The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-06-29
Decks Cleared of Tariff Dicus.
sion-Internal Revenue -
Measure to be Pushed
CORPORATION TAX PLAN SEEMS
TO HAVE The RIGHT OF way
Senator Bailey Desires to Push His
Income Bill While Other Advocated
of This Plan Prefer Constitutional
Amendment.

Washington, June 29.-Many people
detled the torrid weather and went to
the capitol today to see started the
nrst senatorial battle for an income
tax. The heat was even more intol-
cradle than that of yesterday, yet a
large number of senators entered the
chamber. All were clad in the cool
est garments obtainable. Buckets of
lemonade in the cloak rooms receiv.
ed frequent visits. For the first time
the pages were attired in childish
shirtwaists and they presented each
senator with a palm leaf fan as he
entered. The days session began with
the demand by Senator Beveridge for
roll call. A total of f1fty-five SEN
ators responded.
Messrs. Aldrich, Bailey. Borah.
Brown, Beveridge and Owen were on
their feet at the first opportunity.
Senator Brown, the first to get recog-
milton from the chair, endeavored to
obtain unanimous consent to take up
the resolution reported by the finance
committee for submitting to the sew
eral states an income tax amendment
to the constitution. Demurring to
this suggestion, Senator Bailey point
ed out that such course would be in
contravention of unanimous consent
previously recorded for consideration
of his income tax amendment, Senat-
or Brown remarking that he thought
1t would be we'll to get out of the way
the question of the constitutionality
of the income tax, did not press his
request. Accordingly, no action was
taken to interfere with the course
agreed upon for disposing of the
Bailey amendment. To more clearly
map out the campaign entered upon,
Senator Aldrich said that the finance
committee had determined that the
offering of amendments to the sched-
ufes of the bill, while in committee
of the whole, should not continue
further at this time as they could be
brought forth by senators after the
bill reached the senate in parlia-
mentary sense. To give force to that
purpose he said that he would move
to lay on the table any other amend
ment that might be offered at this
time.
All this had been mere preliminary
detail and when the tariff bill was
| taken up the income tax question
was put aside to enable Senator Till
man to present his amendment for
duty OH tea with the purpose in
view of completing the schedules be.
fore taking up the tax question. In
the course of an answer to questions
in the senate today Senator Aldrich
said he would support the corpora
ton tax amendment as means of
defeating an income tax. He express
ed the opinion that corporation tax
would be repealed after two years or,
at any rate. materially lowered.
With two mild speeches in favor OF
the duty by Senators Hepburn and
Carter, which were much diluted with
protection ingredients. the debate for
time was not especially animated
but there was slight warming up
when the Democrats began to align
themselves against the proposition of
their South Carolina colleague. A
Republican from the south was
pledged to duty as protective meas
ure. The pledge was made by Sen
ator Bradley from Kentucky. SEN
ator Bailey gave the duty his support
purely as revenue raising expedi-
ent. When Tillman began his advo-
cacy of the South Carolina tea infant
industry yesterday he used apologetic
language in introducing that pro-
paganda to the attention of the SEN
ate, but as the proposed duty was
handled about the chamber today its
Importance and strength appeared
constantly to be increasing and Sen
ator Stone brought forth an amend
ment to prevent it applying to tea
sweepings." This suggestion was ac-
cepted as part of the amendment
offered by the South Carolian. Sen
ator Tillsman's amendment to the
tariff bill providing for a duty of ten
cents per pound on tea was defeated
this afternoon by vote of 18 to S..
After seventy days of debate
the senate yesterday at 3:45 p. m.
concluded its discussion of the sched-
ules of the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill.
Five minutes afterward the senate
adjourned for the day to permit the
slight preparation possible in SO
short time for the debate on the
corporation and income tax question
which was begun soon after the SEN
ate convene this morning at 10
o'clock.
THIRTEEN INJURED