The Minneapolis journal., 1902-02-05

senate, II deemed advisable, and to be open
to all members of the legislature.
The committees on taxes and tax laws and
appropriations are instructed to introduce the
bill for tax code proposed by the tax COM
mission not later than Monday next.
Prospects Of a lot fight over both the
report and the amendment, and conse-
quent delay in the joint session. led Mr..
Roberts to move that the whole matter
be laid over, which was agreed to
Debate on Roberts, plan.
When the house reassembled after the
joint convention, Mr.. Roberts spoke in
support of his resolution. He said:
We have been called here ON our own re-
quest to attend to this special business. If
this is not adopted one-third of the house will
control the situation If the tax bill goes on
general orders, there will be no way of keep
Ing track of matters. or of members. II. re-
ferred in the ordinary way, the bill will not
come up before the last of next week. Mem
hers are here loaded with bills. We will at
tend to them when their time comes. No In
terest is to be foreclosed.
Mr.. Laybourn declared that this reso-
luton was the first effort to force upon
the house the proposed tax code without
any amendments whatever Messrs. Um-
land and Burns prot ested against what
they termed gag rule. ]. A. Peterson
IL,
you want to kill the bill, why not come
right out in the open?',
Captain w. w. Rich retorted: .tI am
willing to fight the bill in the open. = L
am not going to dodge, @and I want you
to understand that I am against the BILL
Mr. Dunn did not consider the Roberts
method proper one. He contended that
the bill should be introduced at length
by some one. Mr.. Anderson said: st
propose to fight this bill in the open until
1t is disposed of. I am ready to vote for
this amendment, however, if it will not
have the effect of cuttinff off hearings
Mr.. Jacobson said he was surprised that
men who helped create the tax commis-
sion should now be fighting the bill. It
had to be introduced by some one, and
why not by the tax committee? Perhaps
Mr.. Laybourn would introduce it, or the
St. Louis county delegation. He con-,
tended for special order, saying: i"If
any man does not want his constituents
10 see how he votes. he is coward and
not fit to sit in this house,
"Mr. Laybourn said: Il shall stand
for svery good feature of the bill, but
shall fight every vicious feature, and I
believe there are many. The st. Louis
county delegation is not heading the op-
position to this BILL
Mr.. Umland said with some heat that
he was not a coward and was ready; to
introduce the bill himself, If the rest wera
willing
Mr.. Kelly said he did not believe six
members of the house would approve MAX
ing the bill special order when the
proper time came.
Jacobson's Compromise
Here was Mr.. Jacobson's opening. He
said: II would ask the members opposed
to this resolution if they will vote for q
special order when the bill is reported
back from the tax pOulmlttp ~
There was chorus of ''yes'' from all
parts of the house.
Then said Mr. Acobson, 81 would
ask my friend Roberts to withdraw his
resolution
Mr.. Roberts protested, and Mr.. Jacobson
moved an amendment providing that when
the bill was reported back it should be q
special order. This Mr.. Roberts agreed to
and Speaker Bowling declared that in his
opinion it was the proper way to solve the
question.
Mr.. Dunn said that when all interests
had been properly considered he should
vote to make the bill a special order.
Mr.. jacobson promptly turned his
amendments over to Mr.. Dunn to draft az
part Of the rule proposed by the commit
tee. The amendment as drafted by Mr..
Dunn reads:
And upon report Of the tax code bill
| by said committee, it shall become spe-
cial order at such time as fixed by ma
| jority vote of the house,
| So amended, the report of the commit
| tee on rules was adopted.
Committees Are Named.
Speaker Bowling then announced the
| committees of the last house reappointed
! with one change. DR.. Babcock of Wadena
| is substituted for the late J. w. Torrey
on all committees where the latter's
name occurred.
Upon resolution by Mr.. Roberts the
matters contained in the governors mes
sage were referred to the following COM
mittees:
The tax code to the committees ON tax
laws and appropriations.
The proposed constitutional amend
ments to the committes on tax laws and
judiciary.
The section referring to the merger and
money for prosecuting the states case to
the committee on appropriations.
Speaker Bowling announced the ap-
pointment Of the following employees:
Reading clerk, John P. Jones; general
clerk, Hattie S. Bordewitch; stenograph-
ers, Rose S. Chase, Mrs. George Van
Smith, and a third to be named; janitor.
t. O.. Sundry: doorkeepers, George w.
John, S. H. Dalen and c.. H. Andrews;
gallery keeper, Walter N. ODwyer: keep
ers of cloak rooms. j. B. Kelly, ]. J.
clerk, w. Johnson; assistant in
charge of committee rooms, Royal
Hobnet, and pages, Alfred Nyquist. Oscar
Lewis, Ollie Pimm. Charles Gleason
George Brant and James II Godette.
SENATOR'S DELIBERATE