Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-03-20
FROM TIE
STATE CAPITOL
UNANIMOUS VOTE WAS GIVEN
oMPERsATION BILL BY
HOUSE MEMBERS.
PASS FALSE ADVERTISING BILL
Senate and House Mix Into Worst
Parliamentary Tangles Of Present
Session over Bills.
BY William Lee calnon
Lansing. Mich

Lansing. Mich.
Farmer members backed uD labor
members in the house OF representa-.
lives in the final passage OF the
amendments 10 the workmen's com
pensation bill and 10 bill 10 prohibit
false advertising 90 get woghman TO
plant where strikes OF lockcuts are ina
progress The result is more good feel.
ing than has prevailed in legislative
circles Do some years
Rep Evans. chairman of the house
committee Oh agriculture. took tho
floor whom The compensation bai came
up for final action IL Increase com
pen auoI OF injured woriman from
30 TO Co per cent md raises The mmi
mum and NaXimW weekly payments
from So to 81 and $40 10 S14. as weu
as Swing more medical ana hospif
attention Defeat of the S.hour dag
bill. largely ON constitutional grounds
rankled with some OF the labor mem
bers. and Rep Evans declared he had
only friendly feelings towards every
measure which would better Condi-
lions FOR Industrial workers Ie
praised the work that had been done
'or the workngmen cause bv Rep
Carl Young Rep John Holland and
Rep. Fred Happier and asked for
unanimous vote of the house on the
compensation bill This was given.
- To o. the same vote by which the
'alse advertising bill also was adopted
Rep. Carl Young who is president
II the Michigan Federation OF Labor
expressed his heartfelt gratitude for
The vote and declared he could EXPRESS
he same sentiment for all Michigan
workers "a they had felt real grief
,wo years ago when the same bill met
iefeat In the senate
The house. after once defeating the
bill TO give the state labor commits
sioner four-year term turned around
and passed the bill The winning ar
gument for it was that this Is the only
biz state department left on two
year basis. Another labor bin adopted
by the house gives the state inspector
ii mines $4,000 year salary instead
II per diem OF s.
Both the senate and the house on
he same afternoon got into the worst
parliamentary tangles of the present
session over bills on which big fights
were waging Personal feeling ran
nigh In each house The senators got
30 angry that they almost locked them
selves up from O'Clock in the even
ng until , the next afternoon defeat
If motion 10 adjourn on tie vote
being all that saved them. A call OF
he senate. which causes the doors to
De- locked and no one allowed 20 leave,
was on at the time. but overlooked
when the adjournment motion was
out Had the motion passed the sena-
.ors would have had 10 spend the night
At their desks and wait until the reg
liar meeting time the next day,
o'clock 10 get chance 70 vote them
selves outdoors.
The fight was over the Baker bill
10 supplant the primary election cor
rupt practices act with the Oregon
plan OF having candidates for Office al
Owed TO advertise only in "A booklet
gotten out by the secretary of state
and distributed 10 every voter Sen
ltor Condor declared that the War
ner bill in the house is a much better
measure than Bakers plan and moved
to refer the Baker bill back TO com.
mittee Baker opposed this and after
several tie votes moved call of the
senate This was adopted and two
missing senators We're sent for Ser
geants could not and them and the
argument kept up The senate voted
straight order not TO adjourn.
not to lift the call Of Tic senate not to
proceed 10 business understhe call and
got % take recess. As this got
them nowhere they finally dispensed
with the call and on a IL to H. vote
sent the Baker bill back TO committee,
where il is apt TO remain for some
time
The house parliamentary jangle
came over the Lewis bill 10 put
teeth in the prohibition laws" II is
aimed at possession 81 intoxicants and
removes property rights to liquor
Rcp Lewis declared II necessary TO
stop whiskey running and declared
/ that no delay should be had in pushing
/ il through Because of numerous
amendments some other members oh
/ iected to being in rush and asked
that II be reprinted before finally act
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