The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-24

BALL OPENS EARLY
Badger Legislators Would Get the
Troublesome Primary Question
Out Of the Way. -"
"Stalwarts' Admonished to Hurry
if They Would Receive Full
Consideration.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The journal.
Madison. Wis. Jan. 24.-Chairman An
drew of the assembly committee on priv
ileges and elections, says his committee
will take up consideration of the primary
bills early next week. This means, among
other things. that the 'stalwarts' will
have to hurry some" if they expect to
get their bill in in time to receive due
consideration. I'VE want to get the pri-
mary bill settled and out Of the way as
early as possible Chairman Andrew said
when asked how soon the committee would
act.
One report floating about the capitol
| is that the Frear bill, which goes fur
Their than the Andrew measure, and pro-
| vldes that delegates to national conVen-
| TONS as we'll as state officers, congress-
men and all the rest. shall be nominted
by the primary system, is the admlnlstra-
ton bill. When asked as to the truth OF
| this report. a man who stands as close
to Governor La Toilette as any one in the
state, said: 1.-THE administration bill will
be the one which comes to the governor
from the Legislature, and which he signs
There is no other administration bill"
But to the man who takes an unpreju-
diced view of things, it looks as though
the Andrew bill is the one which has the
administration Endorsement. For, one
thing, Mr.. Andrew is chairman OF the
committee which will have the bill in
charge in the lower house, where the ad-
ministration men are in a large majority.
1t is not generally supposed that MIR. An
drew drew the bill himself, introduction
through the committee chairmen being the
usual method with bills having advance
Endorsement
had died of starvation yesterday at 3o4
There are likely to be notifications OF
even the Andrew bill Some of the as
semblymen who voted for the Stevens
bill two years ago, and its amendments.
do not talk as though they were ready
: to vote for bill which goes as Tar as
/ does the Andrew measure. Some OF them
are not in favor of bill which includes
, state officers in the primary plan. Alto
gether, it looks as though the fight over
!, the primary bill will not lack much OF
: the spirit Of two years ago.
Repayment Of Inheritance Taxes.
The bill introduced by, Assemblyman
f.. w. Evans. providing for the repayment
of moneys derived from the -inherltance
tax, declared invalid by the supreme
court, means, if it becomes law the
payment, of about 100000 out Of the gen
eral fund. The exact amount derived 10y
the state from this source during 1901
and the part of 1902 during which 1t was
enforced is $59,767.14, while the percent
age retained by the several counties in
the state during the same period, under
; the law amounted to $1O,51S79. A list
!, Of the estates which have paid the tax is
given in the last report to the secretary OF
I state.
5 1t is conceded to be no more than fail
, that the money should be paid back
4 and the bill is likely to become. law. Al
the same time new bill is expected from
the state tax commission which will ia,
: inheritances, and keep within the bounds
c prescribed by the supreme court
:: A petition for the enactment OF law
. | to tax safety deposits in banks was in
d troduced in the assembly by Mr.. Cad3
;, yesterday, coming from his constituents II
H. Wood county. It proposes to amend thu
), | taxation laws by requiring county as
l., SCISSORS to take from bank records thu
" names of depositors and the amount Q
their books to the assessors.
Commissioners Report.
e The frstnlatter Of interest the comm,
II week will be the report Of the state ia,
d commission. This will probably go t.
g the legislature Monday evening. Som
e of it's recommendations have been fore
4 casted in the governors message, bu
there is still much uncertainty as t.
: whether it will make straight recon-
menda ton for the taxation of the proper
ty of quasi public corporations on thei
III property valuation, or also include. I
g recommendation for an increase in tn
Il license rate.