The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-07-08
CORPORATION TAX
IS PASSED
SENATE INCORPORATES TAFT
PLAN INTO BILL BY VOTE
OF 60 TO II.
THREE DEMOCRATS VOTE NO
Is Substituted for Income Levy Prop
osition by Decisive Majority.
Lodge Countervaiiing Duty
Amendment is Also Killed.

Washington, July 3.-The corpora,
ton tax amendment which was sug.
gested by President Taft, drawn by
Attorney General Wickersham and
presented to the senate by Mr.. Aid.
rich, chairman of the committee on
finance, is an integral part of the tar.
if bill as that bill now stands.
The senate reached a vote on the
proposition shortly before adjourn.
ment at 7 o'clock p. m. yesterday and
the amendment was agreed to by the
large vote of 60 to II. With all mod.
flying amendments disposed of, many
Democrats voted with most of the Re.
publicans for the amendment. Only
three Democrats voted against the
proposition on the final vote.
The test vote was on the substitu.
ton of the corporation tax amend.
ment for the income tax provision and
on that vote As senators cast their
ballots in the affirmative and 81 in
the negative. On this ballot AL the
Democratic votes were cast in favor
of the income tax, which also received
the support of a number of the insur.
gent Republicans.
Lodge Amendment Lost.
The first vote a upon the motion
to substitute the corporation tax
amendment for the Lodge counter.
vailing duty amendment and this pre-.
vailed by a vote of As to 81. The af.
tirmatiVe vote was cast entirely by
Republicans, even Senator McEnery,
of Louisiana, who has voted with the
majority side for all protective meas,
ures, throwing his ballot with his own
party. The Republicans who voted
with the Democrats in the negative
were Messrs. Borah, BristOW, Bulke.
ley, Clapp, Cummins, Dolliver and La
Toilette.
Immediately following, Mr.. Lodge
withdrew his amendment, and a vote
was taken on a motion to substitute
the corporation tax amendment for
the income tax amendment offered
jointly by Messrs. Bailey and Cum
Minis. The result was an exact coun-
>erpart of the vote on the previous roll
call
Next in order came the vote pom
the corporation tax upon it's own mer-
it's, but before this ballot could be
reached Mr.. Bacon sought to obtain
action on two amendments to that
provision presented by himself, both
of which Mr.. Aldrich moved to lay
upon the table with successful result.
The climax was reached upon agree
to- =. IT,, 49,.
as a part of the tariff bill. This
amendment was adopted by the vote
Of 60 to II.
Personnel of the Vote.
OF the II negative votes eight were
cast by Republicans and three by
Democrats, the Republicans being
Messrs. Borah, Bristow, BulkeIHy.
Clapp, Cummins, Dolliver, Hepburn
and La Toilette, and the Democrats,
Chamberlain, Hughes and Shively.
The affirmative vote was as follows:
Aldrich, Bradley, Brandegee, Briggs,
Brown, Burkett, Durham, Burrows,
Burton, Carter, Clark (Wyo.D, Craw-
ford, Culom, Curtis, Depew, Dick, Dill
lingham, Dixon, Dupont, Elkins, Flint,
Frye, Gallinger, Gamble, ~Guggenheim,
Johnson, Jones, Kean, Lodge, Lori
mer, McCumber, Nelson, Page, Pen
rose. Perkins, Piles, Rott, Scott,
Smoot, Sutherland, Warner, Warren
and Wetmore, Republicans, and Bail
ey, Bankhead, Culberson, Daniel, Da.
Wis. Fletcher. Foster, Gore. Johnston,
McEnery, McLaurin, Martin, Money,
Nnulandc PoUnnr Taliafarrn anI
Taylor, Democrats.