The Legislature In Ann Arbor

This is reeess week at Lansing, whioh tutcans that the Logislature lias been taking one of its annual excursions, Yisitiug. the varioas State institutions depending upon it for sustenanoe and material aid. This year, on invitation of the Eegents of the University and our citizens, Ann Arbor was made h point, and yesterday fixed upon for an inspoction of the University. To make arrangenients for tho appropriate recoption and entertainment of the distinguished excuriiion party a joint meeting of faoulties and citizens was held at President Anoell'S room on Saturday afternoou last, at which it was voted to give an entertainment in the lower rooms of the new building on "Wedneeday evening, with other features to bo noted. To oarry out such decisión the following committees were appointed: On Finance and Supper - Messrs. Douglass, Cooley, and Palmer, of the Faculties, and Messrs. C. II. Muien, H. W. Hogers, A. DeForest, Dr. Wells, A. Widenmann, and N. B. Cole, on the part of tho citiZ0U8. On Reccption and places of entertainment. -Dr. Angelí, Dr. Cooker, Prof. Adains, Judgc Beakes, Hon. E. Mann, E B. Pond, J. A. Scott, Chas. Tripp, H. 8. Dean, and B. A. Beul. In the disoliargQ of their duties the Finance Committee reported liberal contributions of funda and the Reception Committee no lack of accomuiodations in the hospituble homes of our oitizens for the whole Legislature, wives and daughters included. The day express on which the legislativo party came was fiffy minutes lato, and arrived at about G.30 P. M. The guests of the evoning - nnmbering over one hundred - were immediately conveyed, through a biting atmosphere, to the brond and well-warmed halls and rooms of the new University building, whoro they were mado welcome by President Anoell. the committees, aud a large uuuiber of citizens. After disrobing and W3rming the ladies and g-entlemen of the party were introduced to President Angell and wife, and soon after escorted to Dr. Cogkek's room, which for " ono evening only " was to be devotcd to feastins: the physical man insteud of the mental and moral nature. By the generosity of citixeus and tho fovesight oí' the eommittee the tables groaned onder the substantiala and luxuriii af the season, and legislators and citiaens vied with each other in doing justice to tbo occasion ; and who wouldn't when teinpted by such waiters as served the tables. This delightful part of the progranime over tho iicw cbapel was filled and Dr. Douglass entertained the visitors and citizon8 for an hour with some very beautiful chemical and eleetrical experimenta, magie lantern scènes, etc, these exereisea being varied by enlivening college soners by the Univer.sity Glee Club. Next, dispersión was fti order, and the visitors were distributed to tho places assigned thera in tho homes of our citizens. Thursday forenoon the legislative party visited such departments and rooms of tho University as suited their several inclinations. At 11.30 o'clock leettires and recitations - were closed, and the students - over 1100 strong - convened for the first time in tho new hall - unfinishrd and culd. The students of the Literary Department occupied tho center of main floor, those of the Liw Department the right, and the Medical students the left. The legislators and other visitors occupiod the platform, and the citizens the galleries. Aft er the Glee Club had sung " Ameri ica," President Angell said : Gext'lemex of the Honorable Sexatk asd House of BEPBMBHtATttw:- I foei that I hardly need make any sneeck to-day. Aly speech U inaile for me. Here it is. I teel that Imay borrow from our State seal a sugestión and say " if you would seck for my speech JOK around you." (Applause.) The citizens of Aim Arbor gave you a reception whifli I trust was not uniccoptable last evening. But, to-day, the University sive you tlieir we'.come, not one whit less hearty than that of the citizens. A weieome, which, although the temperatura 1 frigid hare, the warmth of that welcome no zero ever can freeze. Wo give you a welcome more eloqiient thán any which "words of mine could cxpres.s. , You read it in these bcaining faces and in these enthusiastic deinonstrations. vv e are ueiigiKeu to consider ourselves, H we are indeed i some sense, voar wnrds, your family - and wc should be glad tosce jou oftenev down here to see the ehildren. (Applause.) A pretty