Evening journal., 1917-09-11
SEFATE BY 90 "a
Votes WAR Tx BILL
After 1O3 Days Body APP
proves Measure Appro-
priating $2,4O6,67O,OOO
POSTAL RATES
ARE UNCHANGED

WASHINGTON. Sep. 1.-THE Sen
ate sesterday passed he war rev
snue bill by vo Of 90 to 4. In tie
inal count only Senators Borah,
Grouna La Toilette and Norris re-
corded the nseives in opposi. on %
me measure in i S entire Y. The Sen
hte's action. winch had bee1 ad-
mi ted TO be an u imae certainty
throughout ne entire az ernoon of
80 ing upon amendment to he
Finance Commit eens h II. is the ci-
max of los days OF deliberations In
The Comm ttee on Finance and In
The Senate itself. The gross levy
which a Is estimated he bill " II pro-
vide IS s2.406.670 600 The bll as
passed by the House. May %, called
for 81 ,S67 $40 o00
The amendmen writ en- into the
measure in the last hours Of its de-
cussion reduced 4 from he esti-
mated amount Of yesterday which
was $4,000 900 600. Nevertheless. AMI
even considering the changes. T. Is b,
many millions Of dollars the larges
revenue enactment ever passed by
legi lative body and provides for G.
colloc ion of 2 revenue within
single year Of pr9ctica ly half he
hre cost Of he Amer can civil war o.
bxpendei by the Federal Covernmen
between tho years of 1861 and 1865.
Yesterday series of votes on
amendments 10 he Sena e measure
resulted in succession OF finance
Com ni tee Victories excep. In the
vete 20 elm nate the consump OF
taxes on rugar toa. coffee and cocoa.
Here tho radical element With
sturdy aux liary OF Southern Demo-
sratic Senator'S vo'ed first to strike
out the coffee lax by 81 to 81. Then
they voted out the Senate paragraph
Of the sugar tax by so o 2S, and im-
mediately thereafter, by q vote OF
Sc 10 2S. voted TO elimina.e the en-
tire consumption tax sect on. by
vo Of 60 TO IL the provision for re-
peal Of the present law allowing
"drawbacksn or manufacturing re-
export allowances to sugar rehners
was eliminated.
The newspaper ana periodical press
Of the country won victory IN the
defeat of the portal IA es sec Ion OF
The btu when on the first lest vote
the Mcclellan amendment prov ding
Tor the applica ion Of the zone sys-
te n OF pos.a charges beyond 200
niles 10 second class mater was
str cken from the bill by a vo'e OF
80 TO "a. -
vide zone system Increasing second
H. ostagc rates on advertising por'
I've o. publications also was rejected
20. After this the Senate had an
opportunity ~ express itself OF
'oint when Il vnted out tho origina
Of Representatives postal rate In
Grouse paragraph by an even more con
vircing vote. The Financial Commit
tees special publishers profits provision
also were defeated.
Senator La Follette's substitute wa
tax bill prouosing TO raise about So 800,
O0n ORC solely from incorre wa profits
HOUR a. d teracco was rejected, 60 Z
fe yo,ot. - p..r~i ,~O
vidnr for a tax ranging from ] per cent
on iIuc,itu ass 700 - ~ Pe
sent. on those above S05 000OOO vas re
lected by v~te of 81 to 80.
Hardwick Meets Defeat.
Only at the close Of the day did tn
anti-American vote get chance
fnunt itself In the Senate The oppoi
funity was promptly nipped In the bu
through the absence Of Abe necessar
number of "seconds" to force a roll ca
on Senator Hardwick's amendment pre-
viding an increase Of 10 per cent. In II
come tax rate on Ill incomes above S25
OCO per annum. with the nroviso tbs
The sums thus derived should be used
Increase the nay Of officers and enlistC
men Of the Army and Navy serving
foreign parts nv $50 q month.
Senator Hardwick when The aren
mert was severely beaten In the Con
mitfee Of the Whole lest Friday "a
nounccd that he wnuld call II nm II
consideration IN the Senate. hu. his e
fort was frustrated When the coll 4
the ayes and mes was mpde o~lv he
and there a hard WIS raised and {
the viva voce vote which llowcd Sem
tors Hardwirk Ia Toilette G-onna al
Vardaman were the only mernie~s IRE
snt 20 utter their "ave." whish a mi
ment later was overwhelmed by q thu
herous chorus Of "noes.n
Immediately after the vote on q
war revenue hill bod haon taken Pros
dent (pro tent salisbury appoint
the conferecs on the part Of the Senai
Stnator simmons moved the apnoir
inent Of five Senators and the presidi
officer promptly designated Senate
Simmons, Stone and Williams, DEN
Gratis. and Penrose and l.odqe Repr
Leans. This selection leaves the ma
agement If the Senato's interest IN I
conference altooether IN the hands
c,orsisfe-t friends Of ere hill No me
70 ~ 40 ----.-- - $40 rana~ors
80, ~r~4 - ~ c-~~t - o-- ai--e
$40 oo--s, ~ 2 i~re f~ht between
i@~l o-4 conservative forces
ra~-'-el" wien ira ID rerts If The p
Fl 'lar~er consc-iption