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Many Believe He Will Sue
coed in Sidetracking
Bill.
INSURGENTS CLAIM
MAJORITY OF VOTES
Opponents of Measure Have
Trading Stock" Method to
Employ.

That Senator Aldrich viii De able to
get the income tax bill adroitly side
tracked IS the belief that prevails most
largely In Senate circles This view is
not accepted by a number OF Senators
who think there is a real chance of get
ting the substitute for the Bailey bill
and the Cummins bin passed at this
session.
1t is admitted that the Senate is close
Is divided on the income tax question.
Senate lnsurgent Republican leaders
profess to have seventeen Republican
votes ia sight for the substitute bill.
II is expected by the advocates Of the
legislation that the entire Democratic
strength will line up for the income tax.
On the other hand, Senator Aldrich
and his aides think they have enough
votes in sight. as the result of their
canvasses of Senators, to defeat an in
come tax measure. They might not be
able to defeat the income tax PROPOSE
ton by direction, but they are trying TO
take it In flank and beat it by indirec-
ton. They intend to have the Senate
refer the income tax question to the
Judiciary Committee. holding out the
promise that If the tariff law passed
this session does not raise enough rev
enue then the income tax measure can
be taken up and considered.
Is Good Strategy.
This proposition is good strategy from
the standpoint of the opponents of he
Legislation. They expect that the prop
osition to refer to the Judiciary Commit
tee will win over Just enough Senators
10 enable them to prevent the income
tax measure from passing.
This Is not the pF11xr meth
the opponents Of tho income tax meas
ure are taking to prevent it from be-
ing passed. Senator A1drich has plenty
OF trading stock in his hands in the
shape of high tariff schedules which
some Senators do not want TO see scaled
down.
For instance. there is the lumber
schedule Talk about the Capitol is that
Senator'S who want to have the lumber
schedule maintained where it is and
not reduced are being given 10 UNDER
stand that passage of the income tax
may result in scaling down the duties
on lumber: and limitations OF the same
sort as to other schedules in the tariff
bin IL which Senators are keenly con-
cerned are understood 10 be going out
from the leaders opposed 10 the income
tax. OF late, some OF the high tariff
Senator's have been sounding the alarm
that the income tax is Intended as a
blow at the protection system and is
designed 70 undermine H.
Wants 1t Postponed.
President Taft is not opposed 10 an
income tax on principle But il has
been pretty clearly understood ever
since the special session opened that
the President preferred to have the in
come tax put over until the regular ses-
sion at least. and not have il brought
up at this time The White House ir-
Huencs is not in re direction of hav-
ing the legislation passed at this time,
bur rather in The direction Of having
the question referred 70 the judiciary
Committee, though the President is not
expected &C exert much pressure in con
necIion with the income tax question
The expectation Is that Senator Bailey
= vii introduce The substitute income tax
measure on which he and Senator Cur
minis have agreed. along with other sup
porteFs OF the lrcDme tax IN about a
week. Senator Bailey has an ambition
10 achieve this legislation, believing il
would so down in history as a credit
10 his name.
= large reason why the income tax
! proposition is taken seriously ia the
= genate IS that 4 Is realized that IL Il
once IS approved by the Senate the
House viii probably not block H. Most
House mem bers take the view that IL
would be politically dangerous to pre-
vent an income lax bill from passing
Conservative House members say the
House viii support income tax legisia-
ton If the Senate approves IT, They
say tae Senate cannot put an income
tax measure through on any theory
that IL wiz be killed * conference.
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