The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
TAX XREWS|ON BILL. PASSED BY HOUSE,
 WILL GUT BURDEN
Measure Passed on Almost Straight Party Vote, Three Democrats Supporting and Nine Republicans
 Opposing It
By Associated Press

aSnlnRLOn, AuPuSI SU.-Ine tax revision bill of 1921, estimated to cut Ss1S,000,000 from the nations tax burden by 1923, was passed late today by the House, ETA to 125, on an almost straight party vote:
 Three democrats supported the measure and nine republicans voted against 1t. The democrats were: Campbell, Pennsylvania, and Dupree and Lazarre, both of Louisiana.
 Republicans voting against the bill were: Beck, Wisconsin; Clague, Min nesota; Keller. Minnesota; Lamport Wisconsin. Michaelson. Illinois; John M. Nelson. Wisconsin; Sinclair, North Dakota; voigt, Wisconsin, and wood- ruff, Michigan.
 Representative London, socialist, New York, voted against the bill.
 Compared with this number of republicans were 50 who voted for a democratic motion to recommit tAe bill for elimination of the provision repeating the income surtax rates above 32 per cent. This motion was lost. ts9 to 2ao. with one democrat. Campbell of Kansas, voting against it. The republicans supporting it were:
 Andrews, Nebraska; Barbour. Cali fornia; Beck. Wyoming; Brown, Wis consin; Burke, Pennsylvania; Burt ness, North Dakota; Cable, Ohio; Christopherson; south Dakota; Clague. Minnesota; Cooper, wiscon- sin; Davis Minnesota; Dowell, Iowa; Frear. Wisconsin; Calm. Ohio; Cor man. Illinois; Hoch, Kansas; Hull. Iowa; Keller, Minnesota; Kelly Pennsylvania; Ketcham. Michigan; King, Illinois; Kleczka. Wisconsin; Knight, Ohio; Kopp, Iowa; Lampert, Wisconsin; Little, Kansas; Luce, Massachusetts: Michaelson, Illinois: Murphy. Ohio; A. P. Nelson, Wiscon- sin; John NJ. Nelson, Wisconsin; Nolan. California; Perlman, New York; Ramseyer. Iowa; Robinson. kentucky Rosenbloom, West Virgil mia; Ryan, New York; Schall, Minne- sota; Sinclair, North Dakota; Speaks, Ohio; Stafford, Wisconsin,; Steener- son. Minnesota; Strong. Kansas; Swing, California; voigt, Wisconsin; volk, New York volstead, Minne- sota; Woodruff, Michigan, Young. North Dakota; zihlman, Maryland. To Senate Monday
 The bill will be sent Monday to the Senate, where 1t will be taken up after the end of the recess on Sep far Ina finance committee will hold addition al public hearings on the whole tax question and probably revise the measure in a number of details. As finally passed by the House with nearly 100 committee amendments, the bill is estimated to produce a total of $3.347 100000 revenue this fiscal year, or $221,000,o00 less than the estimate under the existing law. As repeal of the excess profits tax and higher income surtaxes rates would not become effective until next January l, the full force of the measure will not be reflected in gov- ernment receipts until the calendar year, 1923, but republican leaders say that thorough repeal of the transportation and other taxes the reduction in, the tax bill in the next
 
 $512, 2,0oo,00o. Before the bill was brought to a final vote there was . turbulent scene with the result that one committee amendment--that pro- posing q ''tax investiyative commis- sion was left at the post. It Is un- derstood that an effort will be made to have the Senate committee insert it in the bill.
 Dfsorder Results
 The House was thrown into dis order when Representative Connolly, democrat. Texas, undertook to reply to a prepared address by Represen- tative Mondell of Wyoming. the re- publican leader, praisingv the tax measure. There were jeers and calls from the republican side and protests from the democratic side that Mr. Mondell was interrupting the Texas member without obtaining recogni- ton from the chair.
 Order finally was restored. but when it came time to vote on the bill. the democrats sprang a sur prise. Representative Cochran of New York, rising to a question of "the highest privilege" introduced and had read resolution criticixing President Harding for delivering a message to the Senate on July 11 urging postponement of action on the soldier bonus bill without having members of the House present to hear him.
 Representative Mann. republican. Illinois, tried to shut off introduce tion of the measure. but after a de- bate, Speaker Gillett ruled that 1t was privileged. The republicans countered with a motion to lay 1t on the table, which prevailed, and then the House got to a vote on the demo- cratic motion to recommit, offered by Representative Garner. democrat, | Texas.