No. 1302. Petition of James Clancy, Henry Senike and 527 other miners and laborers, working at the Lake Superior mine at Ishpeming on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1303. Petition of C. Welby, Ole Ream and 100 other miners and laborers of Winthrop mine on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1304. Petition of Alfred Collux, Thomas Linaz and 102 other miners and laborers of Cleveland mine on same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1305. Petition of Louis Anderson, E. G. Erickson and 260 other miners of the Cliff shaft iron mine at Ishpeming on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1306. Petition of Thos. Candy, Samuel Brenton and 657 other miners and laborers of Champion iron mine, on same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1307. Petition of E. G. Demey and 352 other miners of the Republic mine, on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1308. Petition of Jas. H. Ried, J. A. Peterson and 528 others miners and laborers employed at the Cleveland, on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1309. Petition of Joe Gavorey, John D. Hogelin and 87 others, miners and laborers of the East New York mine at Ishpeming, on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1310. Petition of P. Makela, A. Mitchell and 85 other miners and laborers of Humboldt iron mine on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1311. Petition of 42 miners and laborers of Michigamme mine on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1312. Petition of Wm. M. Sterling, John Salberg and 109 others of Salisbury iron mine at Ishpeming, on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1313. Petition of John Slake, Wm. Smith and 75 others of American iron mine, on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1314. Petition of Wm. Randin, John Gulliver and 101 other miners of Dexter iron mine on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1315. Petition of O. E. Lawrence, Jos. Carson and 32 other miners of the Fitch iron mire, Marquette, for the abolishment of the present method of taxation of mining property and to place all property in this State on the same basis as to taxation. Same reference. Also, No. 1316. Petition of Albert St. Cyr, Wm. Combe, and 32 others, on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1317. Petition of the Scandinavian society of Republic, 153 members, against any increase of taxation on mining property. On demand of Mr. St. Clair, The petition was read at length and spread at large on the Journal as follows: To the Honorable E. G. St. Clair, Lansing, Michigan. You are hereby respectfully notified, that at a meeting of the lodge of the Scandinavian Benevolent Society of this city, called and held on the 14th day of March, 1891, for the express purpose of taking action on proposed legislation at Lansing, to increase tax on iron ore; the following resolution was adopted by the unanimous vote of the lodge: Resolved, That the Scandinavian Benevolent Society of the village of Republic, having a membership of 153 persons, do respectfully protest against the passage of any of the bills now pending at Lansing to increase the tax on iron ore, and that our representative be asked to do all in his power to prevent a passage of any such act. We Resolved, That we believe that the iron companies now pay more than their fair share of State taxes as compared with other kinds of property, and we also believe that if any increase in tax on iron ore should take place, it would operate disastrously in this country where we now have to compete with so many other districts, especially the south, in the production of iron, as witness many of our mines now idle from this cause. further believe that any such increase would be sure to lessen the wages of the laboring men in this country who are supported entirely by the iron mines, and that any other class have no right to purchase exemption for themselves from State taxes at the expense of the laboring men of this district. FRED UPPERSTROM, Secretary. Referred to committee on judiciary. On motion of Mr. Chisholm, The House took a recess until 7.30 o'clock P. M. OLE WILSON, President. EVENING SESSION. 7:30 P. M. The House met and was called to order by the Speaker. PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS. No. 1318. By Mr. Wagner: Remonstrance of Cui Bono Lodge, No. 112, A. O. U. W., Negaunee, Mich., representing 165 members, against an increase of specific tax on iron ore. On demand of Mr. Wagner, The remonstrance was read at length and spread at large on the Journal, as follows: Negaunee, Mich, March 13, 1891. To the Honorable George Wagner, Lansing, Mich. : You are respectfully notified, that at a meeting of Cui Bono Lodge No. 112 A. O. U. Ŵ., held in their hall this date, meeting being called for the express purpose of taking action on proposed legislation at Lansing, to increase the tax on iron ore the following resolution was adopted, by the unanimous vote of the lodge: Resolved, That Cui Bono Lodge No. 112 A. O. U. W., located in the city of Negaunee, having a membership of 165 members, do respectfully protest against the passage of any of the bills now pending at Lansing to increase the tax on iron ore and that our Representative be asked to do all in his power to prevent the passage of any such act; Resolved, That we believe the mining companies now pay a fair share of State taxes as compared with other kinds of property, and we also believe that if any increase in taxes on iron ore should be forced upon the mining companies, especially under the present condition of the markets and demands for iron, it would work disastrously to this district, where we now have to compete with so many other districts. We believe also that such increased tax would hinder the development of new properties and stop some new companies who have recently been organized in our city from continuing the work already commenced. 0 We further believe that such increased tax would be sure to lessen the wages of laboring men who are supported entirely by the iron mining interests. We do not think it just or fair that the southern part of the State and the farming class, or any other class, should purchase exemption for themselves by placing burdens upon the laboring class and mining interests of this district. WM. E. PERRY, Referred to committee on judiciary. Also, JOHN P. MILLER, Master Workman. No. 1319. Petition of 80 miners and laborers of the Lily mine, Negaunee, against the passage of any bill to increase the specific tax on iron ore. Referred to committee on judiciary. Also, No. 1320. Petition of W. R. Davis and 61 other miners and laborers of the Grand Rapids mine on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1321. Petition of Wm. Carmichel and 91 others against the passage of any law to increase the tax on iron ore. Same reference. Also, No. 1322. Petition of I. O. O. F. of Negaunee, 155 members, on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1323. Petition of Mark Elliott and J. Demores and 152 other miners and laborers, on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1324. Petition of the miners and merchants' benevolent society of Neguanee, on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1325. Petition of the Sons of St. George of Negaunee, 415 members, on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1326. Petition of James H. Hough and 36 other miners, on the same subject. Same reference Also, No. 1327. Petition of Thomas Trout and 30 other miners, on the same. subject. Same reference. No. 1328. By Mr. McCloy: Petition of 39 citizens of Springwells township and the city of Detroit asking for the passage of House bill 549 (file 197.) Referred to the committee on private corporations. Also, No. 1329. Petition of 101 other citizens of the same township on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1330. Petition of 38 other citizens of the same district on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1331. Petition of 15 other citizens of the same district on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1332. By Mr. Marsh: Remonstrance of S. B. Gordon and 19 others of Midland county against the passage of House bill 841 to vacate said county. Referred to the committee on towns and counties. Also, No. 1333. Remonstrance of W. H. Peck and 32 others on the same subject. Same reference. Also, No. 1334. ject. Remonstrance of C. Howard and 4 others on the same sub Same reference. Also, No. 1335. subject. Remonstrance of C. H. Kelso and 5 others on the same Same reference. Also, subject. Remonstrance of Thos. Lavigne and 16 others on the same Same reference. Also, No. 1337. subject. Remonstrance of Geo. McCarty and 12 others on the same Same reference. No. 1338. By Mr. Clapp: Remonstrance of the Anti-Capital Punishment Association of Battle Creek. On demand of Mr. Clapp, The petition was read at length and spread at large on the Journal as follows: To the Honorable House of Representatives of Michigan: The anti-capital punishment association of Battle Creek would most respectfully protest against the passage of the capital punishment bill, and without setting forth all the reasons therefor would present the following table prepared from prison reports based upon the number of convictions in 38 states, showing the proportion of criminal population to the entire population of each State. This table shows that the average criminal population of the capital punishment states is 1 to 914, while in the non-capital punishment states 1 to 1,273 1 to 973 1 to 1,570 1 to 2,199 |