The Irish standard., 1909-07-10
CLAPP GETS Amendment
INCOME TAX AMENDMENT
poWNED BY A. DECISIVE VOTE.
Bill Practically Completed in Detail
80. AIdrIch. Begins Railroad
Tactics.

Tactics.
Washington, July s.-A Commute
hlibuster conducted by the veteran
Senator Daniels of. Virginia prevented
the senate from completing and pass
ing the tariff bill yesterday. Rising
at 20 minutes of o'clock, Senator
Daniels talked until the hour at
which the senate automatically ad.
journed, and by his intentional fili.
buster he prevented Senator Aldrich
from securing the night session at
which. the bill would have been com.
pleted and passed.
Oyershadowing all other results of
the days session was the success of
Senator Clapp, of Minnesota, support
ed by an unexpected and vigorous
speech by Senator Deliver, in forcing
out Of the corporation tax amendment
that section which he claimed would
exempt trusts and holding companies
from the payment OF the tax.
Senator Aldrich agreed to accept
Senator Clapp's amendment, after
having declared himself emphatically
opposed in. every way. He explained
his change of heart by saying that he
wanted to expedite the passage of the
bill. Several senators, including Sen
ator Bailey, Of Texas, thought they
saw an intention to accept the Clapp
amendment in the senate and then
drop it out in the conference com.
mittee, and they pinned Mr. Aldrich
down to a statement that he would
support the matter in the committee.
The senate, rushing through its fin.
al work on the bill, enjoyed day full
of unrest, sharp words, and general
i'll feeling. Briefly its accomplish
ments were:
Yesterdays Accomplishments.
The approval OF the provisions for
customs court, after bitter fight.
The final defeat of the straight in
come tax amendment, offered by Sem
ator Bailey, by vote of AZ to %.
The acceptance of the Clapp amend
ment, forcing holding companies" to
pay the per cent corporation tax.
The practical completion of the bill
In all It's. detail. -.
"A noticeable fact-during the days
proceedings was that the two Mime.
sofa senators did not vote together
on the majority Of the subjects passed
on. The band, of former progress
sives' was broken up, many Of the
members, among them Senator Nell
son, voting with the majority for the
evident purpose of. hurrying the bill
through and getting it'into conference.
This was. true on an. amendment of.
fered by Senator BAton, Ito exempt
from the payment Of the. corporation
tax; mercantile corporations with a
gross business of $150,00O or less.
Senator Clapp voted for it and Sena.
tor Nelson against. The provision
was by no means satisfactory to many
Of those who voted for it, however,
and Senator Bacon made an effort to
change it before the vote was taken,
but, was denied the. privilege. On the
| income tax amendment; Senator
Clapp voted for the Bailey amendment
and Senator Nelson against it.
Senator La Toilette secured the &C.
ceptance by Senator Aldrich of an
amendment which .texempts agricul.
,turai and horticultural societies from
the payment Of the tax on corporation
earnings. Senator Delivers support
of the Clapp amendment was in the
most vigorous terms. He reiterated
what Senator Clapp had pointed out
a few days ago, that the exempting of
holding companies from the tax offer.
ed an invitation to fipanciers to or.
ganize companies to hold the stock
of other companies. 1t constituted an
approval of the trust, he declared.
AIdrIch's Railroad Methods.
The railroad methods attempted
by Senator Aldrich yesterday have
given considerable concern to many
Of the Western senators to whom con.
tinual assurances have been given
that duties will be lowered in con.
ference" Beginning with the over.
riding of Senator Dick, of Ohio, on a
minor amendment early in the day
Senator Aldrich repeatedly tried to
prevent any discussion or considera
ton. of amendments and to push the
bill through without a moments delay
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