Show HUNDRED MILLIO additional TAXES THE WAR REVENUE MEASURE APPROVED iBY BY SENATE BY VOTE OF 34 TO 22 southern senators make vigorous fight to postpone action upon i meas measure ure by Coalition with the republicans washington the administration war revenue bill levying approximately additional taxes to meet the emergency caused by the war in europe was waa passed by the senate saturday at night 34 to 22 after seu southern thern democrats in coalition with the ra ife publicans public ans of the senate fought to indefinitely postpone consideration of 0 the measure because cotton relief relict legislation had teen been decisively defeated democratic leaders by a supreme af pf effort in the climax of the cotton fight gathered their faltering forces and spurring them on with eloquent appeals for party solidarity defeated the coalition in its ita move to indefinitely postpone action thirty two to senators dark clark of arkan arkansas sas smith of georgia smith of south carolina vardaman and white were the democratic senators who fought to the end voting with the republicans to postpone action this would have hava killed the bill for the present session I 1 of congress despite urgent pleas of senators williams stone shively and james who demanded united democratic support for a democratic measure fostered by the administration these five southern senators under a storm of oratorical orica I 1 denunciation persisted to the last ditch in their determination t 1 at the b bill 11 I 1 6 should hou 1 d contain some cot tor relief provision the enlivening contest that marked tile the passage of the bill fore shadowed tho the end of the long drawn out session ov 0 congress which has kept flags flying almost continuously for the past two years the vote on the revenue bill followed party lines with ono one exception senator lane of oregon democrat voting against it |