FOURTH DAY,

Lansing, Tuesday, March 26, 1912.

2 o'clock p. m.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment and was called to order by the President.

Religious exercises were conducted by Rev. C. H. Hanks, of Owosso. The roll of the Senate was called by the Secretary.

The following Senators were present:

Messrs. Barnaby, Bradley, Cartier, Collins, Conley, Foster, Fowle, Freeman, James, Kingman, Kline, Lee, Mapes, Miller, Moriarty, Murtha, Newton, Putney, Rosenkrans, F. D. Scott, G. G. Scott, Snell, Taylor, Vanderwerp, Vaughan, Walter, Ward, Weter, White and Wiggins―30. The following Senator was absent with leave: Mr. Leidlein—1. The following Senator was absent without leave: Mr. Watkins-1.

Mr. Weter moved that Mr. Watkins be excused from today's session. The motion prevailed.

By unanimous consent the Senate took up the order of

MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.

Mr. Miller offered the following resolution:

Senate resolution No. 11.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That such parts of a message transmitted by the Governor to each house of the Legislature and received by said houses on the 25th day of March, A. D. 1912, as mention or refer to, directly or indirectly, one E. D. Stair of the city of Detroit, be expunged from the Journals of said Senate and House of Representatives; and be it further

Resolved, That the Journals of said Senate and House of Representatives containing a report of the proceedings of said day, which have already been printed, be withdrawn from circulation and destroyed; and be it further

Resolved, That the Journals of said Senate and House of Representatives for said 25th day of March, A. D. 1912, be corrected in accordance with this resolution and be reprinted.

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The question being on the adoption of the resolution,
Mr. Mapes moved that the resolution be laid on the table,
Upon which motion he demanded the yeas and nays.

The motion made by Mr. Mapes then did not prevail, a majority of the Senators present not voting therefor by yeas and nays as follows:

The question being on the adoption of the resolution,

Mr. Miller demanded the yeas and nays.

The resolution was then adopted, a majority of the Senators present voting therefor by yeas and nays as follows:

Petition No. 14. By Mr. Cartier: Petition of George W. Shepherd and 32 other citizens of Newaygo county, in favor of the passage of the Watkins-Field bill and the Taylor-Ball bill.

The petition was referred to the Committee on Insurance.

Petition No. 15. By Mr. Cartier: Petition of C. E. Davis and 79 other citizens of Mason county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 16. By Mr. F. D. Scott: Petition of L. A. Hugh and 28 other citizens of Charlevoix county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 17. By Mr. F. D. Scott: Petition of A. VanAuken and 27 other citizens of Otsego county, on the same subject. Same reference.

Petition No. 18. By Mr. F. D. Scott: Petition of J. Pearson and 49 other citizens of Onaway, Presque Isle county, on the same subject. Same reference.

Petition No. 19. By Mr. Conley: Petition of G. W. Smith and 104 other citizens of Lapeer county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 20. By Mr. Conley: Petition of W..B. Weaver and 43 other citizens of Tuscola county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 21. By Mr. White: Petition of Lewis B. Rough and 32 other citizens of Berrien county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 22. By Mr. Newton: Petition of R. E. Benjamin and 182 other citizens of Oakland county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 23. By Mr. Newton: Petition of G. F. Tripp and 109 other citizens of Washtenaw county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 24. By Mr. Putney: Petition of G. A. Fee and 107 other citizens of Sanilac county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 25. By Mr. Rosenkrans: Petition of O. L. Snow and 69 other citizens of Ingham county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 26.

By Mr. Vaughan: Petition of S. C. Van Houten and

38 other citizens of Barry county, on the same subject. Same reference.

Petition No. 27. By Mr. Vaughan: Petition of R. J. Slee and 49 other citizens of Eaton county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 28. By Mr. Vaughan: Petition of J. W. Rochelle and 15 other citizens of Clinton county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 29. By Mr. Kingman: Petition of George Killeen and 57 other citizens of Calhoun county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 30. By Mr. Kingman: Petition of Clarence S. Burns and 22 other citizens of Branch county, on the same subject. Same reference.

