The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-04-28
DELEGATED F, MOORE LEADS BATTLE
WHICH PREVENTS GROSS SALES MEN
FROM RUSHING BILL THROUGH HOUSE
NO TAX MEASURE
CAN BE PASSED IN
REGULAR SESSION
Gross Sales Tax Amendment
Offered In Senate But No
Action Is Taken
BY J. r. REED

Charleston, W. Va, April "'.-The
: ssnsa tional developments Of this after
moons session of the house of delegates
made it practically certain that there
! will be an extra session Of the legis-
lature called before a tax measure IS
passed. 1t is fairly certain that no
bill can be passed in the short time re-
naming.
AS was forecasted, the house com
mittcc reported on the gross sales tax
| bill today with amendments which
placed 4 tax Of onc-thrd of one percent
on coal, oil and gas, instead OF the one
NTH Of one percent originally laid down.
! Immediately after the opening OF the
aafternoon scssion. Delegate q. W. Nc
Clntic OF kanawha county, who Is
sponsoring the bill asked immediate
consideration. He attempted TO have
the constitutional rule suspended so
that the bill could be passed to it's sec
I ond reading and be open for amend
ment and debate Delegate Everett +.
! Moore OF Marshall county objected
Strenuously To suspending the rules
and charged his opposition with trying
to railroad" the measure through. He
! also charged that the failure 70 act
upon a tax bill SO far is due to poiitl-
! cal manipulation.
Moore Attacks Attempt.
This bill could have been brought
out Of committee week. ago" he said
but there has been a deliberate at
tempt TO withhold It. Now that the
time is drawing short and the posSi-
, bilities for passing any tax bill are
small. an attempt is being made 10
pass IT without giving 1t proper consid-
Grafton.
There are dozens Of amendments to
be made to this bill befor" il is put
upon its passage. | have some and
, know Of many others. Mine aren't
drawn yet and many of the other dele
4 gates who wish to propose changes
! have not as yet drawn thelr amehu-
ments."
Delegate Septimus Hall Of Wetzel
| county also spoke on the subject. he
declared that the committee OF which
: Mr.. McClintic is chairman. has not con-
! sIdered any tax bill as we'll as 1t should
have been considered and stated that
the budget bill which must be passed
within the next three days has not bcen
eyen cursorily examined In committee
"It hasn't oven been taken up, nc
said, much less given the discussion
that IS needed. There Is not Il mrmocr
of the committee who has given IL inc
! thought that 1t requires
Wan the question was put. II falleu
TO receive the necessary tour-h1lhs
vote. and the motion was loSv. Inc
! vote was as follows:
rhs vot4-
Aycs--Ayleshire, Baker, Barnes Ben
/ d,r Riser. Callison. Capenart cullen.
! Cummings, Dauehcrty (of Mcrccrl' ia
Wis tot Monungala). Davis (of IaFIor,,
Flynn, Freed, Godfrey, Grissinger' fa!l
| Iof Mingo>, Hastings, Hays. Raymond
| Henson, Herseman (of Roanel. Howard
! Hunter, Hutchinson, Johnston, knigh''
, l.antz, I.usk. l.yttleton, MannlnR'
, Middloburg. Moore (of Pocahontas''
| Murphy, Mct'lintir (of hana~ha) NC
! Clintic (uf Grecnbrirr). McCrun' Nee
! ly, Nuttcr. Picrson. Post. Ramsey. hoo-
inson. Rowan. Rogers. Sanders. Satler-
tin,d stathers, Slrouther Tutwilcr,
| Ward. Williamson, Wills, "SS0"s'
! Speaker kcatlcy. Total b3
Eo.s-Heckwith, Brown. Butts, Hail.
or w.tzeN, Crump, Daugherty tot Ntrt)
Deulev, Downs, Dunfce. Fitch Fout
ueayner, Herrold. HERMAN (oi Cal
houu). Hilleary. Hyncr, HuguS' Jones
MILLER, Moore (of MarshalO, McColloch
Mcpherson. Otto. l'reston, Shthet' SOM
cryillc. Taylor. Tcrrtll, THOMPSON
yaach. Weiss, White, Wyatt and Zlm-
, norman. Total 54. -,
The inability Of the compromise pt'1
supporters to secure suspension VI 'i,o
rules shows quite plainly that the p'l'
| c,nno, be passed III the lower house
this week. II will go on second rcadihs
tomorrow, and ahd the debate Will Els'
tho plans. 1t may even 80 over until
lrr;day. In the senate the bill IL also on
.econd reading tomorrow and cannot be
| n.ssed before Friday. The opposition
in either house is expected To be strong
/ enough TO prevent any SuhSl'ut"hS vi
one bill for the other 50 that II seems
most likely there will be an extra ScS-
! sion.
Senate Does Not Act
There was practically no action ;aKen
in the senate. The amendments :tuFlSed
NV the subcommittee to the gross sales
tax bill were offered but no action was
taken. 1t will come up in regular or
der tomorrow with these amendments
pending. At that time the attempt 10
substitute the production tax bill for It
! will be made. The vote Will be close
and may even be deadlUckcd lJ-lo since
! that Is the alignment most expected.
! Tndav'S vote in tic house. while
technical victory for the depletion tax
supportcr s.showS that they are much
weaker than was first thought. This
was not genuine test vote. however
since there are many delegates who VIII
nominally support u depletion tax VII"
voted for immediate consideration. The
amended bill with its direct levy Of ="
cents placing more than half Of the
whole burden Of taxation upon tho peo-
pie directly is meeting with much op'
; position. There are very few or the
representatives in either house VINO
favor taxing thu citizens of the Sta'H
directly SO aS tn produce Sj.n0O.oOO an
nually vl,il. there is any way Of raising
the money l.! Indirect taxes.