The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 21, 1924, Image 2
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
Garner’s Schedule
Placed In Bill
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gents Help Democrats Defeat
Proposed Income Rates of
^ Secretary Mellon.
Washington, Feb. 19.—Aided by a
group of Republicans, most of them
insurgents, House Democrats today
(eliminated from the revenue bill the
Mellon income tax rates. By a vote
®f 222 (o 196, a schedule advanced
4y Representative Garner, Demo
crat, Texas, was submitted.
lire bill as amended fixes the sur
tax maximum at 44 per cent on in
comes in excess of $92,000 as against
50 per cent on incomes exceeding
$200,000 under existing law, and 25
per cent on incomes of more than
$100,000 as recommended by the
Treasury'. It also reduces normal in
come rates to a greater extent than
Mr. Mellon recommended and
creases personal tax exemptions, i
feature in the Treasury draft.
Before approving the Garner pro
posal which received the support of
blicans 1 1^ F^rmerJLabor
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203 Democrats, the House went on
record as opposed to rates substan
tially the same as those recommend
ed by Mr. Mellon and rejected an
amendment by Representative Frear,
ef Wisconsin, an insurgent, to cut
normal rates in half without altering
the existing surtax schedule.
Republican organization leaders
vote. A record vote, however, on
the amendment can be (Jenuuided be
fore the bill comes up for passage
and organization Republicans are
planning to bring this about Such
a vote would bring a straight out
test of strength between the Mellon
and Garner rates. An opportunity
also will offer their compromise with
a roll call on the proposition in or
der.
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After disposing of the income rates
section, an amendment offered by
Representative Gamer, proposing to
make stock dividends taxable, was
defeated 141 to 127, the House pro
ceeding with reading of the bill in
regular order.
' A vote came on the amendment
i offered at the last moment by Chair-
Madden, of the appropriations
who declared the House
should record itself on the Mellon
rates. ’With the Gamer and Frear
amendments pending such a vote
not in order and to bring it
man
committee,
was
about Mr. Madden proposed a sur
tax maximum of 26 per cent, instead
of the.Mellon 25 per cent, the only
difference in the two schedules.
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ed 244 to 152, about forty Republi
cans, including Chairman Green, of
the ways and means committee, join
ing the Deocrats in opposition.'
By standing a vote of 254 to 46
the Frear amendment was thrown
out and then a vote was taken on
the Garner substitute, Representa
tive Longworth, Republican leader,
had no opportunity to bring to a, having announced that he would of-
vote a compromise amendment, which j f er a compromise to fix the surtax
proposed a 25 per cent, reduction in i maximum at 37-1-2 per cent, only in
both normal and surtax rates. | the event the Democratic plan was
Rules in effect today prevented a rejected,
roll call on the domestic substitute' One Democrat, Deal, of ’ Virginia,
which was ‘approved by a teller’s who at the party caucus announced
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Miss Alma Burnett has just re
turned from market and is in
charge of our Millinery Depart
ment. She will be glad to meet
and welcome all of the ladies
of Clinton and vicinity.
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he was opposed to the Garner plan,
did not vote, while three others, Wise,
Georgia; Dupre, Louisiana, and Mon
tague .Virginia, were absent.
The 203 other Democratic mem
bers of the House marched up the
center aisle to record their votes for
the Garner amendment. With them
were these Republicans:
The ten in the Wisconsin delega
tion, Reid, Illinois; Woodruff, Michi
gan; Laguardia, New York; Davis
and Keller, Minnesota; Sinclair,
North Dakota, and Mrs. Nolan, Cali
fornia. Wefald', Farmer-Labor, and
Kyale, Independent, Minnesota, also
supported Democratic proposal, while
Berger, Socialist, Wisconsin, was ab
sent, as were eleven Republicans.
Representative Graham, Republican,
Illinois, presiding, did not vote.
After the smoke of battle had
cleared away reading of the bill was
proceeded with until 5:30 o’clock most-
of the important administrative fea
tures receiving approval without
question.
In offering his resolution to tax
stock dividends, Representative Gar
ner, who led the Democratic qpposii
'fHe r ilicbfhr rates^ifgM, an-
nounced Democrats were released
from the party caucus agreement
and said he expected the remainder
of the measure to be considered in
a non-partisan manner. He predict
ed, however, that on a record vote
on his amendment, if a motion is
made to recommit the bill, not more
than 150 votes will be cast against
the Democrat income rate schedules
adopted today.
Mr. Longworth said another vote
would be sought but what course of
procedure the Republicans would
pursue in this regard had not been de
termined tonight. No further action
can be taken on this section until the
bill is up for passage. The Republi
can leader regretted that the compro
mise offer was not accepted and said
the outcome had been expected in the
light of the stand of the insurgents.
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SENATOR GREENE STILL
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
ADA1R-SUMEREL, Inc.
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Continues Straggle for Life After
Second Operation to Check
Brain Hemorrhage.
Washington, Feb. 19.—Senator
Greene, of Vermont, continued his
fight for life tonight, with attend
ing surgeons announcing that while
his condition remained crtitcal, he
was holding his own.
A second operation was performed
last night which resulted in check
ing a brain hemorrhage that follow
ed the wound received by the sena
tor Friday night. The bullet which
struck him was fired during a gun
battle between prohibition agents and
suspected bootleggers.
GRENNWOOD ALL SET
FOR BASEBALL YEAR
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directors of the Greenwood Baseball
club in the Carolina league for the
next season were elected at a meeting
of a large number of fans yesterday
afternoon. The directors are: S. W.
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surveyor and had opened a Bank
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care of his savings.
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systematically.
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