large and promising faanily we think it is, too. We should be criad to see youhere at any time, forraally or iniormally; u3 perhaps il we coulcl liave the homes oí ehattiug with you ofteuor we conld have more1 hopo of attaining some of the pater' nal virtues. (Applause and laughter.) I trant you will not think that wa have brooght you into Üm unfinisheil Hall by wi of appeal. (Lau"hter.) Those unfinislted wu3rs which let in the wind tnroHgh innumerable chinks and crevices, might well plead for loih aud piaster ; but we have no appeal to make1 today. We are herc simply to bid you weicome with all out hearts. And I am fílad, atad I believe we all are, that without any plan of out own the first usc'to whieh this Hall has been put ia the reception of the Legislatura of Michigan; it h the apreciation of your predecessors that wc owe it. We are here not by way of appeal. but simply because there is no other roem in Ann Arbor which will hold ftU the citizens and all the of the Uuiveisity who wish to weicome you. I wish to say, gentlemen, that I suppose all will agree that' to insiu-e the prosperity of our UniTersity two thiugs are neoessary. First. That it slmll merit tho esteem of the people of the State. "We leave it to you to judgo whether this is so. Audi secondly, th&t in the State and Legislatura there should be always a sentiment that appreciates the and neetls of a State University, and that hiJAs tliat a TJniver-íity which could not have a vigorous, nKinly, and ongoing lite had bettcr have none at all. W e are sure sinee you, gentlemen, face the ïnulomuiicic-i of suüh weather os this for the sake ui bonoriag us with youi presence Tand cheering us with vour f tices, that you will add the further favor of DeraitÖBg us to hoar a fw word irom some of vour number. We had hoped lor the honoi 01 seein" hi Excellency, the Govurnor; but lean that basiuess detains him in Datoit; But we have here o worthy substitute, the President pro tem of the Seuate. Eespondingto the cali, Senator Emebson spoke snbstantially as follows, though owing to an unfortunate location and some coufusion around him, our reporter was unable to do hiü -rcry hap py effort f uil jus'ice. HDIT5S AND (JENTLEMEX, &-TODEN-TS OP TUF UsiVERSiTY . x should be exceedmgly happy to savaiew vrords of generous greting to. you expressie my entire MÜBfacboo with every thmit I have seen and heard smc.o I have been vour guest, but the condition of my voice entirr Iv precludes BM fvom making any extended re markf) It would be difficult tor na: to hu he&n by more than a few oí tose present, but I aan not let this occasion pass without saying a word As citizens of this great oommonwealtt e M apt to boast proudly, and rightly too, of tho cd rucational facil.t es of tho State, that its schoo houses stand upou almost eyery corner, and suc 1 school houses; no other State's can compre i thcov The crowning glory oi tho whole is ngh here Tlii University stands at the head of ou whoie cducational system, you are its hoart taking up ita life blood and dilïusing it ttirougl the whole body politie. As an individual mem beroftheLegislaturel am m favor rf pving too not simply a support-not givmg to the Uuive-sity a bare suW.ort but a generous, borní titul support, such au oue-as you xmquestionably dTmirht, perhaps, say a word or two by way o encou ragemont to you as students, vet it seem lo m om what we see here th hardly nee 1"." "v You aro fitting for the firt the gr at worid' upon wtóch you wk ente 1 1 wtln with every one else, rubbmg agaius i',';., mtï.c onflictthis great world will car litt e for the parchment you bare away with ym f om tl e wilf „signed by professors and regente buUt wül pronounce its verdict m unmistakab e terras upon a living, breathmg diploma. To thirthè great wotttrfl always B a truc , m ÍirpretaUon, and will place upon R tho 6eal of lU approval. ThG President paid we have one gentleman present who has beern a servant of the State in a ilual eapacity. He hos done failliíul servies as Scerctary oí the Penal, Pauper, and Reform fttory Committoe. (Laughter.) But lie assurea mi" that he is not here in that capacity to-day-. [don't know about the last clauso]. (Laughter.) He also filis the very honorable position oi Speaker of the Houso. Contrary to the usual rule, he is not called speaker beoauao h; HBTer speaks, and he will now address you. Speaker Oroswell said: