The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-03

such amendments as the committee de.
cides on, and report the whole proposition
back to each house. ,.-..
Line of Attack and Defense.
Then will come fight. Friends of the
bill will attempt to have it made special
order, and push it right through. It's
opponents will insist that the bill take
it's place on general orders.
The difference is this: on a special
order, the roll is called and the members
put on record on every amendment. This
will be very distasteful to some On gen.
eraI orders, voters are viva voce or by di-
vision; unless ten members demand roll
CALL and even then the roll call is not on
the house records.
Another difference is that on general or-
ders the bill will have no preference.
Other legislation will creep in while the
tax committees are holding their hear
ings, and the tax bill may have hard
shedding. Once made a special order. the
tax bill will have the right of way until
finished.
Members are beginning to direct their
attention to the constitutional amend
ments, which promise to be only second to
the code itself as bone of contention.
A Caucus in Doubt.
Caucus talk is not rife just now. A. F.
Ferris, chairman of the joint caucus COM
mittee, says no request for a caucus has
reached him. Even friends of the bill ara
hesitating. They want to be sure that
caucus would accomplish good results, be-
lore calling it. They fear that if called
100 soon, a caucus would only result in
confusion worse confounded." On the
other hand, unless limited by resolution.
Legislation of every character will begin
pouring in by Thursday There is a gen
erai disposition to accept local measures
ana curative acts, such as will not take
up undue time, but there is much feel
Ing against opening up the board Of con-
troll controversy, the primary election law
| ana similar ravels Of yarn. Lieutenant
Governor Smith is on hand. He says that
| he expects hotter and more interestine
session than any regular session of recent
years. s.saN~
j. F. Jacobson will be one of the chief
champions of the bill, though not accept
| ing it entire. He is on hand and is all
| ready busy. sE"-
Governor Van SAINT has seen a large
| number of the members within few
! days, and Is sanguine. The members gen.
orally seem to have come for business.
There is some disposition on the part of
enemies of the administration to bring
on trough house" and put Van SAINT in
! the hole
! Nearly all realize, however, that such a
policy might prove boomerang, and hurt
the members worse than it would the gov
| ernor.
| SolOntstic Opinions Withheld.
| Although there were numerous arrivals
! of legislators at the st. Paul hotels yes
terday and this morning, there was little
apparent excitement. The usual crowds
In hotel lobbies were lacking. However,
| there was but one topic under discussion
and that the tax bill.
Despite this fact, members are decided-
! ly slow in expressing their opinions. App
| parently many have not yet made Up their
minds, and are waiting for the leaders ia
| speak.
The bill has many friends; but most Of
| the legislators now on the ground insist
! that it must be amended in several par
| ticulars.
What Duluth Wants.
! Representative George Laybourne OF
Duluth says the position of his district
has been misinterpreted. Duluth he says,
recognizes the many good points in the
code, and wants to see the commissions
report adopted, but in an amended form.
Duluth objects to the proposed tonnage
tax and to the taxation of wheat in ele-
vators and in transit. Mr.. Laybourne says
the proposed constitutional amendments
have met with more opposition in the dis
trict than the code itself. Personally, he
considers the amendments dangerous and
believes they will be defeated when SUBJ
mitted to the people.
Representative A. B. Kelly of North
field is also in doubt about the adoption Of
the amendments. He believes they will
meet with much opposition from the var
ious interests affected and thinks that
even the expedient of passing the tax
code, to take effect in 1903, would not suf-
fee to secure their adoption
Rural Members and Exemptions.
The country members. many of whom
arrived in st. Paul yesterday and this
morning az a general thing favor the
bill. However, they will insist upon the
retention Of the 500. personal property
exemption, and will ask that the date for
inventory of grains be May l instead OF
April 1. to avoid taxation on seed wheat.
These are the objections urged by Repre-
sentative Hillmond. Of Grant county
Members of the Duluth delegation in St.
y Paul to-day will return this evening to
cast their votes at the municinal alAn.