The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-03-18
| LANSING
|LETTER
COUNTY HOME RULE PLAN
LOSES OUT IN SENATE
Domination Of Cities Over County
Governments Feared; Another
Reform Measure Passed.

WVvVs6U9uts SeareoS tV0tuST
Reform Measure Passed.
(From STAG Corrc- Yondent.)
The county t-.--..iission form Of
government struck q snag in the
rr-:.s when that body took up
.-..al consideration of Senator Phillips
Joint resolution to submit constitu-
tional amendment to Q state referen-
dunn at the November. 1922, election
that would allow counties to vote on
adopting commission plan. Nineteen
votes was all that could be mustered
for the Phillips resolution and It re-
Quires %, q two-thirds vote OF the en-
tire senate, to submit constitutional
amendment. Ten votes were cast
against the resolution and three SEN
Ators were absent.
MoNAueHToN OPPOSES PLAN.
Senator McNaughton. Of the rural
districts Of Kent. the county in which
the idea originated, led the fight
against the resolution, declaring that
1t meant counties would be dominated
entirely by the cities in all counties
like Kent which have large cities A
call of the senate was resorted to In
order to keep senators in their seats
for what was considered the most i'm.
portant roll call Of the session up to
that time
The vote was: Yes, Senators Baker,
Bolt, Bpower, Condor. Eldred. Engel.
Forester. Hamilton. Hayes. Johnson,
Macarthur, McRae. Penney, Phillips,
Riopelle. Smith (2nd Dist.),. Smith
Q1th Dist, Wilcox and Wood-1s.
No, Senators Anon. Bryant. Clark,
Davis. Henry. McNaughton. Osborn.
Ross, Sink and vandenboom-10. Alb
sent. Senators Hicks. Lemire and
TUFTS.
Following its failure Of adoption the
resolution was tabled after recon
sideration and its sponsors will make
an effort to corral some more votes
for It before endeavoring to take Il
from the table.
AGRICULTURAL BILL PASSED.
The bill to create state depart.
ment Of agriculture, third OF thi
series designed to remodel the :or.
duct OF state business, went through
the house OF representatives the same
day that 1t was reported out from the
committee on agriculture, being
passed both in committee of the whole
and on third reading, under suspen-,
sion of the rules.
In the new department, the bill pro-
vides. there will be consolidated all
state bureaus that concern agricul-
tural. livestock and horticultural mat.
ters and the state fair will be under
it's control. The department also is
designed to bring closer relations be-
tween producer and consumer. The
bill now 10 before the senate commit
tee on agriculture. It is to be follow
ed by two more administration meai
sures, the conservation bill and the
labor department measure. !;
Along the same lines there also Isl
being prepared measure to wip out
state institutional boards and have
their duties transferred to the state
administrative board and the depart!
ments under which their institutions
naturally come. It further is planned
to have one master accountant to
keep track of the financial affairs OF
all the institutions and state farm
err who will look after the farms and
the livestock owned by many Of the
institutions. Some OF these farms
now lose money for the state.
ADJUST BUDGET SYSTEM.
The budget system that so far has
not functioned as 1t was intended to
will be looked after by the state ad-
ministrative board as well and the SER
vice of the budget director will be dis!
pensed with. It is planned to extend
the system to include oven the state
university and agricultural college.
The bill to cover the deficiency:
budget of the state has been COM
pieted and introduced in the senate,I
cut down from S2A00.0 900 70 $1,e2s, =
900. Part Of the saving u the result
Of the drop n general market .pricesl
institutional requests tor funds All ~
3ng based On last years prices. Unj
authorised sAAary raises helped IA
tsrially "a cepats ne sdt1oisncy, "a!
e6rding to.fhs statsmsAt non Tie I'd!
snlnistratiye board 10 ~ legislatures
\ n thought Ne present tilr WI
carry the nlats Though thlD ysas nios.
". bnt thsDs may - ~ 6ocessGty %
: sno&161 opostoa of the Iesisiaturs
10nf eahnary % nset conditions thsh.
10 make the stats administrative
board still more me : governors cab.
met. Rep. Dunn. a Highland Park. IN
troduced bill n the house 70 have
the secrstAry g >1ots, the ststs treas
ursr and the - r1eai appoinf.