The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-18

votes of every man who represented St
Louis county up to the present time.
AS long as the people In that county
stood behind the corporations they were
not entitled to consideration from peo-
pie In other parts Of the state. The
law that made it possible to tax the
mine owners 100000 a year was OPP
posed by the votes of the delegation
from st. Louis county If 1t had been
left to that county the mines would not
be taxed a cent. The bill, if passed,
would be an additional weight around
the neck of the taxpayers of the state.
An adjournment was taken to
o'clock and the discussion then resum-
ed.
Mr.. Pennington Oem.), of Dakota,
was sorry that party politics had been
sage of the bill The minority party
would be glad to join with the majority
in passing any good measure or re-
jecting bad legislation He spoke only
for himself, but he was certain that
the minority party would be against
the passage of the bill.
Mr.. finland Oem.), of Ramsey, said
it had been truthfully stated by one of
the majority members that the Repub-
lican party was bound to a policy of
protection and bounties. He hoped the
statement would whip every member
of the party on the floor into line for
the bill. The Republican party had
built up the trusts and monopOlies Of
this country which would, some day,
crush the party, and he hoped 1t would.
Mr.. Roberts claimed that the Repub-
lican party had never voted but one
bounty, and that was 2 cents on sugar,
and the result had been that the price
of that article fell from 10 to cents
per pound. The Republican party had
never favored bounties in this state.
Mr.. Marin Pop), of Polk, thought
The seductive arguments of those favor
ing the bill should not count. The
granting of bourties and royalties by
the state was dangerous policy to
pursue.
The discussion was interrupted by
the veto mt ssag e from the governor to
H f. 169, and after this had been read
and laid on the table the previous ques-
ton was demanded by Mr. Guttersen.
Then followed a call of the house and
a roll call on the passage Of the bill.
The vote was as follows:
Nays--Allen, Beach, Eean, Benolken, Brus
letten, Bush. Cumming, Daggett, Deaiy,
Donohue, Emerson, Estby, Fosnes, Foss, Gait,
Grass, Grondahl, Guttersen, Haugen, Hemer-
dinger Henderson, Hymes, Jacobson, Jeub.
johnson, j F.: Jchnsrud. Larson Lommen.
Nelson, n. O., Neubauer. Nyuuist, Oien,
OLSON. p. Peterson. X, Pennington, Peter
son. G., Plowman Ri.ey Sander, Schultz
S %aIla Seby s;oan' Sites, swanson TORY.
Lehe, West Weston, Wethern, Wilkinson,
Winston, Wood-62.
. YeasIAbbott. Ahlstrom, Babcoek, Barteau,
Dwinnell, Dyer, Elwell, Ferris, Fulton, Good
speed, Hagstrom, Hazlett Hill. Hillary,
Holm, Jackson, s. c. Johnson, Kelly. Kline,
Lynds. Mccolom, Mallette Mallory, Maustsn,
Medcraft, Miller, Morris, N. c. Nelson, w.
Nelson, O'Connor, c. o. A. Olson, O'Nei.l,
Pope, Pugh. Roberts schurman, simonson,
Stivers, Won der Weyer, Wallace, Wheaton,
Yale-51.
Absento:s : Messrs. Argetsinger, Feeney,
Hem -ssy, schain and Mr.. Speaker. Mr..
sence of Speaker Dare, did not vote.
OIL INSPECTORS SALARY.
The committee on Illuminating oils
introduced a substitute for the salary
bills fixing the salary of the inspector
at $2,400 per year. The salaries of
deputies, of whom there shall be one
for each county, are limited to 500 per
month, and are to be apportioned by
the chief inspector upon the basis of
the fees collected in the respective
counties. no deputy to receive more
than rs per cent of the fees earned by
him, urless their percentage shall be
less than $50 per month, when the
deputy may be allowed $50 per month
provided this sum is not more than the
total amount of fees collected, in which
event he will have to content himself
with an amount equal to the fees.
The sum of $4,000 per year is appro-
priated for the purpose Of carrying the
act into effect.
MORTGAGE TAX KILLED.
The house in the committee Of the
whole yesterday afternoon recon-
mended for indefinite postponement H
F. 12S. by Mr.. Foss (Rep.), of Grant,
providing for the taxation of mortgages
as real estate. The author had the re-
port of the bill excepted when the COM
mittee rose and a roll of all the house
on the motion to place the bill on the
calendar. The motion was defeated
by a vote of Ga to %, and then the
report Of the committee adopted
BRIDGE FUND TRANSFER.
The house yesterday recommended
for passage s. F. 179, by Mr. Ives
Dem.l, of Ramsey, providing for the
transfer of the Broadway bridge fund
to the bridge repair fund