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,1ttoi,, and wished the bill aent 10 tho judiciary
Eomn,tfcr fur further cunHtFatton.
Senator Kelly moved tn retiuca the rate 70

t!Efnn aid wiAhe the bill acnt 10 tll1 suuicIary
Commlttcr fur further consideration.
Senator Kelly Movct tn rfduco Tie rate 70
per ccnt.
talion tn atlswor to the legal conuntirnl.,a nskei
refer this bill merely sought ith defeat, n'ist Scry
plainly charged nlt opposition to IL as conl!1'E
from thc attorneys OF the cornoratio's: 80,
Al s:s, ?; III. tic consideration of The bill
Senator Hamilton regretted !l.at he hatl not
tint facility In answering difficult legal ques-
tlons wh!cn was possessed by the Senator from
nFaf T. te @ staer s 9" tss Iii IT. ess s
his charges tlsnt every Senator wlo ha!l Y
word to say In deiehec Of The corporation:
WAS t!c!r agent or attorney THIS net "onil
merely iucrcnso t1H burdens of tic geopla W
requiring them to ray to l.e telegraph! M sonpa. .
Mrs The amount ot The additional tax. 'Illc nny
wny by whfct, such companies c"llIl ~ t"1sl
efficiently, utnl ~ rra1hcf butcheial u llo
penplt, wRs by limiting heir charEes..,
ic motion was carried, a,sd tllc bill sent to
third reading.
T1lcn camc Senator Writings other pet meas,
nre, thu Same bctng h,s hill to impose tax oi
rot COMPANIES, S W Of ~ sSsMporatio"a carrying vi
tte express business, nNnl, with copy
Of lbs Constitul.o'. ii h!s ia'Nf,
! the acknowledged revenue 1rrcEulatof lrohs
luns. lio nriswcrctt them, zone and Mll, rewaYc!
| thc banner ot q tax-rLddcu people, nIid waited
for results. '.......
Senator Riddle sa!l such laws as the ono hero
! proposed, nnti tAt Just ranscA TO tnifd read
t,,g, wcro not wnrth tho pancr un whc! they
we're wrttten. llo Expressed his surprise lint
the peoples friend (iVnttInE) should ba adVo"
eating bill tint woutd
| IMPOSE DOUBLE TAX
on every man who rAN an express wagon IoF 2
livelihood In this Stntc. Ii tie Constitution Of
tic Statu WIS changed. then such inw might
tu properly enncted. Until 1t was donc, It was
but a wastc Ut tin,c 10 discuss them.
sc.,,.tor Hunt took the position that wise
craftsmanship would seek tn encourage thoso
means which hal insured dispatch anu economy
| tn frcIghts, sallcr than to cripple tlc1n BY in.
Ecuto,is methods Ut taxation. independent OF
tits grave constitutional qncsIlona which Law
like this must ralec, hE believed II to be 1npDIi
tic und Injurious to The tnereantllo Interests o1
tho cpuutry, md through them to I'LL Its pep
rle tu fJass Bltcl Inv. This ntld the previous
bill we're on tll.. Auinr footing, and la was Up
posed to both Of them.
Senator johnson saitt that II this bill! didn'l
| include ihc fast-freight lines of ahe country
tiipn II WIS MI Out5agu On tho regular expscss
companies, aud l1a was unni.rrhbtY opposeu y
II. lie bulfuycl the only pruprr way III thf
whole matter was TO tnx railroad CO. companies
| u.tl thus catch all the others in Ulle net.
Scnutor Dc Lazy moved to limit tho nlll t.
pursous Or corporations operating on railroads
w!lici, was adoptctl, anl BY scahty soto LII
DILL went to third reading
IIIr consideration Of 1hc Joint Reyenuo Com
u,fttcc's bills wae deferred In the Senate unit
they co,nu III from the 1iul,sc. This fatt ERy
> Senator whiting q free field, which hs Improved
Us appears abuye.