The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-25
The Amended Measure Is Defeated
by Vote Of Sixty to
Fifty-four.
Reconsideration Will Be Attempted
Tomorrow, but the Bill Is
Apparently Dead.

The tax bill is dead. The result of
nine months labor by the tax commission
and rhree weeks elaboration by the
legislature is now SO much waste paper.
For all practical purposes this effort has
been wasted.
The legislature will now attempt to
agree on bill submitting constitutional
amendemnts to be voted on next fall.
Other tax legislation will be attempted
and the session is not likely to close till
the last OF next week.
vote was reached at noon to-day.
Four members were absent on account of
would have been lost. Il lacked, six votes
of the necessary 60.
The bill Is dead. An attempt will be
made tomorrow morning to restore it to
life by reconsideration. This may sue
coed in getting it temporarily before the
house in an effort to strike out the Wal
lace amendments. Without those amend
| ments, however, the bill wiz not pass.
The motion will probably be made by Mr..
sageng, populist member from Otter
Tail county, who voted and spoke against
the bill. He represents several country
members OF the pcpulist faith who quit
supporting the bill when the Wallace
amendments were adopted. 4
/ After adjournment to- day Mr.. jacobson
asked him to move Tor reconsideration
n,o "a
SO. 20 Et..s-' -: - =
The opposition. to the bill will oppose
| reconsideration and will oppose striking
| out the Wallace anne ndments. Recon
sideration may be carried, but it is evil
dent that the bill cannot. pass, however
doctored. It might have passed last Fri
| day If a vote had been reached, but when
the enemies of the bill secured an ad-
journment Friday noon they gained their
victory.
-.-E How They Voted.
The vote on the bill was as follows:
Yeas-Aanenson, Alley; Armstrong, G.. W.
Babcock. Bean, Brubaker Burns, Bush
Cooke. Dealy, Deming.. Dorsey, Calf. Gand-
rud. Grass. Harden, Haugen. Haugland, Hen.
TICKS, E1eIUeTt, THIRTY, I1ulluOuuS I1uton
Hogan, Holm, Hunt, Jackson, Jacobson
Johnsrud, Larson. Lee, Lommen, Nelson, W.
| Neubauer, Nichols, Nolan, ;NyQuist, O'Neil
Ofsthun, Peterson. J. A., Rapp, Roberts. San:
der, Schwarg, Stark, Stevenson, Sites, Swan
son Sweet. Torson. Wallace, Ward. Wilde,
| and Mr.. Speaker-a
! Nays-Alford, Allen. Anderson. Armstrong
J. A., Barteau, Benson, Berg. Bosworth But
ler Cumming, Dobbin, Dunn, Feeney, Ferris
Eiolyou Irr
| Johnson, Kelly, Lane, Laybourn. Lemke, Ma
hood, Mallory, Mark, Martin, Miller, Morley
! Morris, Nelson, H. X; Norman, Noyes, Geo
, book, Oppegaard Pennington, Peterson, S
D., Phillips, Plowman, Pope, Pugh. Rich
| Rider, Riley, Ryan. Sageng, scherf, Schur
man, Schultz, Skorski. Smith, finland. Vor
Valid, Washburn, Wells, Whitford. Wilcox
80.
AbsentABenolken. Daggett, Peterson, g..
Potter. - -.
| Poor Prospect of Passage.
or the twenty-three democrats in the
house, only FIVE voted for the bill. Six
! teen Of the minority went against 1t
! while two were absent OF the sixteen
not more than six or seven can be counted
on for the bill. even with the Wallace
amendments Topped of. Not more thar
one or two republican members would be
! won back by those amendments. Those
who last week were threatening revolt
came back in line and voted for the bill
to-day Striking out the Wallace amend
ments would drive at least a dozen away
! from support of the bill.
! Several OF the negative votes this morn
| ing were surprise: Messrs. Johnson
and Dobbin, Of Minneapolis, were bott
counted on to vote for the bill. In fact
both had said they would no longer age
than this morning. Mr.. Lane was counted
| upon for the bill until last evening
Messrs. scherf and Whitford had worked
with the Intends of the bill all along, but
voted against 1t this morning. The latter
however, said after the vote that he had
! at no time favored the bill. He wanted
| to assist in framing good bill, but die
not think that had been accomplished.
! The Hennepin delegation was evenly
divided. Messrs. Armstrong, Deming
! Herbert, Peterson, Roberts, Stevenson
Sweet and Wallace voted for the bill
Those voting against it were: Messrs
! Dobbin, Fust, johnson, Lane, Morris
| Phillips, Smith and >Washburn.
Judiciary Report To-morrow.
The house adjourned until tomorrow
morning Immediately after the vote. The
| judiciary committee will then report It's
bill for constitutional amendments. There
| is prospect for great fight over this bill
which will be led by six members OF the
| Judiciary committee. They object strenu-
ously to the amendments proposed.
| When the tax bill has been finally laid
! to rest, separate bills will be introduced
for the permanent tax commissio and for
1.-THE taxation OF franchises. Mr.. Anderson
/ also promises to introduce bill embody-
ing the tax commission scheme for real
estate taxation.
Friends Of the tax bill are much dis
gllsted and many say the Legislature
might as we'll adjourn sine die. It will
mot be- surprising to see s1ch motion