The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-16
SENATOR pLATT WHIPS
The HOUSE into LINZ
Makes That Body Reverse lis Action on Taxing
EXPRESS ReCeipiS-COmplete SOmeFSault.
Proposed Amendment to Revenue Reduction Act That
WOuld Make Trusts Pay Is Voted Down.
Special to The Herald.)

CSpeciaI to The Herald.)
washington. Dec. 15.-The house gave
o. buuiIiating exhibition today of the
-.ove- Of Senator Thomas c. Platt, the
..aaev boss Of New York.
Yesterday that body voted to keep a
tax ON express receipts at the expense
~ fbe company. instead OF the patron.
This was not pleasing to the express
c5mranies. one of which is headed by
plat. Today. within less than twenty
four hours. the house reversed its de-
c.=ion, doing PIatt's bidding
To those familiar with the methods
Of legislation at the capital, the result
IS DO suITrise-in fact il was a surprise
that the house ever did anything con-
r~arv to Platt's interest Between ad-
iavrnment last night and the time Of
assembling today. a number Of repre-
s-nratiVcs were served with notices to
rlEe off that tax or suffer the cOnse-
orencas. Several pet measures were
threatened with death in the senate,
and other penalties were held over the
heads of the congressman. They saw
The point and the public must pay.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE house to-
dav passed the war revenue reduction
hill. The opposition sought to recon-
nit the bill with instructions to report
back a measure reducing the revenue
al least SO. 000.0 a0 and including a pro-
vision for an income tax so drawn as
to escape an adverse decision of the
supreme court. The motion failed, 131
70 155.
Thereupon the bill was passed with
out the concurrence of the minority,
who refrained from voting
The amendments placed in the bill
Yesterday to tax express receipts, was
defeated on an aye and nay vote in the
house, 125 TO 133.
The pension appropriation bill, car
rying Slf5, 1920, was passed in exact
~ thirteen minutes.
Robert w. Wilcox, the delegate from
Hawaii, was sworn in Immediately af-
ter the approval of the journal in the
house today. Mr.. Wilcox was escorted
20 the bar Of the house by Mr.. Perea,
the delegate from New Mexico. After
the oath had been administered many
members came forward to congratulate
lIr. Wilcox.
The consideration Of the war revenue
reduction bill was then resumed.
Mt. Underwood CAla-) moved to re-
duce the amount of property exempt
under the inheritance tax from $4,000
10 5000.
Mr.. Payne CN. y. in charge Of the
bill. said that, personally, he thought
the inheritance tax should not have
gone into the original act, as the states
generally, and especially the eastern
states. levied heavy Inheritance taxes.
But if it was TO remain, he was Op-
posed to reducing the exemption to
$1,000. The amendment was lost, 45
10 So.
uent providing that the Inheritance
TAX would not be levied on the estate
Of persons who died prior TO June Is,
1905. It was adopted, so to $50.
Newlands Hits at Trusts.
Mr.. NewIands New offered a modi-
f.aLion of the amendment he presented
yesterday to tax industrial corpora
lions whose gross receipts exceed
$5Ue.900, one-twentieth of 1 per cent
upon such receipts. His purpose, he
said, was TO reach the great aSgrega-
tons Of wealth.
The real purpose of this amendment
IS Is apply an inQUisitiOn to incOTpOra-
tons, is l. nOt2" demanded Mr. Pearce
,lIO).
Its purpose" replied Mr.. NewlandS,
sis both 10 raise revenue and to secure
something UpOn which TO base relative
legislation"
Has the gentleman changed his
mind since he signed the report saying
the pending bill would raise too much
reEenue2" asked Mr. Payne.
Ny objection TO the pending bill.
responded Mr.. Newlands, lis twC-fold.
IT raises too much revenue and il does
not raise it from the proper sources"
Ar- GrosvenoT (OD opposed the
that the house would not attempt to
make inroGds upon Industrial corpora
lions without investigation by the
proper committee of the house
III You frame an amendment that
viii reach every corporation or every
income [ viii vote for il" observed
Mr. Newlands, amid applause.
Mr. GrOsvenCr said ne might favor
On income tax II it were constitutional,
bur he said il was futile to discuss an
income tax after the decision Of the
supreme court.
Nr- Sulzer ~. y supported the
N"#-audS amendment He was in IA
N"r If eEempUinE consumption and
compelling the big corporations TO bear
i-e-r share Of tax burdens. He favored
graduated corporation tax. The
fl-Himnet was lost. - To 100
Tea and Peer Still Taxed.
Mr. Fitzgerald CNassJ moved to
strike out the tax of 10 cents per pound
Oh tea ALr. Payne opposed the amend
i.---. The tax on tea. he said. raised
about $4,000 600 Of revenue. and for ten
ears had been asked for by the ten
trade The amendment was defeated, !
81 10 IS
After the bin had been read, Mr..
Levy tN- " offered a substitute fix
--E The tax ODD beer at S1.50 per barrel. !
MS upon tobacco and snuff, and re
lea-n@ all the other sections of the
IT revenue act. The substitute was
e-.aated without division
alter the bin had been reported to
J.- house, lIT. Payne demanded q sep
T.@te vote on the Smith amendment
I.'gl9g tax Of 1 cent on each express
rEagc-
Mr. Underwood (Ala.) demanded n
separate vote on tho Powers Inherit
aAse tax act which specifically ex-
E.pled the estates Of persons who died
t-l'r 10 june Is, 1898.
Platt's Hand is Seen.
I'm an aye and nay vote the house re
E5iSed It's action of yesterday and de-
-7a-ed the Smith express receipt tax
amendment 125 to 139.
The Powers amendment was adopted, /
- TO 3d.
-, AT Richardson (Tenn), on behalf Of
,.ls minority, then moved to recommit
,-e pli with Instructions TO forthwith !
40. Dill reducing the revenues IN
.- l-e war revenue act at least the
I'm OF $4,000 600 the taxes remaining
~ Dc Sd sppOruOned as to be more