Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-07
All Proposed Amendments Are
Voted Down Promptly by
Majority as Rapidly as Pro-
posed by Republican Leaders
MEASURE LIKELY TO
PASS HOUSE TODAY
Only Excitement Occurs When
Representative Payne Tries
to Graft Tariff Commission
on Legislation,
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Washington. May 6.--The over
whelming democratic majority In tho
house swept today through the free
list howlod over an opposition TO free
wool. free meats and other neecssi-
ties and passed on to consideration
of the hundred million dollar Income
tax feature OF the Underwood tariff
bin. Not a dent was made In the
bin az approved by the ways and
means committee majority and when
the night session began IT was cx
pected that the measure as whole
would be passed as unamended hy the
house by tomorrow
There was no spafring across the
aisle dividing the democrats and the
republicans all day. Many amend
menta were offered by republicans In
"a forlorn effort to put many free
listed articles hack on the dutiahle
list, but all were voted down with
regularity that brought smiles from
the minority. Finally. when the last
OF these proposed changes had been
rejected. Representative Payne, OF
New York, head Of the ways and
means committee under the repuhi-
can regime IN the house, .precipitated
"a lively rules fight by offering a brand
new amendment to create tariff
commission.
Instantly an the parliamentary
sharps on both Sides were asiir
( Speaker clark s,lt next 20 Democratic
! Leader Underwood at the front OF the
speakers rostrum who're Mr. Under.
wood has been conductlnn cunsluerA-
/ tion OF the bill Representative Fitzs
gerald Of New York. rushed In from
the appropriation committee. armed
with precedents. and followed BY Rep
resentative sherley Of Keutuclty, and
Hardwick. Of GcofRia, who joined IN
the majority protest against admitting
the amendment on the republican
side. Leader Mann, Representatives
Gardner. OF Massachusetts; Payne. Of
New York and others conferred and
addressed the house
II was all over quickly, Represent
ative Garrett. OF Tennessee, IN the
chair, sustaining point Of order
made BY Mr. Underwood that the tar
iff commission amendment was not
gprmanc to the bill
When Representative Mann appeal
ed from the decision the house sns-'
tanned the chair. fO4 to 81.
Representative Hull. of Tennessee,
CHER draitsnlan OF the income tnx
feature Of the tariff bin prepared to-
Inn la. ftti
norty to amend the details nf the
proposed law. lie expected a hard
fight on behalf OF the mutual fire m
snrance companies. which would he
taxed one per cent under the measure.
The provisions affecting Insurance
companies were taken almost vorba-
tim from the corporation tax law al-
ready In effect. but 70 avoid any pos
sible question. committee amend
ments were prepared tonight TO elm
mate even the slightest variation from
the existing law
The reading OF the income tax pro-
visions for amendment WAS completed
in short order perfeoung amend
mcnts offered by the ways and means
committee and adopted included "A
provision exempting return invest
ments In insurance and clause
changing the terms regarding mutual
fire Insurance companies so as 70 al
low them TO deduct from their gross
incomes the amount required under
the state laws to be placed in their
reserve funds. Another amendment
changed the language of the provision
imposing a tax OF one per cent on the
profits of insurance companies 50 as
to make the bill conform literally to
the present corporation tax law.
Representative Mann. for resident
Commissioner Quezon, OF the Philip
pines, Offered an amendment TO tax
the Chinese, Japanese and other resi-
dents Of the Philippines as well as the
Filiplnos and Americans IN the ISL
ands. The committee agreed to take
this under consideration. The phil
ippine commissioner unsuccesstully
sought to relieve the Filipinos of ans
income tax on tho ground that thcS
could not vote on this legislation
Representative Underwood explained
that the Inclusion Of the Philippines
IN the income tax was 20 reach the
wealth of the Philippine Islands that
the bill liehtcned the burdens OF the
small farmers Of the Philippines by
repeating the export tnN on Phillip
pine products.
AS the discussion OF the free list
closed. Representative nonavan.
Connecticut republican. criticised tho
WAYS and means committee for fran
ing certain schedules of the hill un
intellgentl4"
arhe cotton schedule was brut1lN
he declared,
He read n letter from the Crane
steel company protesting against tbs
raising ii the duty on feuo-mangan-
ese.
"This is from the company hf one