Evening journal., 1911-03-17
COMMISSION
ON TAXATION
With Two Dissenting Votes
House Decides to Con-
tinue II
NO ACTION YET ON ANY
OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER. March 1.-THE House this
morning voted to continue for two
more years the Commission on Reve-
nuc and Taxation of tho State. But
two votes were recorded against the
bill They were Representatives Con-
well and White. Mr.. White Jared
the members by asking II this bill was
sort of pension bill
With but one week for business for
the present Legislature remaining not
one bill recommended by the Revenue
Commission has got any further than
committee of the House and that
mysterious joint session that was to
be provided for to consider tho rcve-
nue bills has never been called. From
present appearances the revenue bills
will fall by the waysidc, unless some
determined move Is made to force all
of them through in a day or two.
Because of the opposition OF the
railroad and the liquor interests two
of the bills the chances for their adop-
tion are very remote.
Representative Hoifeckcr called up
the bill to continue the present COM
mission for two years saying that its
recommendations had brought much
revenue to the State and the Governor
had recommended the continuance OF
the commission.
What is the nature OF this, a sort
OF pension bill?" asked Representative
White 1T looks TO me as II they
were going TO keep them there for
life"
Handed to Him by Colonel Sparks.
Representative Hoffecker didn't
think the idea advanced of pensioning
the men was correct. He said not a
member OF the commission had asked
; him TO advocate the bill, but that It
I had been handed TO him by George
+ W. Sparks, a member Of the commits
n sion.
Representative Conwell said h'
= thought the commission needlessl.
Is largo.and It had also been in existenc
n four years, which was a long enougl
l. time for It TO have accomplishe'
a something
: Tweniy-six Bills IN Committee.
Representative Alexander, who Il
!. chairman OF the Committee OF Rev
enue ana IdAdtlOU OF iilt iiuuHtf o"t'
he had twenty-six bills IN his commit-
/ tee that had been introduced but never
: called up He thought something
, should be done He said he had been
informed that not a member Of the
commission desired 10 serve again.
: Representative Johnson affixed II the
bills recommended by the commission
could be acted on unless the commits
, sion was continued for two more
I years He had been informed that
r they could be- Mr.. Johnson suggest
/, ed that the Hoffecker bill he laid on
the table and the commissions recon-
q mendations acted on before the bill
= was called up again This suggestion
! was not acted on, however.
4 DR.. Cooper Makes Protest.
Representative r. o. Cooper. who Is
/, a member OF the Revenue Commission,
I protested against the talk of pension
n ing as advanced by Representative
White DR. Cooper said he had gotten
= fifty dollars compensation for the last
v year as a member Of the commission.
and he added that practically not a
\ member OF the commission wants to
continue on f. Men on II lose much
more money than they receive as
compensation.
Unless the commission is recreateds
he said. the members OF the commits
sion feel that they should not come
before the Legislature and advocate
4 the passage of the bills they recon-
4 monded