Petition No. 31. By Mr. Collins: Petition of Frank Chaffee and 40 other citizens of Midland county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 32. By Mr. Ward: citizens of Isabella county, on the Same reference.

Petition of C. T. Jack and 39 other same subject.

Petition No. 33. By Mr. Ward: Petition of L. A. Sharp and 12 other citizens of Alma, Gratiot county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 34. By Mr. Ward: Petition of Hugh Kennedy and 43 other citizens of Mecosta county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 35.

By Mr. Freeman: Petition of James W. Edgar and 58 other citizens of Livingston county, on the same subject. Same reference.

Petition No. 36. By Mr. Freeman: Petition of Fred W. McCann and 92 other citizens of Genesee county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 37. By Mr. Bradley: Petition of Carl Critchett and 110 other citizens of Montcalm county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 38. By Mr. Bradley: Petition of A. E. North and 18 other citizens of Ionia county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 39. By Mr. Taylor: Petition of Ernest W. Morse and 164 other citizens of Kalamazoo county, on the same subject. Same reference.

Petition No. 40. By Mr. Taylor: By Mr. Taylor: Petition of Frank E. Schweitzer and 38 other citizens of St. Joseph county, on the same subject. Same reference.

Petition No. 41. By Mr. Walter: Petition of William T. Hill and 47 other citizens of Kalkaska county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 42. By Mr. Walter: Petition of L. H. Morrison and 28 other citizens of Grand Traverse county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 43. By Mr. G. G. Scott: Petition of Geo. B. March and 9 other citizens of Wayne county, on the same subject. Same reference.

Petition No. 44. By Mr. Vanderwerp: Petition of J. W. Davids and 62 other citizens of Muskegon county, on the same subject. Same reference.

Petition No. 45. By Mr. Kline: Petition of Fred A. Harvey and 83 other citizens of Adrian, Lenawee county, on the same subject. Same reference.

Petition No. 46. By. Mr. Kline: Petition of Edwin Simpson and 70 other citizens of Lenawee county, on the same subject.

Same reference.

Petition No. 47. By Mr. Vanderwerp: Petition of H. E. Wylie and 13 other voters of Montague township, Muskegon county, urging the submission to the people of a constitutional amendment relative to woman suffrage.

The petition was referred to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments.

Petition No. 48. By Mr. Vanderwerp: Petition of C. G. Pitkin and 97 other citizens of Whitehall, Muskegon county, on the same subject. Same reference.

Petition No. 49. By Mr. Kline: Petition of Bert A. Onsted and 22 other citizens of Cambridge township, Lenawee county, urging the giving of immediate effect to a presidential preference primary bill. The petition was refererd to the Committee on Elections.

Petition No. 50. By Mr. Freeman, on request of Gov. Osborn:

Flint, Michigan, March 18, 1912. The undersigned voters of Genesee County feeling that their wishes are not being considered by Senator Freeman with reference to the immediate effect Primary bill, take this method of expressing their approval of the proposed legislation:

Frank Cotville, Roy Sayers, B. M. Lutze, W. Y. Beeford, H. Gordon, B. L. Chiles, F. E. Taylor, W. M. Collins, H. E. Cooke, Charles H. Schutte, D. D. Fisher, W. E. Miller, H. E. Markey, Wm. Nickle, H. Z. Forshee, E. P. Wiley, J. J. Walter, E. Finck, F. E. Seeley, D. W. Howard, H. A. Lawrence, C. M. Tailan, F. Richards, J. J. Kerkey, J. T. Knowles, H. H. Ramsey, Burt Wright, E. A. Birdsall, W. J. Dewitt, B. C. Turner, Newing McConnell, Alfred Cole, F. Clare, J. A. Zink, R. J. Rother, L. R. Eggleston, H. A. Wickhorn, W. Huston, L. Huske, John O'Malley, Carl Damman, I. E. McConnell, Geo. Hofmann, Wm. L. Guipe, R. Richardson, L. C. Cushing, E. E. Van Norman, Chas. Koll, A. Y. Witch, G. L. Williams, C. Williams, Geo. H. Bennett, C. Liverson, C. Ramsdell, Herbert Hutchins, I. Redmond, O. Baer, W. Patterson,