The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-20
INCOME TAX BILL
PASSED BY VOTE
OF 252 TO 40
Republicans Voted With the
Democrats For Measure
NOW GOES TO SENATE
Probable That Democrats and Pro-
gresslves in the Senate viii
Carry it Through to Victory

Washington, March 19.-The Demo
Garlic income tax bill stampeded the
Republicans when the final vote was
taken this afternoon and was passed
by 252 to 49, Eighty Republicans
were unable TO resist the appeal that
the measure made to them and their
constituents and voted for its pass
age, while only 40 members on the
Republican side voted against the
bill. The Democratic side supported
the bill to man.
The support which the excise tax
plan received from the Republicans
proved a surprise even to the Demo
Gratis. That the Republicans as a
whole did not anticipate such a STAN
pede was evident from the discussion,
during which some of the minority
members offered explanations for the
vote they intended casting. Repres-
entatiye Lanley of Kentucky, for
instance, in declaring he would sup
port the bill, asserted that although
he was u Republican and a projections
list and disliked voting for Demo
cratic measure, he felt that his con
victions were so strong he could not
overcome them, even if | vote against
my party" he said
But when the vote was announced
it developed that, instead of voting
against, he was lining up with a ma
iority of his party. Representative
Longworth of Ohio was the only Re
publican in the four states of West
Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Ten
nessee who voted against the bill. Re
preventative Parren was the only Re
publican from Maryland, Langley and
Powers the only Republicans from
Kentucky, Sells and Austin the only
Republicans from Tennessee, and
Hughes the only Republican from
West Virginia, voting for the bill De
spite the stampede of regulars and in
surgents alike the members of the
"Old Guard" such as Cannon, Crum
packer, Mann, Currier, Fairchild
Fordney. Hill, Higgins, Longworth
Malby, Payne and Sulloway refuset
TO give the bill their support.
The bill now goes to the Senate
where its fate Is a guess. Many sen
ators declared that If upon analysis
they found the House measure woult
tax all classes of people alike the.
would support it. Democratic Sena
tors, with a few exceptions, are eI
pected to vote for it, Democrati
Leader Martin expressed the hop
that the Democratic senators and pre-
gressive Republicans might put tn
bill through. Republican leaders ar
depending upon the presidents vet
to check revenue revision bills iron
the House.
The excise bill, though primaril
Intended to produce anywhere fron
S20,0O0,O0 to $6O,O00,OO0 a year I
make up for the losses on free suga
is also expected to be one of tn
offsets to general pension Legislation
which seems sure to be enacted.
The bill would extend the existin
corporation tax law to include
tax of one per cent on the yearly ne
incomes OF all firms or individuals 1
excess of $4,000. The Democrats d.
clare the tax is one on doing bus
ness despite the fact that
would include salaried people.
With the Free Sugar bill and f,
else Tax bills out of the way DENT
cratic members of the ways an
Means committee, are free to tackl
again the wool schedule. which /
considered the knottiest probler
they have to deal with at this sessio
of congress. The committee will b,
gin work with free raw wool sent
ment strong.