St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-03

the people are sovereign and can fix
taxes that shall be just and equitable.
Senator Lommen said he had listened
10 tie conclusions Of the lawyers on the
flOOr-One citing the supreme court on
the one side of the question and the
other quoting the same court upon the
opposite side. 1t made the legal phases
As Clear az Mud.
He was ready to trust to the judgment
of the attorney general. In Iowa the
property is not only assessed, but the
gross earnings are taken into cOnsidera-
ton. Mr.. Lommen advocated this
method of dealing with the subject. and
he quoted the amount OF the property
owned by the railways in Minnesota
from the reports 10 the railway COM
mission, and asserted that should the
companies be taxed as other corpora
tions are taxed, they would be paying
eight times the amount OF the present
gross earnings revenue to the state out
side of the land grant taxation.
Senator TaWney, just as the senate
hogan to cry "Questionw Question: !"
secured the floor and pleaded that the
friends of the bill should be given an
opportunity to give reply to some OF the
legal arguments, and requested that the
committee rise and report progress and
ask leave to sit again, and suggested as
next Tuesday as fitting time. He had
simply given a statement of the legal
propositions involved, and lie wanted
all opportunity to sum up. Then ensued
desultOry controversy that was ulti-
mately settled by reporting that the bill
be referred to the committee Of the
whole at $50 OH Tuesday, when ii will
be a special order, The senate adopted
the report, and at the request of Senator
Day House File 722, relating to phar
maciSts, was taken up and passed.
The senate stood adjourned until 10
o'clock this morning,
ErredeemaDIy Killed.
The March bill providing that FIVE
sixths of a jury may render YER
dict i'll civil cases after being out six
hours was sent to its grave yesterday
forenoon in the senate.
The bill was killed on vote of 20
yeas and % NAYS. Senator DAVIS voted
yea with some computations.
Victory at Last
Senator Davis has made persistent
and plucky fight for his bill changing
tho form of insurance policies with
view to atfording more adequate pro-
lection to the insured. When the bill
was under discussion at the time of its
original attempt to pass there was
strong opposition to the clause concern
ing settlement of claims by arbitration.
Senator Davis asked unanimous consent
to so amend the bill as to make ii con-
form nf 10 w n
had led the recalcitrant faction. The
bill pasSed-yeas- SO, nays Is.
New Bills.
The following new bills were intro
duced and referred:
Bv Senator Davis, S. F. 412-Increas-
ing the animal appropriations for the
three Minnesota hospitals $3.50, 800. Com
mlttee on finance.
BY Senator Probstfeld, S. F. 415-To
prevent the abandonment of railway
companies. Committee on railroads.
By Senator Streissguth, S. f. 416-Re-
pealing the special law affecting school
districts in Senator StreiSSguIh'S county.
Passed under suspension of the rules.
By Senator Stockton, S. f. 417-To
adulteration of food. Committee on
dairy and food products.
By Senator Leavitt, S. F. 41S-To
bring express, sleeping car and freight
line companies under the supervision of
the railroad commission. Committee on
railroads.
BY Senator j. w. Peterson, S. F. 419-
Relating to the taxation of agricultural
or farm lands within the limits of cor
porate cities or villages. Committee on
judiciary.
BY Senator Crandall. S. F. 42O-Di-
recting the transfer of balances on the
soldiers relief fund to the general rev.
enue fund. Referred to Senator j. D.
Smith.
BY Senator j. d. Smith, S. f. 421-
$500 to have names of
Minnesota sharpshoOterS inscribed on
Gettysburg monument. Committee on
finance.
Committee work.
The senate committee on public lands
will report the Kandiyohi county, city
and capitol site scheme back to the
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