The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-28
SENATE REPORT In DETAIL
Railroad Bills Placed On General
Fiie-Further Debate ON Pro-
posed Exemption

| Special Dispatch to the Post Intelugeneer
OLYMPIA. Feb 2I,--Tlas senate this
morning received the report of the rail-
Toad.s eoiani.s,ee on The Hamilton. trans
| fer bill. Sch3sieid. I. J. Miller ard Clapp
| slgnsd the majority report faTQrIag lie
| INDEFINITE postpUneInens OF tbs uitf liam
liiun signed "A minority report recon-
mendiHg tire igassa ge Of the bill The rail-
road watchaogs al once grappIed with the
bone.
McReavy moved the adoption of the ma
Jority report.
Hamilton moved TO amend by seading
the bill and both reports to general file.
On light vote the amendment was de-
clared carried.
Senator Tom Miller cried foi division
bur no a'tertion was paid to him, The
chair having airesdy ruled.
statesman 4 called for ora hG Of tRa
vote. | have right. haven't IT,
But President Daniels needed not The
bill with the reports wsl go on general
fife he said.
The railroads committee also reported
the Keith bin is. r. ti31. prescribing max
mum rates IL be charged by express com
panies, for indefinite pnstponement The
report was signed BY Hamilton, Schefield
Miller signed. I'VE do not concur It
VAS placed on general file without opps,-
sition.
Exemptions !. Discussed.
There was some debate over senate bill
Is, by Senator Biggs. which originally
siit1tion providing for All exemption 10
the head Of a family Of $500 from personal
taxation This hilt was recently amCaasd
By Tom Miller 70 read that there shalt
be an exemption ~ ''not less than $ass
thus giving it a distinctive single tax
tome
Yeend moved to strike out mot less
than.
Miller T. J.. excepted. The vote. he
said. would have ~ be reeomsaefnd.
President Daniels sustained the objec~
ton.
Yeend Yueved 10 ,.=.onsl,l, the vote by
which the Objectionable words were la
ulst~ as Land A3Ner. T j Davis nd
Keith fought To retain the single tax
clause n the constitutional amendment
while Wiltshire. Yeeud WnrbuFtun and
Miller az Walla Naita argued against tt
Hali offered an amendment requiring
that persons desiring The SA@ exemption
should make affidavit that BE- w9S too
peer "a pay his lust proportion 81 taxes.
schotisla moved ~ substitute u II r.
ny FalsDor. for the bin under cenSidera~
tser ssrhe session IS getting well al 5aE
a.; or abe house bill concerning the same
subject. we r15y yet no exemption i@g3sia-
ti1n a. this session,
The amendment sarfie3 asf3 the FAX
nor blii was taken Dr. thus iiapos ng of
the single tax clause egecfHaliY. TIE
committee cn constitutional revision had
made thYet reports ths. FatkrSr hal
hut motion u Baum tse reports we're
nil insisfsnit@l postponed.
Senator fa8GfH asked Tor information
whether The house hsd was uow ap for
ecssS issesatton bv whether gt wac the Riggs
bill with tire Faulkner body.
THE char vUSsd liza: IL WAS complete
substitution RI bslls, ard shHf II vas stili
fte house htli.
Lard nnavesi "a amend the Fafkp0r hils
les astr& e read shat the legislature
may exempt mot in@s 3Aa1 500 "
Preston opposed tive motion. = left :9z,
much power tgl the legislature sur under
that a}i property could he exempted
.4sszs -.
plank ia tbs constitution th88 Ang Ee@ta-
lataf@
1San cau was demanded ard the Lard
nset5nB failed yeas :. nHYs e ThGse wni-
ku9 IN 49@ agflrEnA Ege were Gale 1-rnw
HiiE. Lana 18utx. Aiaer, 7 ,. and
Runner
NSG}er. 2 J naa&Ha n smers3 tv max
ing the exemption ''rsn3 less shan 500
WsFbaY5en said tfes amendment wos16
be clearly 8Nc@tg etStuFEoHa1 IA certain
counties tN she S2@se where tfe r7pwes Efg
holdings were small. rs & woas8 iuseaty
contracts
Does fns EeatIeman guean that fhr
aesta5s 2AFSsot change fas constitution 60
asked Keith
Net SHEA they Fga up AGAINST she coa-
stlsuti1n - tn@ United States Nearly
eSerNthsra - 7fsz g5sen e strikes shat e"
y&fcxEe4i " srheF3am.
tt4h p calculated Keith.
Pending consideration EAa senate f@ck
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