Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-15
Southern Senators Decline to
Allow Legislators 10 Leave
Washington Until Relief of
Some Sort Is Granted,
PENR0SE AND LEWIS
IN POLITICAL DEBATE
Pennsylvania Statesman AS
sails Emergency War Tax
Measure as Unnecessary
Burden Upon Country,
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Washington, oct. 14.-With the war
revenue bill under review as to sew
eral features by democrats of the fl
nance committee, little progress was
made on the measure in the senate to-
day and the prospect of adjournment
Of congress early next week received
another check.
While the committee toiled on the
bill the senate was enlivened By a
political debate between Senators
penrose and Lewis. The former as
sailed democratic extravagances and
denounced war tax legislation as n
calamity and the latter defended the
administration.
Senator Penrose asked the Illinois
senator il he could give any assurance
that a bill would be pressed TO pro-
vide for only one term for executive
officials in accordance with the demo-
cratic platform.
Lewis Sharp Reply.
81 understand the senator from
Pennsylvania has aspirations for the
presidency" said Senator Lewis. "and
that he wishes 10 be assured now that
his opponent will not he Woodrow
Wilson"
In their deliberations. which ex-
tended into the evening, making a
night session of the senate impossi-
bile, democrats of the finance commit
tee ayerted considerable possible OPP
position by eliminating. sthe proposed
tax on proprietary medicines whiSh
would have yielded approximately s2,-
0000, 900 annual revenue. House lead
ers had given assurances that this
tax never would be accepted and the
senate had been flooded with protests
against taxes on "the poor mans med
iclne"
Excmpts Print Paper.
The committee accepted also an
amendment doing away with bills OF
lading In the express and freight ship
ment of newspapers and to exempt
from taxations newspapers shipped
within the county of publication.
Agreement also was reached on the
disputed tax on domestic wines. The
bill as agreed upon in caucus imposed
twenty cents a gallon on sweet wines
and eight cents on dry wines. An
amedment agreed upon today fixes the
rate Of cents a gallon on both sweet
and dry wines and taxes brandy used
in fortifyng wines SIS cents a gallon.
II also amends present laws to re-
move the restriction permitting the
fortification of wines only with BRAN
dy manufactured on the same prem
ises.
Heavier on Tobacco.
Still under consideration by the
committee is proposal to increase
further the taxes on manufactures Of
tobacco.
Senator Hoke Smith submitted the
amendment which would provide for
a government issue of $250,000,000 In
four per cent bonds for the purchase
of cotton to relieve the cotton states.
Discussion of this will begin tomor-
row and adjournment of congress de-
pends largely on its disposition. SOUTH
ern senators say they do not intend 10
prolong debate but it is probable that
the discussion will last into next week.
Revised estimates on the revenue
bill sent to the senate by the secre-
tary of the treasury indicated that the
bill on last years trade conditions,
would bring in $107 100000, but said
that if the production of fermenten
liquors continued to fall off as III the
past two months the revenue wouid
be $92,49S,2S6.
Under normal conditions beer would