New-York tribune., 1906-04-12

mortgage tax. the liquor tax and the stock
transfer tax. which were bringing in vast sums
and would increase in productiveness with sue
ceeding years, would support the state forever.
he predicted. he added:
But If you repeal this tax you'll have to go
back to the farm up home, where me old s IiIa,i
has labored for years TO build up his little nome
ami 10 the small householder in the country. Dl-
rect taxation viii be the only thing leIt. An9
SC You do that, 1 want to predict thal you VIII
be able TO hear the drop of the ballot in the next
election. and the Republican party and many OF
you around this circle viii feel its enect-
A charge of corruption made by Senator
Armstrong an echo of the insurance investiga-
iion He told Of investigating an insurance COM
many which had contributed to a fund to prevent
the passage Of the Mortgage Tax law. Every
contributor. he declared. had been banker, f1nan-
cier or lender of money
..The $4,000 contributed to that fund was just
the same as any other corruption fund said he.
That's the kind of people these allied real es-
tate interests people are"
The motion 10 suspend the rules prevailed,
however. despite the arguments of the bills op-
ponents. Then Senator Raines moved sepa-
rate vote on Rule 10. which Senator Page wanted
TO suspend. This, if Senator Raines had gained
his point. would have prevented third reading of
the bill to-day. sending il to general orders.
This motion was defeated. 81 to II Then SEN
ator Page had passed his motion TO discharge
the committee by vote of 81 TO II.
SENATOR RAINEs VOTED DOWN.
Senator Lewis then tried to amend the bill.
but Lieutenant Governor Bruce held that the
nefect he pointed TO vas merely printers error.
Then Senator Raines moved TO take recess,
but was voted down. He sprang a motion TO
ad5ourn, and again was defeated. 2S to 16. Next
he tried TO get the bin put over special order
fer tl,a TO
Then ensueG a bewildering tangle of motions
Ind votes, which continued for an hour. Finally,
nut of disorder came d motion by Senator Lewis
10 recoTamit the bill, thus virtually killing it.
lie was defeated. 81 to Is Senator Raines i'm
imediately wanted to reconsider the vote. and
got rollcan on it. The vote was not reconsd-
cred. but the Lieutenant Governor declared that
hnother motion entered for diIatory purposes
would be the signal for him to shut off all de-
bate and order the third reading for the bill.
/ That brought on. list Of amendments by
Senator Lewis with a promise of more by Sen
Rtors Armstrong Cassidy and Coggeshall. OF
the fourteen amendments offered by Senator.
Lewis each demanded a rollcan, and each was
nefeated as a matter of course. No attention
was paid TO debate on the subject at hand. For
five hours it continued, with varying degree Of
Sninosity.
! Then at Z o'clock Senator Page, under the six
hour rule. had passed a resolution limiting each
man TO one-half hour for further debate. At
that his opponents weakened. Senator Raines
declared he would leave all further opposition
10 Senator Lewis who argued against the meas
slre economic grounds. But no among
the bills friends wavered. and Senator Grady.
heclarng that the Taxation Committee, which
had intended 10 throttle the bill, had been cir
eumvented, ended the fight.