The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22
INSIST ON INCOME
TAX CONSIDERATION
Aldrich Failed to Side
Track Question
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BEFORE THE SENATE TODAY
Discussion of Tariff Confined Largely
to Democratic Side-DemOcratic
Senators Reply to Criticisms for the
Way They Ignored the National
Platform in Their Votes.

Way They Ignored the National
Platform in Their Votes.
Washington, D. c., June 18.-Jus1
before adjournment tonight the Sen
ate adopted by a vote Of "A to 80 the
amendment Of the Senate committee
On finance, fixing a duty Of 81 a tor
On print paper in place Of the House
rate Of 50 a ten, out the other amend
ments to the Wood pulp and print pa
per schedules had not been acted upon
when the Senate adjourned at
o'clock.
After this vote had been taken there
was an effort to reach an agreement
upon a time for voting upon the va
rious income and corporation tax
propositions. Mr.. Aldrich sought to
obtain a general agreement to post
pone the further consideration Of this
question until after the disposal Of the
tariff schedules. but Senators Bailey
and Cummins insisted upon coupling
with the agreement ar understanding
that there should be taken a direct
vote on the adoption Of an income
tax amendment and no agreement was
BY order of the Senate adjournment
is taken ach day at 7 p. m, and that
hour arrived while the question was
under discussion. The Bailey income
tax amendment, therefore, will be the
pending amendment when the Senate
Tomorrow. If an mani
nous consent agreement in accordance
with the motion made by Mr.. Aldrich
to-day is not then obtained, he prob
ably will move to postpone consider
alton of these subjects to a certain
day.
Discussion Of the tariff was Q n
fined largely to the Democratic side
of the chamber, and while technically
based upon the tariff had more peril
nent reference to the Democratic ma
tiOnal platform. The immediate sub
ject of debate was an interview with
former Congressman John E. Lamb,
of Indiana, in which that gentleman
was represented as criticislng some of
the Democratic Senators who a not
cast their votes on some Of the Sched-
ules in accordance with the declara-
ions of the Denver platform. Among
those who were referred to were Sen
ators Daniel, of Virginia, and Sim
mons, of North Carolina, and each
made response TO the criticism.
Senator Bailey took occasion also
to reiterate his independence of special
declarations by the party, and Senator
Hughes, the new Senator from Colo
RADIO, was ultimately drawn into the
discussion.
Mr.. Bailey having said that the
Denve platform had been the work
of one man, evidently referring to Mr..
Bryan, Mr.. Hughes entered upon a
defense of Mr.. Bryan and of the plat
form. The remarks of the Colorado
Senator caused Mr.. Bailey to again
take the floor and in defending his
position he undertook to show that
by his vote for a duty on lead ore
Mr.. Hughes had himself not been en-
tirely controlled by the official utter
ances Of his party. He made refer
ence to trusts and masters, which
in turn aroused Mr.. Hughes, and he
responded with much feeling. declar-
ing that he was under no outside in
fuence and under no obligations to
any trust. Mr.. Bailey d~isavowed any
intention Of making such an intima-
ton and. although the atmosphere of
the Senate chamber had for the time
been heavily charged with electricity,
the Incident passed off quietly enough.
During the course of his remarks
Senator Hughes took occasion to OPP
pose the policy of attempting to i'm
pose an income tax by the roundabout
way of a constitutional amendment.
He declared his conviction that it was
now competent for Congress to i'm
pose an income tax under its present
authority and he pointed out that the
fOrmer income tax law was not still on
the statute books. as had been stated
by the President, but that it had eX-
pired by it's own limitation nine years
ago.
Previous to the discussion in the
Democratic ranks a vote had been
taken on Senator Browns amendment
providing for the free importation of
print paper and it was defeated by a
Vote Of % to So, only four Republic
cans, Messrs. B~everidge, Bristow.
Brown and Burkett voting for it.
senator Galilnger occupied the
early hours of the Senate with a
speech in support Of the finance com