Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-09
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

Income tax was practically the only sub
ject and Senators CumminS OF iowa anu
Borah Of Idaho the only speakers before LLe
Senate on the goth Mr.. Borah was not
heard until toward the close OF Ine udy .
session, when the Iowa senator yielded Lue
floor which he had held since TUESDAY: ne
took for his text the declaration made Tues
day by Senator .AldTich to the erect llat
he would vote for the corporation YAK
amendment only as means OF deteauns
the income tax, and without resorung -
personalities. he criticised the position Oh
the chairman Of the finance committee, VINO
had presented the corporation tax aiheiu-
ment to the Senate. Mr.. CummlnS also
paid his respects to Mr. Aldrich on account
Of his avOwaI Of yesterday.
But for objection from Senator Bulkeley
on the 1st the Senate would probably nave
come to an agreement to vote next TueSdJty
on the entire income tax amendment 10 tue
tariff bill. Senator Buckley Is opposed 10
the amendment, and as he expects to be our
of the city Tuesday he would not consent 10
have n vote taken ut that time. There
were several speeches for ana against an'
measure Mr.. BOrah concluding MS aFSu-
ment begun Yesterday. Mr. Root advocated
the corporation tax, Mr.. Clapp ana MI.
Owen the income tax and Senator ElnL anu
several others made incidental remarks
The corporation tax amendment was made
integral part Of the pending tariff bill
on the 2nd by vote of - to II. The test
vote came earlier on the substitution Of the
corporation tax for the income tax, and on
this the vote stood ~ to 81. The debate
was shared at times, but with Mr. Aidrlch
bIck from MS DFlpf vacation anu III luii
control the result was never in serious
doubt Among the speakers were Heyhurn,
Hughes, Cummins. NewlaDds, Rayner,
Brandcgec. Root and AldrCh
The maximum provisions of the tariff bill
were adopted by the Senate or the 81 by a
vote of 81 to Is. The final action upon this
amendment came at the close of day de.
voted to a lively discussion of the proposed
retaliatory measure that brought out Il
great variety Of views as to the ACCESSIBILITY
of cnacting such legislation The provisions
1f hiC .I1pp will int nff9f NYrr
81. 1910, and ninety days must clapse be-
fore a Presidents proclamation applying
the maNimUm duty Of - per cent ad va
loren in addition TO other duties provided
in the bill viii be operative. The duty on
tea and coffee as provided in the amend
ment originally reported by the committee
finance committee The Senate also agreed
to vote upon the submission of an income
tax amendment to the constitution to the
several states for ratification. this vote to
be taken upon the resolution and all amend
ments Monday at l o'clock. At 40 clock
the Senate adjourned.
The Senate on the 9Th adopted the Brown
resolution providing for the submission of
the income tax amendment TO state lcgiSla-
lures. Senator Rayner made Il fight against
the customs court feature Of the admins
frative amendment He declared that the
court would be found to be unconstitutional
because, while dealing with questions at
common law, it makes no provision for trial
by jury, which every sutton under common
law has a right to demand The prOvi-
SlOH, aILpF BelIE upleDQCu by keDUDllc1n
lawyers, was accepted without division, but
mot until it had been amended in accord
ance with Rayner's suggestion to exclude
criminal cases from its operation The
principal item still to be considered in the
tariff bill is the tobacco tax. Senator AL
drich hopes to nave the bill pass today from
committee Of the whole to the Senate.
Consideration of the tariff bill in commit
tee of the whole was completed on the 9th
and that measure was reported to the Sen
ate A finance committee amendment fixing
the tobacco duties was read but was taken
back by that committee on protest Of Sena-
tor Daniel of Virginia that the minority
members had not been given Il fair chance
10 consider it. Among amendments adopted
was one eXempting labor organizations, fra
fernal beneficiary societies and organiZa-
uonal purposes from the corporation tax.
At $3.50 O'Clock the Senate adjourned ITO al
low the bill to be printed and the senators
time to look it over.
House
The House was not in session on the 30th.
The House met on the list, approved the
Journal. listened to Chaplain Couden's pray
er, received a routine message from the
President, declined to consider q bridge bill
brought up by Representative HobSOn OF
Alabama, and adjourned within twelve min
uteS.
The House was not in session on the End
The House was not in session on the Sd.
There was only a small part of the mem
berShlp present when the House met on the
9th. Chaplain Couden offered Il prayer eX-
pressing patriotism appropriate to the day.
A message from the President recommend
subject of Montenegro for the loss of Ger
tain property in Texas; in 1865 was read
and referred to the committee on appropri-
ations. At 1910 the House adjourned until
Thursday.
The House was not in session on the 9th.