The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-26
FURTHER MAUL|NG
GIVEN COMMISSION
ON TAX REVISION
Delinquent Tax EillBeaten and
License Measure Sent Back
to Committee
MontagueComplains
of Ill Treatment
Says Some Members Seek to
Discredit Commission-Eas-
ley Wins Point in Fight to
Reduce License Tax

The joint committee on tax re-
vision was further n1auIed in the
House yesterday, when the gen.
eral license bill. doubling the
rates on the larger MERCHANTS of
the State, was recommltted and
the commission delinquent tax bill e,
wiped from the calendar by the
refusal of tho House, by u vote
OF - To Al, to order Ii to Its
engrOssment
Following the reception this morn
ing OF a favora BILE report from a sub
committee, which met last night. the
full House Finance Committee Is ex-
pected to report to the House, with
Easley amendment to the merchants
license BILL This restores the old
tax OF one dollar on the hundred on
all merchants. whose annual pur-
chases are In excess OF 100000.
Montague Is Pceved.
Continued amendment. rewriting
and defea. OF the recommendations
and measu res Of the tax commission.
followed by q proposal In tho House
Finance Committee yesterday after
noon to redraft one OF, thu other bills
prepared by the commission, led Hill
Montague 10 express his complaint
with the announcement that he would
retire from the House at the end OF
the present session.
There Is evident to me tendency
70 dtecredit the work OF tho tax
commission" declared Mr.. Montague
Instead Of amending where amend
ment is thought necessary. the COM
mittee rewrites the bills to which
there Is objection, creating the i'm
preston thai our work was all bad.
Some Of these. / am sorry to say.
are mem bers of the tax commission
You are altogether mistaken"
said Judge Gregory. of New Kent.
NO am not altogether mistaken"
retorted Mr.. Montague. II can see
what is going on
The gentleman is certainly doing
me an injustice" said Chairman
Weaver Il have followed the COM
mission almost consistently. except. in
the matter of tax systems, on which
II differed with the majority of the
commission while 1t was In session. :"
Mr.. Montague. however. would not
be notified and his dissatisfaction
was not decreased later when Mr.. Gre
gor1 in ohjecting to an Interrupt
ton, declared that he did not intend
to let the gentleman from Richmond
run things"
Meets It's W0teffOO.
The Chalkiey delinquent tax bill met
It's Waterloo toward the close of the
House session yesterday. Numerous
amendments were voted upon and for
the most part defeated. Then came
the question of ordering the bill to
its engrossment Mr.. Gregory NOV
ed Mat 1t De dismissed from the call
endar. Mr.. Chalkley imme diately OBJ
iected and began to debate the Ques-
ton. Mr.. Gregory thercupon arose
to his feet with the purpose OF with
drawing his motion, but for some
minutes could not put his intention
into effect, because the gentleman
from Wise not understanding his pur-
pose refused to yield. Finally. how
ever when the Intention o. the New
Kent delegate dawned upon him. MT.
Chalkly, announcing that he did not
wish to reflect upon the tax commits
sion. Mr.. Gregory withdrew his mo-
ton.
It made no practical difference. how
ever. as on the question OF ordering
the bill to Its engrossment the House.
on roll cali, by. vote OF IS to IL.
refused to advance the bill. the re-
suit being that II Is now off the
calendar.
The second defeat of the day for the
Joint committee on lax ttst'sipn CaHte
when the general license bill, already
greatly mangied. came up for advance
ment on the calendar. Vote on en-
Srossment was prevented last week,
lust as IL was about to be taken. by
Major Stubs, of Gloucester. who
called attention to defects in the title.
Having been commissioned by the pa
irons of the bill to make proper cor
rections, Major Stubhs, yesterday af-
ternoon offered tho amendments he had
drawn to that erl. They were adopted
and the clerk was directed to call the
roll for vote on ordering the bill
engrossed.
BiiI n Recommitted.
Though amended In many particu-
lars and though with its chief features
changed almost entirely after coming
frem the commission and running
safely the gauntlet Of the Finance
Committee. II was still the Tax Com
missions bill and at last one Of the
measures OF that body seemed abou.
20 be enacted into law, insofar as the
House could enact Il.
But IL was not to be yet. Delegate
Easiey. of Iynchburg, arose and moved
that the vote whereby the Chalkley
substitute to his amendment was
adopted be reconsidered.
took the floor for that purpose. Mr.
Easley withdrew his motion and ac-
copied the Cox substitute that the bill
! tcontinued ON Second paGe.l