The Dolores star., 1902-03-21
PROCEEDINGS OF THE EXTRA
SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE

I'LL LLOlSLAIUkE
The Rush Senate amendment nro
viding that the state board OF co,,a,
zation shall not have power to assess
any tramway. electric road. cable rooa
or street railway located In the s,ree,s
OF any city or town or upon the pub,ir
road, was carried, 10 TO s.
The House went on record MS fevor
ing the repeal of the BuckIin Aus,ra
lasian tax amendment. The vol. on
the proposition came after an all day,
debate, and was something of n sn, Z
prise to the opponents of repeal who
thought that the decisive defea,s
which the repeal had sustained in ,ha
Senate had taken the vim out of its
friends. The test came on a motion IN
indefinitely postpone the Adams re-
pealing bill. This was beaten. %
yeas to SO nays.
Senator Joel r. Smith had dlstln.
guishcd visitors Monday. The Ear,
of Fingall and Colonel V. j. G Le
Burgh called upon him in the SENATE
chamber. He led them around the can.
itol building, took them M into The
dome and showed them the wonders of
the world; down into the cellar and lot
them gaze at the big game they can no
longer hope to get II shot at. and let
them look ut the state officials for a
brief moment. He then took them over
TO the House. which he explained to
them as known throughout the state
as the cave of the winds. Then they
passed through the cloak room into the
Senate chamber.
II am Democrat said Senator
Bucklin yesterday, when questioned
concerning the story that organized Ia.
Dor contemplated naming labor tick.
ct with him as the candidate for GOV
ernor and the Australasian tax amend.
ment as the principal plank in its plat
form. SO long as my party adheres
to the principles which attracted me TO
1t shall support its tickets and ad-
wise my friends to do so. l was once
n Republican. and was honored by
that party. Then n time came when
l could not agree with its policies and
] joined the populists. A year ago.
with the other Populist senators,
entered the Democratic caucus, and
that remains my home"
Shall the corporations be assessed
upon the average market value of their
stocks and bonds. minus such proper
ty as Is not actually used IN the opera.
tiOn of their business, or shall the
state board of equalization return to
the old method and endeavor to deter
mine the cost of duplication and dsre
gard the intangible values attaching
to the property? That is the problem
with which the Senate is confronted
In the opinion of the many the Martin
Schweigert amendment adopted by the
House Is so loosely drawn that the
assessing power may disregard the
value of the stocks and bonds and
base the valuation upon other evi
dence. Senators Clay Il. Whitford
and John Rush are leading the fight
to have the value of the stocks and
bonds the sole standard of valuation.
while Senators Seldomridge. Hume
Lewis and w. II. Adams favor giving
the board more latitude.
All liltiSuTt ny
the House is the Montgomery remedial
act to validate the assessments Of .
1901. Owing to the puZZling court de.
cisions and the conflicting assessments
made, especially on corporate property.
there has been some doubt as 10
whether the corporations could he
forced to pay their taxes. In order
that no loophole might remain this
remedial act was passed. The Martin
bill. to increase the tax on premiums
of insurance companies from two 10
two and One-half per cent, thus,adding
$4,000 to the yearly revenue of the
state, was again passed after it had
been recOmmitted to the committee OF
the whole in order that the large mu1
tual companies might be made subject
to the tax. 1t is the desire of tle
legislators that fraternal insurance
companies shall not be subject to th
tax. but in attempting to accomplish
that purpose, some of the gigantic mu
tuals were exempted. The exceptions
clause finally adopted reads as follows
provided, that nothing in this nc
shall be construed as applicable TO or
ganiZations which conduct their busi
ness as fraternal societies. on the
lodge system. or which limit their Ger
titicate holders to particular secre
order or fraternity"
The bill to repeal the Bucklin amend
ment is dead. On the attempt to adop
the favorable report of the committed
of the whole, Mr.. Rawalt offered III
amendment that the committee recon-
mend that the enacting clause be strick
en- out of the Adams bill. The roll cal
as first announced showed that the re
pealers had lost, the vote being 30 u
:32. Their victory was soon changed (
defeat by the announcement by MI
Davidson that he changed his yoi
from no to aye. Mr.. Fall and Mr.. BEL
did the same. and the final result wa
33 to 20. killing the Adams bill. ih1
final vote stood: Ayes-Bell, Bradie!
Bolsinger, Burwell, Galley, Cannon
Carringer, Chisholm. Cunningham
Davidson, Fall. German, Hammon'
Hart. Heartz, Judkins, Kennedy, Lo
ber, Manion. Martin, Mcclure, Morris