Show HOUSE PASSES BILL 1 TO TO REPEAL WAR TAXES WASHINGTON Feb 17 The The l.-The The bill bi to repeal the war taxes was unanimously passed a d. d by y the House 2 ITS S members voting aye W WASHINGTON WAHINGTON Feb 17 There There l.-There There was a large attendance on the floor foor of ot the House and gallery galery today In anticipation of the debate on t the e bill bi to repeal the the assembling of the House Committee war revenue taxes Just prior r to the of on Rules Hules agreed upon the form of a a. special rule for forthe the consideration of ot the bill bi by the terms of which it would be brought to a a vote at 4 o'clock today tOay The rhe chaplain In his Invocation prayed that the life of Representative Shepherd of T Texas who is dangerously I ill m mighT sI be spared After s some me minor business ess had been cleared away Mr 11 Dalzell Dalel from the Committee on Rules presented presented presented pre pre- the th sp special order agreed upon by that committee Mr r Dalzell Dalzel explained e I the he effect of the rule This measure he said was presented to redeem a pie pledge ge made when the war var taxes were Imposed that when the necessity for them ceased they would b be J repeal repealed d. d This was a measure on which TTe Took ook it It there was practical practical tl al un unanimity of sentiment on both sides of the House Tt n was a simple re re- re peal measure and It was deemed wise that fl ft i be brought To a vote without with with- olit out complication on the extraneous Issues At the conclusion of this brief statement lr Mr Dalzell Dalzel yielded thirty minutes to Mr Underwood of Alabama also also of the Committee on Rules The Alabama member protested against the adoption of the rule not he hes he's s 's said ld because it provided ded d for the consideration of a bill bi to reduce taxation but because se it prevented individual members from exercising their own judgment or c carrying lhing out the wishes of their constituents as to w af port of the excessive taxes should be be repe repealed led As an Instance of a tax which it v was vas s not advisable ble to I repeal peal he cited tha inheritance tax a tax which he said was levied on a class cass that was not reached by other taxation Mr Sir Underwood said he did not think a general generl tariff revision by should be made because such whether good or bad would unsettle present conditions and might lead to disorder He referred to the stagnation n In busine busmen which existed pending the enactment of both the Wilson Wison and and Dingley bill bi in support of ot that statement He thought that the of reducing duties dutes at this time should be through reciprocity agreements made In pursuance pursuance of Congressional enactment and sent to the clerks clerk's desk and ana had hd read an amendment representing his ideas in n this this par par par- Mr Nr Ball Bal of Texas denounced the rule rule as but another step In the parliamentary parliamentary par par- evolution by which individualism in the House was wa being crushed and a 1 few men were enthroned as t the e autocrats to dominate Its will wil |