The sun., 1909-06-19
'1NCUME TAX STILL PENDING
SENATE ADJOURNS WITHOUT
POSTPONING VOTE.
Cummins and Bailey Insisted on atnani'
nous Consent Agreement for Direct
Vote After all the schedules OF the
Tariff Bill Have Been Disposed OF.


| Vote After all the schedules OF the
Tariff Bill Have Been Disposed O'
WASHINGTON. June 1s.--The Senate
adjourned ut o'clock this evening in
more or less confusion without reaching
an agreement as to the disposition OF the
pending income tax amendment Under
the previous order made by unanimous
consent, tho amendment was before the
Senate to-day. Senator Bailey made no
effort to call it up until within thirty
minutes Of the hour OF adjournment
when he served notice on the Senate that
in another five minutes he would call Tor
the regular order. which was the income
tax amendment. the joint production OF
the Senator from Texas and Senator Cum
minis Of Iowa.
The Senate was still considering the
paragraph relating to print paper but
hurried the disposition Of that matter
and then Senator Cummins submitted
proposal for unanimous consent agree
ment that provided for postponement
OF the consideration Of the income tax
matter until after the schedules in the
tariff bill had been disposed c! end :hcn
making the Bailey -Cummins amendment
the order of business until it was dis
posed of by direct VOTE
At the suggestion of a direct vote'
Senator's Aldrich and Hale shook their
heads in disapproval and MIR. Aidrich
promptly suggested that 1t was e4traor-
binary to make any arrangement by
unanimous consent which foreclosed any
Senator's right to offer any motion under
the rules.
| This spurred Senator Bailey into action,
and he said that he was well aware OF
Senator Aldrch's intention to o'er a
substitute and to try to dispose of the
income tax amendment by motion 70
refer it to the Judiciary Committee
He said that the Senator from Rhode
Island had been "dragooned" into giving
his support to the corporation tax pro-
position. and when some other Senator
incurred Of Mr. Aldrich W hen the corpora
ton tax substitute would he submitted
TO the Senate the Senator from Texas
offered the suggestion that it could no
he submitted until the Attorney-General
had finished preparing II Tor the conf
mittee.
Chairman Aldrich took no notice OF this
badgering Replying to question from
Senator Borah OF Idaho he assured that
Senator that the corporation tax amend
ment would be ready to be submitted 70
the Senate at least twenty-four hours
before the time for taking up the income
tax amendment.
sTwenty- four hours will not be sufficient
time In which to dispose Of the corporation
tax substitute" said Senator Borah with
some show OF feeling
Il think can assure the Senator that
the substitute will be suomitteo 70 tne
Senate as early as next Monday. SAID MI
Aldrlch
Senator Borah seemed satisfied with
this statement but Senator Cummins
made an earnest appeal to Chairman
Aldrich to consent to an agreement when
would insure a direct vote on the income
tax amendment. But Mr.. Aidrich in-
| sisted that to do so would sci preGeden.
in Senate procedure, and Senator Lodge
declared that he would object to any
unanimous consent agreement which
precluded the right of any Senator 10
| make the usual motion to refer TO COM
mittee.
not insist on direct vote as part o. o.
the unanimous consent agreement il
! MI. Aldrich would give him the assur.
anee in the presence Of the Senate that
there would be an opportunity Tor
direct vote. But Senator Hepburn shook
| his head vigorously to Mr.. Aldrich and
| Senators Halo and Lodge demurred' and
| the chairman of the Finance Committee
himself seemed in no mood to grant the
concession.
Then Senator Mclaurin Of Mississippi
| in iected little humor into the situation
| hy proposing, with an ahectation OF
great seriousness. that vote be taken
at once on the income tax amendment,
thus disposing OF IT,. -,,,,
Has the Senator from Mississippi read
| the amendment quizzed MT. Aioricn'
with broad smile.
.Oh. yes,- replied Senator McLaurin.
who renewed his request for an Immediate
vote and pressed it with great earnestness.
Finally Senator Aldrich suggested that
Mr., McLaurin was too clever man not
10 appreciate the hunor Of the suggestion
he had made, whereupon the senator
from Mississippi sat down and enjoyed
his Joke. Then Senator Aldrich. with
only two minutes remaining, urged Mr.
Bailey TO consent TO request which he
had submitted for unanimous consent.
emitting the direct vote He warned
him that if he did not consent the senate
would adjourn in a minute and that MS
income tax amendment would then iose
its parliamentary status
Bailey insisted that 1t would be the
pending question before the Senate when
il met tomorrow morning and asked Tor a
ruling from the Vice-President Vice.
President Sherman agreed with Senator
Aldrch that Mr.. Bailey's income tax
amendment was hanging 10y. slender
cord, which would be severed in a very
few seconds by the adjournment
-Oh, WELL said the Senator from
Texas. Il can offer it again tomorrow
morning and then it will be the pending
question
This seemed nearly to eSasperate Sen
ators Aldrich and Hale, but before the
echo Of Mr.. Bailey's remark had hardly
disappeared Vice President Sherman re-
versed his ruling and said that on the
advice Of tho clerk, who is the Vice Presi-
dents parliamentary coach. he had de-
cided that Mr.. Railey's amendment would
not lose any of its parliamentary advan-
tages by the ad journrnent OF tho Sena te
for the day and would still be pending
| tomorrow morning.
Again Senator Adrich renewed his
earnest plea for an agreement, where
upon the Senator from Texas called the
attention of the Vce-President to the
fact that the hour of o'clock had ar
rived, that tho time for adjournment
had come and that the income tax matter
could go over. Thereupon Fice-President
sherman declared the Senate adjourned.
There il no doubt that an agreement
will be reached tomorrow 10y which the
income tax amendment and the corpora
| ton tax substitute will be taken up and
considered after the regular schedules
I'm the bill have been concluded
senator J.orimcr sworn In.