The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-08
Aicuious He thought the party ought
to DO tired OF looking at the sunset.
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Aicuious. lie thought the party ough
70 DO tired OF looking at the sunset.
a No Politics In II.
For the minority. Mr.. Pcndlcton ia
vored the bill. lie was sorry Judg,
Yarrell was taking the matter so Sc
riously. He yielded to no man In hi!
conviction that the States should
maintain sepa rate existenccs and re.
tain their powers. but there WI,
nothing serious In this inquisitorta
business. 1t was not political quest
tion at ALL He was glad to say tina,
both parties had eliminated politics
from this question.
Hc could not SEQ how q Democra,
could oppose this amendment The
Republicans had promised 20 reduce
the tariff tax--whetler they had done
so oranot was different matter. IT was
was a burden on the many to enrich
the few. IT would seem the members
OF that party ought to be willing to
embrace the income tax, the reverse OF
that proposition.
Arr. Love was proud to follow the
Democratic leaders but he was not
ready. like young robin. to swallow
everything When he heard Senator
Bailey he had thought that the limit
would be $4,000. The inspectors would
como and examine into the little In
comes Perhaps at some time q South
hating man might be President, and
negroes might fill these positions. He
drew pathetic picture of negro en-
tering his home and assessing the
incomes from the sale Of eggs and
butter.
leaders Favor IT.
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leaders OF the Democratic party. So
far as he could learn. there was no
leader OF the national D mocracy OPP
posed to this amendment.
I lie was prepared to follow them.
After voting for this proposition for
years, he did not believe Virginia
would take q backward step at this
time. The terror of inquisitions was
the product of vivid imaginations. He
thought Virginia should prefer to have
a tax levied us to individuals rather
than on population. Lastly, Governor
Swanson had recommended this tax.
A poetic tribute 10 the South and
her women was paid by Mr.. West, OF
Eansemond. He thought an income
tax should be levied In Virginia. so
that the State could get 1t. He did not
want the State to surrender her rights
to keep extravaganza in Washington.
Are you,' he asked, going to have
two income taxcs-State and Federal?''
Mr.. Bell said that tax on incomes
is just and la a Democratic party prin-
ciple. He said it does not wrest any
rights from the States and does not
enlarge the powers of the general
The bloody shirt had
been waved in this discussion. For his
part. he did not believe there was any
more cnmity In the North toward the
South than in the South toward the
North.
Mr.. Keyser told good Joke on q
He favored both Federal
and State income taxes. Men Of large
incomes do not. he said. pay their just
part of the burdens OF taxation.
His Own Sovereign.
Speaker Byrd made perhaps the most
eloquent argument the House has
heard from him. There was no leader
whom he would follow further than
his Judgment and experience and In
telligence would tell him he ought to
go. He carried his sovereignty under
his own hat.
This is the most solemn OCCASION"
he said. u ever confronted. We can
here pass laws which the next Lesis-
lature can change or revoke. But
when We act Tonight it is forever We
are making history. When we give
up our liberties tonight they can
never he recovered. What Will be
written tonight will be written
Mr. Bailey, he said. had argued that
& we must rely upon tho forbearnnce OF
the national government. If the ia.
at first should be placed on incomes
{ Of $4,000 and over, and that was no,
enough for the Itnsatiate extravaganza
of the Republican party, 1t will be
lowered until it reached the laborns
men. What forbearance." lie asked.
has the Federal government ever
exercised toward Virginia?i Virginia
gave the government an empire and In
return she gave US dismem berment
West Virginia. Is beacon light to
show us to what forbearance leads"
Income taxation, argued the Speak
err, is a State faculty, to be levied
and collected by State officers. ..Why
give this money to the nation? Does
It come back to US? You know that
As does not But he would not base
This was the greatest concession to
federalism since the foundation OF our
government. II would bring the Fed
s era fI ose N; fsr the first time into
everyday affairs of life. s. ,
Would not Surrender.
''~ ~ ~ pr alAOII ldN WOULD EtelltI
the big corporations where the weak !!
spots are IN the small ones, and the /
individual income tax would be far
more Objectionable. A surrender 70 !
imperialism he would never volunta. |
riiy make. Enough has already been
taken For Gods sake give no more
aH. Byrd told of his early days.
when members of his family had been |
. ha din IN battle. He had sworn that
~! would never voluntarily give TO |
the central government, power that Il |
mas already abused. "God forbid that |
ms commonwealth should give IN her
olrthright for the mess of pottage or
1ered ny the Senator from Texas.
II this law is passed it will be Nv
Federal Congress, construed by the
federal e. courts and enforced by Federal /
officials. We will have given up. viii,
our eyes open. in broad day, almost the |
last citadel OF State rights and State /
Sovereignty"
1t was strange to Mr.. oliver. the ,,
next speaker, that the members should
SO Tar forget their party platform $
TO take issue with q principal plank
II he believed this proposition would
interfere with States rights he would
vote against 1t. But before he would
cast his vote against SO plain party.
provision he would resign his commits.
sion and so home.
Party Appeal.
The Republicans would not be in
power forever. The Democrats had put