The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-27
BANK DEPOSIT TAX
MEASURE SUBJECT
Of LIVELY DEBATE
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were some who would stand by the
= conatttution, they asked tina. rho rate
be made IS cents. "At this meeting
wAs the only delegate from the city
Of Richmond who would not pie dye
hiraselI to vote for II. and I want u
SaS r.~ht here the bankers associa :
ton haF Travelled over the Sta.o man.
usvetuying a panic that they might
feunt Il In the face of this house and
frign.Gr us into passing this BILL
1icEsrs. Montague. OF Richmond; peI,-
ninstoh of Lee: Adams, Of Charlotte
Aad Gordon, OF Louisa, made strong
arguments for and against the hill.
Aotut 80 o'clock, M. Hooson NOV. d
for the previous question. But as this
wcu,d have cut off every amen lment
IN, motion was lost by a vote ut &c
to -, S.~eral attempts at this juno
turU ware te%cr 10 adjourn, but "a n
time IL was b.1cked, the friends Of
the bill trying 10 bring It 20 = vote.
On q. nx at Source
Mr.. Whites amendment gtv,.g ten
cents 1T the TAX levied on ank de-
y sits to the Iltlic free SCHOOLS. was
rarri..3 overwhelmingly. rha' came
tho real question OF the day. the one
which had been lodged on every side
and the one which would show the
real strength OF the lineup of the two
factions, when Mr.. Chalkley. of Wise,
moved that sections and of the
substitute bill, offered by Mr.. Jordan.
Of Pulaski, be placed in the Weaver
bill.
These two sections of the bill en-
bodies Mr.. Stuart's plan OF tax money
1T Its source. They provide that IL
shaif~ be the duty of all banks. trus.
companies and such inst TUT ons. on
February 18th. report the total amount
on deposit February LIST. and pay tax
Sv~t x,1i INT
shall Assess fifteen cents tax for the
support OF the government and ten
cent tax for the public free schools,
on tho sie0 on each individual &C
count.
After much haggling the amendment
finally was brought to a vote and the
amendment was lost by vote of Sc
to 30. The lineup follows:
Strength IL shown.
Yeas--Adams. Baker, Barley. Bon
Mant. Cawthorn. Chaikiey. Crockett,
Dalton. Grant. Gregory, Gordon, Har-
ris. Homer. Hufr. Jordan. Kin
Powell Rev, Smith, Francis w;
Epessard, Stearnes. Stephenson. Wal
ton. Weaver. II. c.: White, Willis---3e.
Nays Birrell Brewer. Brown,
Browning, Chapman. Clement. Com
mins, Cousins, Daniel. John Orr: Dan
lei, j. William: Dodson. Duke, Ear
man. Easley. Frebee. Field, Flana-
gan. Franklin. Grasty. Green. Gum.
Harrison. Harvey. Hefiin, Hobson.
Houston. Hughes. Johnson. Kent.
Land, Leedy, Love. Lowry, Malbon.
Meetze, Miller. Milstcad. Montague,
Nelson. holland, oliver. Pennington.
Philpott, Pitts. Powers. Price. Reed.
Roiston. Smith. Harry b.: Tiffany,
Toney. Weaver. A. G.; Williams, Win
ston. Woodward. MI. Speakers
Mr. Whites amendment exempting
from this tax money which had been
taxed otherwise such as capital used
In business was adopted. hut every
other amendment went down in de-
feat at the hands of the strong ad-
vocates OF low tax.
Mr.. Stuart's bill, offered as suhsti
tuse making the banks collect the
money and makings the rate rs cents.
was defeated by reclamation, without
the use of roll call. The hill was
then ordered engrossed and put on its
third reading and the house adjourned
until today at noon.
The advocates Of the measure were
jubtiant over their victory. but the
real test comes today and unless many
OF the opponents will take the 2o-cent
rate, rather than defeat the bill, IL
will be impossible TO pass Il as an
emergency act. 1t is expected, how
ever. that the two sides will come to
farYna