The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01
SHELTER FOR 1901
CAPITOL BILL RECOMMENDED FOR
PASSAGE IN COMMITTEE OF
THE WHOLE.
lNHERITANCES ARE TAXED
BY THE FOSS BILL, WHICH HAS
NOW PASSED BOTH
HOUSES.
SENATOR OZMUN's PET KILLED.
His Amendment to the Corrupt
Practices Act Lacks Two Votes
of Passage.
lNHERITANCES ARE TAXED
SENATOR ozMUN's PET KILLED.

The senate yesterday, in committee
of the whole, recommended for passage
the capitol bill, under which it is ex-
pected that the legislature of 1901 can
meet under the roof of the massive pile
on Mount Aurora, and also recommend
ed for passage the Foss inheritance tax
bill killing its rival, the Sperry bill,
similar in purpose but differing In de-
tail.
On final passage, the Ozmun bill,
which was aimed to correct some of the
shortcomings Of the Corrupt Practices
Act of 1895, was defeated lacking
two votes of the majority required for
its passage.
After the special order was disposed
of, Seator Stevens moved that the can
ltol certificates bill be Recommended
Tor passage. He explained that the
commissioners had discovered that
they could not continue the erection of
the capitol advantageousIy without a
change in the act. The bill did not
create a debt. The present act gave
the commission the power to contract
at once for the construction Of the
building, subject only to the limitation
that the contractor would have to walt
Tor his money until it was received
uhder the present tax levy. The issue
OF these certificates would give the
commission a chance to meet the i'm
mediate necessities Of the state and at
least provide sanitary quarters for the
legislature of 1901 He quoted prices to
show that the present prices Of build
Ing ma tPTi91 Of lob t.
dom to build the structure at once
The money was to be kept in Mime
sofa, its lumber, quarry, brick and even
lts IRON interests would be fostered by
the proposed bill. Prosperity was re-
turning. Lake Shore securities bearing
. per cent interest sold at a premium.
1t was not proposed to issue these GER
tlhcates at once, but at dates which. he
recited, and on this basis the interest
charge would be $62,50O. The Iegisla.
ture stood committed to this new capi-
IoL Why was this not a. iudicous
business investment? Nothing in the
bill created an obligation on the state.
AS to the right Of the commission to
go ahead he cited the Fox river i'm
provement case decided by the supreme
court In 1852
Senator Whitney said the speech of
Senator Stevens was a good argument
IN favor Of his bill for constitutional
amendment
Senator Howard said that Senator
Stevens visions of returning prosperity
Were very pretty but they were not the
reaIty. The same argument was ready
Two years ago, but prices had gone
down. ana were going down, and it was
not taar presumption that they were
gong up. The promoters Of the origf-
nal bill had pledged that there should
be no modification Of the original enact
ment asked for. If this act did NOT
b1lng money enough each year let the
commission wait until it did have
money enough to go ahead with. He
charged that the plan of issuing certi-
ficates of Indebtedness had reduced ST
Paul to condition which any CITY
should be ashamed of
Senator Stevens denounced the charge
as false.
Senator Wyman favored the bill. The
new capitol was q sanitary necessity.
On a division the motion to recon-
mend the bill for passage was carried.
Senator Howard moved that the rec
concentration of the bill be not ADOPT
ed, but is was by q to 13 on the fol-
lowing roll call:
Ayes-Barr, Culkin, Currier, Dunn. Fuller.
Hanson, hodge, W; E. johnson, Keller, Lar
eon, Miller, Macarthur, OZmun, Potter Pott-
Eieser, Schaller, Sheehan, Smith, Spencer.
sperry, Stevens, Theden, Whitney, Wing
Nyman, Yale Young-27.
Noes-Cronkhite. Hanna, Greer Howard
Eltis, Jones, Knatvold, McHaIe, Reishus'
Ringdahl, Roverud, Sevatson, Thorpe-iS.
The only contest on the calendar was
l0E flyTRar
amending the 1895 law, and it was kill
ed, receiving only twenty-six votes as
follows:
Ayes-Barr, Cole, Cronkhite, Howard, john
son. A; Co. Johnson, w. E., Jones, Keller,
knatvold, Larson, Masterman, Miller. Nc
erthur, Ozmun, Peterson, Ringdal, Sheehan,
Smith, Spencer, Stebbins, Stevens, Theden'
THOMPSON, Whitney, Yale, YOung-26.
Greer, Hanna, Heneman, Hodge, Tits. Pot
Der Reishus, Roverud, Sweningsen. WineEIS
The inheritance tax bills, which were
a special order for 2:30, We're taken nm in
committee OF the whole with Senator
Howard in the chair. The first two
sections of the house bill were read
The chief difference between the two
bills was that the exemption in the
F'oss bill included all real property and
$4,000 Of personal property; the Sherry
bill exempted only $500 In all classes Of
property. The Sperry bill levied a flat
per cent tax; the FOss bill a gradu-
Rted tax, ranging from 1 per cent on
small estates to 5 per cent on large
ones.
Senator Sperry moved to amend the
house bill to conform to the first Sec
ton of his, but with the real property
Exempted as by Foss.
Senator Greer said the people Of the
state wanted some legislation Of this
kind. Pass such a bill as could be
passed and then let it be amended two
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Rmption Of $4,000 and real estate.
Senator Yale said the bill was in
equitable. 1t should exempt the