The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-15
House Committee on Taxes Will
Soon Decide on Treatment of
Tax Bill.
The Senate Will Reconsider the Bill
Releasing Colonel BobIeter
From Liability.
Tax bill or no tax bill.

Tax bill or no tax bill.
This is the issue that the house COM
mittee on taxes and tax laws will face
Monday morning. Hopes Of the commit
tee were deferred to-day by long ses-
| sion of the house and an open session fol-
lowing, which lasted until 1890 Some
tend an afternoon session, and in order
to have all present adjournment was
| taken until 10 a. NJ, Monday.
The session will be executive, so far
as the press is concerned, at least. The
! committee members will be excused from
attending the session of the house and
| will HE themselves to little upper room
| where they will have privacy without
secrecy.
Friends of the bill who hoped to get an
ton, seem doomed to disappointment.
Prospects are that the committee will
work for at least two days, trying to put
the bill in shape. Opponents of the meas
ire cannot carry motion for indefinite
postponement. Some Of its friends want
sary in committee, so as to get bill on
which the majority can agree. - This eff
fort, it now seems, will be made.
If the bill comes from the committee
with favorable report, it will be in about
the shape already outlined y The ] u r
n ! re- how
been drafted, and will probably be in
troduced Monday. They will remove the
drastic requirements for listing, and, in
effect, restore the present law. The in
quisitorial feature objected to by the
banks will be removed. ..
The amendments will remove most of
the objections advanced, and are ex-
pected to silence much of the opposition.
The public service corporations will be
just as much opposed as ever. but they
have kept their opposition under cover,
and will probably continue to do so.
The feature of the house session this
morning was the debate over the Haugh-
land resolution, which had the intended
effect. 1t brought out expressions of
opinion, and made it clear to the house
that the tax committee would do its work
and report as soon as possible. When
no opposition to tabling of the resolu-
ton. -,
Senators discovered that Attorney GEN
eral Douglas was by no means pleased
with the release of Colonel Bobleter from
his bond, and reconsidered the vote by
which they passed the bill. 1t had been
returned to the house, and the senate
asked it's recall, which the house granted.
Several senator's openly expressed their
disapproval of the action of Senator Som
erville yesterday, when in his remarks
he left it to be inferred that the attor-
ney general had no objection to the bill. Sc
= WHEN, OH wHENs
Time of Reporting Tax Bill Causes
House Debate.
The house declared it's confidence in the
committee in charge of the tax bill this
morning by turning down Mr.. Haughland's
resolution, directing a report on Monday.
The author said he had no other inten-
ton than to get some light. All sorts Of
light were thrown by the ensuing debate.
With the exception of Mr.. Jacobson,
friends of the bill in committee declared
their intention to amend it before re-
turning it to the house, and wanted time.
Mr.. jacobson wanted to report the bill
out as it stands, for the house to amend,
but he appeared to be in a minority. OPP
ponents of the bill all wanted delay.
They are DESTROYS that the bill shall not
come back into the house until the impress
sion made by Commissioners Childs and
Ives shall have been somewhat dimmed
by time.
Friends Of the bill, having confidence in
the committee. did not stand by the reso-
luton, and Mr.. Dobbin's motion to table
it was carried by heavy vote.
Chairman Wallace Of the tax committee
voted to table the resolution. and said
afterward: eve will have the bill out
by Tuesday, or Wednesday at the latest"
Mr.. Anderson offered an amendment,
providing that public hearings should
cease Monday evening, and that the bill
should be reported back not later than
Wednesday. In explanation Mr. Ander-
son said he was not for delay, but he
thought that for the information Of the
public the house should set time when
hearings should cease, and that the COM
mittee should be given two days time to
complete it's work.
Mr.. Haugland explained that he did
not want to force the committee, but in
troduced the resolution in the hope that
it might result in the information Of the
house. He would like to hear from mem
bers of the committee.
Members Of the committee were heard
from. Mr.. Larson said:
do not want any delay, but do feel that
one day IL not enough for us. to consider
the bill and the amendments. The place 90
consider these amendments is in the COM
mittee. To debate over each amendment in
the house will drag out the session.
Mr.. Burns also thought that the COM
mittee should be trusted.
Mr.. Torson said that Is I member Of