The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-17
TAXES ON EARNINGS
-FOUR SUCH LAWS WERE PASSED
BY THE SENATE YESTER-
DAY.
ORE TONNAGE TAX KILLED
ALONG WITH SHEEHAN ANTI
TRUST BILL, FIRE MARSHAL
GILL AND OTHERS.
RELIEF FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS
Senator RingdaI Introduces a Bill
Asking for $50. 900 for the Red
River Valley.

Tax legislation was the order of the
day in the senate yesterday. and while
it killed the tonnage tax bill, which
Representative Reeves introduced to
get at the iron mines, it passed gross
earnings tax laws to apply TO sleeping
car, fast freight and equipment COM
Ianies. and telephone and express
companies.
It also killed the measure TO legis-
late Labor Commissioner Powers out
Of Office, and the Sheehan antitrust
bill and the Dunn bill to compel rail-
road companies to make connections
with their own branch lines, and the
French bill TO repeal the newspaper
libel law. and the Stebbins fire mar
shat bill
In fact about the only bill that man.
aged TO survive the opposition was
Senator Whitney's. proposing TO the
people OF the state TO amend the con-
HtituuOn so as 10 make the supreme
court the legal adviser of the legis-
nature and thus avoid the passage Of
laws that would not stand its test.
The morning session was devoted to
the calendar, and 1t opened with a
scene Of slaughter, the bills at the top
Of the list meeting death promptly.
The French libel bill was killed with
Dut mercy. only thirteen senators COM
Ing to its defense. The vote stood:
Yeas-Cronkhite, Currier French Hanna,
johnson. A G., Knatvold. Lloyd McHa1e,
Peterson ReiEhus, Seva1son, Spencer. Sperry
Ia
Nays-Barr. Cole. CoIlester. Culkin, Dunn,
Eeneman. Howard Tits, Jones. Keller, LRL
MHcT2TmaU Morgan MrArhuT. IZmUp.
Potter, PottgieseT, Ringdal, Roverud, Shee-
han, Smith, Stebbins, Stevens. Stockton, The
pen, Thompson. Thorpe, Whitney Wing, Wy
man, Yale, Young-32-
The following was the vote on the
Bkeehan antitrust bill:
1eas-Cole, Cronkhite, Culkin, Dunn.
Greer, Hanna, Hanson, Heneman, Jones,
Lloyd. Miller, McHale, Reishus, Ringdal.
ROverud, Schaller Sevatson, Sheehan, Thorpe.
Whitney, YOung-21-
Nays-Barr, Coilester, Currier, Fuller, How
Brd. Hits, Johnson, A. G., Johnson, w. E,
Keller, KnatvOld, Larson, Morgan, Ozmun.
Peterson, Potter, POttgieser, Smith, Spencer,
Sperry, Stevens, Stockton, Thompson, Wing,
Myman. Yale-25.
The Whitney bill was more FORUM
ate. the ballot resulting:
Yeas-Barr. Cole, Cronkhite, CuIkin, Cur
rler. Fuller. Greer, Hanna, Hanson. Hene-
fDan. llLls, Jones, Johnson, A. G., Johnson
" E. Larson. Lloyd, Mastermaa, Miller
Morgan, Macarthur. McHale, Ozmun, Potter,
POttgleser. Relshus, Rngdal, ROverud, Sc
watson, Smith Theden, Thorpe, Whitney,
Wing. Wyman. Young-35
Nays-C0llester. Dunn, Knatvold, SchaLler,
Spencer, Sperry, Stevens, Stockton, Thomp-
son. Yale-10.
On the Stebbins' bill, to create
state fire marshalship, the vote was:
Yess-Barr. Cole, Culkin Dunn Fuller
Greer, Hanson. Iitis. Jones. Johnson. w p.
Keller, Lloyd. MRsJerman, Miller, Morgan,
Macarthur, Ozmun, Potter, Sheehan Stevens,
stockton. whitney. Wyman. Yale-2.
Nsys-COlIester, CFonkhite Currier Hanna,
E1eneuan. johnson, A. G., knatv0ld. Larson,
Peterson, POttgieser. Reishus, Ringdal Rove
sud. SeTalSOn, Smith, Spencer, SpeTry, SIeb-
bins. Theden. Thompson, Thorpe Wing-22.
There was some debate over the bill
70 Te-arrange the labor bureau. Sen
atOr Thompson said il should be en-
titled bill 10 repeal all laws in the
interest Of labor. He sent to the desk
70 be read long amplifcatiOn Of this
objection which Mr.. Powers himself
had prepared.
Senator Stevens said the issue was
clearly defined. The bill was to make
the bureau Of labor what II purported
70 be, and not a political machine. or
any part Of q political machine
Senator Young said that when the
Republican party had TO conceal error
CT wrongdOIng on the part Of one Of
3ts officials for political reasons, he
wanted TO be the first TO get out Of
Il. This bureau had degenerated from
its original dignity and value and had
become a refuge for played-o politi-
cal hacks. This bill clearly defined
The duties and the limitations Of the
department and was particularly en-
phatic IN its demand for the enforce
ment Of factory inspection laws. It
would put a stop to its WandeTingS in
the realm Of fiction and speculation.
Senator Miller said he believed the
bill was an injustice to the commits
E-0ner.
Senator Culkin said the bill would
not prevent the governor from at once
-eappOinting the present incumbent
Il was not right 10 punish an official
because he had been loyal to and ag-
gressive in the advocacy Of the prin-
Eiples Of his political belief
The bill was then killed, the vote be
Ing as follows:
Tea-Ba-r. cole. Coneyter. Cronkhite, Dunn.
Heneman, Howard, Tits, Johnson, A. G.
Jones. Larson, Morgan, McIIale. Peterson,
Pottgieser. Reishus. RingdaI Schaller, Sc
FatsOn. Stevens, Young-Z.
Nays-Culkin, CuTTier, Durham. French
Fuller. Hanson, Hodge. Knatvold, Lloyd, Mas
ierman Miller, Macarthur, Ozmun, Potter,
ROTerud. Smith. Spencer, SpeTry, Stockton
sweningsen, Theden, Thompson, Whitney.
Ming. WymEn. Yale-26.
There was some debate over the
Dunn bill 10 compel railroad companies
to make prompt connection with
branch lines at intersections but il
was met by q solid phalanX of railroad
votes. Senator " E. Johnson said
that there were only eleven out Of
bTer 100 passengers on q certain train
bn the Southern Minnesota who were
b0ming 10 the Twin Cities, and the
connections at Austin were made to
Accommodate the majority Of the peo-
pie. Senator Dunn called attention
70 the fact that the bin would make
= il possible for the people Of that por-
aon Of the state to get 10 these cities,
but, in spite Of that fact, the Twin
City senators voted against it solidly.
The ballot resulted:
Ayes-Bar-, Cole, CoIlester. Culkin. Dunn.
4 Hanna, Hanson, Jones, Lloyd, Reishus, Ring
tai Ssratson, Whitney-19.
Nays-CoIlesteT Currler, Durham, French,