The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-18
WHO RAISED THAT RAE?
CHANGE IN GROSS EARNINGS TAX
LAW TO BE INVESTIGATED
BY SENATE
ENTERTAINERS TO BE TAXED
Senator Thompson Has a Bill Aimed
to Meet the Favor of
the Supreme
Bench.

Senator Miller created little diversion
yesterday, when he introduced his Con
current resolution asking that a COM
mfttee of two senators and three rep
resentatives be appointed to find out what
happened to H. F. %, passed last session,
between the date of its passage and the
date of its approval by the governor The
resolution recalls one of the bitteresr
tights of last session, when the BILL
which provides for the gross earnings
tax on express companies, fixed in the
house at per cent, reached the senate
The bill was referred to the tax commit
tee of the senate, and the committee de-
cided in a morning meeting to report
favorably, on second thought held up the
report, met in the evening, and decided
to report the bill with an amendment
making it read AZ per cent instead of
per cent. Senator Miller led a fight on
the report of the committee on the floor
of the senate. There were three confer
ences with the house committee, the
mouse finally accepting the amendment
of the senate committee, and after a
long and tedious struggle the bill as
amended finally passed both houses Inn
posing a gross earnings tax Of AZ per
cent. For some reason, however when
1t reached the governor for signing, it
called for tax of per cent, and there
fore was not the bill passed by the leg
why" and, while he makes no charges,
states that he deems it due to the leg
1slature to have thorough investigation.
Lieut. Gov. Smith appointed Senators
Miller and Roverud as the senate's quota
for the probing committee and it is ex-
pected that the house will speedily con-
cur and appoint its members to the COM
| mittee.
Senators Smith, J. H., and Grindeland
have tad iOin
tee with the house to draft a drainage
bill. The bill will ask a large appropria-
ton.
Senator Snyder introduced duplicate
of the Torson bill, which was introduced
in the house on the first day of the ses-
sion. The bill provides for the appoint
ment by the governor of a board of
control of state institutions.
Senator Wilson's bill, defining certain
new duties for court stenographers, was
reported favorably by the judiciary, and
was passed under suspension of the rules,
as was also Senator Johnsons bill pro-
viding that library boards shall elect sec
retaries.
The chairman of the judiciary commit
tee was yesterday empowered by the
senate to purchase twenty sets of an
notated statutes for it's use. The senate
also confirmed the appointment of Will
nam Hodgson, as chief clerk of the ju-
dietary committee, made by recommenda-
ton of the committee
Two insurance bills were introduced by
Senator Grue, of Kandiyohi, one, an
amendment to the iron insurance law,
permit town insurance companies to in
sure creameries, the other refers to mu-
tual companies, and provides that con-
tract may lapse without notice upon fail
ure of members to pay premiums and
assessments
Senator Thompson wants the use of
pubic roads for telephone and telegraph
lines, with their attendant privileges, ex-
tended to private individuals, and wants
the exclusive use of same denied to tele
phone and telegraph companies His bill
was referred to the judiciary commit
tee.
Senator Thompson is in no wise dis
couraged over recent declarations of the
supreme court of this state as to the con-
sttuttonality of the inheritance tax law.
lie is drafting bill designed to cover
all that the annulled law did, and at
the same time be more to the liking or
supreme court Justices.