The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-04-30
COMPROMISE PASSES
SENATE BY IS TO III
HOUSE VOTE IS 5O-37


Cents, Except for Tax Re-
quired to Meet Virginia
Debt and Road Bonds
JMar!a>;oa. W. w. .Aor!l @9.-Thn
gross stl.s lax biz was PASSED b. both
houses Of til" state legislature to-day
after m c:.""l,.I ncTr compromise am
an arden appeal fo- i made personaHE
is Goy"rnor T.. r. Morgan. before joint
session this afternoon.
Tn. senate passed the Bill late in the
afternoon by 4 vote OF 70 to IL. IN"
house ri delegates passed II laet TO-
night, with senate amendments. 80 TO %.
According 10 the constitutional amend
:u-ni adopted last fall In the S"neral
election. the legislature Is required L"
formally :n!journ-s!:Ic die Tonight. ~
inidni",t both houses w"r" IL session
marking time. having stopped the OFF,
cial c,oc.i*. At the office Of tn" COVER
nor, il wa. stated that tho chic! eNecn-
tive would either issue an order SONS
lime tonight for an extra session, or d
Drucl.,rnat ,un prnionGing the prcS@nt Sos
sion several days. At Al events, leader"
SAY. the legislature will le in session
until Tuesday evening. ut least. in order
to disposA Of the budget biz. Th" SEN
ate tonight wrestlcd with the apPro-
pria;iona measure and made some minor
changes The vote on the gross tax
sales biz in the house was:
vote In the House.
For pAssaTs-Baksr. barnes, Bender,
Riser. Cauison, Capehart Cullen, Cum
nninrs, Daughsrty Of Mercer, Davis OF
nouonraua, Flynn, Godfrey, Grissingsr,
hastings. HAYS, Raymond, Hsrold, Hsrs-
man Of xoans, Hillsary, Howard. Hun
txr. hutchinson, Knight, Lusk, Lyttle-
tom. manning, hdidelburr, Moore OF Poca-
hontas, Murphy, Mcclinhc OF Green
brtsr. NoCiintic Of Xsnawha- AcCrum,
NICELY, Nuttsr, P1erson, Post, Preston,
RAMSEY, Rogers, Snrvsr, Sattarfteld,
staeherr, Strothsr, TerriIl, TutWnef.
7uar5 wntst, Williamson, Willis, SPEAK
Or LsEtlsy-So.
Arsinst pAssarss$Aasshtrs, 1sekWith,
Sivens, Browu BuSts, crnhp, Daugn-
ertv of wirt, Davis OF Taylor, peuley,
Dunfse, Fitch, Tout, Hall Of Wstsel' HAL
OF ndlnEo, H<avemsr, Henson, Hsrsman
Of s;houn, Hins-, Augus, JonnS1on'
Jonas. Lantz, l6iller, Moore OF MarSnAu'
Mecolloch, hcPherson, Otto, Rob1rson'
rowan. Sanders, shinst, somervius,
raylor, Thompson. veach. weiss' zhn-
mer1nAn-37.
Abs.nt-pov1s, rreed, Mccanlsy, wv
song, WYATT.
Tho huvs, paved the way to paSSa g;
Of the bill when II vote: to suspend inc
cuu> li.u'ioral rules requiring the Dh'
f. b., read on three separate days IN
vote was unanimous.
.T,o distinct efforts werc made as d
lbs, r,srrt to weaken thc effect or IN,
bill! Nh"n il appeared passagt was as
surrd.
\:t;.c':s on the oil and raS and coal
ir,ar..ts We're resumed tonight EroSS
sales oppoSition by forces led ny bF'c-
,..t., Elcr";; i. Moore OF harsi'alI hli'
a.u,.aly wrr,. made 10 save the man
;,,.,ur!nC interest which create "ea4 j..
rn,. this great state Of west ElrElhiH'
Dcicgatr Moore predicted that P"SS-
age Of the gross sales tax Dill so"H""
~. death knel Of the Republican party
il. thi! state.
The mere iart that Gov. Morgan
believes this tax is so WONDERFUL IS ="
reason why ] should vote Tor IT, IL
said, Nor is Il 4 reason why TINS hous4
should vote for it. ] do not lnteho 10
have il forced upon me.
~, is speak!ng for his amcrdmcnt
TO strike out the portion OF inc ".
r 1,,.i, would repeal the sections or the
Transformation OF oil and gas. Whlch ~
ha;nr contested by the Eureka Pipe
Inc company in the United States So
rrcmc court This amendment WAS &C.
f.atc,I thr vote being "a to -.
,v,., the cross sales tax bill was
coached on third reading In the f"nat''
.-,,.,,tr Lewis chairman Of the finance
co-,,nitter amended by unanimous con.
can, co as to raise the rate on the pro-
duction end from one-third To t~'-
G+tbs of one per cent. as rccommenG'd q
Ir m, Governor. and adding a nov
..c,:or that the hoard Of public Won"
ru r.,l Nv any &tatr levy or leFieS Ii
1901 .nd 1899 in nXccSH, Of 10 cents cH-
,...,.:o.. v.l:.. may be necessary FOR the
y!-ri,ia deb. ard STATE road ooNd
ru,ds couple Of other similar
,,oendru.ots wcr" also made.
The Senate Vote.
IT,. -nil ca. VS. ~ io!t""S:
Ayss-Boons, Chapman. coalter, Dms-
more, Godbsy. Hager, Heln1ch, HILL
Lewis McClaren, Sanders, Sna11ef
Stewart, White and President ATnoin-
Hoss-Blocll, Bowsrs Butt, darmaf
H.nshaw, Hunter. JOHNSON, Morton
polling Porter, Shtun and Stats. Sem
to- shactlsrord WIS paired with Soma
tor York.
Vigorous attacks against the bill on
mo ground that Il lays the burden ot
additions. taxation directly on the poor
,,.oplr least alb. 20 bear -" was made
ly seuaio: Morton. Taxing The same
r:and. Senator Polling. himself q Re-
publican, declared:
Il am sorry that ] cant agree with
our distinguish shed governor. but I am
rraD,. to conscientiously bargain with
ihc Republican party at this time.
HOUSE 11A8z Up Bnl.
The house, following an address by
Governor Morgan continued on the
regular calendar to await action of the
senate on the gross sales bill. When Its
passage was reported BY Senator Lewis.
Delegate McClintic, kanawha, moved
that the constitutional rules be dis
pensed with and the bill be taken up