Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-07
AFTER MUCH CIRCULATION SEN
ATE SUBSTITUTES SCHEME
FOR INCOME TAX.
CUMMINS ENTERS FORMAL PRO
TEST BUT ALDRICH FORCES
SITUATION.
LA FOLAETTE VOTES AGAINST
OTHER REPUBLICANS.

ton tax amendment which was sug
gested by President Taft, drawn by
Attorney General Wickersham and
presented to the senate by Mr. Aid
rich, chairman of the committee on
finance, is an integral part of the tar
iff bill as that measure now stands.
After much tribulation the senate
reached a vote on the proposition
shortly before adjourning at p. m
yesterday, and the amendment was
agreed to, 60 to IL. With all the
modifying amendments disposed of
many democrats voted with most OF
the republicans for the amendment
Only three democrats voted against
the provision on the final vote, but
some refrained from voting at all
The test vote was on the substitu
ton of the corporation tax amend
ment for the income tax provision
and on that vote As senators voted in
the affirmative and 81 in the mega
tive. On this ballot all the demo
cratic votes were cast in favor of the
income tax, which also received the
support of a number of insurgent re
publicans.
With the income tax question dis
posed of, the senate today will take
tariff bill, probably beginning with
the maximum and minimum rate pro
vision
The reaching of a vote came as
somewhat of a surprise to a large ma
jority of the senators, but not to Mr..
Aldrich and his intimate advisers
Mr. Aldrioh himself had been conf
dent from the time of his arrival in
the senate early in the day, after a
brief vacation tina he would succeed
in getting a vote before adjournment
The result shows that while the sit
uation seemed extremely critical for a
time the chairman of the finance com
mittee did not count without a tnor-
ough understanding of the situation.
He, therefore, kept his lieutenants
busy holding his supporters in the
chamber and at no time during the
day was the senate without quorum.
Debate was somewhat more animal
ed than Thursday and there was a
steady fire of oratory from the begin
ming OF the session until 430. Durin g
that time Messrs. Hepburn, Hughes,
Cummins, Newlands. Rayner, Bran
degee, Root and Aldrich discussed all
phases of the income tax question.
OF these Mr.. Newlands was the last
speaker and when he concluded Mr..
Aldrich took the floor and made re-
quest for a unanimous agreement for
a vote on the corporation tax amend
ment today at / o'clock. Previous to
presenting this request there had
been much comforting between
Messrs. Aldrich Bailey, Cummins,
Borah and other opponents of the
amendment and it was generally sup
posed that they had reached an I'M
derstanding that the vote should be
taken today as suggested by MIR. Aid
rich When it seemed that such a
compact was probable Mr.. Cummins
came to the front with an objection.
While many senators were dlspleased
with the idea that because q. the
then parliamentary status of the cor
poration amendment it was not capa-
BILE of modification, the Iowa senator
took reverse position. He opposed
the agreement because the provision
would be amendable in case 1t should
be substituted for the Lodge counter
vailing duty, which every one under
stood would result His theory was
that there should be square vote
on the issue as it had been present
ed and no vote on any amendment
which might now be presented and on
which there would be no opportunity
for debate He therefore, entered a
formal objection TO the unanimous
agreement which not only had the eff
feet of preventing the fixing OF vote
for today but of forcing it today.
Even after Mr.. Cummins' objection
had been recorded and Mr.. Aldrich
had called for a vote it looked as II
he would be disappointed. Mr.. Fra
zier. who had been a supporter OF
the income tax amendment and an op-
ponent of the corporation tax, was