Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03

and Cumrnins. The result was an exact
counterpart of the previous ~rollcall.
Next in order came the vote upon the
corporation tax provision upon its own
merits, but before this ballot could be
reached Mr.. Bacon sought to obtain action
on two amendments presented by himself.
both of which Mr.. Aldrich moved to lay
upon the table. with successful result.
Bacon Loses Temper.
The first of these amendments provided
for an exemption OF eduoat Elal, charitable
and religious institutions, against which MI.
Aldrich made his first point Of order. Be
cause he did so. he fell into a sharp clash
with it's author. The effect of the point
OF order was to cut off debate, but Mr..
Aldrich CHANGED to drop the remark that
he would ALLOW" Mr.. Bacon to proceed.
The form Of the expression seemed to in
cense the Georgia senator, and he retorted
sharply to the effect that he was not
surprised that Mr.. Aldrich should assume
such a manner because he had been
debating to the senate so long that he was
accustomed to use language OF that kind"
When the amendment vas laid on the table,
~ to 80. the Georgia senator Immediately
presented another amendment requiring the
taxation Of bonds, which --a~ zee
to a. The climax was then reached, and
az 0hg - a.
was taken. 1t was upon agreeing to the
corporation tax amendment as a part OF
the tariff bill. This amendment was
adopted by the vote OF 60 to IL
AIdrIch Back in His Seat.
From the way the school got down to
business this morning, 1t was evident tina
the schoolmaster had returned. In other
words, Senator Aldrich. chairman Of the
finance committee, was in his seat, and a
quorum was ready to proceed with the bust
ness. While Mr.. Aldrich did not reveal the
secret of his whereabouts during his two
days absence, his complexion was so much
ruddier that It was evident he'd had put
in most of his time in the open air.
Senator Hepburn OF Idaho lost no time In
taking the floor to preesnt a technical OBJ
lection TO the corporation tax bill. Mr..
Heyburn's objection was that the amend
ment was too indefinite TO make IT opera
tive. The first provision of the bill fixes
a tsx Of 2 per cent on the net income Of
interpretations with respect to carrying on
or doing of business of such corporations"
The Idaho senator commended that under
this language IL would be quite impossible
to determine the object Of the bill or to
enforce its provisions, because Of vague
ness. He also claimed the tax being levied
on all corporations organized for profit"
included corporations that do no business
except to collect rents, which, he said,
would bring 1t nearly within the scope Of
the Pollock case, in which the income FAX
was declared TO be invalid.
These objections provoked common by
Senators Aldrich. Root, Brandegee, Nelson
and others. Mr.. Aldrich suggested that
the language called into question had been
passed upon by many distinguished law
yers. Senator Root gave assurances
that these objections would receive care
full consideration by the finance commit
tee, although, he said, he believed the
amendment as framed was such as to in
sure its constitutionality.
Hepburn Gets Help.
Senator B~randegee came TO the support
OF Mr.. Hepburn. He suggested that there
had been no definite understanding in the
senate as to what Is meant by the words
with respect to the carrying on Of busi-
ness" and said he did not think IL be-
came the dignity Of congress to use phrases
OF that kind and have II appear in the
record that congress had no definite idea
as to what II meant" He declared II
would hardly be contended that congress
could tax the right Of a corporation char
tered by a state 10 carry on Its business.
Senators Carter, Borah, CummlnAs Nc