Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-19
SOUTH DEMOS FAIL
TO HALT TAX BILL
Majority Forces War Revenue Bill
Through Senate in Spite Of M
tiny Of Dixie" Members.
ROUsED BY COTTON PLAN LOST
Anenanent ProvidtRE fer Relief Of
Growers Defeated ana Effort
made 90 Postpone Action
on Proposed Law.


WASHINGTON. oct. is.-IThe ednnis-
trstion war revenue bill. ievying approx
rrstely sieo.ooocnp additional taxes to meet
the, emergency caused by the war IN Eu-
rope. was passed BY the senate last night.
- to q. after southern democrats. in
coalition with republicans OF the senate,
desperately fought to Indefinitely post
pone consideration Of the measure because
cotton relief legislation had been de-
tlSively defeated.
Democratic leaders. by a supreme ef-
fort IN the climax OF the cotton fight.
gathered their faitering forces. and. spur
ring them on with eloquent appeals for
party solidarity. defeated the coalition. in
its move to indefinitely postpone action,
e 20 IS.
Senators Clsrke OF Arkansas. Smith Of
Georgia. Smith OF south Carolina, Vsrda-
man and White were the defnooratic SEN
stors who fought to the end. voting with
the republicans TO postpone action. This
would nave killed the bill for the present
session efsconsross
Persist 90 the Last.
Despite urgent pleas OF Senators Will
iarns. stone, shveiey and James. who
ntInnn0D0 uutNIu ANtn0LANAl NHRfONA A0A
a democratic measure fostered by the
administration. these five southern sena-
tors. under a storm OF oratorical denunci-
alton. persisted TO the last ditch in the
deterrnlnation that tho hill should con-
tain some cotton relief provision.
The enlivenlng contest that marked the
passage OF the bill foreshadowed the end
Of tho long -drawn-out session OF con
gress. which has kept flags flying over
the capitol almost continuously for the
last two years The tax bill win 70 20
the house on Monday and will be sent TO
conferences. An agreement on the meas
ure between the two houses probably viii
be reached by the middle OF next week.
One Desc An Negative.
Tho vote on the revenue bill followed
party lines with one exception. Senator
Lane OF Oregon, democrat, voting against
it. Immediately after is passage the
senate. on motion Of Senator Simmons. |
insisted upon its amendments and asked |
a conference with the house. conferees
named were Senator's simmons. Williams,
stone. Mccumber and Clark OF Wyoming |
Tho cotton relief amendment proposed
hv she nenators from the cotton states /
was defeated by q sote Of 20 to 81.
The amendment provided for an issue
OF s25oooo0e0 u three-year, 4 per cent
government bonda IN denominations Of
sYo. So $50 ana 500 to be used 20 pur-
chaae from producers SOoe,oco bales Of cot
con AZ not more than 10 CENTS n pound.
TAX ON FUTURE Crepe.
tax OF h-cent q pound on all cotton
grown and sold In 1915. ana. II necessary.
a tax Of cent a pound on the 1911 crop, /
would be levied tn repay tho governmsnt
the bonds and all expenscs incident 70
the handling Of the cotton
Those who votes for the cotton relief
amerAmcnt wort:
Republicans- c1app and Jones.
DeInocrats--Clnrke (AFsk). Cnlbereon. |
E7eacher, Lane. Lea (Tenn.l. Martin. |
Myers. overman. sheppard. Shields. sim
mons, smith (Ga.l, smith &C., Thorn
ton Vardaman, white ana williams.
progresEive-P olndexter.
Twcnty-ons dssnooruis voted against H.
They were:
Aahust. Camden. Hitchcock, Hughes.
James. johnson. Kern, LsBia, Lee (dd-l. |
Martin. oCouman. Pomerenr. aaulsbury. /
ehaffosh, ehlvely, stefe. Swanson.
Thctnaa, Thompson. Walsh and West.
Grafn Motion beaten.
An amendment proposing q tSoeeoo.ooo
bond isHne 70 be used BY the secretary Of |
the treasury In stabslzlng the price OF
grain during the European war. proposed
BY Senator McCumbef. was voted down. /
The amendment would have authorised
the secretary OF The treasury to prohibit |
or allow the importation o. erains to en-
sure the stablislng process.
The amendment OF senator overman.
eppropriaiing tss.sc.5es 10 pay 20 tho
southern states. the amount collected as
= tax On cotton after the civil war, was
defeated. u 10 a. The amendment would i
have repaid the cotton tax on the condl-
ti0n that the states loan II TO cotton pro
dncers on their product
Tense hours sn the senate followed the
announced determination early in the day |
Of southern democrats 10 make efforts to |
hold up action on the war revenue bill I
should the cotton amendments be de.
fsated.
Wflaon Notified.
Administration leaders, and even Preni-
dent Wilson. were notified Of the siuna- |
tlon. Postmaster General Burleson went
70 the capitol and was closesed with sew |
eFpi Of the leading southern senators WHO
we're planning the coup. HIS Influence |
and that Of others was said TO have
prompted some OF the senators TO ,ehanse |
their minds.
AFTER the cotton amendments had bean
defeated. however. senator Hoke smith |
OF Georgia. declaring that 'the senate |
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