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Show SENATE PASSES RESOLUTION TO KEEPIO TAX President Wilson Signs the Measure and Congress Ad journs for the Usual Holiday Recess PARTISAN DEBATE IN UPPER CHAMBER Gardner Supports National Defense in the House, While Mondell of Wyo-ming Wyo-ming Talks Against It By International News Service WASIHIi QTON Deo 17 By a vote of 45 to 20 the senate passed the wsr tax continuance law which yesterday was passed by the house. Within an hour President WUson had approved the measure and had also red the treasury an added In come of about $7 000 000 a month daring 1916. rive Republicans, Senators Clapp Curtis, Harding, Jones and Kenyon, voted with the Democrats to pass the resolution. The senate voted down by a vote of 60 to 28 a Republican amend ment to limit the extension of the law to six months. WASHINGTON Dec 1 ong r adjourned tonight for the b st na hoi davs after tl e senate had a ioptcd the joint resol t on v,h ch im I the house Tester lav extending the en r geney rerenoo law one year o nnt 1 December 31 1916 The ena e sdo t ed the resolution after til il partuaa debate, by a vote of 45 to 29 Demo crate supporting it solidly and Repub lieana opposing it. Presideot v ilson signed the measure tonight Both houses will reconvene at noon Tuesdav Januarv 4 when the adm a istratlon legislative progren mn, o eluding the plans for national defense will be undertaken n earnest. During the two weeks of the seas on the only important legislation was the extension of the war tax Th a was done to prevent a lapse of the law December 31 next, with the understand ing that the law will be taken up for amendment in order to increase the revenues as soon after the holidays as possible. Lpon the adjournment tonight there was a general exodns of members for their homes The day in the house had been devoted to speeches on national defense Debate on Tariff Discussion of war revenue revision in the senate resolved itself into a tn ff argument. Republicans assail ng the Underwood law as inadequate and eon demmng the general f seal policy of the administration Senstor Underwood of Alabama in h s first senate speech vigoro sly upheld the law which bears his name and challenged Rep bhcans to compare t with the Payne Aldr ch tar iff Senator 8 mmons chai n an of the f nance committee n response to ques tions from the Republ cans sa d he n derstood it to be the adm nistratlon s plan to propose further revenue legis lation after the holidays and that h s impress on was there wonld bo no is suance of bonds to defray ncreased ex pcDses of the government including the preparedness progran me Penrose Leads Minority fcenator Penrose of Pennsylvan a who led in the m nor ty attack on the resolution interrupted Senator Under wood s speech to draw a p ct re of die men in b s Btate dur ng the camra gn for re election last year He sa d the present prosperity n the steel business was due to the war anfl mmense pur chases by bell geront governments The senato from Pennsylvan a sa d Senator Underwood in reply has made clear li s bel ef then that the !e press on Iwhich followed the terror of the f rst few uonths of the var was due ent rely to the Democrat c admin istratlon but that the prosperity was alone due to tl e war Th s d scuss on today wh le not Ilium nat ve on the f seal cond t on of the country has clearly def ne 1 the is sues between the two ereat part es on matters of legislat on. Mr Penrose says we are comm tt ng a cr me oga nst the American eo le by rel ing tie cue ton house taxes an 1 replae ng then w th taxat on rest ng solely on the wealth of the country ' War a Political Blessing Reven es were greate n tho f rst jea of thp p ewent tar ff law, he add ed than n the last yea of the Payne (Continued on Page Two ) SENATE PASSES THE JIT RESOLUTION (Continued from Page One ) law Senator Penrose ns ted that the war ha I been a pol t cal hies ng to the Democ at part ra her than a han 1 ap to the s ccesf 1 working o t of t"i f ee trade pol The trcasnr Uef t h h blamed on the E ropean via he a 1 wo Id n n op d on be a tho san times worse were t not for the wa Euro e The war n Europe ha been the onl cause wh cb has a c the f seal ol e of he party no power from tho most (pgant c collafs e er w tnessed n a I zed ro ntr 1 lele e f wc lal not had the na t oe e vo Id ha e the blackest t mes n the h ston of the n e an republ c omparel to wh h the de rress on n ler le elanl s econd al m n atra o and u der the laon Go man law vould have been nij f ant Rep r cm who o ned n he le hate n 1 led Senate T o gc Smnot f o na f al nger a 1 W r s nato Thomi and Gore s p ortc I s-c a o 8 mmoni and t nderwool |