The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-20
WAITING FOR HOUSE.
Senate Tax Committee Will Defer
Action for Few Days

Senate Tax Committee Will Defer
Action for Few Days.
The senate tax committee came to the
conclusion yesterday afternoon that the
| tax bill was entirely to large PROPOSE
ton for any effective consideration on
it's part, and it will recommend this
morning that the bill be placed on gem
eral orders of the senate
The aim of the committee apparently
is to have the bill postponed on gem
eral orders from day to day until the
house will have decided on something
definite.
Later the tax committee held an ora
torical session, S. p. Childs, real estate
owner and banker, being the eloquent one.
Mr. Childs adjured the committee to be
careful about how it protected urban in
dustries at the expense of, the farmers.
and assured them that If it did not
do SO the farmers would make them
selves felt in the land in a manner that
would be well understood. He maintain
ed that the farmers could make the grass
grow in the streets of every city in the
country, and he foretold7tha they might
possibly do so If they were not treated
properly in regard to taxation. He was
much in favor of the present tax code,
with whatever amendments the legfsla-
tors might see fit to tack onto to 1t, and
he wanted it impressed upon the minds
of the committee that, although the farm
ers had not come before the committee
for a hearing, as had other interests,
they nevertheless were well aware of the
import of the bill.
In regard to the exemption clause, he
said the less the exemption was the bet
ter because it gave every person who
paid taxes the dignity of feeling that he
was helping to keep up his end of the
great American government. He greatly
deplored the system Of hiding taxable
property from the assessor, and on being
asked by Senator StockwelI if he knew
of any place or any time that this was
not the practice, Mr.. Childs answered
that twenty years ago, when he was an
assessor there was no such thing as
holding OUT on the assessor, but that
| everybody took pride in paying his just
share of the states burdens.
| Senator Stockwell thought he was mis-
| taken about this, and dated the practice
| back 1900 years. Senator Miller wanted
| to know whether that was any reason
| why the practice should be kept UP, and
| Mr.. Childs mournfully admitted that if
| the practice was that old that there was
| little hope of reforming the world.
| The committee will recommend that
Senator sivrights bill repeating the dog
| tax law be favorably considered by the
| senate.
The judiciary committee will make a
| favorable recommendation on the follow
| ing senate bills today:
s. r. 81, Schaller-Relating to sheriff $
| certificates Of sale.
| S. f. IS, Mccarthy Legalizing village
S. F. 80, Larson n Relating to change
/ of venue in criminal cases.
S. F. 80, Ives-Relating to the salaries
s. F. IS, Smith. E. E. Relating to in
s F. 80, McGowan-Proposi a con-
! stitutbonal amendment. Referred to the
| subcommittee on constitutional law.
| S. F. "a, Stockton-Legaltzin the con-
veyance made direct from husband to
S. F. IS, Notwithstanding to clerk
| hire for probate judges.
H F. II, Dorsey-Iegalizing certain
| mortgage foreclosures. y.fl
The following bills will be recon-
mended for the consideration of the SEN
ate by the reception committee:
| s. F. 27, Smith, J. H.-Relating to rep
/ rensentatives from the Sixtieth district.
| S. f. 43, Daly-Relating to county COM
| misstoners.
| s. F. A. Brower-Relating to DEGREES
! of PROBATE judges.
| S. F. As, Brewer-Legalizing certain IN
| struments and records.
The following will be recommended for
| indefinite postponement:
S. F. 81, MISUNDERSTANDING for the
| appointment Of the members Of the rau-
| road and warehouse commission.
S. f. 46. Misunderstanding to pub
| lie libraries.