Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-28
FOR INCOME TAX
Senator Brown Talks in Sup
port of Constitutional
Amendment.
BAILEY UPHOLDS HIS BILL
Texas .,lember Declares That Its
Enactment Would Go Far i'm
Wiping Out Anarchy.

Washington, April -2S--When the dis
cussion of The tariff was resumed in
the senate today Brown of Nebraska
spoke to his amendment recently IN
troduced providing for a constitutional
amendment authorizing an income tax.
He argued that the people of the sew
oral states should have the opportun-
ity of voting on the question in order
that the validity of such a law never
could be questioned.
| Bailey on Income Tax.
! Washington, April Ex-senator
Bailey in continuing his speech in fa-
vor of an income tax yesterday depart
ed for time from his purely legal
argument and launched into a denun-
citation of men who, he said, resist the
/ income tax as inGuisitorial and calcu-
/ lated to make the United States a
nation of liars
| THAT this tax is inquisitorial," said
Mr.. Bailey sis true, but it is not more
so than any other tax. To compel me
to tell the source of my income, as is
done in the state in which live, is as
inquisitorial as to compel me to tell
, the amount of my income.
"The curiosity of the state assessor
| is such that he not only compels you
to file an inventory on your own prop
erty, but requires you to file an inven
tory of your wife's ornaments. Every
tax must be inquisitorial because 9th
erwise the honest men would pay il
and the dishonest men would escape
lit"
Would Not Promote FalsehOOd.
He then took up the plea that such
tax would make us nation of liars
and said: 81 will not insult the Amer
ican people by repeating that charge
but | will repel it as an unwarranteC
reflection upon our people. I do mo-
think a self-respecting American citi
zen will lie to escape the payment o.
tax. and if | should find man whi
would commit perjury to escape taxa
ton | would favor disfranchising him
1T may be that rich men will tell
lie to avoid paying an income tax, bu
| will not say so, although some o
them say ii of themselves.
81 hold no brief to defend the ricl
men of America. 1t is not incumben
upon me to stand up here and say the.
will pay their taxes when so many o
them say they will not. | know som
of them will escape an income tax, be
: cause | know many of them escap
: their present taxes. l know it is sal
l that it is not considered a lack of re
spectability for New York millior
: aire to swear to a lie to escape hi
: taxes hope no man is justified il
e saying that, because | cannot compre
:. hend how man can revel in luxur
:, and perjure his immortal soul to e.
cape the payment of taxes"
should Pay for Physical Protection.
h The rich man, Mr. Bailey sai(
e should be willing to pay for the prote,
o tion>of his property over which armie
f. and navies stood in solemn guard
e For himself, if he were counsel for tn
Irich he would advocate them nc
lonly to support, but to advocate an il
l. come tax law.
ISL "And if they would do that" sal
IS Mr.. Bailey, they would do more |
IS silence anarchy than all the benefa
o tions and charities they can do.
N seems to me there are rich men WI
d are willing to give benefactions
s. lorder to have them published, who al
0. not willing to pay their fair portio
: of the expenses of the government"