The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-22
A DMLNLSTRA TONS MAJORITY IN SENATE IS PROVEN
AMENDMENT IS LNDORSED BY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE

He said he had received petitions
against the income and tonnage taxes,
but the signatures, he said, were these
| Of Greeks and foreigners obtained by
| industrious drummers. He said the
business men of Mobile had told him the
| income tax was just one
DEVELOPMENT ONLY BEGUN
Senator Leith of walker, opposing
| the income tax, said it was only few
vears ago that Alabama had no tac-
| tories and no furnaces, but the re-
| cources shown to eastern and European
people persuaded them to invest SOME
! of their capital in the state. They IN
| vested in coal, iron, timber ana othef
| things He said there has been great
develc pment but that is only in it's in'
| fancy.
! He cautioned the greatest care in
approaching the subject of new taxes
| that no one can tell now what condi-
lions IL months hence will be, that The
people already burdened with taxes and
debts; that the people are entitled =
| considers lion.
He declared lhe income taE wella
keep Outsiders froe eomlpe ta
state to Invest tnetr money, isat {as
would g. 81 the state HtefC 40 a0+
burdened is imposed re said alaba
ing on income and the rate prop So
here is higher than in any other
Senator Smith of Coosa arg PIG
support of the income tax on the grouhu
that the educational institutions nee
| the money and because he believed
the most Just tax to be the one that is
proportioned according to incomes.
On motion of Senator Carmichael the
committee voted to remain in session
gn
posed OF.
senator Mcdowell of Barbour deplored
the apparent fact that the senators hao
made M their minds to do things mere
that they said in the campaign last year
that they would not do The atmosphere
a. the capitol he said, is different from
the atmosphere back at home. lie said
the members of the legislature 1naue d
contract with their constituents, ano the
promises they made in the campaign was
that contract. He asserted that none OF
the senators, when candidates, told their
constituents that they would vote Tor
an income tax.
when we came to Motgomery' he
declared I'VE were told the governor
wanted this taxing machinery, this reve-
nue. and this and that thing. we nave
departed from the theory that the gov
eminent is divided into three depart
lative The governor now demands that
certain things be done and demands that
we give him the money to do these
things. Had he told the people these
51s ehen he was a candidate he
vor,5 not Ia governor today
WHAT 20 PEOPLE THINK?
afGYe IS The governor cannot take the
s-aa -. s,,-t is of last year, shown by
ia aaaitors report, and the surplus to
come IA tee next four years and do these
Hre2 Cpey say it takes more than
.eHaea il year to run the state. and
aes aslxing for nearly $12, 100000.
ara tfe people back home thinking
said there had been some crlt-
th, business who came here a
ases go and declared they were
tttea-rrilnded honorable business men VINO
cayae her to remind the legislators to
st1ad bv fleir promises.
T7s said he administration is demand
ar yha 4, .ome tax, which, it has been
said, WI raise $4,o0o0oO to s5,0oo,o0O and
not a word is said about paying the
states debts; that all of the money
would be spent.
Senator Mcdowell read Ned Braces ar
ticle that appeared in the Age Herald
two or three Sundays ago. in which IT
was said that Governor Kilby was going
could get it, approving the sentiment ex-
pressed and insisting that the chief ex-
ecutve practice economy instead OF try
ing to pile up an enormous fund to be
spent.
Senator Huddleston of Gilmore. in OPP
posing the income tax, declared that II
the governor would call off his lobby
lists and stick to his job of running the
governors office and practice economy
he would not need all this money he is
demanding.
MOTION is TABLED
1t was after O'Clock when Senator
Huddleston concluded and Immediately
after he sat down Senator Carmichael
moved to table the motion to strike out
the income tax sections. The motion to
table prevailed by the following vote;
To table, that is, for the income tax:
Beal, Bedside, Briscoe, Brown, Butler,
Carmichael, Cowan, Craft, Espy. Grit.
fifth, Kelly, Nance, Phillips. Rogers OF
Sumter. Smith of Coosa, Smith of Law
renee, Tally.
Against tabling the amendment: Baker,
Carlton, Evins, Gunter, Harper, Huddle-
ston Leith, Miller Moore Morris, Nc
Doweu, Priesthood Rogers of Laurendale
West.
Senator Ellis of Dallas, against the
income tax, was paired with Senator
ASKER Oh CdlirOuI LOT the LA, WIZ WaS
absent on account of sickness in his
family
Senator Mcdowell offered an amend
ment reducing the rate to ! per cent on
net incomes up to $1,000 " per cent from
$1,000 to $500; . per cent from $500 70
$40. 900: 2ls per cent from $4,000 to $4,000,
and per cent on all net incomes over
$4,000.
The amendment was tabled by the vote
OF IT to 10, Smith of Lawrence deserving
the administration on this proposition.
Senator Evins offered an amendment
providing that where a person is liable
to both income and ad valorem tax,
that he shall be required to paw income
tax to the extent that it exceeds the ad
valorem. The amendment was tabled
without record vote.
BY an amendment offered by Senator
Evins of Hale life insurance premiums
up to $500 may be deducted from the
income.
An amendment offered by Senator Nc
Dowell raising the exemptions from $1,000
for single persons and $1,000 for married
persons to $1,000 and 5000, respectively.
was tabled by the vote of IS to IA, the
original lineup being retained on this
vote except that Rogers of Lauderdale
and Smith of Lawrence switched.
Senator Evins of Hale offered an
amendment increasing the exemption to
$500 and 5000 respectively. The amend
ment was tabled by II to Is votes.
The committee adjoured at 7:45 until Z
O. clock tomorrow morning.
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