Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-13
(Ry Annotated Press.l }

w IO4Ni Jhiy 12t--Dy biiO
cisive vote of 317 to II, the house to-
day passed the senate joint resolution
providing for the submission of the
income tax amendment question to the
states.
The negative votes were all cast by
Republicans.
The resolution now goes to the presi-
dent for his signature.
The debate lasted about four hours.
| Chairman Payne of the committee on
ways and means voiced the sentiment
that such tax would make a nation
| of lars
! The burden of the Democratic
speeches was that 1t was simply case
| of stealing Democratic thunder, al
though some of the remarks on that
side incidentally touched on the tariff
and the corporation tax, while no little
amount OF castigation of the Republi-
cans for falling, as was alleged, to
keep party pledges.
AT a conference at the White House
today it was decided the rate to be
| levied under the new corporation tax
| shall be reduced from per cent to l
| per cent, and that in redrafting the
! measure now In conference along with
the tariff bill, consideration shall be
! given the demands of the mutual life
! insurance companies.
Taft Central Figure
President Taft was the central figure
| in several conferences today. He told
some of his callers he was finding the
conferees concilitory and he was hope
| ful that a satisfactory measure would
be presented to him for signature.
The conference report should be
available, according to the presidents
| information, by the end of next week.
A1dri0h AtfnTnRU General
| Wickersham, Senator Burrows, Senator
| Smoot Representative Fordney and
| Speaker Cannon were among those who
discussed the tariff and the corpora
tion tax with the president today.
| Determined opposition was shown by
the house conferees today to the in
crease from III to 21-S cents pound
which the senate made on lead bullion.
| AS a result this schedule was held up.
The more important of the subjects
passed over in the metal schedule are
iron ore, lead bullion and zinc ore and
! bullion.
Iron ore was placed on the free list
by the house and made dutiable at
! 25 cents a ton by the senate. The
Dingley rate is 40 cents a ton. The
| general impression is that the senate
will make a concession to the house,
and that as compromise the rate
may be fixed at 10 or Is cents ton.
Hides viii Be Contested
The house provision for free hides,
struck out by the senate, and the ex-
listing rate of Is cents ad valorem, sub
stituted, and for 81 lumber, which rate
was materially increased in the senate,
will be the subject of contests.
While favoring the income tax
amendment Mr.. Henry of Tex
as expressed the fear that IT
would suffer defect If submitted to
the legislatures. He desired to have
the proposition submitted to constitu-
tional conventions.
Mr.. Bartlett of Georgia shared in this
view.
In fiery speech in support of an in
come tax, Mr.. Robinson of Arkansas
arraigned the Republicans for, as he
charged, "fooling the people" before
the last presidential election. He de-
Tended William ]. Bryan, declaring
that he stood head and shoulders above
any other man in private life today.
"There are men here" he remarked,
"who owe William j. Bryan an apollo
gy."
others supporting the resolution were
Harrison of New York. Keifer, Ohio;
Hull, Tennessee; Miller, Kansas; Sims,
Tennessee; Bartholdt, Missouri; Byrd,
Mississippi; Richardson, Alabama;
Sulzer, New York. Goldfogle, New
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Alabama; Cox, Indiana; Sharp, Ohio;
Rucker, Missouri, Dies, Texas; Cole
Ohio: Hobson, Alabama; Diekema,
Michigan, and opposed by Messrs. Hill
of Connecticut and Pickett of Iowa.
No Amendments In Order
Mr.. Henry of Texas vainly sought to
offer an amendment providing for the
submission of the question through
constitutional conventions, but the
speaker ruled that under the agreement
for vote no amendment was in order.
From this decision Mr.. Henry ap-
pealed and succeeded in forcing roll
call. The vote resulted: Yeas, 1856;
nays, 143, sustaining the speaker.
The vote on the resolution resulted
317 to IA The Democrats voted solid
ly for the resolution, but the following
Republicans voted against 1t; Allen,
Maine: Barchfeld, Dalzell, McCreery
and Wheeler, Pennsylvania: Fordney'
Michigan; Gardner, Mccall and Weeks.
Massachusetts,: Hill and Henry Con-
necticut; Olcott and Southwick, New
York Calderhead, Kansas
The house at 5:33 p. m. adjourned
until Thursday
The president in his talks with the
conferees has begun the discussion OF
specific rates.
The president is said to feel the
withdrawal of the corporation tax in
favor of the inheritance tax adopted
by the house would be unfair to num-
ber of senators who supported the cor
poration tax in preference to the in
come measure.
1t is authoritatively declared the
president is in favor of the admins
trative features of the senate bill
Bill Is Less Drastic
1t is considered to be less drastic
than the house provision which has
been characterized in the senate as re-
taliatory in its nature, whereas the
senate provision is an attempt toward
reciprocal trade agreements,
The president has been informed by
the conferees that they probably will
be two weeks at their task
1--WE welcome the conversion of the
Republican party to another Demo-
cratic principle" was the comment of
Mr.. Clark of Missouri, the minority |
leader, who got rousing applause from