Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-02-03 | Page 1 | Income-Tax Measure Lacks Only One Vote

MEASURE L lACKS ONlY ONE VOTE New Jersey or New Mexico Depended Upon to Furnish Ratification Washington Feb 2 Ratification n. of It the Income tax amendment nt b by tho the nee Clr essary esstry t f of ot the Senate li 11 the union probably will with be pUshed this wo week ck favorable action h by Ji only one more mOI state belli being ln necessary to make possible tho the amendment which will become becom the ti-nc sixteenth article of or th the constitution of the United States Either New ew Jersey or Of Now New MerIco it seems tonight Avill join fia ratification column before the end o othe of the tho week the rhe New Jersey as assembly and antl the tho Xe Mexico senate h having al al reat ready taken action on th thi th proposal Js as s adopted by Congress thi Th Utah leSI legislature 1 If is considering ratification I cation calion a resolution proposing this ac net being now In the thu hands of ot the senate senat I Co committee an unit t C e. e The thirty five stat states z which ad already have 0 ratified the amendment are Ala I bama bara Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Georgia Idaho Id Illinois Indiana Indi 11 ana ann Iowa lova a Kentucky f ana nina Maine Maryland larland Michigan l nt Ola Mississippi Missouri Montana a Nevada Novida New ew York North Carolina North orth D Dakota Oklahoma Oregon Ohio South South DR la Icota Tennessee se Texas n n. n I Wisconsin I und nind West est Virginia Four 11 states thus far far Connecticut I INow Now Nor Hampshire Rhode Island anti and I Utah Utah have have r rejected the tho amendment I IE NE VF V E BUSY i Santa Fe N N. M. M I. I F Feb b 2 In In In an on effort to beat bent New ow Jersey to the honor of belag be- be I Irl lag the thirty sixth state to ratify th the th Income tax amendment to the federal i i constitution New ew Mexico legislative l' l leaders tonight pl planned for far immediate I action l 1 l' l v the house when It i afternoon bits va A poll of tho the house shows sho's an overwhelming over whelming m of or Its members member rj favorable to the tho Joint resolution of ot rat I l adopted b by the senate Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- and It Is planned to suspend th the rules and rush th the m to 1 I I 1 diate adoption r I