The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-09

Senate had to do was to consider tn
propriety OF IL. He then stated hi
reasons for voting for the measure
which were practically the Same q
those given In the former debate.
Mr.. Archer charged Mr.. Buist, hi
faction and his section with supporting
extravaganza, and said then there wa
hope when he made economical
speeches. He said that the PROPOSE
tion to lower the State levy was
scheme to create deficit.
Mr.. Moses resented this hotly, saying
that he legislating as % Senator.
Mr.. Accher, continuing, said that h,
hoped the bill would pass.
Mr.. Sloan said If any gentleman de
sired to keep up faotional lines ht
could do 80, but the people would throw
him overheard. The Senate had beer
elected In peace and harmony
and he regretted exceedingly to SET
the breach reopened. He thought Il
best to postpone this bill until the mex
session, but he was in favor of the in
come tax. The remarks of the Senator
from Charleston and the Senator from
Spartanburg found no echo in his heart
Mr.. McCalla said ii any mistake had
been made in establishing Clemson
and Winthrop he was willing to bear
his portion OF tho blame, as was the
Reform party. Two factions were ne.
willing to bear the responsibilities ol
its action.
The vote on Mr.. Buist's motion tC
strike out the enacting words of the
Dill was takena and resulted in its fail
ure by the following vote:
Yeas-Browp, Buist, Henderson,
Miller, Moses, Mower, Ragsdale. Tur-
ner, Walker-9.
Nays-Alexander, Archer, Connor,
Douglass, DuBose, Griffith, Hay, May
field, Mcdaniel, Norris, ODell, Petit.
grew, Ragin, Sanders, Sloan, Stack
house, Suddath, Ia bird, Williams--19.
Mr.. Henderson offered an anne udment
that $4,000 instead of 200 be made
t!}e minimum inc5hso on which tho in
Come tax should be levied. He thought
that IL there was to be an income tax
1T should be laid on those able to bear
it and not on those who were the bull
wark of the country. A man who by
industry aud frugality had managed to
raise his income to $1,000 should not
be made to pay. This income would only
suffice to support his family and by the
use of economy educate his children.
Mr.. May yield arose to demonstrate
that the horny-handed farmers would
not be affected so much by he bill. He
pointed out that it was on the farmers
net income and not his gross.
Mr.. Mower said, as he understood,
the cardinal principle of taxation was
that it should be just and equitable
He believed that the only way to do
this was to make every man p the
same per cent. on his income. Be-
cause a man had large income it was
not right that he should be made to
pay larger per cent He offered an
amendment to provide an income tax
OF per cent. to be imposed on all in
comes. BY vote of 26 to this was
killed, only Mr.. Buist and Mr.. Mower
voting for it.
Mr.. Henderson's amendment to.sub-
stitute $4,000 for 81, 200 as the initial
income received the following vote
Nays-Archer, Connor. Douglass,
Hay, Love, Mayfield, Mcdaniel, Now
eer, Pettigrew, Sanders, Suddath, Will
liams-I2.
Yeas-Alexander, Brown, Buist, Du.
Bose, Griffith, Henderson, Moses, Nor
ris, O'Dell, Ragin, Ragsdale, Sloan,
Stackhouse, Talbird, Walker-15.