New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
SENATE PASSES THE
INCOME TAX MEASURE
BY a Vote of rs to 20 Upper
House at Albany RatifleS
Federal Resolution.
TO RENEW ASSEMBLY FIGHT
Speaker Wadsworth, However,
Will Do His Best to Keep the
Resolution in the Rules
Committee.
TO RENEW ASSEMBLY FIGHT
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by Telegraph to The Tribunel
Albany, May 17.-After an all day
fight, renewed tonight with vigor, the
Senate passed Senator Davenport's reso-
luton ratifying the federal income tax
resolution by a vote of Is to 90 1t
lacked one vote of the necessary 26 for
several minutes, during which Senator
Brackets name was called twice. On
the third call he cast the deciding vote
for the resolution.
This probably means that some steps
will be taken looking toward a renewal
OF the income tax fight in the Assembly.
Speaker wadsworth. who dominates the
Rules Committee, will use his utmost eff
forts to hold the Davenport resolution in
that body, and it viii be necessary to
muster one hundred votes to discharge
this committee.
The Speaker, during the debate,
worked hard to stiffen a few Senatorial
backbones against the income tax He
evidently felt that they were becoming
weak, and urged their owners to uphold
the hands of the Assembly"
The final vote on the Davenport resolu-
ton was cast at II p. m, after long
parliamentary tangle. with votes on sub
stitutes. points of order, rulings by the
chair and appeals from them, tied into
a seemingly inextricable snarl
In this snarl Senator Hamilton's re-
solution for an investigation of the adj
visibility of a graduated state income
tax. offered as a subst flute for the
! fa1
SO to IL Senator Newcomb's resolution
proposing an emergency income tax,
levied without apportionment, suffered
like fate.
How Senators Voted.
The vote for the federal tax was as
follows:
game. Davenport. Davis, Gledhil, Hea-
cock. Hewitt, Human. Kissen. Platt'
Travis and Wainwright.
Democrats - Caffrey. Cronin, Cullen,
F'rawley. Gardner, Harden. Harte, Nc
Manus. Ramsperger, Schulz. StillweH, C.
D. Sullivan and Magnets
Those who voted against it were:
Republicans -Agnew, Allen. Brough.
! Coats. Cobb. Emerson. Grattan, Griffith,
Hamilton, Hill, Holden. Hubbs, Macken-
zie Meade Newcomh Rose, Thomas,
| White and Writer.
| Democrat-Rayne-
Senators SchIosser and Big Tim" Sui
Ivan were paired. Big Tim is in Eu-
rope. Senators Grady and Cordts were
absent.
! The fight was begun to-day with the
/ nfr1rj
acknowledging that they We're outnum-
bered During the debate vigorous work
was done by the Speaker and his
/ friends, and when recess of couple
| of hours was taken for dinner this even
| ing the Speaker, William Barnes, jr.,
who was in the Lieutenant Governors
room. and others were certain they had
the federal tax beaten. That meant that
nc further responsibility for it would be
put up TO the Assembly.
But the first vote on tabling a substi-
! tute resolution. with the tart debate ac-
! companying it, served as a test and
! showed that the result was likely to go
against them
senator Cobb had closed the debate
with a hot speech against the federal
tax Then Senator Hamilton offered as
a substitute his resolution favoring a
graduated tax on incomes. the proceeds
| to be turned over to the state and pro-
viding for the appointment of a legisla-
| tive committee to investigate the ques-
ton.
| Senator Davis asked him to withdraw
the substitute so vote could first be
taken on a resolution of his. but Senator
Hamilton refused to grant the request.
Then Senator Davenport raised the point
Of order that the substitute was not ger
name to the question before the house
| and therefore out of order.
Lieutenant Governor White ruled that
the point of order was not well taken
and Senator Hinman appealed from the
ruling OF the chair. Senator Davis moved
10 lay the appeal on the table, but the
motion was lost by vote of 10 to "a.
In speaking to his appeal Senator Hin
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