Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-02-06


. tion of house and conference com
mittee on Australian law. Senate
members had asked house members
Of conference to pledge house to
pass this primary bill. House MEM
bers had refused. Senate members
bad admitted house had passed a
good Australian bill, but now die
tated to house to succumb and get
down on their Knees TO the senate,
and pass a bill embodying these ille-
gal, frivolous and foolish amend
ments at its beck and demand.
This was AN insult to the
| house. Whenever the house
obeys our mandate we will give he
people the ballot law When you
conclude to obey our mandate we
are prepared to obey the " i'll of the
people. But the house shall not be
dictated to. When the senate has u
measure It will be fairly considered,
but it will not be driven like
cattle. He would stand here until
the end Of time before he yielded.
Rep Reed sustained his colleague
courageously and well.
Rep Paquet said this matter had
taken a peculiar turn. He wanted
| 10 hear The bill read. He wanted to
hear report of conference com.
mittee.
Rep Miller said there was no oc-
casion for a display of excitement,
shown by Rep Hail.
Rep Hall said that they had been
importuued by senators to withhold
this report and pass the primary
bill first. The report was ready.
The question being on reading the
bill, under suspension of the rules,
lost. The bill was not read.
The reports of committee on de-
duction for debt clause were read.
Three were submitted.
Rep Buffers substitute favored
allowing deduction for debt, except
as already provided in the bill.
Rep jennings substitute was a
carefully drawn reconstruction of
the present law.
Rep Halls substitute provides for
| limiting deductions on debts within
the county.
On Rep Buffers substitute, yeas,
2S; nays, 26.
On motion of Rep Gambee tax on
gross earnings OF all corporations
was fixed at one per cent.
Rep Dustin moved to reconsider
section eXempting deductions OF
mortgages only. He was opposed
to allowing no deductions except fol
recorded Indebtedness mortgages,
Carried.
Rep Armstrong moved to amend
that 80 per cent of all Indebtedness,
except mortgages, be allowed to be
| deducted in 1892, % per cent in 1893
and % per cent in 1894; and that
mortgages be uniformly taxed at "a
per cent on face value all over the
state.
Rep Miller offered an amendment
that no deductions be allowed loI
Indebtedness except contracted
within the state.
Rep Barnes moved to subtitute
section prepared by MIR Jennings.
Declared out of order.
Rep Jennings substitute now
came up for debate. Rep Coleman
said this Sec would obviate many of
the difficulties ia the proposed bill.
1t would not compel men TO pay on
what they have not got.
/ Rep Thomas said this amendment
was the old law in force to-day.
Rep Jennings said that was just
what it was. The till ns 1t now
stood proposed To repeal the exemp-
tion clause, and he did not believe
that was what was wanted.
Ayes p; noes 2S: lost.
Rep Halls substitute was now
taken up. lie said this proposed to
allow exemptions for debt only
when made within the county. 1t
was the small debtor, the poor man
he sought TO protect.
Rep Thomas argued that this was
unequal taxation.
Upon vote Rep Halls substitute
WAS rejected,
Rep Gambce's substitute was up
on vote rejected.
An other substitutes being voted
down, the question was upon ad-
option of kep Buffers substitute as
/ agreed to.
Ayes -; noes %; carried.
Rep Gam6ee moved that commit
tee nov rise aud report that The bill
! pass.
Rep Jennings moved to amend
that it DO not pass.
Ayes "a; noes u; lost.
The question recurring on motion
that committee report that IL do
pass, ayes rs; noes %; carried.
The COMMITTEES rose aud house ad.
jouruod.
sENATE-FoRENooN,
Roll call Prayer omitted on ae-
coun, ~ absence Of clergyman.
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