS HEADSHIP
III LUMBER AND SALT BODY
Changers Object Appointment of
Peterman, Copper Attorney,
to Head Tax Committee

LANSING, Mich. Jan. l2.-As pre-.
dicted In The Times last week. Wayne
county got 1t where the chicken got
the axe when the committee chair
malships of the house were made up
by Speaker Charles w. Smith.
Charles Flowers, head OF the Wayne
delegation, was the only one named
on the so-called big" committees.
heading the judiciary body. George
p. Palmer heads the committee on
elections. which may be important
this session. Other Wayne county
men who received chairmanships 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
ings; Sheridan Ford. state library.
Representative Charles Tufts, OF
Ludington, who heads the LIQUOR COM
mittee OF the house, cannot ne cata-
logued either as wet" or dry" In
a 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 TO Zine up" with
them. He declared that he had re.
fused and would continue to refuse TO
do so, All / want TO do is TO 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 L. 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.
che complete list Of chairmanships
Is as follows:
Agricultural college, Pray. Eaton !:
agriculture. Schmidt, Osceola: appor.
tionme Thos. Read, Oceana: Cen.
trail Michigan Normal school. r. l.,
Ford, Genesee city corporations,
Averill, Kent: College OF Mines. Stew.
ems, Missaukee; drainage, Moore,
LIZ nawee; education, Chas. d. 6y-
n onds, Menominee; elections, Geo. p.
Palmer. WAYNE; federal relations. II.
L. Koehler. Wayne: fish and fisheries
II. l.. Mcmillan. Charlevolx: game
laws, c. Wesley Kemmerling, Mon.
roe; general taxation. Albert Z. Peter
man. Houghton: geological survey
George Ward, Saginaw; horticulture
Samuel Z. Daigneau, Berrien: indus.
trial School for Boys, VIM. r. Jerome,
Hillsdale; insurance, Wayne r. Rice.
Newaygo; Tonia State hospital VI. l..
Evans, Branch: Judiciary, Charles
Flowers. Wayne; Kalamazoo State
hospital. T. F. Rogers, Muskegon:
labor, Marshall A. Oakley Bay: liquor
traff1c, Charles Tufts, Mason: local
taxation, Chas A. Hulse, clinton: lum.
Der and salt, VIM. n. Martz, Wayne;
Michigan Employ ment Institution for
the Blind. Henry Cross, Jr., Gladwin:
Michigan Home and Training schools.
Adelhert ID. Edwards. Houghton ::
Michigan reformatory, Rov 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,
Charles II. Culver, WAYNE: mines and
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 d.
Foote, Kent public health, New
Smith, Gratiot;f public lands and for
estry interests. n II. Whiteley.
Presque Isle railroads, James Hen.
ry, Calhoun: religious and benevolent
socie ties, Emery j. Wood. Jackson:
revision and amendment OF the con.
stitution, Noble Ashley, WAYNE: re-
vision and amendment OF the statutes
hsryey A. Penny, Saginaw; roads and
bridges. John d. Aprato, Dickinson
rules, Fred l.. Warner, Ionia: state
affairs. JAS n 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, Edwin
Home for Girls, n. r. Hoffman, San.
lilac; state library. Sheridan d. Ford
Wayne; State Normal college. A. O.
Griggs, OAKLAND, State Psychopathic
hospital, Clifford G. /OImstead. 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. Havi.
land, st. Clair: Traverse City State
hospital, Alonzo ]. Sherman. Tuscoia !;
university, VIM +. Nank, Macomb !:
village corporations, Lynn J. Lewis
Van Buren,, WAYS and means, Dana RI
Hiakley, Emmett; Western State Nor.
NAL school, Merlin Wiley, Chippewa
n. A. BALLENGER.