New-York tribune., 1912-03-20
HOUSE PASSES TAX BILL
Eighty Republicans CIimbAboar
Democratic Band Wagon.
FINAL VOTE ESQ TO 40
Measure Now Goes to Senate'
Where It's Fate Is Doubtfui
Wool Comes Next
ICON Tho Tribune bureau.

wsshinPton March 19.-The excise 'aA
hui designed by the Democrats to raise tiie
s5s ocO onD which will be last IN revenue J.
49,. So ergar hill becomes a law. passed
49, rIo,,se nv the overwhelming vote OF Z1V
90 a to-day. Eighty Republicans ooth
reeular and insurgent. voted WIN u'e
ros,,ocrats on the final passage OF the
,,,.as,,rc The Republican votes were
drawn largely from the Western states
The Democrats were greatly eiated over
the manner in which fourscore oePuo-
ucans iojned them. Whatever may oe '"o
f,tn ~ the free sugar bill In the Senate
tpc House Democrats figure that to-o"S
vote On the excise tax bill waterway ~
,.rosses the chances of that bill golhs
through the upper body, notwithslauu'ie
the fact that there Is a grave quesuoh &c
10 it's constitutonality.
Representative Hill, Connecu'ut No
rubIIcau. who refused 20 stampede 10 'iio
szo,se bill, characterized the measure 90
shelly unnecessary. unconstitutonaI anu
typical Of petty politics. ,.u,
Ex.speaker Cannon asserted that the OH
60 buncombe measure, designed 10
Itch votes YOU don't expect II 10 De
.1,,,o @ law" he said. addressing 'he
Democrats, Dut thSl' " ., t.,,a.top
nsjen ahead. That sums up t'e '4 sl'u",,T,, tn,.
and represents all could say 7oou' '''''
bill" 49,. I, tbe
Representative Hill declared mat II ,nt
democrats were really In earnest aOou'
raising revenue they couIo reNI,. reN''..,-
s,a,,i,b war tax. which had been success
fully tried, instead Of experirnenune a.
a so.caIed excise tax Dill WHY" -
reality a disguised income tax III.
This hill Is petty, partisan De'no0.atIs 80
rolitics and shall refuse to support su'''
a measure, he said. oa
Representative Towner, OF iowa 'ii''
an .mendnent to exempt the 1usucee "
,he s,,nreme Court and judges Oh JIM
t,Ao.aI courts from the payment OF tue
,.x h,,t II was voted down. A slmllar la'o
a,,aA an amendment offered by hepre-
.artat,ve Campbell, who sought 10 di''e"D
- Lir so as 10 reach the idle fortunes ol
,,,u,,oroires and the wealth Of women VINO
,,,ar-,, tit,es live abroad and yet retain
pronerty in the United States
The bin passed without materlal ainenu
,,.nt however and the Democrats LOUDLY
rb.ered the result. believing thaI 'neE "'
cuncbed a great campaign argument
Az o,,tburst of applause from the Den'o,
cratic side accompanied the announCeiiiei'1
., the vote. and was renewed when II was
learned that eighty Republicans had 'o'eu
for the measure. ..
The hill would extend the existing cor
,orat,on tax law to include tax OF per
cent on the yearly net incomes OF all Hiiii'
-. individuals in excess of 5000.
with the free sugar and excise tax bhis
ont of the way. Democratic members OF the
U-svs and Means Committee are tree 10
,anrle the wool schedule again. THIS Is
,onsidered one Of the knottiest problems
,hev have 10 deal with at this session OIL
,.orgress. The committee will begin WORK
ri,b the free raw wool sentiment strong
chairman Underwood is opposed to free
,rooI hill because he thinks the revenue
t,s, from raw wool, approximately
,,r non oo0 could not be raised by putting
ditv on raw silk and raw rubber. Inc
anti-free wool Democrats say they can
prove this. -
IT, c. Emery. chairman OF the IarlH
Board. testified before the Senate FINANCE
Committee to-day that II would take the
hoard two years to investigate all the
schedules in the present law thoroughly.
He said that with the maximum OF en-
ploves allowed by the law the board could
make three or four reports every six