New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-02
TARIEFLAW UPHELD
EFFORT TO REPEALIT.
House Totes 10 Limit Corpora
tion Tar Publicity.
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Washington. April 1.-The House to-day
rejected b. unanimous Republican vote
Tie ettoInp. CT Representative Fitzgerald
- repeal ti.e Payne tariff law.
On motion or Representative GilleJt an
s9o-cpr.ation OF s25.oea IVES adopted Ia en-
a..e ire Secretary oil the Treasury 20
classify lie returns under the corporation
tax asz and she useless La Foliette amend
...ent providing that these returns must ne
mad. public or the demand Of either House
OF Congress was stricken out. On ne
ground that Il was superf,ucUs. as SotA
houses would enjoy such power - any
event and coald not enlarge their own pow
ers by legislation. The Democrats made
a. unsuccessful effort 10 compel complete
-aelic.:y OF the CORPORATION tax returns,
snd the Giiiett amendment was adopted by
q vote OF 81 10 L. Representatives Cooper,
l,af,root. Norse and Nelson, OF Wisconsin;
Dayis. Lsndbergl:. STEVENSON and Nolstead'
q Minnesota: Isronna. Of North Dakota:
Ao-dock os Kansas, and Parsons and
sou,h~ick- OF New York. rc:ec witt the
Democrats.
The Glilefs amendment provides mat 81
CORPORATION tax returns shall be open 20
snsrecsion Only sIpon the order CO the Pres
Cent under rules ana regulations 10 De
prescribed by the Secretary Of TIE Treasury
AID approved by the President As preVi-
ousiy provided nv the Senate corporation
tag reports were 20 be made public when
called for by resolution q the Senate or
.he House cf Representatives, or 2Poa the
order g. the President VIXEN he ceeIsis il
for me public interest.
TIE Senate and House oonfe-rees VIII
soon get together i, an effort to agree on a
puhl,city a1nencmant. in which tie views
q boil branches viii he Earmonized-
The effort OF the Democrats to repeal the
.eIsn Law 5.as defeated because the Repub-
ucans arose as one man and snaote them
a.P and thigh. Representative Fitzgerald
moved that TIE conference report on the
legislative bill be reaonr,lftted with instruc-
tiers ~ repeal the tariff law. Representa-
tive GIllett Immediately made point OF
order that the amendment WAS not gernane
and Speaker Cannon sustained II Ny
Fitzgerald appealed from the decision OF
The chair IN the hope that the insurgents
would Join the Democrats and after several
-oIlcaIs repeal che Law. hut the aftermath
If the rules fight proved so harmonious
that every Republican voted for Nj Taw-
ney's motion 70 table the appeal
A long search OF precedents was required
10 determine whether Mr. Fitzgerald was In
tended exclamation of the parliamentary
situation. the Speaker ruled that the motion
To recommit was not in order, and was
sustained by a vote of 159 10 lie, the in
s1lrgents voting with the regulars.
In the debate on the corporation tax
amendment Mr. Giliett said he thought the
President would rule that records OF cor
porations of use and value TO the public
would be made public. He thought the
majority of corporation returns ought not
to be made public, as they should not be
open 10 the inspection Of their rivals
Mr.. Fitzgerald said he was in favor of
The fullest publicity Of ali corporation at
fairs and offered an amendment providing
simply that: reports required by the cor
uors1ion tax Law shall be open to pub
&c inspection and appropriating S5OoFe or
more to classify such reports
This amendment said Mr. Clark, OF
Missouri, referring TO the Gillet; provision.
should be entitled AN amendment 10 get
he Republican party out of hole Under
his provision no one will have access to
-hese reports OF corporations except the
President sind his advisers, and that Is q
dangerous proposition. Human nature has
heen the same since the time when Adam
and Eve were driven from Paradise, and in
he course lor,=tiIne somebody might use
his information for political purpose
Mr.. Payne said publicity should moi be
given in response TO mere curiosity, and he
believed the Gillett amendment would ac-
-onplish all desirable publicity
Mr.. Hitchcock of Nebraska, said that
,-he great trust buster o. Ohio, Wade
Ellis" had been taken from the prosecution
Il corporations and placed in charge OF the
sampaign in Ohio Examples of activity IN
politics Of men who possessed Information
-egardine corporations, he said. should be
remembered when it was proposed to pass
he pending legislation
Mr. Sherley. Of Kentucky, parted COM
.anv with his associates in declaring that
he publicity feature of the corporation tax
aw could not be defended.
The Gillert substitute WAS tnen adopted