The Minneapolis journal., 1901-02-01
Pettigrew Says It Will Come
Next Week.
ACTS WITH DEMOCRATS
Tax on Bucket Shops Will YIELD
5000 900 a Year.
CONFERENCE ON ARMY PLANS
House Delegation Discusses the Iowa
Plan of Making APP
pOintments.

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Wa. Feb. SENATOR Pettigrew
says to-day that the test on the ship
subsidy bill will come next week, when
it will be known definitely also whether
there will be an extra session. Mr.. Petit
grew announces his intention of stand
ing with the democrats in opposition to
the subsidy bill. He will no longer be a
free lance, but will act in harmony with
the general democratic program.
From the evidence submitted to the sem
ate finance committee there are $4,000
bucket shops in the United States and the
committee has estimated that each one,
under the form of taxation recommended
yesterday, will pay tax of $400 year or
grand total of S1O,OOO,O0O. This is an
entirely new source of revenue and will
make the finance committees proposed re-
ductions of war revenue taxes, aggregating
more than $4,000, 900, very safe.
There was some objection in committee
to taxing bucket shops at all, because the
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the bucket shop men to extend the scope
of their operations. This objection was
finally overruled on the theory that the
strict inspection by internal revenue Off
GERS provided in the bill, would render
fraud impossible and gradually tend to
bring the business to higher level.
The tax placed against bucket shops is
the same noW levied against brokers. The
committee would have been glad to place
the bucket shop tax at figure calculated
to discourage the business and ultimately
suppress it, but this was learned to be out
Of the question on account of the consti-
tutional provision that taxes must be uni
form in all the states
An informal conference of the Minnesota
house delegation was held yesterday to
discuss army reorganization patronage and
submitted to Senator's Nelson and Clapp.
Congressman Tawney proposed that the
house members indorse the Iowa plan of
distributing patronage and to ask the SEN
ators to accept it, but no conclusion was
reached. In Iowa whenever there is
place to be disposed of, the entire dele
cation meets. The names of the apph-
cants are presented and then there is
ballot, the applicant receiving a majority
vote being selected. 1t is not known
whether the Minnesota senators Will re-
gard such proposition favorably.
Representative Fletcher to-day appeared
before the house committee on public
buildings and grounds and urged the ap-
propriation of $4,000 to complete the ad-
dition to the Minneapolis postoffice. He
also urged favorable report %on his bill
appropriating $250,000 for the construction
of an additional story on the federal build
ing to accommodate the increased bust
ness Of the postoffice. Both appropriations
are endorsed by Supervising Architect
Taylor. The committee took no action but
will have another meeting tomorrow at
which the bills will be further discussed
Chairman Mercer is not favorable to
either appropriation, but Mr.. Fletcher will
make a fight on the floor of the house for
the $4,000 appropriation and for the bill
for the additional story, if opportunity ia
vors. The latter is in the nature of new
legislation, which Speaker Henderson is
opposed to, and bills of that character will
probably not be reported at this session.
The committee at its meeting to-day
also failed to act on the recommendation
of Senator Clapp and Representative
Stevens for the retention of the old gov
ernment building at st. Paul and will
probably take it up tomorrow.
The committee did, however, authorize
report on Chairman Mercer's bill to
increase the cost of buildings about to
| be constructed or under construction.
The list cost of the st. Paul building is
increased by 100000, instead of $5O,O00
as at first proposed. Other increases au-
thorized for Northwestern buildings are
st. Cloud, Mimi, $50 900 to $68, 900; James,
Vile $4,000 to $4,000; Eau Claire, Wis,
| $4,000 to 100000; Butte, Mont, 5000, 900
to $225,000; Helena, Mont, 100000 to
| $350000; Creston, Iowa, $4,000 to $780,,
| 600; Oskaloosa. Iowa S5O, 900 to sec. .OOO
| Ten thousand dollars is provided complet-
| ing the extension of the Federal build
ing at Dubuque, Iowa, Speaker Hender
sons home town.
Senator Hansbrough to-day presented an
! amendment 10 the military appropriation
| bill authorizing the secretary of war to
continue the contract for the completion
! of Fort Lincoln at Bismarck at a cost not
exceeding $500, ,000 He had an interview
with Secretary Root to-day at which he
urged the erection of a post that will ac-
commodate a full regiment of cavalry
/ MIR. Hansbrough pointed out that the war
| in the Philippines will soon be over, and
accommodations must be provided for the
regular army which will then number
40 900 men at least. Bismarck is in the
center Of The country and is o1e place
where a strong force should be located
The secretary expressed himself as not in
! favor of large posts in the interior of the
country, but Mr.. Hansbrough says he does
not look for any decided opposition to his
proposition.
In order to make sure that the addition
to the Minneapolis public building shall
| be completed Senator Nelson to-day gave
notice of an amendment he will offer to
the Mercer bill when it reaches the SEN
ate, providing for an increase of the cost
of the extension from $55.00O to $50, 900
and appropriating the $4,000 needed for
the purpose.
Senator Hansbrough will offer an
amendment to the diplomatic and consular
bill providing for consul to Iceland. He
| says there are many Icelanders emf
grating to the northwest annually and they
are continually calling for information
which can best be obtained by a consul.
Three. of Senator Hansbrough's constitu-
ents, one Scotchman, one an Icelander
and one a Norwegian are in trouble at
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