The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-14

the appointment of the committee He
had backing sufficient to accomplish his
end, but O'NeiIl did not see the point
He IS member of the committee on
rules and did not wish to appear as an
opponent to the work Of the committee
lie saw IN Dunn a champion Of the ref
erence of his bill instead of play for the
committee and before the ball could be
set In motion withdrew his request for
suspension, and the committee on the
reception of bills is still creation of the
imagination
Former Representative John ]. Fur
long, Austin; DR.. J. c. Currver MAN
kato, and Judge of Probate f. c. HAIR
Vey, Minneapolis, opened the ball of pro-
Test against the tax code in the house
Yesterday morning. Mr.. Furlong and DR.
Currver appeared in behalf Of the Min
nesota Livestock Breeders Association.
Ihey asked that the blooded stock be-
ing imported by the Minnesota farmers
DE assessed as other stock, instead Of
It's full cash value, as provided in the
new code. They based their arguments
on the ground that proposed tax wouId
De injurious to the stock business which
IS becoming an important factor +o the
agriculturists. Judge Harvey asked that
the law governing the taxation of build
ing and loan associations be left as it
is now enforced.
The sentiment against the constitu-
tlonal amendments proposed by the tax
commission practically embraces the
membership of the house. Three substi-
tutes have been offered to date PROM
lhent lawyer of the house says School
boys could have done better and now
representative Roberts. the staunch
champion of the tax bill, comes to the
front with bill which he says will
make the amendments offered by the
commission practicable For his bill Mr.
Roberts yesterday said:
House File No. 23 Except the provision
for an absolute exemption Of $500 of per-
sonar property to the head Of the house
mold, was drawn to cure what seemed
TO me to be an apparent defect in the tax
commissions proposed constitutional
amendments Except as to the exemption
mentioned, this bill Of mine adopts the
language of the several amendments pro-
posed by the tax commission, but at
tempts to do it in such a way as Will
not repeal any present section of the con-
St1tution, if 1t should chance that one of
the amendments was adopted and not
the others. For instance under the tax
commission $ Proposed amendments. if
their proposed section one of the con-
stltutlon is adopted and the others fail
the present section one Of our constitu-
ton, which does not cover the same spe-
clal subjects as the proposed amendment
Of the commission, is repealed, and we
nave lost the right to provide for special
municipal assessments on an inheritance
tax. So, If the commissions proposed
section three of the constitution is adopt
ed and the others fail, the present sec
ton three of the constitution is wiped
out, with nothing to take it's place along
the line of exemptions and no authority
left In the legislature to make any ex-
emption 1t seems to me desirable, that
the proposed amendments be so sub
m1tted that if one or more is adopted and
others fail, we may still retain the con-
stltuuonal authority we now have
think it is we'll for us to submit some
amendment along the line Of money ex-
emption in addition to what the COM
mission recommends, because there is a
very general feeling that the present con-
sttutional provision allowing $500 to
everybody is uncalled for. Whatever ex-
emption there is along such line, should
be to the head of the household If the
amendment should carry at $500. it would
take care of all the necessary household
gooGs of the average laboring man or the
struggling farmer, and still anow the
former to accumulate some money in the
savings bank, and the farmer a horse or
COW or two and enough machinery to
get along with.