Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-03-01
Six Republicans and Six DEM
ocrats Vote Regular" on
Mellon Tax Resolution
ON DEMOCRAT REBELS
Congressman Browne of 4th
District Refuses to Follow
Party Caucus Dictation
BY GEORGE HI. MANNING
washington Correspondent of The
Perth AmhOy Evening News

Perth Amboy Evening News.)
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The
six Republican and six Democratic
members of ti1e House of Represeri-
tatives from New Jersey, with the
single exception of Representative
Charles Browne of the fourth dis
trict, voted regularly with their
party on the three principal votes
taken on the Mellon tax resolution
bill late yesterday.
Congressman Isaac Bacharach of
Atlantic City was one of the eight
'irreconcilibles", seven Republicans
and one Democrat, who registered
their disapproval of the Longworth
compromise, providing a 375s per
cent maximum surtax and normal
rates of two and five per cent on
small incomes, on the final passage
OF the bill, although he had pre-
viously voted for the Longworth
amendment. The other seven fire.
concilables were Representatives
Tilson. Merritt and Fem of Conn;
Mills and Wainwright of New York:
McFadden of Pennsylvania, Repub-
1icans; and Howard of Nebraska,
Democrat,
The six New Jersey Republicans
voted together first for the amend
ment offered by Representative
Hawley of Oregon. Republican,
which would have pra ctically re-
stored the original Mellon rates.
That was lost by vote of 2s1 10
153 On this vote the five Jersey
Democrats, Representatives Geran,
O'Brien, -Eagan, Minahan and Nc
Nulty, voted with their party against
the amendment.
Representative Charles Browne
was the single Democrat to vote
with the Republicans on the Hawley
amendment.
The final rejection of che Mellon
schedule-25 per cent surtax and
three and six per cent on incomes
below and above $5,000-opened the
way for vote on the Longworth
substitute carrying the compromise
maximum sutrax rate of 371k per
cent, and normal rates of two per
cent on incomes below $4,000; five
per cent on $4,000 to So, 900 and six
per cent from $4,000 up.
On this vote the six Jersey Re-
publicans and Mr.. Browne voted
aye and the five Jersey Democrats,
Eagen, Minahan, O'Brien, McNulty
and Geran voted nay.
The vote was 216 to 1919.
When a motion was made to re-
commit the bill with an amendment
by Mr.. Crisp. Georgia, Democrat, to
strike out the section providing a
20 per cent reduction in taxes due
on 1928 incomes all the Jersey mem
bers, Republicans and Democrats,
voted against it.
On a number of record votes
taken on individual amendments,
whish had been inserted in the bill
in the Committee of the Whole,
the New Jersey representatives voted
generally along party lines.
On the vote on final passage after
the, motion to recommit had failed,
the entire New Jersey delegation,
with the exception of Congressman
Bacharach voted for the bill. The
vote on this was, 40S to s.
Representative Browne, of Prince
ton, issued a statement after the
final vote was taken stating that a
large number of letters from his con-
stituents in reply to an inquiry from
him asking their views indicated
they favored the Mellon plan in
preference to the Garner plan put
forward by the Democrats.
He was opposed to the Democratic
caucus binding all members of the
party he said, had not attended the
caucus and had advised the minority |
leader he would not be bound by its
adoption. The caucus is an archaic |
custom and wrong in principle, he
said.