The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-02
ARGUES
FOR INCOME TAX
Z Texas Senator Pleads for
4 Passage Of Sixteenth
I Amendment
sHOLDS OPPOSITION DUE
10 IGNORANCE OF LAW
'Charscterizes Decision Of Supreme
Court n Monstrpus Absurdity"
Esys Many congressman Are
FOOLS and Cowards's

4 surdity," the decision OF the Supreme
Court " the United States, in which
i he lsvying Of an Income tax Was de-
y ciAfed to be unconstitutional, and
& SIDING that Il was TO correct thts
1 smopstrous apsurdity'' that the SIX
N tsenth Amendment to the Federal
& Constitution was offered, Senator Jo-
q Ssph w. Bailey, OF Texas. delivered
~ forcefui and convincing argument
4 n favor OF the ratification Of the
8 addition to our venerable. guiding
Il Documents, before Governor Mann,
I the General Assembly and q large
number Of Citizens at the Capitol
4 tuesday night.
81 Senator Bailey was enthusiasdcal-
4. " received by the legislators and
y nitixens. who punctuated his address
q With 0ntbur1ts Of APPLAUSE. and is
q tened with Intense interest to his ey-
:sssery word. The Texas solon adopted
9sthe Inverse argument. handling the
ssObjeGtlons to the amendment before
singing Its praises. Ever and anan
he itterspersed witticism, paid eiab-
orats compliments 10 Virginia and
81 her sons, and poked considerable fun
@sat the Republican party and Con-
gfess. He argued the income tsx
]. question along legal. pottticei and
3 popular lines, and Insisted that II
ssGaA not only within the bounds 81
z Tire Constitution. but was 4 neccasi-
Y ". Ar. BAtfey declared tie Income
i 4Ax eAs = Democratic principle, aud
that Il was the only hope for reaue-
4. ficn II the tariff TO a basis OF revenue
I bniy,
Intsuduced by Haisey.
Il Liautenant Governor EiiyBvn, who.
Wiz Delegate Martin Williams, pre-
n nlded over the meeting. presented
u Genatpr Halseg, who introduced sem
4 ntoF Bailey. Mr. Haissy hrteHy re-
B viewed the history of the income rax
astr0m 1884 dorm to the adoption Of
sfhs amendment by Congress. and
!, lid II was now before the Virginia
lxAGinlafnre for raiiHraiian--HatA then
/ stntroducfd Senator Bailey as man
who has enjoyed career of TN.
I usual hrilIiaaey. and -saaana- ~,
I living man as q constitutional ,a~-
~. :
# After the applause had suhsided,
oenator Bailey raid he came TO hieh-
Y Nnnd because an inritad IN 10 earae
u ~ Virginia was a demani. and he
1 6ia not think any Amendment tn the
4 ENkt6tttufkon should he Thought OF
sG)1tA Virginia. w,stGh had played such
I N important part Il, the latter's
! training In 11ss. had -earsfulzsss- san-,
1dexed r.
sssss I'm MI canacr, ] want to toll you
that objections have been raised to
y this amendment said Senator Bailey.
i III these objections cannot he answer
: ~ sattsfs etoriiy. ! say To you. as
MEMORIALS. den't vote for it. ! be-
4 q we all OF them aan he successfully
II \ satisfactorily answered..
@ NO state Abridgmcnt.
u shall meet these objections he
/ FORE Yelling why believe the amend
inofif should he ratified,
II u said this amendment will ex-
( tend The Federal governments power
! ma abrtdKe the rights Ut tnu states
IL that be true. don't vote for 1t. for
III sIssount of tax money IL worth the
AuFfendering OF an ieta Of State
I power.
sfsni this amendment will exert no
! el1ch effect. The Supreme Court has
Held III the Pollock case that il Is I'M
constitutional to levy 3 lax without
Z Aprortionment II has never held
4 HAT the tax could NOT he levied un-
. an tho coHstitution ss It stands TO-
Htrht. This amendment simply
Manages the system Of taxation 10 the
/ ruin OF uniformity instead OF Accord
4 I'M 10 population. Without this
afaendm6nt the tax can be levied. not
adcpfding 10 Incomes, but according
!. N population
Answers Governor Hughes.
IL Il .4AADtner objection is raksed. II Is
/. anA4e w Governor Hughes. Of New
York. Had II come from anyone else,
Il would have been dismissed as
ntoasiy absurd, bat no man who
4 4Hows Governor Hughes would call
/ II oi,5ecttone grossly absurd. Not all
fhS NV tfings are discovered BY this
nv York lawyers You have just an
~ e064 lawyers here. and the best they
~ there they got from you. How
ovsssf~iovefnof Hughes believes ne
III iseovefed that under the provisions
Il u mis- amendment the instrumentali-
Il s4ies and faculties Or the State could
N - EtAx0d. / believe he wrote that
n adnexee 10 the Legislature without
/ Tknks1rW consideration, f0r In the case
h - weston W Charleston, case one
. &Ifndfed years old, II was held that
1h6 Federal government and the State
IN sovereign and independent and
II HI neither can tax the instrument
A f(feh ana faculties Of the other to
n GaIn itself
II 8r Haiiey thei, referred to- the Me-
NJ l0ch care. tn which chtef Justice
&fShAil held that under the dual
81 Nm Of government the State Of
fal,H could not tax q Federal
q. The spcaker declared the dull
Il 81 man III al virginia knew that
/ ~ fft6r the state nor Federal govern.
x9lks could undo the departments o.
ES other BY l6vyfnE taxes cr any ct'fsr
ExpiainA sfuoteti. Phrase.
After aging that Congress did many
H<6ijnh thinfs, that the safety OF the
&3e4Aa fovefhfhent lay IN the safety
[!s Afke State. ami that democrats and
blicans wefe patfiots above par