The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-07-08
Income TAX LEFT
TO STATE SOL0NS
Legislatures to Decide constitu4
tional Amendment Question.
SENATE BUSHES THE BILL.
Works Hard While Others Celebrate
Fourth-Senator Rayner Attacks /
Customs Court Feature Of
@..ssy..s the Measure. w

Washington, July 6.-The Iegisla.
lures of the various states are to de.
eide whether the United States is to
have an income tax, the senate hay.
ing adopted the Brown resolution
making such provision
The resolution submits to the legisI
latures of the states an amendment to
the national constitution providing
that 'the congress shall have power
to lay and collect taxes on Incomes
from whatever source derived, with
out apportionment among the several
states and without regard to any cen.
sus or enumeration. ,-rs
Debated for Three Hours.
There were three hours of debate
over this measure, the principal con.
test being over an amendment by Sen.
ator Bailey submitting the amend.
ment to conventions in the states In
stead of the various state legislatures.
The amendment was defeated, the di.
vision being largely along party lines.
The Brown amendment was adopted
unanimously. 20,
Senator Aldrich hopes to have the bin
pass to-day from committee of the
whole to the senate. In the senate prop.
er 1t will receive brief attention and
will then go to conference. The tobacco
schedule probably will provoke consid.
cradle debate and the chairman of tho
finance committee may be disappoint.
ed. Consideration of the bill is, how.
ever, near its finish In the senate.
The Fourth of July was the sen.
ate's busy day. From ten o'clock in
the morning until 5:35 o'clock in the
afternoon the senators labored. The
day was devoted to the consideration
of the administrative provisions of the
bill and to the Brown resolution.
Rayner Fights Customs Court.
The best fight of the day was mads
by Senator Rayner against the Gus.
toms court feature of the administrat
tive amendment. He undertook to
puncture the provision, and he made
a long speech in which he set forth
with much emphasis the declaration
that the court would be found to be
unconstitutional because, while deal.
ing with questions at common law, It
which he said every suitor under the
common law has right to demand.
He sharply criticised Mr.. Aldrich.
whom he frequently reminded that he
was not lawyer and could not be ex.
pected to understand legal and con,
stitutional questions. 40
The provision was defended by d
number of the Republican lawyers.
but Mr. Root said that he had not
favored the creation of the court. The
provision occupied the attention for
about three hours and ultimately was
accepted without division, though not
until Ii had been amended in accord
ance with Mr. Rayners suggestion so
as to exclude criminal cases from its
operation.
The proposed court is to consist Of
five members and it is intended to SUI
persede the United States circuit
courts in customs matters.
O.. Senate AccompIishes Much.
Not since the tariff bill has come
Into the senate has SO much been &C,
complished within day. Indeed.
when the sitting came to an end
summary of the proceedings showed
that there was very little left to be
done. The principal item still to be
considered was the tobacco tax, the
figures on which had not been COM
pleted by the committee when the
senate adjourned. e., d., ,id
Attention was given to the draw
back feature to the bill, relative to
which the finance committee made no
recommendation beyond striking out
the house provision, which would have
the effect of throwing the whole ques.
ton into conference. In the senate,
however, several amendments were
made, some of which were permitted.
at Senator McCumber's instance, to
satisfy the grain producers of the
northwest. A number of other minor
additions were also made, and all the
ady,1l lot, fiup -