The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-06

this and ne said: I wish we could have
1t Wednesday but it is all right, let it
go as it is.
1.-The meeting was held Friday night,
and was not finished until nearly IL
O'Clock. Just before the close of the
meeting, Representative Jacobson came
to me and said: I don't think we had
better try TO take this matter up tonight,
as it has gotten so late The attorneys
had also requested a chance To furnish
briefs, which they agreed to have in
the hands Of the committee by Monday
| afternoon. Representative jacobson and
We're in the small cloak room and he
asked when we would have a meeting
OF The tax committee. l told him at noon
tomorrow.
well, at noon tomorrow I could not
appear, as / was taken sick, and have
been under the doctor :; case ever since
and confined to my room, and have been
in bed most Of the time since then. The
next Tuesday l sent word to the speaker
to come to lny room. at the hotel ard
my room. The next Wednesday [ sent
word to him again. He came in that
evening.
Il asked him if he had not better have
Representative TorSon call the tax com
1nlttee together and get out the gross
earnings bill. He said: You will proba-
BY be around in two or three days and
think it will be all right to let the
matter stand until you get out There
Was nothing more done until Friday aft
ernoon, when Representative TOrsQn
came down and said that he had called
meeting of the tax committee. l told
him that L understood the house had
agreed to adjourn, when they aid add
Journ, on that day, until the next Monday
following, and that the doctor thought
then that l would be able to be out by
Monday and 1 would like very much to
meet with the committee when they con-
siGered that bill. If the committee in
sisted, why, all right, to go ahead and
have the meeting, but If not | should
like very much to meet with them when
they took it up
81 heard nothing more from Represen-
tative Torson and the Monday following
the committee met at the Hotel Windsor,
across the hall from my own room, in
rCCm 60, and considered the bill The
report was laid over one day at the
request of Representative jacobson to
give him time to prepare some amend
ments to the bill that he wished to Of
fer.
After that I had nothing more to do
Wednesday morning at Mr.. Jacobson's re-
This, is as far as I know the history
of the bill from the time it was intro
auced until it was reported back to the
house"
IGNORANT OF UNDUE INFLUENCE.
Question by Chairman-While you were
confined to your room did Representative
Jacobson request you at any time to CAL
the committee together or to have some
one else call it together?
Answered by Representative Wallace
No, sir.
Question by Chairman-Did YOU at any
time send Representative Jacobson
note conserving to call the committee on
taxes together?
Answer by Representative Wallace-I
have not sent a note of any kind during
this session, nor have authorized any
one to send such a note for me.
Question by Chairman-Do you know
of any undue or Illegal influence being
NV n
of the house to vote for or against the
gross earnings bill?
Answer by Representative Wallace-No,
sir
Question by Representative Wells-At
any time during this session has Repre-
sentative Jacobson asked you II you
knew of any opposition to the gross earn
ings bill, or words to that effect?
Answer by Representative Wal!ace-No,
sir. / had long known that there, WAS
strong opposition to the bill from con-
versations with various members of the
house early in the session