The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
SENATE BALKS
0NLAST HURDLE
RidgWay and Titus Remain
Firm and Last Tax Bill
is Put in Discard.
BY A SINGLE VOTE
Sixteen Senators Vote Against
the Last Pet Measure of
the Administration.
lBy ASSOCIATED Press LEASED Wirel


Madison, Wis., The Wisconsin
senate refused 16 to 15 to send to a
third reading the Dahl general income
tax bill as amended by sub-amend-
ment offered by Senator Max Heck,
Racine. After killing the single re-
naming revenue measure motion was
at once made to reconsider the vote
by which third reading was refused.
Reconsideration of the amended
Dahl general income tax bill was re-
fused the senate II to IA and the at
tempt at revision of Wisconsin's rev.
enue ended so far as the present ses-
sion of the legislature is concerned.
Six tax bills, in addition to large
number of amendments, all had to
be killed by the upper house before
the issue was finally disposed of by
today's action. Among the develop
ments expected to follow the upper
house action are veto OF the gaso-
line tax bill by Governor Blaine, at
tempts to attach income surtax
amendments on large appropriation
bills, and possible killing Of university
and normal school appropriations by
the assembly, as threatened yester-
day.
. Following is the vote by which the
last remaining general income tax bill
was killed by the senate.
For killing Bentley, Burke, Ger
winski, Gettelman, Kuckuk, LANCE,
Mahon, Moran, Morris, Ridgway, Roe
the, Skogmo, Smith, Titus, Werden,
White-16.
Against killing Barber, Bilgrien,
Casperson, Carey, Heick, Heirsch, HUI
Der, Johnson, Kemp, Polakowski,
Quick, Schumann, Severson, Stauden-
mayer, Teasdale Is.
Paired Clark for killing, eastman
against.
Skogmo Moves Reconsideration.
After this vote was taken, Senator
Skogmo, opposing the measure, moved
reconsideration in order to finally dis
pose of the proposal. Senator Bill
grien voted with opponents of the bill
against reconsidering and the bill died
beyond the possibility of revival.
Senator w. A. Titus, Fond du Lac,
and Edo 7. Ridgway, Elkhorn, voted
against the measure on the ground
that it would cause an increase in tax
es. They Joined with the IA conserva-
tives to kill the measure. Before the
issue was finally drawn in the senate,
the Peck sub amendment which was
the finance committee bill once killed
by the upper house, was offered. This
was adopted 16 to Is and the proposal
went to vote
Carey Attacks Ridgway.
Senator A. E. Carey, who voted to
kill the original finance committee
bill, attacked Senators Ridgway and
Titus for their opposition to the meas
ure today He declared that he was
changing his vote to support the meas
ure because unwilling to take respon-
sibility for final defeat of tax legisla-
ton. Both Senators Titus and Ridg-
way replied that they were willing to
assume responsibility for their votes
and that they were voting their con-
victions.
Before the vote was taken Senator
Henry Huber read a prepared state
ment tending to show that taxes on
real estate would be reduced 6.3 per
cent by passage of the tax measure.
Threats by Governor Blaine and by
the assembly that large appropriations
would be killed unless the upper house
enacted new tax law, were called"
by the senate action. Should these
threats be carried out, there is like
lihood, senators say, that the session
will be temporarily deadlocked, and
then adjourned to be followed by
special session probably in October.