The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-08

the report Of the committee, Senator
Ives secured the floor and asked
whether he had been credited with any
mileage. He was informed in the af-
firmative.
How much?' said he, eagerly.
Thirty cents was the laconic reply.
'Wen, 1 don't want It, and l want it
kept off. Last year was bounded
morning. noon and night with notifica-
tons that there was 80 cents In the
state treasury at my disposal, and be-
sides I have a deep-rooted objection to
being entered in the 9O-cent class"
Senator Wilson, who occupies the next
desk, arose with the following sugges-
ton:
1.-The senator might accept the mileage
and wave his per diem" The sugges-
ton did not seem to meet with the APP
prevail of Senator Ives, and the senators
enjoyed themselves for some time at
his expense.
Before adjournment the senate passed
resolution calling for the printing of
500 copies of the tax code In the form
of bill, so printed as to allow plenty of
annOtations
When the senate decided to adjourn
there was some little difficulty in select
ing the time for converting. Some wanted
to hold session today, others Monday
afternoon, and still others Monday morn
ing. After much splitting of time, p. m.
Monday was decided as the proper hour.
DULUTH DELEGATES
OPPOSE THE BILL.
The tax committee went into session
Immediately after the adjournment of =
senate for the purpose of nearing op1n-
ions of the proposed tax code. The Du-
1uth lake steamship delegation was Tie
first heard. Former State Senator Ii. X.
Spencer was the first speaker and was
followed by Capt Alex McDougal, Capt.
d. L. Helm and G. A. Tomilson, who a :
spoke on the evil effect the passage of the
law, as it stands at present, would have
on the navigation companies of Duluth.
They were all of the opinion that, if the
law went into effect, the many boats that
now have Duluth for their port of hail,
would go somewhere else, as it was
chosen principally because OIL the good
will of the ship owners for the agents in
the Zenith City.
H. Pereault, colored, appeared before
the committee on behalf Of the Trades
and Labor assembly of Dulu.4-, to protest
against the bill. He informed the sena-
tors that the labor bodies were in ac-
cord with the ship owners in all they
said, but that he was there particularly
to speaA against lie exemption clause,
which the Trades and Labor assembly
considers a move in the wrong direction.
He contended that the laboring man was
paying more than his proportionate share
of the ,axes under the present law, and
that if the exemption clause was amend
ed in any manner it should be raised in
stead of diminished.
John l.. Gieske appeared for the local
Trades and Labor council, and spoke
along the same lines. He was interrupted
by Senator Stoekwell, who asked him:
'Why do labor men want gratuity?
Because they are laboring men?''
mot at ALL" answered Mr. Gieske
''but they have every reason to think
that they are being taxed sufficiently at
the present time"
c. NJ Hurtig, of St. Cloud, spoke to
some length on the reduction of the per-
sonal property exemption. His arguments
were be@cd on the economic principle
that eventually the burden of taxation
fell upon the consumer. He said that
many economic writers believed that
they did so entirely while others only
partially, but that the general opinion
was that the consumer had TO pay a
large part. He also thought that if there
was any change at all to be made, the
amount OF personal property exempted
should be to the value of 5000.
The committee after listening to these,
took an adjournment until O'Clock in
the afternoon, when the bankers Of Min