Show INFLUENCE USED IN SOLONS ASSERT Inheritance rL Tax fax a Measure Fails Fail S to Survive Veto r T eto by Governor r Political somersaults In tho the language language lan lan- lan lan-I guage of ot Senator Edward Southwick were tho the order of or the da day in tn the tho Senate Renate I yesterday afternoon when tho the Senate b by a aoto vote voto of or only S 8 for the tho bill Mil and 10 n against It failed to pass tho the Dern In Inheritance In- In tax measure over O the governors governor's governors governor's gov gov- veto oto The fhe bill 1111 was the cause Canso ofa of ofa a d debate bate In which the action of oC millionaires millionaires mil mil- who were eald said to have o approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap the governor o In opposition to i the proposed law law- was severely se I Senator fern Dorn Immediately had hall Introduced introduced Intro Intro- under suspension of or the tho rules the tho bill he lie had hall brou brought ht in earlier In inthe tho the se session lon which aimed to Plato place tho the collection of Inheritance taxes In the hands Bands of or tho the attorney general Instead of or th the stale treasurer r nn and al also o. o aimed i to o gi tho the slate officials wider r powers powers powers pow pow- ers of or examining Into transactions before before before be be- fore death cath which appeared to bo be in the tho nature of or a distribution of an estate mil Dull Vp LII Vi The Tho bill was WitS loaded up as some of or orth th the senators expressed It on tuft lifts S Senate Sen Sen- n- n ate nto floor loor with a graduated scale for Inheritance taxes which would tako one tenth of or the entire value alue of or an estate es estate estate es- es tate tate- In excess of oC rime Tho percentages percentages per por- centa es esfir fir vary from Crom that maximum down to the present exemption of ot 10 Tho present law la collects ets S 3 per cent centon on all of ot an estate between 1000 11 an and and ancl 5 per cent cont on oft all an others over o 2 The bill passed the Senate Senate Sen Sen- enate en- en ate b by a unanimous un vote ote with four tour ab- ab Senators l Senators Jones Jonen Olson String String- ham lam and President Funk The House also tool took decisive e action but tho the governor governor gov JOV returned It Saturday unsigned Yesterday tho the following senators voted against the th bill most moat of them therefore indulging in tho the acrobatics referred to o IJ by Senator South wick Senators Sen Sen- Senators atolS atol'S Bevan fic Clyde Dora Dern Jones Jone Kimball Kim Kim- ball J Knight nl ht Lamph Parker er Stevens Sto and anti President Funk All tho tilo other senators senators sen son I voted for tor tho the bill Influence Charge I Senator South Southwick said during the tho debate lebato that he would woul like to see seo a bod body of oC men who were big hiS enough h to do their theil dut duty Irrespective of or Interference on the part of or outside Influences IIo Ito was wai opposed ho he said to one or two men who are arc millionaires coming up and using using- their influence with tho the governor with regard to legislation passed for tor the goo good of or tho time people as a whole t I all there ther Is behind this Mils lie ho asserted and ho complained that the Senate would allow tho the wealthy of or this state to escape just taxation Senator Kimball opposing opposing- said tho time governor had used rood good 00 1 ju in acting acting- as aR ho did dill and that iho ho inheritance r- r Hanco tax bill fiad been ond and measure that ho was ashamed of or i Senator Bevan Bovan said he lie was not riot influenced encel b by millionaires and that that ho had voted a against tho the bill This however howe was before Senator Southwick ha had reat read the roll call from tho the Journal Senator Bevan Dc was a n. consistent and hard fight ing n adversary of ot the Introduction of ot the Inheritance tax schedule into tho b bill m Other Oilier Money on Senator Knight hl complained that somo some people were very charitable in spending spend spend- In ing other peoples people's mone money and that flint tho the state government would tax pea peo people I plo to death oath and then rob their heirs Senator Dorn said that the tho bill as passe passed had a lot of or half baked Ideas in It it Senator Chez complained that some of tho iho senators senator chan changing ln their minds out of or pique or caprice Ho would not change chango his vote ayo aye for tor the bill Sena Senator tor Olson referred to Senator Knights Knight's record In the Hie Senate and said that some of oC tho the senators had hall records s contrary to the tho Ideals Senator Knight had hall presented on the floor of oC tho iho Sen Sen- ate tc IIo said that the schedule as presented presented presented pre pre- would take tako less than out off af C an estate of or and theman tho the thoman man who objects obJect to that does doo not come corne up to m my Ideals and I would not vote ote for him for tor an office any requiring judg judg- ment Olson Hits Senator Olson ha had already tried unsuccessfully un un- successfully to get a substitute bill of his own introduced which he ho said would meet tho the views of ot the governor 10 on tho the Inheritance taxes as expressed in his letter b by taxing collateral heirs at more than direct quad lad to lo pa pay out of ot an estate This bill was doomed as au soon as it became known that It Jt reenacted re- re enacted practically the schedule of or tho the present bill r for Cor r direct heirs heil's and then a higher schedule for Cor boirs Senator Bern's Berns s bill was made a special I cial order i for tOr 10 o'clock this morn morning In |