The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-11
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SENATORS WIND UP FAC ENDS or
LEGISLATION.

The senate yesterday voted to adjourn
| sine die at noon today, and yesterdays
session closed at o'clock. All Iegisla-
ton is finished, as the law provides that
there shall be no bills passed on the last
dag of the session.
The constitutional amendments passed
the senate yesterday afternoon by vote
| of forty-six to eleven, and the house
| showed them through in hurry by
| vote of ninety-nine to three. The pro-
| posed amendments were passed just as
| they came from the conference commit
tee, although Senator Horton objected
strenuously to them in regard to the tax
alton of franchises, and Senator Stock
well opposed them on the theory that the
report of the tax commission in regard
to the change of the state constitution
| was the better.
| The two Anderson bills also received
the approval Of the senate with some
slight amendments. One provides for an
| inheritance tax, and the other embodies
the real estate features of the original
tax code in regard to taxes to be levied
upon real property.
Senator Snyder got his bill taking the
control of the state university from the
| state board of control through the gem
| ate. The bill failed in the house, and
| the "U1 will still have to remain in
| the class of penitentiarieS and reform
| schools.
The bill appropriat1ng $4,000 for the dis
| play of Minnesota exhibits at the st.
Louis exposition went through the sena e
with very slight opposition. There were
several house bills Of minor Importance
| rushed through without any particular
attention being paid to them. An at
tempt was made to get the house bill
through apprcpriating 500 to make up
the deficiency in the wolf bounty bill, but
| it fell fiat
House file So. which is the Anderson
real estate taxation bill, was special
| order for 10 o'clock this morning, and
was the frs thing taken up by the SEN
| ate Chairman Baldwin, of the special
committee appointed to redraft the bill
with amendments, recommended some
minor changes. A few amendments We're
| added, and the bill passed the senate by
| vote of forty-nine to two. Senator Pot
| ter got resolution through approprlatlng
! $500 to defray the expense of printing
the laws passed during the special ses-
sion.
Miller Wants Investigation.
Senator. Miller presented a resolution
calling upon the attorney general to IN
vestigate' the alleged consolidation of the
Duluth & Iron Range and Duluth, Mis-
sabe &, Northern roads to see if there
was any unlawful merger" and like
wise to see that the laws of the state
were not infringed upon. Senator Stock
well introduced a memorial calling upon
the president of the United States, as
commander and chief of the army, to
stop the war in the Philippines. The
memorial recited a long list of cruelties
and indignities inflicted upon the natives
An interview given by a congressman to
Republican paper in Minneapolis was
read, which stated that the only way to
end the war was to exterrninate the COM
batants. Notice of debate was given.
Senator McGin secured the passage Of
a bill appropriating $500 to the designers
of the butter model of the state capitol
at the Pan-American exposition.
Senator Lord called up House Bill IS,
which provides that the public examiner
may investigate the books of railroads
and other corporations with the end in
view of seeing that they did not make
false returns as to their gross earnings
for the purpose of evading taxation. The
bill was passed by a vote of 46 to z.
When the conference committee made
it's report to the senate recommending the
passage OF House Bill SIS, the constitutional
amendments, as amended, Senator Stock
well renewed his fight against it. He
tried to offer substitute motion that
would place the recommendations of the
tdA SOAALllSSLOu OGlOE6 the S6IldlG luSledQ-
The chair ruled, however, that the only
thing that could be considered was the
adoption or rejection of the committee
report, and the senator from Hennepin
sat down for a moment. The amendment
added to the original bill is as follows:
There may be levied and collected an
annual tax upon franchises granted by
public authority in addition to the tax
on real property and personal property
OF the person POrnQTatiOn holding SHPh
franchise, or in lieu of a tax on such
franch1se alone, or in lieu of a tax on
franchises and PERSONAL property used in
connection with the exercise Of the same,
there may be imposed such tax
upon the gross earnings of the person
or corporation holding such franchise as
the legislature may determine, and said
tax shall be apportioned between the
state, counties and municipality where
such franchise is exercised in the same
manner as the real estate tax IS appor
toned" III
Another amendment provides that
There may be levied and collected a
upon the estate of decedents above a fixed
and specific sum, which tax may be
graded, uniform or progressive
The vote on the adoptioneo~ the report
Of the committee which was tie test vote,
was as follows:
Ayes-Baldwin, Barker. BATE. Benedict.
Brewer, Chiffon, Collier Du Toit. Everett,
Fitzpatrick, Gausawitz. Grindeland, Grue,
Halverson, Jepson, Johnson. Jones' E. J.,
Knatyold, Larson, Lord, Mccarthy. Nc
Gill, McGovern, McKusick, McNamee,
Meilieke, Miller, Roverud, Schaller
Sehel!bach. Shell, Snyder, Someryille,
Sweningsen. Thompson Viesselman, VIII
son, Young-3S
Nays-Buckman. Dart. Dickey, Greer.
HAWKINS. Horton. Hospes. Ives, McAr-
thur, MCGOWAN, Nixon, Potter. Reeves,
Ryder, Sheehan, Sivrig. Smith q. e.,
smith j. H. Stockton, Stockwell-20.
senator J. FL. Smith then made his mo-
ton 70 adjourn but Withdrew 1t Ia allow