Mn. Pkesiukxt, T,.vDi]:s and Gentlemen - I have been requesfed te speak i word in behali of tho House, aince my friciul ËXH6X80Q spoke in behalf of the S'jnatt. We haviMii the present Hoose oí Bepr tives ono hundred membera, of different tastes and purauits. The largor number ut them are agrieulturiats, tillers of tho soil. By thu iy, tuis is an honorable and grand pursuit. And then we have also, in tilia House oí EtepresentatÍM-1. ■ goodly number of lawyers - great applause irum the seats oeoupied by the Jjaw Department) - lawyers, as Oliver vendell Holmes aays, who can talk until the man in the moon will admit that it is made ot cheese. (Laughter.) And then wc have morchants and ftrtisans and eilitor and preache.rs and teachers, aml e have too, soiiic of the sweetest tinge m 'iie State. I do uot know but this House is justly entitled to be called a perambulatiug House, i'or we have on her list more Walkers than ever waa iound upuu the lists of auy similar body in the State of Michigan. „ We have, too, in this House, a number of men who, when rebellioii burst upon the laud and th: olear, shrill buglo sound called to arins, rusheil . i i "ïiii i 1 1 . . i .1 il _. _ to their country s rescue aud lollowed the om nag until victory complete perehcd upon her standard. We have also in thia House gradu&tes of this University - graduates of the Law Department (applause from tho "Laws,") - graduates of the Medical Department (applause from the "Medies,") - graduates of the Literary Department (applause from that quarter) - and we honor them. And now, let me say, we havo a very peculiar House. (Laughter.) These its prominent charactcristie is said to be its indepondence. Every member votes just as he has a mind to. I ani glad of it, for it is an evidence of braius - it is an evidence that the school houses and the newspapera have power in the land. I hardly know hcw to speak for this House, for every member of it is competent to speak for himself. But I foei that I expresa the sentiment of this House aud tho sentiment of every member of it, when I. fitvy that wc are glad to meet and to miuale with you. I know, also, that I am expressinff the sentiments of the members of this House who are present, when I say that from the bottom of our hearts we thank you for the hospitality with which you have greeted OS. I know, also, that I am speaking the sentiments of this House when I say to you that we are proud of this University. It is our University - it is part and parcel of ourselves. And wc are proud of its success, we rejoice in its prosperity. We rejoice at the good it has accomplished in the past. Looking around over the State we tind representatives from this University in alinost every department of life, high in positious of honor, mtluence and usefulness - in jurisprudence, in thoology and medicine, art and Bcienoc, orators, statcsmen, poets. Wc houor tlu' l'i. '- versity, we justly foei proud of it, aud aj öod speed to it. Aaid we mean to do our duty toward the University. I think that I express the sentiments of the Lfgislnture when I say that we mean that the University of Michigan shall take no rtepa backward. Now I want to speak one word for myself here. I am net speaking ior otheVs but aimply ior myself. I say that I thut this University nïay go on and increaso its power for u?ehüness and tor gooa. X want to seo n expanded and lts resources increased : the world moves aud the Univcrsitv must move also. It, is said to-day that the High Schools and graded schools of the country aro oqnal to the colleges of tbirty years ai;o. Those High Schools and raded schools haring the poople to back thcin, re pressing on. And if the University is to maintain te high place at the head of the edueaimial system of tba Siate, it must move on -. aud it willthvis move on. You have recent ly peiu-'i tho doora of this institution to women, and this I cousider to be a step in the right diection, and now I hope that provisión may be made lor the most complete cduoation of women n this instirutiou ; that ail that tends to ennoble, ultivate, and edúcate fomales may Xss found in he University of Michigan ; t)at they may roeive as complete an education here as in any intitutiou in this land, And I tamst also tnat the iducátion that this University givs m;y be, in he sentiment of our excellent G-overuur, even more practical than it has in the past. That it