The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-03-10
then had an exchange of remarks in
which Mr.. Henderson said If next year
there was a deficit he would vote for

tho bill. Il,
Mr.. May6eld continued that there
was nothing in the constitution to
Eprohibit this tax, II was Q necessity.
The income from the phosphate indus
i Try had decreased to suoh an extent
that IT no longer furnished any rove.
nue for the government. Something
had 10 be done. Tie submitted that
the poor man who paid taxes on $500
worth of property paid moro in pro-
portion than the rich. There were
many. wealthy men ia tho State who
paid no tax. II was but just, fair and
fright that they should pay for the pro-
tection they received.
! s MIR. Ragsdale quoted tho saying Of
Benjamin Franklin that we should
not put OH until tomorrow that which
we can do today anu also the saying
tnda~ 1 that % 'aho e a Wo % snou ,, ~. nt1 ~
ton, y orrnw sr " ITa Has s,,;d ,hoI @ hpth hhn v;mns
na,adov;co, 90 n % n;,.ht S m saem '"J ne,, aIss
r;n liz, ;'ti1, ;,ta~.a 1 ~ ,,aS;nI ~ aoS oi, m
~ ~ w;saom ; ~ Era @ nl,l;n,s % ;Jsa "os % thnt
indmstrW shoi,ld ha n,aced = . I ahoSe % ta.1I MI
| ihin~s Rnrr,s iaea was p thoi 'i ~ nat. M
tars @ ef orawa conse n e"nanoa " Dc 1s,on - viii Viii
d;sclnse reasons % yhu oo,;om % Sbo,,id MA
not hn takan He thouabt ih;s y
nroner co,,se Gov sbe annl;co,;nn ;n of e
Rnrr,s mo ] ox;,, TIC LII npa',Om ,naa ~ - -
oyeat ;mnnria moo and !, hod Dc, ,'ot M hoen ~
cons;dare5 ~ ~ tba 90, ,,oonia ~ n M Notb;nn, ;o
co,,Id no I lost hv @ eonpt;,,i,;,r. p;ov ' tho'h;li
| to the and that z n,;nht ha 5;sc,,ssad sn @
bv tho @ nress % and +ha neonIo sai TTa sa;J
.nas ne would favor an income tax
unuer proper innltlatlons, nIlllt, II ~ coulo
70 snown 70 De necessary, Dut tthat "a, =,
CONES Delow tne ost OF llylh& e., snould
nol Ia any case pc taxed. Ihat the
peoPie OF this State were not Wealtny,
ano II the LAX snoulo pe nxed at a
iguie wnere an income !a& m,ght %
J9sIIinled tnat y "onld IA ma! case
yis.a NO revenue. .e'. 10 saia tnat 9 TAX
.eviea, on incomes '-o was oouoio taxa-
1ion. l..
The vote TO continue stood Il to ID
and the lieutenant governor cast the
deciding vote against continuance.
Tho vote wasas follows:
Yeas-Brown, Buist, Douglass,
Griffith, Henderson. Mcdaniel, Miller,
Moses. Mower, Ragsdale, Sloan, Tai.
bird, Turner, Walker IA,
Nays-Alexander, Archer, Cbnnor,
DuBose, Hay, Maytield, Norris,
|O'Dell, Pettigrow, Raein, Sanders,
Stackhouse, Suddath, Williams I'd
Senators Love, McCalla and Denuis
were paired with absent senators on
th's blll and hence did not,vote. The
have vo 'for the bill and the matter
against, 4 they had been SO paired.
When,t. I. o refusal to continue tho
bill WasTnhounced, Mr.. Buist moved
to, strike but the enacting word Of the
Pill. After Q long and windy debate
the vote on Mr.. Buist's motion to strike
out the enacting words Of the bill
was taken and resulted in its failure
Dy Inc GLOWING vote: d. 3, 4 IS.
Yeas Brown, Buist, Henderson,
Miller, Moses, ,S M owe er, /; y gsdale,
Turner, ll1ei u n
q s,
Doug lass, Duboss, Griffith, Hay,
May field, Mcdaniel, Norris, O'Dell,
| Pettigrew, Ragin, Sanders, Sloan,
IStackhouse, Suddath, Talbird, Will
iams-19. KS
Mr.. Henderson offered an amend.
mont that 50, 500 instead of ST 900 be
made the minimum income on which
the incpms tax should be levied, He
thought that if there was to be an in
come lax It should be laid on those
able to Wear it and not on chose who
were the bulwark of the country. A
man who by industry and frugality
had managed to raise his income to
$l,Soo z, ,, should not 9, be made q to pay.
port his family and by the use of