The rules were suspended, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor, and the concurrent resolution was put upon its immediate passage. Mr. Campbell moved to lay the resolution on the table.

Mr. Cheney demanded the yeas and nays.

The demand was seconded, and the motion to lay on the table prevailed, by yeas and nays as follows:

By unanimous consent,

Mr. Holt offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That no member of this House be excused from attendance on this House, unless it be in case of sickness of himself or of a member of his family, during the ten days next hereafter.

Upon the adoption of which resolution,

Mr. Holt demanded the yeas and nays.

The demand was seconded and, pending the taking of the vote,

Mr. Robison moved that the resolution be laid on the table.

Mr. Cheney demanded the yeas and nays.

The demand was seconded, and the motion to lay on the table prevailed, by

yeas and nays as follows:

Mr. Allen moved that the rules be suspended and the House take up the
"general order;"

Which motion did not prevail, two-thirds of all the members present not
voting therefor.

PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS.

No. 1947. By Mr. Chase: Memorial of the officers of the DeWitt W. C. T.
U., in the name of the 30 women whom they represent.

On demand of Mr. Chase,

The memorial was read at length, and spread at large on the journal, as fol-
lows:

DEWITT, CLINTON COUNTY, MICH.,
March 21st, 1879.

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To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of
Michigan:

We, the undersigned officers of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
of DeWitt, Clinton county, State of Michigan, ask your honorable body to
pass a good and sound prohibitory liquor law, and for which your petitioners
will ever pray.

Mrs. O. G. Pennell, President; Mrs. Betsey Webber, 1st Vice President;
Mrs. Dorinda Thorp, 2d Vice President; Mrs. Jennie Scott, 3d Vice Presi-
dent; Miss Jean Webber, Recording Secretary; Miss Ida Worden, Financial
Secretary; Miss Irene Lewis, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. S. A. Topping,
Treasurer.

Referred to the committee on liquor traffic.

No. 1948. By Mr. Chase: Petition of the officers of the W. C. T. U., of
St. Johns, Clinton Co., and 500 others for the passage of the prohibitory liquor
law: President, Mrs. Josiah Upton; Vice President, Mrs. A. O. Plumstead;
2d Vice President, Mrs. Daniel Hurd; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. A. H.
Walker; Recording Secretary, Miss C. A. Shaver; Treasurer, Mrs. C. Kipp;
Olecalve Brand, Mrs. R. J. Woodruff, Mrs. G. Stephenson, Mrs. A. Butler, Mrs.
P. Mead, Mrs. A. Teachout;

Referred to the committee on liquor traffic.

No. 1949. By Mr. Bedtelyon: Petition of 123 citizens of Genesee county,
praying for the passage of the prohibitory liquor bill, known as the Mosher bill;
Referred to the committee on liquor traffic.

No. 1950. By Mr. Parsons: Petition of W. S. Lawrence, J. B. Cobb, A. A.

Hazard, and 279 other citizens of Kalamazoo county, for the passage of the
prohibitory bill, known as the Mosher bill;

Referred to the committee on liquor traffic.

No. 1951. By Mr. Robison: Petition of Rev. D. Whitley, Rev. D. D. Gillett,
J. W. Rice, and 159 other citizens of Washtenaw and Jackson counties, asking
for the passage of a prohibitory liquor law similar to the so-called Maine law;
Referred to the committee on liquor traffic.

No. 1952. By Mr. Holt: Petition of F. E. Hammon, F. Blackmarr, C. H.
Littlefield, and 24 others, citizens of Whitehall, Muskegon county, praying for
the enactment of a prohibitory liquor law;

Referred to the committee on liquor traffic.

No. 1953. By Mr. Noeker: Remonstrance of O. G. D. Richardson and 75
others of Carson City, Montcalm county, against the repeal of the present liq-
uor law;

Referred to the committee on liquor traffic.

No. 1954. By Mr. Noeker: Remonstrance of E. Patterson and 75 others of
Hubbardston, Ionia county, same subject:

Referred to the committee on liquor traffic.

No. 1955. By Mr. Noeker: Remonstrance of Geo. R. Bates and 40 others of
Hart, Oceana county, against the repeal of the present liquor law;

Referred to the committee on liquor traffic.

No. 1956. By Mr. Johnson: Petition of H. S. McMasters, W. J. Chaplin,
T. J. Edwards, S. Inghing, H. S. Colby and other citizens of Dowagiac, ask-
ing for the passage of the Mosher bill;

On demand of Mr. Johnson,

The petition was read at length and spread at large on the journal, as
follows:

To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Representatives :

The undersigned, citizens of Michigan, residents of Cass county, do most
earnestly petition your honorable body to pass what is known as the Mosher bill,
and would respectfully notice an error in the remonstrance of the board of
trade of Detroit and others, against the passage of the same, in stating that
"we tried the Maine liquor law for twenty years or more, and it was impossible
to enforce it," when, in fact, the prohibitory law that we had in Michigan was
about as much like the Maine liquor law as the dog law is like the constitution
of Michigan.

