Rock Island Argus., 1909-04-20
Members Of Upper House
Worked Up Over
This Clause.
INSURGENTS ACTIVE
Senator Stone Makes Vigorous
Speech DenounCing Pend
ing Tariff Bill.

Washington, April 2O.-It is evident
from the activity of the opponents and
advocates of the income tax PROPOSE
tiOn that this question will furnish the
sharpest contest to be waged in the
senate during the tariff revision ses
sion of congress In view of the fact
that the democrats are said to- be
unanimous for the income tax meas
ure leaders of the ''insurgent" repu5
lican faction appear to be confident of
victory.
Deny Minority Is United.
On the other hand, the opponents
of the income tax idea assert the DEM
ocrats are not united and declare some
insurgents now strongly for additional
internal taxes will be lost the momeat
the senators are convened that the
pending bill will produce sufficient
revenues for the needs of the govern
ment
Some of the Insurgents.
Among republicans declared to be in
favor of the income tax are Bora /,
Cummins, Dixon, Gamble, Guggenheim,
LaFollette and Nelson In addition to
these some Insurgents are claiming
Jones, Bourne, Hey, Johnson If
North Dakota and Dolliver. If the
votes of all of these senators should
be cast for the income tax provision
they would be more than sufficient 10
in To Il
should occur in the democratic ranks
Snys IL Mems Too Much Work.
Leaders of both factions were to-day
canvassng the senate for and against
the measure. Opponents used the ar
gument that every dollar raised from
taxes on incomes must be at the eX
pense of protected industries and that
the attack would be made first upon
western products; that it would mean
a complete revision of the tariff and
the resorting to many experiments
which might prove unsafe. In any
event, it was declared, if this course
was followed it would mean an entire
summers work.
These kind of arguments appeared tC
shake the enthusiasm of some of the
supporters of the income tax idea, bu
the leaders of this faction were still
of the opinion they would win.
stone Takes Issue.
Washington, d. c., April 20.-Takins
issue squarely with Pres -dert Taft OF
the latter's Philippine policy, Senate
Stone RI Missouri IN 4 carefully l:re
pared speech delivered in the senat'
today on the subject of the tariff, ure
ed the withdrawal of the United
States from the islands within a pei
iod of Is years pending which the pee
pie of those islands should enjoy al
the benefits of legitimate free trad
with this country.
Would Promise Independence.
In the form of an amendment, MI
Stone proposed to strike out section
of the Aldrich-Payne tariff bill and t
substitute therefor a provision declal
ing 1t to be the policy of the Unite
States to grant independence to tn
islands whenever they have organize
a stable government capable of mail
tanning public order" to negotiat
agreements with other powers to il
sure the islands independence b
neutralizing them; to admit free c
duty into the United States until thi
policy has been fulfilled "all article
wholly the growth and product of tn
Islands, in consideration of whic
agricultural implements and IN
chinery, cotton ard cotton manufa
lures, books and publications. and IN
chinery for use in manufacture of &
kinds, wholly the growth and produ'