The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-11
SHOCK N lE CHAMBER
CAUSED BY WALTER CHAPIN,S RES
OLUTION AGAINST THE
TRUSTS
DAVIS STATUE PROPOSED
One to Be Placed I'm the National
Capitol and the Other ON
the State Capitol
Grounds.

That staid body of representative citi-
zens, the Chamber of Commerce. was
taken by surprise by Walter Chaplin yes
terday, when he introduced a resolution
for passage and subsequent presenta-
ton to the Representatives of the state
IN congress urging that ia modifying
existing revenue laws congress should
so proceed as to make it impossible to
ultimately abolish import duties on arti-
cles which have become the subject of
monopoly, or the control Of which has
passed to q limited number of persons
or corporations"
The chamber was not prepared to dis
pose summarily, of the question as to
whether or not the trust is a political
buga.beo or q business menace, and as the
rules OF the chamber are adverse to po-
Hdcal discussion the matter was re-
ferred to the legislative committee for
its careful consideration.
DAVIS MEMORIAL PROPOSED.
Aside from this, the most important
matter taken up was a resolution for
the erection Of statues to Senator Davis
as follows:
1.-The committee on legislation be in
Structed to prepare q petition to the in
coming legislature asking for an appre-
priation for the erection of a statue by
the state to the memory of the late Sc
nior senator, Cushman Kellogg Davis,
the same to be erected upon the new
state capitol grounds, and that pro-
vision be made at the same time and
by the same appropriation for either an
other statue OF a replica of the one
placed on the capitol grounds, to be
placed in the rotunda of the national
capitol, under the provision of congress
by which each state is allowed to place
two memorial statues therein
1t was passed unanimously.
The chamber also adopted the report
of the war tax stamps committee, as
follows:
1t is expedient and desirable hat the
internal revenue taxes on documents, in
cludfng insurance policies eonveyances,
mortgages, notes, checks, telegfams, GER
tificates and similar instruments should
be repealed as soon as the finances of
the government permit any change In the
war revenue legislation for the following
among other reasons:
That many of the Said taxes occasion
more annoyance and Inconvenience to
the people than is warranted by the
amount of revenue realized therefrom.
That the provision of the law render
ing invalid contracts and conveyances
by reason of omission to affix stamps
jeopardizeS large property rights through
excusable ignorance or neglect of citi-
zens, without any intention to evade
the law.
That in many respects the provisions of
the law are so uncertain and ambiguous
as to render it difficult to determine the
proper amount Of stamp tax.
The committee on Improvements at
Fort Smelling reported the chief needs
to be quartermaster and commissary
storehouse, in which to protect govern
ment property; a station OH the line
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad at some convenient point on the
reservation for the handling of freight
and the transportation of troops; the
grading of streets and beautifying Of
the reservation; the enlargement of the
company barracks from eight to twelve
companies; a drill hall for winter drilling
and exercises; the eSection Of bachelor
officers quarters and gymnasium.
The following new members were adj
mitted: Charles D. Bentley James F.
jackson, V. J. Hawkins, M. D., Adolph
r Rosen, Charles S. Schurman, James
K. Ogden, T. G. Walther.
1t was decided to pay former Secretary
Tallmadge $625.