The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-20
LAW WILL STAND.
Effort to RepealInheritanceTa
Fails.
Vote Is Drawn Closely on Party
Lines.
DEBATE WAS LIVELY.
Indicates That the Law Will Be
Amended.
Governors Contingent Fund Is
Being Considered.

| the house this morning decided to let
the Burke bill repeating the inheritance
tax law lie in the scrap heap where II
had been sent by the committee on tax
alton. There was a spirited debate pre-
| ceding the vote on BuTke's motion to
have his dead bill revived and printed
and appear in general orders on the
| house calendar The vote on the mo-
| tion was almost a straight party vote,
| the Democrats favoring the repeal OF
| the tax and the Republicans faVOr1nS
! it's amendment and not it's repeal.
Lambertson, of Brown, stated the Re
| publican idea when he declared that
| the opposition of the people to the in
| heritance tax was not based upon the
tax as a while or as a principle, but
to the fact that it had placed the ex-
emption as regards direct heirs too low.
He favored the amendment of the law
but opposed its repeal.
Davis, of Bourbon, gave the Demo-
cratic idea when he stated that he was
in favor of the repeal of the tax and
had the Democratic platform behind
| him in his stand on this matter.
The Democrats of Kansas were plac-
ed in a strange position by the house
members of that party today in relation
to the national declarations of the party.
| The national Democracy made great
issue of it's declaration in favor of an
income tax, and yet the Kansas Demo-
| anceS which is the same principle II
not the same thing as a tax on in
comes.
The test vote in the house today seems
| to indicate that the inheritance tax
will not be repealed, but that it will be
amended this session. The senate COM
| mittee on taxation has already report
| ed adversely on the minority bill to re-
| peal the inheritance tax.
This tax was made an issue in the
TlriY av-X nd election
| enemies of the state administration.
| Governor Stubbs has held and still
holds that the principle of the law is
good, but that the exemption should
be raised; that $4,000 is too low. The
state tax commission has recommend
| ed an increase in exemption as an
amendment to the law The house
committee on taxation has under con-
Isideration an amendment to the law
which, as stated today by Keene of
Bourbon, chairman of the committee,
will raise the exemption on direct heirs
to $4,000. Mr.. Keene made clear
statement of the sentiment of the
committee in this matter and asked
the house to wait until the committee
bill was presented before it cons1d-
cred any repeal of the entire law.
feature of the debate on this law
was the declaration made by both
m emil bers from Crawford county. one a
Republican and the other Democrat
they not come out squarely during the
campaign in favor of the repeal of the
law. Mccormick is Republican and
| Cassin is a Democrat
| The roll call vote on the Burke mo-
ton to revive his bill repeating the
law was as follows:
Nays: Abrams, Barrier, Beachy
Block, Brown of Linn Rurtis, Carna-
han, Daily, Davis of Ottawa, Davis OF
Sedgwick, Davis of Kiowa, Davis OF
Gray, DeCamp. Don Carlos. Ellis
Emerson, Graham, Gray, Holden,
Jackson, johnson, Keene, Kerr, Kyle
Lacey, Laidlaw, Lam bertson, Manches-
ter: Martin; MatSon' McComb' Mac; Mac.
Moore, Morris, Newlin, Noble, Olin-
ger. Ostlind, Parker, Reardon, Schafer
Stone of Shawnee. Turner, Tyler
Wallace, Wartman, Wray, Watson
Wheeler, Wilson of Marshall, Wilson
of Greeley, Woodbury., Yates, Yoxall
Mr.. Speaker. Total, 62.
Yeas: Alexander, Armstrong, Bar
rett, Bentley, Boyd, Brown of Butler
Brown of Kingman. Burke, Bunger
Cron, Davenport, Davis of Bourbon
Deacon, Drew, Elder, Ewing. Fair
FEEDER, Field, Frey. Goddard. Haslett
Herr, Hines, Hyer, Kelley, Keraus
Mahurin. Malone. Maloy, Mccormick
McGregor. Meek. Mulroy. Napier
O'Connor, Orr, Parrott, Phillips, Reed
er, Schaumburg, Schlicher, Sharpless
Shearer, Shields. Shuey, Stone O.
Sherman, Thomas, Thompson, Thorpe
Veatch, Ward, Williams, Wolfert
Total, so.
The speaker today announced tn,
following changes in committee as
signments. These changes are madt
necessary because of the fact tina
some members have been given NOR
committee assignments than they cal
| give prOper attention to.
Mr.. abrams of Cowley will be re
lieved from duty on the committee o
live stock, and his place on that com
; mittee assigned to Mr. Martin o
Hodgeman.
Mr.. Abrams of Cowley will be re
lieved from further duty on the com
mittee on militia, and his place on tha
committee assigned to Mr.. Mancheste
of Smith.
Mr. FEEDER of Barton will be relieve,
, ! from further duty on the comnitte
of insurance, and his place on tha
committee assigned to Mr.. Keraus o
| Trego.
, Mr.. Emerson of Wyandotte will b
relieved from further duty on the com
[ mittee on telegraphs and telephones
and his place on that committee as
: signed to Mr. Mcmillan of Mitchell.
) Mr. Barrett of Pratt will be relieve
, from further duty on the committe
. on agriculture, and his place on tha
) committee assigned to Mr.. Shields o
, Mr.. Boyd of Republic will be re
lieved from further duty on the com
} mittee on militia, and his place OF
! that committee assigned to Mr. DreV
of Morton.
f Mr.. Emerson of Wyandotte Will b
: relieved from further duty on tn
committee on manufacturers, and hi
place on that committee assigned t
Mr.. Laing of Russell
These new committee assignment
date from today.
| Senator Robertson introduced bill