Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-19

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 19.-Govern0f
Burnquist today vetoed the Bendixen
tonnage tax bill, passed by the state
legislature this week. The bill levied
a tax of Eve per cent upon the value
of ore at the mouth of Minnesota
mines.
Would Discharge Cary.
The senate finance committee in
vestigating charges that Francis G.
Cary, Minneapolis attorney and judge
advocate of the Minnesota motor
corps, withheld funds appropriated
for dependents of soldiers who died
while in service in the Minnesota for
est fire zone last year, today recon-
mended that Cary be dishonorably
discharged from the state military
service and permanently be disbarred
from the practice of law.
Cary was disbursing officer for fire
relief funds appropriated by the state
shortly after the Moss Lake forest
fires, The senate finance committee
started an investigation at the special
began ten days ago, after charges
against Cary had been filed by de-
pendents of deceased members of the
Minnesota national guard. 4
The committee in it's report filed to-
day, holds that Cary made false state
ments aud representations in connec.
ton with his direction Of the relief
fund disbursement. Cary vigorously
denied the charges before the com
mittee but admitted that relief funds
had been deposited in his name in q
Minneapolis bank. He asserted. how
ever. that this had been done for con-
venience in meeting claims.
Bill Unjust.
st. Paul. Mimi, Sept 1e.-The gov
ernor's veto was sent to the presiding
officers of both houses OF the state
legislature a short time before fna
adjournment of the special session.
Governor Burnquist, in his message
declared that he considered the bill
unjust and said that he held the same
opinion when he was member of the
state legislature. He took the posi-.
ton advanced by senator's and rep.
resentatives of the iron range distric,
that the law would seriously affect In
dustries in that region.
The governor, in his veto message
says in part:
when member of this body dur
ing the sessions of 1909 and 1911
spent much time in studying the pro-
posed taxing of iron properties on 8
different basis from other property
and at that time came to the conclu-
sion that any attempt to single out
one section of the state or one Of its
industries in such manner as now
suggested was unjust. Since thai
time, I have found no reason fol
changing nay opinion in this matter
but upon further study and investi-
CATION have become more firmly con
vinced Of, the justice Of the position
then taken.
.'An argument advanced for the
passage of a law of this kind at this
time is that the tonnage tax has beer
and is political issue and the enact.
ment of the proposed law will remove
this question from the field of politics
Such reasoning does not appeal tt
me, for the merits of the bill and
nothing else should CONTROL"
st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 1s-Immedi-
ately after a joint session of the state
legislature listened to Senator, John.
son this forenoon, resolutions were in.
troduced in both houses to extend the
special session to September 25. Sup
porters of the resolutions announced
that If they were successful, an at.
fovn nt would Iuo ~nn oHo ;tn moss the