The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-13
STATES WILL
decide AS TO
INCOME TAX.
muse Agrees to Senate Joint
resolution by an Over
wheIning Majority.
arGlTIVE VOTES ALL
CAST BY REPUBLICANS
.,owAN PAYNE FEARS WE
''' suAlL BECOME A NATION
OF LIARS.

..,,,.tor. July by the decisive
on 10 "a, more than the neces-
yoe " -5ir5s. the house today passed
SER IVY" iofnt resolution providing for
the sele--ifssior of the income tax ques-
the ne states The negative votes
ton W '-Set bv Republicans, The reso-
WeTe al IN goes 10 the president for MS
sg7s'I5 siate lasted about four hours.
LIe-e0 PAYNE Of the committee on
tla-. and means voiced the sentiment
Ea,s ,rE a tax would make "a nation
Of -l .ll s-,-5sn Of the Democratic speeches
l-'h 49, II was simply a case OF steal
pc n.m0rr8tic thunder, although some
hs -s-,ark5 on that side incidentally
lL5 anon the tariff and the cOrpO-
49, o. tsv with no littl0 amount of cas-
...-.+ior al the Republicans for falling as
rs alleged, to keep party pledges.
If.sr agreeing to take a vote today at
1900 on the joint resolution pre-
5..-ti-g an amendment on the resolution
ss-.-atizlng the Ievying Of an income tax,
-g-tiass OF appOTtiOnmeut among the
-9I states. the house proceeded to
discuss the proposition.
Payne Against It.
.r believe it tends to make a nation
If liars" declared Chairman Payne in
Connection with statement that ne was
f+i-rfv opposed 10 such tax IN times
-f resce He believed it was the most
Hrcut of enforcement and the. hardest
81 o1'Iart cit is. in "a word he said,
= fax upon the incomes of honest men
sr8 an exemption, 10 some extent, to the
Fss5als.
Hs hoped it would never be invoked.
-
rubi-su party to another Democratic
1rirginle." was the comment of Mr.. Clark
Of Missouri the minority leader, who got
r5usng applause from his side of the
chamber for his utteranCe An income
tax he maintained, was a Democratic
principle zone by one, the roses fail.
be- said. addressing the Republican side
'ani one by one, you adopt our plat
form He concluded by expressing him
self h favor Of increasing the amount
Of exemption above 5000
This Jed him into cOllOquy with Mr..
Burke Of Pennsylvania.
How far above 5000 and why?" Mr..
Burke asked
z vold fix whatever figure [ did
tT fer t1s public good, sharply answered
Er. Clark
Upon being pressed to be more specific.
~ Clark said he would want to think
he natter over.
Would Exempt Poor Man.
Declaring that if the question had been
FlJ to him, Mr. Clayton (Ala.) said he
would exempt the poor man, who was
east able TO bear the burdens Of gov
eminent and would tax the mulumnlion-
ares ana thereby make the idle rich pay
something 70 the support Of the federal
government
would. be claimed, amid Democratic
-pl-ause get your Willie Waldorf As
yrs VINO have millions Of income and
5's aoToad in the light, I would get
.5 Laird or skibO or Skeebo, or what
ever you call it,"
hooo' voice on the Republican side
vas heard TO say.
b.. scorn.' said Mr., James of Ken
s 10y, N Iavoring the resolution, "a gov
t.l-TA- whose taxing power provides
.L lt lazarus shall share his crumbs. but
,r ives must not give up his riches"
s-- lanes quoted from an ante-elec-
-- sggelh ID which Mr. Taft favored
~ s, ri-,l income tax and expressed
t. -s''A5i or the United States supreme
--. ne --5Ht effect a reversal Of its for
institutional ''lN III
s,i5 10y dsnouuce Bryan for that" he
ssi5 L-a-lhs the Republican side. You
r-7-i.,. as aaSalilng the honor and in
rsr y,,- ' Lls supreme court, vet the
n rbs rs-S 5l5'a led to the Hottest station
ss--s re..SA virtually repeated the very
1er-,,-n-o35l s mat for twelve wears the
u,;srs5 . party IN every platform had
Fear Of Defeat.
uMl-e tavOriug the araD5r,.,+ NJ.
Womb lex expressed the fear thar If
Is5l-r-- slLler defeat if submitted - az
os3t-- -5s lie desired to have tba nroD-
varff5-- -e,.tttltQ TO constitutional con
this view MI Bartlett (GaJ shared in
cone t5 IeTy speech in support of an in
The Re1gbIi az, ROBINSON (Ark} arraigned
ing the rs1-7-,SS iuI. as he charged fool
tai sIe-ili7 before the last DresIden-
Bryar 'Su9A He defended WiIItsrp
sh6rl5---u 5yt5flng that he stood HI -
life fo5s,. a'o'e any other man in public
o. b here re- are men here" he rams~,,aa
ogy" '"' William j, Bryan an apoI,,
HARRISON supporting the resolution were
TENN. Mil Il Kiefer 90. Hull
son I9isS '42), Byrd NIiss1 Ri ITilll,',
u H. sulzer u. W Eoi5sl'll.JI--i ia ~ "
tlnd1 SE5-----l I'd Mo-, Helm CAIaG Tov
Tex SaIal 90, Rucker VToS NJ ~
.A.cb) srz ~ Hobson CAla1. Diekema
ELL Conn., al !. was opposed by Messrs
''' ana Pickett Ia.
NJ. Speaker Sustained.
t5r an a1lay-5-- lex Iex) vainly sought to Of
,l,l5rsI Vi The question t6roIIe,b $50
conventions, but the s0 nea'I,l
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