The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-22
HOW ALDR!CEI
DID KILL. 1T
LA TOILETTE TELLS OF IT
Shows AIdrich Up in His True
Lisht-how the Vote Stood
on the Income Tax Bill in
The United States Senate

VI AilS ~ ''i N'9N h9Nlpll, senator
Tillman SAID of Senator Aldrich
and his associates of the Finance
Committee: You are not h>po-
critics oh, no. Iou are the bold
est band of buccaneers that ever
got together
These ave forceful words. They
were used to characterize the Aid
rich methods of masking a tariff
law But Senator Aidrlch' : bold
ness was put To a severe test in
killing the income tax than ii eve,
WAS in forcing through hiGh duty
What could be boider than his
frank admission that the corpora
ton tax was brought forward as
means OF defeating the income tax
The RECORD shows that Nj.
Aldrich has at all times and Oh all
ways opposed taxation OF the great
incomes OF the rich Heretofore
he has opposed II III general terms.
BY calling it socialieuc. auar
chistic, and democratic But
at this time he makes the ho.dc,
objection that an income tax. Ut
enacted and sustained by the court,
would open up a great field ot GOV
eminent revenues aside from tariff
duties upon what the people con
sumo. According to his view. IN
order to provide needed revenue
for the government. il Is necessary
to maintain our tariff At the high
level he has fixed in the present
bill. He makes the revenue needs
strong argument to support high
duties OF course II ID large part
OF the revenue should he raised b>
an income tax. this would do away
with one staudpat argument
against downright revision OF tar
if schedules. Early in the discus
sion Of the income tax amendment
Senator Aldrlch declared IN the
senate, II the income tax j. adopt
ed would feel it necessary 70 20
back and revise every schedule III
this bill.
When Aldrich was about to sub
NIT his corporation tax substitute
for the income tax amendment.
Senator CLAW OF Georgia asked HIM
why this substitute measure would
not also tend to break down the
protective tariff system and how he
could consistently favor the one
proposition and oppose the other
The following is Aldrich answer,
taken from the RECORD.
Mr.. Aldrich: shall vote for
corporation tax as a means to defeat
the income tax
Let Senators who voted with
Aldrich for a corporation tax aa
means 10 defeat the income tax,
and especially those senators VINO
were previously disposed 70 recog
nlze the eminent ot their consult
tents and to support the income
tax, but who topped to the sup.
port of Aldrch when he provided
for them this defense let them
go back to their constituents ana
try to explain away that answer
For it is the real answer for AId.
rich vote and for the votes oi
those who voted with hum Lc,
these senators try to ~ uaIe
themselves by adding AIdrich
explanation that supplemental
tax is needed to meet the dciiciI'
They Will find that this does NOT
explain why it must be corp"'"
ton tax and not an income TAX.
Or let him add his other cNplalla
ton that the corporation TAX "
it is adopted will certainly be very
largely reduced if not repeated az d.,
the end Of two years. heF WIZ
find this answer only shove MOI
clearly that the whole proposition
is subterfuge
They will have even more dIn,
Guilty in defending thcir vote WIZ"
Aldrch against an income la% ~
using the plea used by Aldri'n
himself on the floor Of the 7c''"'0
that the committee decided T."
hew closely to the line and f'lI|"
the suggestions and recomli'G'''''-
tons Of the President IN TINS ~
lation Senator Clapp p"l,n''"
out the weakness Of tins deie"
when, after suggesting tha' .no
Necessary supplement reVe u u :
could easily be raised by 'aN ''S