The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-30
Declared Out of Order on
Motion to Table All
Liquor Measures.
SOLONS REPUDIATE
GOULD INTERVIEW
Chairman House Tax Com
mittee Claims His Re-
marks Misconstrued.

CIV. q. Ferguson, STAFF Corresponds
ent)
Helena, Jan. Ex-senator j. +. Ed
wards OF Rosebud county brought the
senate up standing today when he
made a motion to tab, IL tuU Iulure
an bills pertaining to the liquor traffic.
This action followed Senator White
sides notice of a bill to amend the
sunday closing law. Il make this mo-
ton IN view OF the decision OF the peo-
pie, as registered at the polls \ovem-
bcr :, said Senator Edwards.
Whitesde raised the point of order
the motion was out OF order inasmuch
as it meant, in effect, Il change of the
rules. He further contended the con-
stitutton prcseribcs the order that bills
shall take after being introduced. Va
rious senators supported Whitcside's
viqw. Slayton was recognized and
branded Edwards motion as an at
tempt TO hog tic the senate on the
most important question of the day
He was directed TO confine his re-
marks to the point Of order, and sat
down,
Repudiate Interview.
The interview given by NJ. :, Gould,
chairman ON the house tax invCstigat-
ing committee, was rcpudiatcd in both
The resolution follows:
We, your committee on tax in
vestgation, beg leave to report as
follows:
In view of the statement made
in the public press to the effect
that the committees Of the senate
and house on tax investigation had
agreed upon the endorsement of II
certain bin, and had also deter
mined that no special tax should
be levied OH mining corporal ions
or public utilities. the members of
these committees consider II nee
ossary to publicly rcpudinto all
such statements.
No individual member of either
committee has been authorized to
speak for the committees and no
conclusion Las been officially
reached on any of the important
subjects covered by our investiga-
tion.
We further consider the state
ment which appears in the Helena
Independent OF this morning as
misleading to the public In that II
apparently ignores entirely the
question of whether or not the
present relative taxation Of prop
crty and interests within the state
is now just and uniform.
Remarks Misconstrued.
The reporter misconstrued my re
marks said Mr.. Gould, talking with
The Missoulian representative. Il had
no intention of conveying the impress
sion that the committee as whole
! had decided on II bill which would
eliminate special tax on mining cor
porations or public utilities l gave
this as my own idea entirely. The
committee has not considered it's rec
| ommendation as to legisln: :ion." .
Mr.. Gould was asked IL the resolu
| tion which created his committee did
not specify II statistical report and II
| he considered its scope one of recon-
! ncnding Legislation as well az figures
| on the tax situation.
| i believe that the committee is pr
marily to make II statistical report.
| said Mr., Gould, but any committee
as to legislation and am of the opin
| ION that we viii consider this pha y.
| Of the situation before reporting.
| was not misquoted as to my idea OF
| an income tax on every income over
| 81 900 as a solution of the present sit
| uation."