The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-28
CLOTURE MOVE
In THE SENATE
Petitions Started as Aid to
Action on War
Tax
BITTER FIGHT
AMONG SENATORS
House May Pass Vast Budg-
ct During Present
Week

ten action on the war tax bill were
blocked in the Senate yesterday by the
wealth CONSUMPTION forces
Senator Simons tried four times to
limit debate on the bill itself or on the
income and war tax section, only to haye
objections raised by Jones of Washing.
ton and La Toilette of Wisconsin. He
finally notified the Senate that when
the postal rates and publishers tax sec
tions were disposed of he would ask i'm
mediate consideration of war profits.
Senator Harding of Ohio urged i'm
mediate action, saying "the country
should know what new burdens il must
assume particularly if the view of the
extremists, who demand 60 or so per
cent war profits tax, is to be accepted"
The new cloture rule may be resort
ed to by those favoring quick vote.
Circulation of petition was begun yes
terday by Senator Hale, Republican,
Maine. Conscriptionists say it can't get
the necessary two-thrds vote because
there is no filibuster on the bill There
must be evidence of filibuster before
cloture can be invoked
If two-thirds of the senators pres.
ent support the cloture motion no sena-
tor thereafter may speak longer than one
hour nor more than once on the pending
measure.
Adoption of the cloture rule is ia
vored by the finance committee, which |
sees ahead a long fight on war profits |
and incomes.
The Johnson- Rorah group will vigor
ously oppose cfoture, but Senator La
Toilette, who has a program all his own
for increasing taxes on war profits and
incomes, is bitterly opposed to it and
win fight its application until after both
the income and war profits sections have
been disposed of.
While Senator Hale was circulating
his petition on the Republican side, Sem
ator Shafroth of Colorado started one
on the Democratic side AT last accounts
about half of the Senate had signed the
petitions in favor of cloture, assuring a
vote if the petitions are presented.
Congress entered yesterday upon what
promises to be one of The most important
rs well as one of the most expensive ,
weeks of the war session.
Billions of dollars are TO be provided ;
or the conduct of the war in measures
hat will originate in the House The (,
House is to pass, if possible, before the i
nd of the week, the huge new war cred
t bill, totaIling $ll ,53s, 900, 900, and the
nId;arsf ard 60 HIRE ,y.r ;,s,,rannn vnnn.
ire. 1t is to begin consideration of
lew deficiency appropriation bill that !,
gill aggregate something between 81
100000 and s6,000,000, 900.
Yesterdays debate in the Senate cen
cred on the one cent increase in letter
ostage and the publishers tax sections
the bill.
For nearly month the House has
cen in virtual recess under an agree
tent to transact no business during that =
eriod. This ends. to-day, and from = =
ow on the lower branch will remain at y
ork until adjournment, the date of :
hich, 1t is thought, will be somewhere
stween Oct. and Is. u
The ways and means committee met 81
ssterday morning for the task of draft y
the new war credits bill. As there !"
little disagreement over this in com
ittee, there is every reason to believe 81
lat a report on the measure will be o'
ady by Wednesday, as planned. The
terstate and foreign commerce com. o'
ittee is expected to report out the
ldiers' and sailors war insurance bill m
day TO
On the floor of the House there is like
to be some dispute over the rate of tn
Ration to be imposed on the new war pr
nds, which are rot to carry the tax
emption feature of tn Liberty bonds ki
'ue. pr
Private insurance companies are plan an
ng TO wage strong fight on the war
surance bill srd are looking for sup
1T from the old line politicians of
ngress, who are disposed to stick by -
E old pension system. Ioi