The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-08
DIVIDEND TAX
VICTOR in SENATE
TAFT CORPORATION LEVY Is
MADE PART OF ALDR1CH
BILL.
Rhode Island Leader Suddenly
Changes Plans and Forces Vote
Despite Efforts of Foes.

t.rovisiOn was adopted by the oelidte
inst before adjournment Friday night.
II IS now part and parcel OF the AID
noch bill The final vote which an
nexed the amendment, Invested OF all
,arliamentarv inpediments, to the
tariff measure was SO to IL.
Fieht Republicans and three Dem
ocrats opposed the amendment on the
final vote. The Republicans were
Borah OF Idaho, Bristow OF Kansas
rRulkelev of Connecticut, Clapp OF
Minnesota. Cummins and Dofhver oil
Iowa Helburu OF idaho and LaFol-
sette OF Wisconsin The Democrats
were Hughes OF Colorado. Chamber
lain OF Oregon and Shively OF lndi-
ana. Three other Democrats-BScon
of Georgia, Overman OF North Gar
olina and Stone OF Missouri-were
present and declined to vote
The real test vote came a fuli hour
before the final roll cali (rt required
FIVE votes altogether to get the
amendment into the bill and was up
on adopting the corporation provision
as AN amendment to the dummy pre-
serted by Senator Lodge, Tor stra-
tegic purposes, as substitute TOT tne
Bailey Cumniins income tax amend
ment. This test vote was As to 81 IN
favor of the corporation tax amend
ment. The Republicans who voted IN
the negative were Borah, BriS.ow,
Bulloeley, Clapp. Cunmins, DolliveT,
and LaFollette. No Democrats vot-
ed with the majority.
Now that the corporation and IN
come tax issue has been disposed OF
the, next thing on the programme is
the maximum and minimum feature
of the tariff bill This will be taken
up by the Senate at once, and there Is
general expectation OF winding UP
the whole thing, so far as the Senate
is concerned, by the end OF next week
The. developments of Friday have
enhanced the prospect for final ad
journment not long after tine 18th OF
July. have cleared the way Tor the
giving OF more earnest attention tic
the customs schedules that temper
arily nave been over5hadolwed by the
side issues injected into the equa-
ton, and possibly will concentrate
effort to secure the fuffillment OF
pledges which President Taft has 50
recently and forcibly emphasized
through the warning in his Yale
speech.
The disposition ,ef the corporation
and income tax amendments came
unexpectedly. The inability OF his
lieutenants to manage caused Senator
Aldrich, who had gone away for rest,
10 return TO the Senate and resume
charge. AS the long, tedious hours
of an extremely hot day dragged
along, Mr.. Aldridh directed all his
masterful manipulation to- the pre-
paratson for a vote He had in mind
the hour OF O'Clock when the voting
should begin ON the tumble OF amend
ments, several of them dummies, OF
fered merely for the purpose OF con-
struggling a parliamentary situation
favorable TO those in charge of the
tariff bill
Finding it impossible to coddle and
cajole the Senate ito his way and find
ing it impossible after repeated Ell
forts TO secure unanimous consent
for fixing a TIME for a vote, Mr.. Aid
rich did the unusual He threw sen
atorial dignity to the winds. He sud
DENLY changed from a sauve and eas5
boss to the man of iron. The glove
came from the mailed fist In the
chamber where pride is frequently
expressed that cIoture does not pre-
vail and where debate is limItless
subject only to the will OF each In
dividual senator, Mr.. Aldricf moveC
that "a vote be taken upon the corpor
alton amendment The Significant;
of these revolutionary methods car
be appreciated when it is stated tina
majority carries motion and con
trolls even 70 the extreme degree o
forcing a roll call Mr. Aldioh's I'M
precedented motion strangely enough
provoked no material objection. Sew
era1 senators insisted upon briefly
discussing the question at issue, bu
none protested againt gag rule.
Therefore at O'Clock, at the enc
of day devoted to debate. most OF j
directed TO the constitutional ques
tions involved, the senate proceeded
TO a test vote, and for an hour, unit
adjournment, one roll call rapidly
followed another, until the senate
succeeded in placing themselves or
-ecord to their own satisfaction upol
the numerous ard intricate PROPOSE
tons and counter-proposition in
volveds
Chairman Aldrich found that hi
course was not unobstructed. An in
tricate parliamentary discussion wa
INDUCED in before the first roll call
Senator Cunmins of Iowa was appre
hensive that in cutting off debate h
was to be denied the privilege, re
garded after long usage right, t.
discuss any new amendment tina
might be offered. A long series o
explanations followed. Mr. Aldricl
could not give assurances acceptable
TO Mr.. Cun1mins, and ii was upon Mr.
Cunmins' objection to an agreemen
by unanimous consent for taking
vote af I ,Ot5ro~t< Saturday that Mr.