The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-20
North Dakota Senator C1assed
With Probable Support of
Plan
SENATOR DANIELS CRITICISED
The REPUBLICAN PROCEDURE
Aldrich Had Read the Statements of
Senators Voorhees, and Vest, Demo.
Gratis, Defending Similar Course
When Republicans We're in Minority

Washington, April 2O.-It is evident
from the activity of the opponents and
antagonists of the income tax propo-
scition to ascertain the strength of
the other, that this question will fur
nish the sharpest contest to be waged
in the senate during the tariff revision
session OF congress. In view of the
fact that Democrats are said to be
unanimous for the income tax meas
ure, the leaders of the insurgent Re-
publican faction appear to be conf
dent of victory. On the other hand
the opponents of the income tax idea
say the Democrats are not united and
declare that some OF the insurgent
strength for additional internal taxes
will be lost the moment the senators
are convinced that the pending bill
will produce sufficient revenues for
the needs of the government. Among
the Republicans declared to be for
the income tax are Senators Borah,
Brown, Burkett, Clapp, Crawford,
Cummins. Dixon, Gammble, Geggen-
helm. LaFollette and Nelson. In addi-
tton to these, some of the insurgents
are claiming Senators Jones, Bourne,
Hepburn, Johnson of North Dakota
and Dolliver. If the votes of all these
senators should be cast for the income
tax provision, they would be more
than sufficient to pass it in the senate
unless a break should occur in the
Democratic ranks. The leaders of
both factions were busy on the floor
again today, canvassing the senate for
and against the income tax measure.
The Democratic POsttiOn.
The position of the Democrats in the
senate was outlined yesterday in the
speech of Senator Daniels, the ranking
Democratic member Of the committee
on finance:
Senator Daniel, spoke as follows:
This is a prodigious bill. 1t con-
| tains 302 pages and carries about a
million dollars a page. The Demo-
cratic members of this body never
saw it or heard it read, for it was not
read at the only meeting Of the COM
mittee until the day April IL, when it
was reported here by the chairman of
the finance committee with amend
ments. None of these amendments
were permitted even to be seen before
they were here presented.
Many witnesses appeared before
the senate finance committee. We
heard not one of them, nor could we
hear them, and we could not cross
examine.
II cannot regard this as either good
or fair government. Each one of us
have at home constituents who are
as much interested as any other con-
stituent body of a senator. Besides.
we are all Americans. We are all as
anxious for justice to be done to our
country as any of those who assume
the prerogative of excluding us from
opportunities of which they avail
themselves. The indignity is toward
the people of the United States and
towards the senate, which Is the only
body in the country where there re-
| mains free debate and where the
members in their rules and in their
conduct try to make everything as
fair and open as possible"
Senator Daniel added that the or
ganization of the house OF representa-
tives does not permit any kind of free
range to the members as was GUS
tomary of old. He said that to pro-
vide revenue was the prime and nee
CSodIy ESOoc VI luS
ing he said: "In consideration of the
bill, shall vote first Of all to raise
revenue. A deficit woulL require this
as there were a different disposition
shall also vote to lift every burden
of taxation off the people than can be
eliminated with just regard to the
conditions in which We legislate.
II would conserve and not destroy
any of the plants and industries
which raise by reasonable taxation
revenues which we need. If we do
not do this and are Won away from it
by the fascination Of the word free
we will find ourselves in a quandary
of deficit with interest bearing bonds
issues quick upon their heels. Our
declarations and conditions alike re-
quire something more than this. We
have declared for material reduc-
ton Of the protective tariffs. No
more would be possible without a dec