The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-20
COTTON AMENDMENT
DEFEATED BY SENATE
Passes War Revenue Bill Levy
ing S1OO,OOO,OOO Taxes.
THE VOTE STOOD 81 TO 22.
Southern Democrats in Coalition
With Republicans Fought for
Indefinite POstponement.

Indennite POStpOnement.
Washington, Oct. 1.-THE ad-
ministration war revenue bill, levy
ing approximately s1OO.OOO.OOO ad-
ditional taxes to meet the emergency
caused by the war In Europe, was
passed by the senate tonight. "a to
%, after Southern Democrats, in
coalition with Republicans Of the
senate, desperately fought to indefi-
nitely postpone consideration, be-
cause cotton relief legislation had
been decisively defeated
Democratic leaders, by a supreme
effort in the climax of the cotton
fight. gathered their faltering forces
and, squirting them on with eloquent
appeals for party solidarity, defeat
ed 80 to 20 the coalition in it's move
to indefinitely postpone action Sen
ators Clark of Arkansas. Smith of
Georgia, Smith of South Carolina.
Vardaman and White were the
Democratic senators who fought to
the end. voting with the Republi-
cans to postpone action. This
would have killed the bill for the
present session of Congress.
PERSISTED TO THE LAST.
Despite urgent pleas of Senators
Williams, Stone, Shively and James,
who demanded united Democratic
support for Democratic measure
fostered by the administration, these
five Southern senator's, under a
storm OF oratorical denunciation,
persisted to the last in their deter
mination that the bill should con.
tain some cotton relief provision.
The enlivening contest that mark
ed the passage of the bill foreshad.
owed the end Of the long drawn out
session Of Congress-, which has kent
flags flying over the capitol almost
continuously for the past two years
The tax bill will go to the house on
Monday and will be sent to confer
ence. An agreement on the measure
between the two houses probably
will be reached by the middle of next
week.
The vote on the revenue bill fol.
lowed party lines with one exception.
Senator Lane of Oregon. Democrat,
voting against it. Immediately
after its passage the senate, on mo-
ton of Senator Simmons, insiste 4
upon its amendments and asked a
conference with the house.
Conferees named were: Senators
Simmons, Williams, Stone, McCum-
ber and Clark of Wyoming.
PROVISIONS OF BILL.
The main provisions for war reve-
nue. included in the senate bill arc:
Tax on beer, s1.75 a barrel; recti-
fed whiskey cents gallon: all
domestic still wines cents a gallon.
and 55 cents a gallon on all grape.
brandies used in fortification there
OF; champagnes 25 cents a quart: :
carbonated wines 10 cents a quart: !:
liquors and cordials "a cents a GAL
Ion; bankers 81 lper thousand Of
capital. surplus and undivided
profits; pawn brokers $50 year;
commercial brokers $40; commits
sion merchants $40: custom house
brokers $40; proprietors of theatres
museums and concert halls, with
seating capacity not more than 500.
$26 a pear; not exceeding 500 ca
pacity $50; not exceeding 100, $75.
more than 1000. 800; circuses
800; other amusement proprie-
tors or agents. except of chautau-
quas. lecture lyceums. agricultural
or industrial, fairs or exhibitions
under religious or charitable aus
pices. $40; bowling alleys and bill
Hard rooms SIS for each alley or
table.
TOBACCO TAXES.
Special annual taxes on tobacco
dealers and manufacturers: Dealers
In leaf tobacco from s6 to s24:
dealers in tobacco $3.50 for each
store; manufacturers of tobacco,
with annual sales not exceeding
100000 pounds. Sc; not exceeding
100000 pounds. $12; 100000
pounds. $24; 100000 pounds,
SEQ; 100000 pounds, $500; TO-
100000 pounds, $500; 10000 200
pounds $1,000; exceeding 10000