may ba useful. Why, I stood the otherr day by ho side of ono of those wonderful maehinea .hut has made the earth so sensitivo that ynn -;i!i oarely toaeh it at one point and it nat be feit to tho remotest part of the land. But it was a sealed book to me. I Hstened to the clicidng of the instrument but could not undeistaud it. Standing hy my sidc thero was a man to whoin eveiy word" was clear, distinct, intelligü'le English. I thought that the more perfect knowledge of that instrument vrould be an accomplishnuiit to any man, and to some the means of a. livchhood. And I hope that this University may be expanded so that it will take in art and science of every deseription, so that a man who goes forth from these walls may he prepared like the Yankee to turn his hand in any direction. And now, thanking you ladies and gentlemen for your attention, I sry I trust as the State goes on ïncxeasing in woalth and prosparity, that this University may continue to prosper imtil sho becomes not only the principal educational institution in tliis land, but the foremost and first of all the cducatioual institutions of the world. The President - I observe soine sigiis of nnbeeoming levity in the audience. Perhaps it would be -well to 3ober them down by a serious college ditty entitled "Cocachelunk." After the song, the President said i We have here, also, auother representativo from the House, the chairman of tho standing committee upon the Unlversity and Normal Schools. Mr. Thomas is also a gTaduatc of the Medical Bepartment. Mr. TlIOMAS said he supposed that his connection with the committeo nam ed was the roason why he was called upon ; and he wished to say that the opportunity thus given him by the speaker of being of service to the University was secoud only to bis prid in being an alumnus oi it. After oxpressing his belief that the Universïty of Michigan was destined to take a high position in the future, he decared himselí " too jold " to extend his remarks, The President thenintroduced Senator Childs, saying that notwithwtanding the sultriness of the atmosphero the audience would be unwilling to depart without hearing a few words from the lips of the man who had enjoyed the unspoakable pleMure oí raaking to the Sènato the ruport - almost unauimous, he believed, oi his coramittee- reoommending the full appropriation desired by the Universiry. Senator Childs mado an appropriate ad excellent speech, declarin his own long and permanent interest the University, and protosting that the great farming claes was as much interested in its prosperity as thu profcssions, and that the rcpresentatives of that class, iü the Legislatura, would prove its firm frierais. "We intcnded to give the speech in full, but our reporter fiuding that our compositer were to be kept working hïto the wee sraa' hours of the night " did not writa up his optas. The exurcises iu the hall wero then closed by singing the long meter doxology, after which the legislative Tisitor8 were dined at the residenee o-f President Angelí,. The afternoon was spent in further looking over the University and our city, the party leaving on the 4.40 train: going to Detroit, tlieaoe to Flint where tlie Deaf, Duinb and Blind Asylum will be examined. We understand that all were highly pleased with the University and with the reception given them by our citizens. The lpgislative party eonsisted of Lieut Gov. Holt, and Senators Beattie, Brewer, Butterfield, Childs, Crosby, Dewey, Ely, Emerson, McGowan, and Eichardáon ; Speaker Crosswell, and Representativos Aokloy, Bailey, Bartholomew, Blackman, Bottoinley, Briggs, Brunson, (Jhaniborlain, Glimie, Cobb, Cook, Drake, Prew, Fey, Gilmore, Goodrich, Grant, Green, Greusel, Harria, Itewitt, Knapp, Lainb, Lewis, Luce, Markey, E. E. Miller, E. C. . Miller, Mitqhull, Noyes, Parsons, Perry, Pierce, llobertson, Ilobiiïson, Rose, Rich, Ripley, Sandorsou, Sessiaus, Soott, Sinipson, Thomas, Tliompson, B. Walker, P. Walker, C. W, Watkins, Walton, Warren, Wheeler, Withington, and Ziinmermaun. A numbcr of tko ineiubers -rere accompanied by their wives and danghters, and the party was enlarged by scveral legislative officials and press reporters, arnong the lattor Greusel of the Detroit Fire Pres, and E. B. Fairfield, of the Chieaso Ocean and Associated Press. We were also pleased to sce in the party a nuiuber of prominent gentlemen of Detroit, and uppn the platform