As to the workings of the two laws, we have the unquestionable evidence of
every State officer of Maine for the past ten years that their prohibitory liquor
law is as well enforced as any other law on their statute books, and especially
is this the case in the cities and large towns; while our old prohibitory liquor
law, we regret to say, was not enforced to any considerable extent in our cities
and larger towns.

We have observed incidentally other proofs of the enforcement of the liquor
law in Maine: The New York Herald, which cannot be accused of being a
temperance paper, is our authority for the statement that the officers of the
Russian cruiser which touched off the coast of Maine last summer, would not
allow their men to go ashore until they had themselves been on land and learn-
ed that the prohibitory liquor law was strictly enforced, when the men were
allowed daily to go on shore. We notice too, that in reply to Senator Ham-
lin's speech in regard to the Texas Pacific railroad, Senator Beck of Kentucky
taunts the senator from Maine with the fact that Maine contributes less than

$23,000 to the revenue of the general government, while Kentucky contributes
more than $2,000,000 to the same. Maine makes no liquors to be taxed or
drank, while Kentucky distilleries are numbered by the hundred. We have
also noticed by the papers that the State prison of Maine contains less than
250 convicts, and is self-supporting, while our State prisons are crowded with
nearly 2,000 convicts, and large appropriations are needed at short intervals
with which to build more prisons or to make extensive additions to those we
have. These are important facts and worthy of consideration, and without
now tracing the cause and effect, we shall ever pray;

Referred to the committee on liquor traffic.

No. 1957. By Mr. Cottrell: Petition of Frank Cressey, Geo. Beard, and
Miss Hattie Cressey, President of the W. C. T. U. of western Detroit, and 300
others of the society, asking for the passage of a prohibitory liquor law;

Referred to the committee on liquor traffic.

No. 1958. By Mr. Brown: Petition of Geo. Wortly, J. C. Hazcehuseren,
and 500 others, asking for the passage of the prohibitory liquor law;

Referred to the committee on liquor traffic.

No. 1959. By Mr. Barnes: Petition of 30 ladies and 24 gentlemen of Eaton
Co., asking for the passage of the Mosher bill;

Referred to the committee on liquor traffic.

No. 1960. By Mr. Hall: Petition of E. G. Day, A. Homer, William H.
Price, Frank Blair, H. E. Green, Geo. T. Cottrell, and 96 other citizens of
Morencie, Lenawee Co,, asking for a prohibitory liquor law;

Referred to the committee on liquor traffic.

No. 1961. By Mr. Turnbull: Remonstrance of Colin Campbell, F. O. Gulli-
fer, Alex. McDonald, residents of the county of Alcona, against the passage of
Senate bill No. 107 organizing the town of Curtis;
Referred to the committee on towns and counties.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

By the committee on towns and counties:

The committee on towns and counties, to whom was referred

Senate bill No. 92, entitled

A bill to reorganize and establish the township of Duncau, in Cheboygan
county, and to legalize the township proceedings therein;

Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and
have directed me to report the same back to the House, without amendment,
and recommend that the bill do pass, and ask to be discharged from the fur-
ther consideration of the subject.

Report accepted and committee discharged.

S. B. BROWN, Chairman.

The bill was referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the gen-
eral order.

By the committee on towns and counties:

The committee on towns and counties, to whom was referred

Senate bill No. 93, entitled

A bill to reorganize the township of Grant, in Cheboygan county, and to le-
galize the township proceedings therein,

Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and
have directed me to report the same back to the House, without amendment,

and recommend that the bill do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

Report accepted and committee discharged.

S. B. BROWN, Chairman.

The bill was referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the general order.

By the committee on towns and counties:

The committee on towns and counties, to whom was referred
House bill No. 402, entitled

A bill to detach certain territory from the township of Little Traverse, Emmet county, and to attach the same to the township of Bear Creek, in said county,

Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the House, without amendment, and recommend that the bill do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

Report accepted and committee discharged.

S. B. BROWN, Chairman.

The bill was ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the general order.

By the committee on towns and counties:

The committee on towns and counties, to whom was referred

House bill No. 459, entitled

A bill to detach certain lands from the county of Saginaw and attach the same to the county of Bay;

Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the House, without amendment, and recommend that the bill do not pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

Report accepted and committee discharged.
On motion of Mr. Brown,

The bill was laid on the table.

By the committee on towns and counties:

S. B. BROWN, Chairman.

The committee on towns and counties, to whom was referred

House bill No. 430, entitled

A bill to change the boundaries of the townships of Napoleon, Columbia, and Norvell, in the county of Jackson,

Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the House, without amendment, and recommend that the bill do not pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

Report accepted and committee discharged.
On motion of Mr. Brown,

The bill was laid on the table.

By the committee on state affairs:

S. B. BROWN, Chairman.

The committee on state affairs, to whom was referred

House bill No. 631, entitled

A bill to amend section 1, chapter 64, compiled laws of 1871, being compiler's No. 2093 relative to the protection of game,