The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-10
Metropolitan Solons
"Stung" on the Big
Chairmanships
REP. JEROME Is
ONE EXCEPTION
re Draws Headship OF
Ways and Means
Body

fSfaf corrcspondeHf DefIoif Two

fSraF Correspondent Detroit Ttmcs)
LANSING. Mich. Jan 10 -Sreaker
Rice. o. the house az Representa-.
iiycs. announced a ihe recony ening
Of me legislature TUESDAY has
list OF house committees. The isci
that ,he speaker FIRST name .
WAYNE. does not seem 10 have IN
huenced HIM % any fayoritlsn 20
wards Wayne county IN The make
40 OF the committee list. 'or only
one chsimanship of leading cons
mitsec is given 20 r Detroit mem
Der That one however Is u real
prize and Ia drawn by Rep James
ID Jerome II Is NE chairmanshi7
OF the ways and means committee.
Rep Ward Copley heads the com
miitce on general taxation com
miiiee OF Importance The Other
chairmanships tha; 20 to WAYNE
members are OF minor importance.
They arc AZ follows
Federal relations. Sheridan Ford
lumber and salt VIM n Marta
Michigan School for the Deaf Ar
thur +. Wood Michigan State pris-
on, VIM. n. Jones: military affairs
Charles r. Culver revision and
amendment OF the constitution.
Charles Flowers revision and
amendment OF the statutes. Allan VI.
Iamphere. state sanatorinm John
Stevenson. village corporations.
Edward Gayle university An II
woodruff employment institution
for the blind. Andrew r Toepel
The chairmanships that Wayne
county members die not get are
more Interesting than those they did
get. For instance. Charles Flowers.
veteran legislator and chairman Of
the judiciary committee In the last
legislature. ranked so high that X
was generally expected he would
head the present judiciary commit
lee. He Is given second place OF
II. Capt. John Stevenson has 10
be content with second place on
both the railroad and the fish and
fisheries committees. while Bill
Jones. sole survivor OF the labor
committee IN the last house gets
second place on the new labor com
mittee.
Needless 10 remark. there are NJ
Wayne county members on the
new liquor committee. II Is a soiii
"dry" committee.
The full committee last OF the
house IL:
Arrlcultuse coiiege--Messrs. Root.
Peterson. Evans. kistier. Ipham
AEricuiture--N eesTs Wells ouiu-
tel. G. = Reed. Ewing. Gallo~av
Apportiounnent NcsErs. GetteL T.
Read, r. a. smith. John Schmidt. r.
T. Ford Weisscri, Marfs Deuel..
Central Michigan Normal srheel-
Mesere. Rors Cayde. Olms'ead Glaf-
city CORPORATION Msssrs Koor-
srs CTm shee Woodruff Ia wphere.
lett vand.rNeen.
cclIege ~ Mines MesFrs. Martin.
Bre wer Root. stearns. Patterson.
prainarc--M. ssrs oirnstend. Bosch
Bnlsc. Rose Nerr'mnr
Fducat ton csEr~ NeiEseft Jones.
Crawford Curtis. sheridan Ford f.e-
mire. Littlefohn NanderNeen Has
fengcr.
Eiections-~ Messrs Nelson. Amor.
Soufk. Leland. paigrasu. Tc@pei
Tfoef NJ n smith. Robinson
Federal Messrs ~hsri-
dan Ford, Edwards. Gisspie, ~ -.
smith Upham.
Fish and Fisheries Msssre Kinder
son stevenson. Gettel Ewing char
IN. vine Diehi. McGiiiivray. Chew
Game Laws Nersrs Giaspfr.
C'prien, Cevde. Tarrfer. Kistier
General Taxatien--Hessrs. Copiev,
HarrlA Francis. Clark Stearnk. Ward
petnrHnn, Galloway. Rose
Ceoionicaf Survey--Me Crpil
Ross. Jackson. ward. Peterson.
Horticulture Messr- Daizuesy.
H0FKins e. J. Reed. ". II. snlth.
1cNoque.
frdnsfrjai school for Bovs-Messrs
D'nricn. Kooyefs. curtis. Mart Wood
Insura nce-Mcssrs Person ffsw.
ford. r. l. Ford feveque Biinr
fouia state Hospital MesErE J
smith Biiuu. passenger. Ivory.
EtcarnN
judiciary - Mcssrs Petermsnn.
Flowers Person. Wiley. Warner.