New-York tribune., 1909-07-03
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CULLOM kEAN WAkKES
DEPEW
DEMOCRATS
PFsH1lFHF.ap. F3e1l- G0RE NEWTANDs.
6I>IRERsoS JOHNSTON. RAYNER.
DAVIS M'LATR1N. TAYLOR
FLETCHER, MARTIN,
The eleven negative votes were cast by .hs
following Senator's;
REPUBLICANs.
BRIs4ow CTMMINs Ia TOILETTE
DEMOCRATS
CHAMBERLAIN. HUGHES sH1vEIv-
Senators Stone. Bacon and Overman Demo-
Gratis. were excused from voting
ALL AMENDMENTS REJECTED
All efforts TO amend the corporation tax
measure were defeated. four rollcalls preceding
the final adoption Of the amendment
The completeness Of the Finance Committees
victory has dispeTed the last remaining doubt
as 10 the ultimate fate of the amendment That
il will be agreed 10 when taken up in the SEN
ate goes without saving and that the confer
ence committee will accept it and the HOUSE
approve it is regarded as equally certain Even
the most skepticaI opponents Of the corpora
tfon tax amendment are willing to concede that
il Will be a part Of the tariff biz. that it VIII
not be emascuIated in conference and that no
amendments. unless entirely satisfactory 70
President Taft will be made 10 it.
Senators Root AIdrich and others believe that
the amendment as drawn clearly exempts from
rr. ravulent Of the tax fraternaI and beneficiat
organizations not primarily engaged in the
business of insurance. It is possible. however
that an amendment may be inserted 10 make
This even more definite Several senators are
making a determined effort 70 exclude building
and loan associations from the tax The lead
rs believe that such organizations are exempI
where they are not organized for the purpose OF
making q profit and they are not disposed 70
make a general exemption Of Building and loan
associations
-rra 7fsnozitfo7 Of the corporation tax ques-
ti7n to-day has cleared the way for acton on
The administrative features of the tariff bill
Mr. Aldrfch believes that the Senate VIII vote
finally on the bill on or before saturday July
In He homes that consideration of the measure
t,, committee of the whole viii be finished by
Tuesday rr Wednesday. and thinks that not 70
exceed two days will be required 20 clear up the
7fsputed questions in the Senate. Io-morro"
The maximum and minimum clause VIII DC
t,Ls, m. Then viii come the drawback clause
.rd tbe provision for a customs court OF ap-
peals- Go 49,.
. When the bill is taken up IL the senate 'ii7
friends Of an income tax viii make an efror1 %
obtain a direct vote on the question: 'I SUI
s+,t,1+,no- the Bailey Cumrnins amendment for
~, ,,,rT,ra+for tax They admit, however.
thai there is no hope that this substitution viii
be made.
MR.. AIDRICH FORCES VOTE
y. .s NOT until nearly o'clock that Mr
,t1rfcb made a serious effort to force action on
-, c,r,oratfou tax For nearly eight hours the
senate LAWYERS had been discussing the legal
seor,e-, Of the an endment- Senators Hey
- F2randegee. C.umnins. Bacon. NewlanCis.
HUGHES and others were the principal critics the
burden of the defence falling on Mr. Root When
there was a Iuu i'm the discussion MI AldrleA
81 10 cot unanimous consent for vote on the
arrendrnent at I o'clock o-morrow- FlnaIlF'
whom an agreement was thought 70 be IN sight'
Mr. C,umrnins objected and Mr. Aldrich then an
nounced that he would force vote AT the HrSO
opportunity
Nobody was ready to speak. and seVeraI sen
o,ors ON the Republican side demanded that the
o,,ost,o, he nut. Mr. Bailey explained that he
did not desire to make a speech. but would noId
+, eoor until Nrr Frazier. who was IL could
reach the Senate Half an hour later Mr. Frazier
arrived. and after a further skirnish as 10 the
,ar1iar,entarv status of the question. rOllcau
WAS ordered This vote on the adoption OF
tho AIdrich corporation tax as an amendment TO
tho Lodge substitute for the Bailey-CunTninS
Income tax amendment The Aldrtch amend
r,ent was agreed 10. 45 to 81. no Democrats Vot-
ire, IN the affirmative. The following Repuo-
1icans voted in the negative: Senators Boran,
F;ristov. BuIkeIey Clapp. Cummins. Dolliver ana
La Toilette.
SUBSTITUTED FOR INCOME TAX
Mr. Lodge then withdrew his substitute, and
y vote was taken on the question Of substituting
the CORPORATION tax for the income tax on this
,re ,,ote was IL To 81 the same seven Repub-
ucans voting in the. negative with the solid
Democratic side.
As soon as the result Of the vote was an
rounced Mr.. Bacon was on his feet with an
amendment exempting from the operation OF the
+ax religious charitable and fraternal societies
and organizations not engaged in business for
nro6t Mr. AIdrich Immediately moved TO table
the amendment In explaining his motion he
said II was the purpose of the Finance Com
uittee 10 examine the language OF the amend
ment more carefully. with view TO exemptinS
the class of organizations mentioned in the
Racon amendment In his opinion they were
already exempted. Tut il they We're not pro-
vision would be made for their exemption from