Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-12
REVENUE MEASURES
PASSAGE ASSURED
Republican Senator'S, However,
Will Fight 1920 Tax Pro-
vision to End.
WILL BE NO FILIBUSTER
Opposition Decides 1t Will Not
Block Final Adoption of
Needed Legislation.
WILL BE NO FILIBUSTER

WASHINGTON. December n.-pas-
sage OF the $4,000, 900, 900 revenue bill
was made practically certain to-day by
all unexpected change of front on the
part OF the Republican Senators who
nau united TO oppose it,. They came
70 the conclus ion that IL would be bad
politics. 10 block the passage of the
biii. ana while they Will oppose GER
ausu urate Il hiibuster or adopt any other
methods which might prevent the bill
from passing.
]; is expected that the debate. which
openeu YESTERDAY viii run along for
several weeks and that the senate
WI, VII pass the bill early in January.
The amendments made by the Senatc
VIII then have to be considered in a
conference of the two houses before
.he pm can be finally, whipped into
and House The Treasury Department
Is hopetui that the bin may, become
nea.s ID !" oy fcoruary 10 50 that the forms
taxes may be printed
me new program adopted by the Re-
ously the sections in the Bill which, fix
the taxes a year in advance and cs-
.aoiisl s4cooooo.ooo as the maximum
tn. yeaI ending June 80. 1870. These
sections were put into the bill by the
vote OF an the Democratic members
position Of all the Republican mem
Ders.
THREATENED TO BLOCK
ENTIRE REVENUE BILL
AZ the time these sections wero
adoptde Senator Penrose and others 6f
the Republican members declared that
its adoption would mean the defeat
%i the entire bill and that no revenue
session; This could have been easily
accomplished by means Of a fiiibuster
or a prolongation of the debate until
March 4. when Congress is forced by
law TO adjourn.
The visit OF National Republican
Committes Chairman Will Hays 10 the
rapltol This morning may have had
sotnething 10 do with the decision OF
Inc Republicans TO change their minds
hays saw Senator's Fenrose. Lodge,
Smoot and Others. and while he would
say nothing about the questions dis
cussec, IL was not very long after
Vase was rSsn fonfersnses thu, nG3nsia notice
permit the bill TO go through, even If
they failed to have the 1920 pian
senator Penrose announced I'm Tho
Senate that he. proposes TO address the
senate on the bill in n few dgya: There
was no debate to-day. the entire Time
being taken up with the reading Of ths
mjttec I'm
SHOOT DECLARES BILL
.Ns'iENIlEiC AND UNwoRkABLE
senator Smoot put in dissenting
report in which he expressed obiectio1
10 the unworkable. unscientific and dis.
~ YG,hh,aiorv provisions OF the measure
ne declared that if he had been per-
miticd 10 write the bill he would have
treated all individual taxpayers alike
whether they were in business. alons
or as corporations or partnerships and
ihat ;ne questions OF invested capital :;
wateFed stock" and bonded indebted
1css would not have entered into the
question OF the amount; of taxes to be
IN iosed except on corporations can
ita!!Zed for oyer sl.00O,0o0.
senator Smoot said III his report tha,
ne iLNored straig hit war pruii,s tax
'LNes should be eliminated in .s-or
ol q J per cent sales tax on all goods
SOFA lor consumption and use