The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-12-27
RECORD REVENUE
BILL PUT over
Tax Levy To Raise $6,00O,-
100000 Is Passed BY
Senate.
HAS Is HOUR SESSION
Estimated Reduction Of
Near $780, 100000
Is Made.

Washington, Dec. 23.-Without
a record vote. the Senate late TO-
night passed the war revenue bill, re-
duce6 to raise about $6,OOO,OOO,OOO
in 1919, and $4.O00,000,OO0 in 1920,
as compared with the levy of $S,-
2O0.OOO.OOO for next year proposed
in the bill passed by the House three
months ago.
When the final vote was taken at
1O:45 o'clock, the Senate had been
in continuous session for nearly thir-
teen hours. Immediately after the
passage of the bill the Senate began
its holiday vacation under the plan
for three-day recesses until January
2. Absence of a quorum In the
House. however. had prevented that
body from putting similar program
into effect.
The Senate tonight passed with
out a roll call the largest revenue
bill in history. II is designed to raise
approximately $4,000, 100000 for
paying the governments war ex-
penses.
Only few voices were heard In
the negative when the vote was tax
en-. Among these was Senator La
Toilette. of Wisconsin, who had pre-
viously been defeated on motion
for the adoption of a substitute bill
reported by him. The vote on the
La Toilette substitute was 40 to 8.
Those voting with La Toilette were
Senators Borah. Gronna, Norris, MI
gent and Vardaman.
Senator La Toilette claimed that
his bill would raise a total of S3,2OO,-
900 on war excess profits, which Is
$500, 900, 900 more than is estimated
to be raised under the bill passed.
Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, ask
ed for a separate vote on the amend
ment changing the postal zone rates.
The change was sustained by vote
of Al to %.
Chief among trc amendments was
the restoration to the bill OF the
schedule of luxury taxes" which was
put in by the House and stricken out
by the Senate committee. This sec
ton was put back into the bill by
the vote of 80 to 32. The tax on
articles included in the list was re-
duced, however, from 20 per cent to
10 per cent.
Another amendment. by Senator
Thomas, of Colorado, levies tax of
100 per cent on all campaign contri-
buttons in excess of $500. This was
adopted by the vote Of "a to 2S.
BY the vote of AZ to is an amend
ment offered by Senator Sheppard, of
Texas, to include the District of CO.
lumbia in the category of states and
territories affected by the Reed
'bone-dry" law was adopted. This
amendment will make the city of
Washington "bone-dry" and will stop
the traffic in "bootlegging," which
has been keeping the police authori-
ties of the city busy ever since the
district was made dry"
An amendment by Senator Tram
nell, of Florida, grants a months
extra pay to all officers and enlisted
men who were in service at the time
the armistice was signed, the money
to be paid to them at the time of
their discharge. Senator Trammell
Said the purpose of the amendment
was TO enable the men to find them
selves in profitable occupations after
they leave the service"
The luxury tax which the Senate
wrote into the bill is expected to pro-
duce s95.OO0,000 in revenue. After
the schedule had been adopted, SEN
ator McCumber offered an amend
ment which was adopted by the vote
of 35 to IT. to exempt from the list
the following articles:
A Mems and boys suits and over
Dboats, women's and misses suits,
cloaks and dresses.
The other articles on which the
tax of ten per cent applies are as fol-
lows:
Carpets and rugs, on the amount
in excess of SIS per square yard pic
ture frames on the amount OF $40