The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
'CUMM|NS CRITICIzES
 PRESIDENT SEVERELY
Inconsistency in Supporting Various Senate Measures Is Charged Up to Taft By the Able Sen
 ator From Iowa.
BY WATTERsoN sTEALEY.

Washington, June 0.-(Special.) .)-The feature of the senate proceedings today was the speech of Senator Cummins of Iowa, the republican insurgent leader, who with Senator Bailey of Texas and the democrats is opposing the substitution of the corporation tax for the income tax amendment of which they are the au- thors The Iowa senator's speech was the opening attack on the measure which Senator Aldrich admits was merely put up to defeat the income tax.
 The part of the senators speech that attracted the most attention was his criti- csm of President Taft for alleged incon- sstency in supporting an income tax, turning to an inheritance tax and then taking up with the corporation tax. Sen ator Cumnins was very respectful in his language, but he made 1t plain that he did not like the course the President had taken and that he would not follow him in it.
 Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island was conspicuous for his absence The senator has gone away for a few days much- peeded rest, leaving the tariff bill in the hands of Flint, Shoot and Lodge. His coup of yesterday is thought to have sat isfied the Rhode Island senator that the present status could be maintained in the Senate until his return, and that all was now easy sailing for most any kind of a bill he chose to pass the Senate.
 Aldrich's Break.
 | Most republican senators think that Sen Rtor Aldrich made serious break yes- lterday when he admitted before the open Senate that he only took up and favored lthe corporation tax to defeat the income Max Even republicans snaring Aldricns Wlsw that there should be no forms of extra taxation Adopted are rather amazed at the character of the statement. and what seems to be lack of political tact Others are wondering what the President thought when he read the Aldrich fiat No one at the capitol ever thought that Aldrich would seriously favor corpora tion tax any more than he would the in- come or inheritance tax. The sincerity of the President does not seem to be doubted, but hls close friends at least go so far as to say that he ought to be very careful in accepting any compromise pro- posal from Aldrich.
 Senator Cuminins was bold enough to state today that the course of the Pres ident respecting the various forms of extra taxation was not altogether consistent. He spoinsed out the utterances of the President for an income tax, then his appeal in his inaugural address for the enactment of inheritance tax legislation and finally his recent special message to Congress urging as legislative compromise the adoption of a corporation tax either in connection with or as a substitute for the inheritance tax in lieu of the income tax.
 The Iowa senator also paid his respects to Senator Aldrich for the latters frank avowal of his opposition to the income tax and his use of the corporation tax to kill that measure.
 Cannon's Big Stick.
 As stated in these dispatches last week, Speaker Cannon will announce his c )ni- mittees the last day of the present session.
 According to rumors around the capitol the speaker has been largely guided by the determination to punish the 3l repub- lcans who bolted the organization during the tariff fight in the House and to re- ward the 23 democrats who joined with the organization and opposed the dem- ocrats under the leadership of Representa- tive Clark of Missouri.
 Representative Fitzgerald of Massachu- setts, the leading democratic nsurgent, has already been given a place the rules committee, while Representative BrOuSSard or Louslana and Representa- tive Harrison of New York have been appointed on ways and means. They will retain these places. Representative Livingston of Georgia, another democratic ..bolter," will again be appointed the rank ing democrat on the appropriation com mittee; Representative Howard of Geor- eia will become the ranking democrat of the foreign affairs committee. Represen- tative Brantey will go on judiciary and public buildings and grounds, while Rep resentative Moon, another leader in the fight against the Clark leadership will go back on rivers and harbors and post offices and post roads.
 There has been no attempt on the part of the speaker to make peace with the democratic leader, MT. Clark, and so far as can be learned the Missourian has not been consulted about the minority commit tee places, which in the last Congress were controlled by MT. Williams of Mis- sissippi now the senator-eect from that state.
 It seems to be the belief that several prominent republican "insurgents' in the House are to lose desirable committee as- signments held by them in the last House.