The Saint Paul globe., 1901-02-16

one-mill tax scheme for the support of
the state educational institutions be-
comes a law, there will either be new ap-
prCpriation bills introduced to provide
for the expense and maintenance of the
institutions for the current year, or the
committee on appropriations will cut
down the original bills to the amount
necessary for one year instead of two.
The agricultural college appropriation for
the one-year period has already been
presented by Senator Lewis. No appro-
priation bills can be presented after this
week, unless by unanimous consent, as
the constitution makes the first forty
days the limit for the presentation of ap-
preparations
1t is not likely there will be much new
legislation proposed at this session There
are only three weeks left in which to
attend to the business already in hand,
and as an adjournment of several days
will be taken at WashingtOns birthday,
there will be only about fifteen working
days Of the session left after this week.
There is ample material already on han1
to engage the attention of the legislators
for that time.
Indications favor a scrap on the ques-
tion of wolf bounties in the two houses
This was prophesieds lin the senate when
Chairman La Moure, of the appropria
tionS committee, stated that While his
coElmittee reported favorably on the bill
to levy a tax of three-tenths mis- for
wolf bounties, there would be several
members of the committee recorded
recorded against Il - ..>Jsage of the bill.
Two years ago the wolf bounty matter
came Gp in the same manner An ap-
preparation of tWo-teHths of a mill had
been provided some years previously for
wolf bounty. So many bounty certifi-
Gates came III, that the tax was made
Quate and the certificates We're reSistere
for payment The legislature continued
the appropriation, after hot fight, bit
the eastern members insisted that they
would fight against any appropriations in
the future, voting for the appropriation
then for the reason that the state was
obligated for the payment of the GER
tificates outstanding drought " levy d
tax to pay them. -; year the same
condition exists. There is a dehc .ency
of some thousands of dollars in the
bounty appropriation and certificates
are outstanding for which there will be
no funds to pay unless the present leg
islature renews the tax. The proposed
tax OF three-tenths of a mill would pro-
duce about So, 600 annually.
The Christian scientists are after the
medical men and want the medical as
sociation bill amended so as not to shut
them out There are many ardent scien-
fists in the state, and they fear that
there is effort being made to ds
courage the practice Of this style of heal
mg. EWh-
The discussion of the question of taxa
tion OF grain in elevators has reached a
point where the friends of the present
law have come to the conclusion that the
WhCle law might as well be repealed as
to allow the passage of the amendment
restoring the old system and taxing
the grain to the owners where it is hell
in store, instead of directly to the com
panieS, as is now the system. In conse-
quence of this, Senator Wolbert has in
troduced a bll for the repeal of the
present law altogether. The meat of the
repeal bill is in the emergency clause,
which sarcastically refers to the argu
ments advanced for a change in the sys-
tenn of taxation as follows:
Whereas an emergency exists In
that there is no provision in the pres
ent law whereby the farmers and ele-
VatoIS are enabled to hold their grain
and not pay taxes on the same unless
they give the assessors false returns
Which it is claimed before committees
of tins legislative assembly they have
done III the past; ana by avoiding CIV
also claim they prevent jspeculators as
certaining the amoant5 of grain held
back IN the country and private ele-
Vators, and thereby, prevent SAID spec
uIatorS from depressing the price of
grain, which CC.:reSSioh would cause
great loss to the farmers of the state
and to the elevators; and whereas the
present law cOmpels@the farmers to
sell their grain to avoid the payment
OF taxes and forces many good citizens
10 zeal IN options against their relig-
louS convictions and contrary to the
constitution of the state; and whereas
the state of Minnesota now has a bin
before the Legislative assembly covering
practically the same details as con-
tanned in the present law in this state.
and copied from the codes of North
Dakota, with the idea that the state
OF Minnesota is in need of such laws.
put II this law is repealed in North Da-
hota ana Minnesota enacts such a law
we Will then enable the elevators to
hold their wheat in elevators until
June, when they can ship it out and
aVolu paying taxes either in North Da
kota or in Minnesota, and whereas If
Is necessary under Republican doctrine
tLat our infant industries be nrOtectad
therefore this act shall take effect and
pe Ia force from and after its passage
Inc senate smelling committee has
reported number of bills to cover the
suggestions in their report for the bet
Ter management of state affairs Among
the pllls is one for the reorganization of
the railroad commission by the abolition
Oh the office of secretary as held at pres
ent by an appointee of the board and the
constituting of one of the mem
pers of the board as secretary
with salary of $500 a year in addition
TO the annual salary of 81, 200 as provided
1or by law, for the additional duties he
might perform. The passage of this bill
would leave the present secretary of the
beard, c. G. Hammond, Of Mcintosh
county, out of a job. Another of the
pllls proposes the abolition of the salary
OIL the adjutant general of the state. and
this would knock out Gen E. S. Miller
the present adjutant general, who draws
$l,oOO annually and office, expenses An
other matter that the. committee desires
femed1ed is the loose manner of keeping
pubic records. 1t gis 7elaimed that in
the investigation of some state depart
ments the records of financial transac-
items were so incomp1ete that the com
nittee could not probe into some matters
as deeply as they would have liked to do
In other cases records were missing al
together The committee recommends
a law by which all records, check stubs
deposit slips and all matters of the kind
snail be part of the permanent records
OF the state, accessible at any time and
for all time to come, IN, case Of future
Investigations of the kind mada Nv, Tho