Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-12
CALLS ALDR|CH
D|SCRED|TED
LEADER
LAFOLLETTE SCORES
RHODE ISLAND SENATOR
Committee Sustained al All
Points on, Wool Schedules
Consideration Of Income Tax
Amendments Postponed,

iby Morning Juurnni special irased wire
Washington. n. g., Juno 1.-THE
income TAX shared with the wool
schedule the senate's attention today
and after discussion OF an hour or
more, its further consideration was
postponed until June IS by a vote Of
Al TO 81. This action WAS the RI suit
OF a motion made by Senator Aldrich
which followed q charge By Senator
Bailey tina undue Influence WIS borg
brought 10 bear against the proposed
income tax amendment to the tariff
bin, Mi. Aidrich declared that no
knew of no such effort but pleaded
for the postponement Of tho question
until the schedules should be dis
posed OF.
Mr.. Bailey accepted amendments -
his income tax provision suggested oy
Mr.. Cuimmins by which the rates Of
tax WAS decreased from three to two
per cent and exempted all incomes
under $1,000.
Senators Borah, Bourne. Garter. In
Toilette and Piles voted on the motion
with the democrats.
The scnate refused By the decisive
vote OF SO 10 8 to rocommit tile vsoi
schedule to the committee on finance
on motion Of Mr.. Cummins and tllgs
finally concluded consideration of fhat
schedule. Only q few of the progress.
slve republicans supported toe M
tion.
This vote followed on long discus.
sion intersparscd with many persoi,-
alitips.
Openly declaring his opinion that
Senator Aldrich had lost The tonii-
dence OF olhcr republican senators
which a leader should have. Mr.. LIS
Toilette made a determined figlt. 10
compel the adoption Of amendments
to the wool schedule Of the tartff BIZ
which were yesterday presented hy
himself. They went down before the
majority which right plong has stood
for the finance committee s work, the
vote being A against the amendments
10 30 far them II was after this vote
had been taken that the Wisconsin
senator made his assertion that by
his course with rofcrcnch 60 the WOOL
en- schedule Mr.. Aldrich had forfeited
the position or leadership.
Senator G%allinRer complained that
Mr. LaFollette had transrndcd the |
senatorial rule regulating personal al
lusions in the senate. Mr.. LaFollotte
accepted the official rebuke good
naturally.
Senator Cunmins was also severe Y
on Chairman Aldrlch ana IN the course
OF his remarks declared that the SEN
ntorial leaders were counting the dc,
OF the republican party by
their course with reference to the
duties IN wool ANA woolens.
Senator Bacon forced votes on two
Of his reducing to thirty
per cent ad valorom the duty on wool
and wooden goods but ne failed to ob
tain the support of any OF the repub
iican senators.
Arguing The Justice on his pian 10,
a compensatory duty on products u
wool manufacturers to allow thcm
pay a higher price for wool than
10 their foreign competitors. senator
cummins said that to lcyy a duty on
goods partly ot cotton, as il cntirel,
Of wool would be- 10 give domestic
manufacturers an advantage that ne
man should have He admitted "a
-cply 10 a question hy Mr.. McCumhe
hat he did not pretend 10 frame a
schedule hy which the different grades