Thursday noon the venerablo ex-Superintendent Pierce, who had moro than any now Living man ío do in sbaping thu educational systcin of tlie State. ín behalf of tlio committees we desire to thank thoso eitizons who o prompt ly ancl generoúsly mot all dö manda both for inmey and sarvicu, and ospocially tbose wbo mad(! their hornos rendy for guests but failod to receivu their quota; and tho citizeus, wc have no doubt, have thought "thanfc you," to tbo active and laboring m:n of tbeir coinniittefcs who put sliouldors to tho whct.'l and madu tho afi'air the succl-sh we fooi free to say it was. In anotber euiergency the public will know who to draw upon. If tuk Houso shall pass tbo Scnato bill giving each Statu and Territory Ü00,(!()0 acres of lando for the purpose of establishing aud maiutaining agiiculturnl colleges- so-called- 23,000,000 acres of the public doruain will be gobbled np by speculators buying " college scrip," and the educational intercsts of the county at ! large be very littlo promotod. Bosides 1 there is great iniusticc in the cquality or ratherinequality of tlio nppropriation. Khode Island and Delawaro íitid Florida and tho other small States, aro given the same numbor of acres as Now York, Ohio, Pennsylqania, and Illinois. Massachusetts, densely populatod and rich, ablo to establish and oudow lier own colleges, and not liaving an aero Of government lands within lier borders, ta'ces tl. samo nuraber of acres as Texas with a, gparse and poor population, and nceding aid. And a worse feature for all the new Statos, with lands subject to entry, is the purchaso by " oillege scrip" speoulators of large masses of lands, ov the selection by States of still larger manaes and the holding of tho same for an ftdTinee.retirding sottleiuent and taxation aud impoverihing tho landed States. If an approiuiatioii is necessary and judicious, which we doubt, let it bo made in money instead of land, and let it be jraduatcd according to population, so that Verraont, New Hampsliire, Ehode Island. Drlavvare, &c, will ouly hnvo the samo siim per head as Miehigan, Indiana, Illinois, and the other large States. Wo cnn't determine wbether the Argta is wilful or stupid in inskting tliat the case of Ypsilanti whose bonds wero itever issued until (ifttn' the decisión pronounced them onconstitutional, and who never roceived a cent ïor them, is exactly parallel witli that of Battle Crook who put bonds in the ranrket, sohl them, got the money, and took stock wltiiii xhe yct hotds, in the Peninsular railroad. On thi.3 stock, not a mouth apeo the Mayor was instructed to vote in ehooeing directora. The oases are different, whatever be their respective morits. - Ypsilanti Sentinel Wo are not so " stupid " as io let the Sentinel dodgo tho point. "VVill it answer the questions we proposod 'i Did not Ypsilanti voto $50,000 in aid of tho Detfoit, Hillsdale and Indiana Kailroad ? Were not tho bnnds issvted and deposited in the office of the State Treasurer, to be delivcred to the Esilrood Company on tVio eorapliance with ceititin conditions? Were not tho conditions nominated in the boitfls con_plied with by the Eüilroad Company 'i Wero not the bonds promiscd and earned delivered by the State treasuror to the parties entitled to receive them (we care rauch whether before or ater that decission which sots so heavily on the Sentinel' 8 stom ach) ? Answer these qnestions squarely and thon jitch into Battlo Creek ad libitum. That's all juut noir. $6,810,602: that is the amount Postmastsr-General CEESWELL estiiaates the receipts of his ilepjirtment will fall short the next fiscal year, aiui yat he wants Congross to buy and pnt hira in charge of all the tolegraphs of the country.- Hadn't he botter learn " ts make both ends meet ' before he itches to take a bigger job in hand ? Mes. Dr. Mary Walker is before Congress. She isn't a secret, surreptitiou or confidential partner of Oakes Ames & Co , in holding Credit Mobilier stNck; but thenshe wauts to bo paid for alloged services in the army, and the gallant Senator Tiptojt, of Nebraska, has iutroduced a bilí for her relief. II ■ II Bowex, the bigamist, and De Large, his colored coropetitor, have both come to grief, the House having deoided that on account of gross irregulaiities neither was elect.ed to the seat claiiaed. And so anothur eloction farce is to bo perpctrated in the socond Bouth Carolina district.