The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-13
SUBMIT INCOME TAX
HOUSE PASSES THE SENATE RES
OLUTION.
oaeation Goes to Legislatures Of states
After Democrats. In Debate
Taunt Repnbs ON Steal
ing Principles. fE

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Taunt Repubs on Steal
Ing Principles.
Washington, July 12--It Is now up to
the legislatures OF the several states
to say whether there shah be an in-
come tax amendment to the constitu>
ton. BY the decisive vote OF al to II.
more than the necessary two-third. the
House today passed the Senate joint
resolution providing for the submits
sion of the question to the states. No
amendment having been made to the
resolution II now goes to the President
for his signature. Practically four
hours were consumed in debating the
proposition and this afforded many
members, mostly on the Democratic
side an opportunity to air their views.
Chairman Payne OF the Committee on
Ways and Means voiced the sentiment
that such tax would make "a nation
OF liars" although he said 1t was well
that such power should be given Con-
gress. especially In times OF war.
The burden Of the Democratic
speeches was that II was simply a case
of stealing Democratic thunder al
| though some of the remarks on that
side incidentally touched upon the tariff
and the corporation tax, scoring the
Republicans for not keeping party
pledges. m
While favorinr the amendment. Mr..
Henry lTexas) expressed the fear that
| 1t would suffer defeat II submitted
to the Legislatures. He desired to
have the proposition submitted to con-
Btitutional conventions.
MT. Bartlett (Ga: shared In this
view. The proposition. he declared,
was sham and designed to prevent
he {fsannaiffnn n atIeh n tax.
Declaring that II the question had
been put to him Mr.. Clayton (Ala.)
said he would exempt the poor man
who was least able to shear the bur
dens Of government and would tax the
multimillionaires and thereby make the
idle rich pay something to the support
OF the federal government.
IT would" he exclaimed, amid de-
mocratic applause, get your While
c. waldorf Astors who have millions of
incomes and lives abroad. I would get
the Laird of Skibo or Skebo. or what
you may call it."
Hobo" q voice on the republican
side was heard to say.
well" replied Mr.. Clayton. Those
who help to make hoboes In this coun-
tyr"
II scorn." said Mr. James, (Ky.l in
favorihg the resolution. o government
whose taxing power provides that
Lazarus shall share his crumbs. but
that Dives must not give up his riches"
Mr.. James quoted from an ante cleo
toin speech in which Mr. Taft fovored
q graduated income tax and expressed
the view that perhaps change in the
personnel of the United States supreme
court might effect reversal of Its
opinion holding the income tax uncon-
stttutional. 1t denounced Bryan for
that, he explained. facing the repub-
Iican side.
you said he was assailing the honor
ana integrity of the supreme court. yet
the man you elevated to the Hottest
station in the nation virtually re-
peated the very same words that for.
twelve years the democratic party in
every platform had uttered said Mr..
James.
awe welcome the conversion of the
republican party to another democratic
principles" was the comment of Mr..
Clark (Mo) the minority leader, who
got rousing applause from his side OF
the chamber for his utterance.
An income tax. he maintained, was
q democratic principle.
zone by one the roses fall" he said
addressing the republican side, and
one by .one you adopt our platform
1t was the fairest tax devised by
man, he argued, remarking In that con-
U0CtlOn lnaI II WAS AhOhDNhVoS " soy
that accumulated wealth Of the coun-
try should not bear its Just proportion
of the public burden. If the PROPOSE
tion should be defeated he declared the
chances are that the tarin conference
will last until the first Monday in
december He concluded by expressing
himself In favor of increasing the a.
mount of exemption above $4,000.
To pass such a resolution at the pre-
sent time without having been duly
considered by a committee was char
acterized by Mr.. Mccall (Mass) as a
..proceedihg of extraordinary levity."
He was especially antagonistic TO
the idea of doing away. with the rule
Of apportionment as showing no fealty
to democratic principles. 1t was his
yisw that in opposing the tax the
power of the central government,
ALREADY so great that 1t is deVouring
the state governments" should be limit
ed to times of war.
you already have sufiicient OPP
portunity for corruption and for tho
political Jack Cade OF the future to
levy black mail' he claimed.
The proposed tax, he said. was, pre-
destined to be as unpopular tax as
was ever imposed.
He was, he asserted, against abroga
ting an important part of the great
compromise of the constitution and
passing an amendment which had not
been carefully considered by COM
mittee of the house or by anybody in
the country unless 1t be my William j.
Bryan"
In a hery speech in support of an
income tax, Mr.. Robinson (Ark.) ar
FaiRned the Republicans for. as he
charged, "foolinR the people" before
the last presidential election. He de-
fended william J. Bryan, declaring
that he stood head and shoulders above
any other man In private life today