Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-05-19
To RENEW FIGHT
FOR INCOME TAX
Adverse Action OF House OF Dele
gates This Winter Does Not
End Matter So Far as
Virginia Is Con-
cerned.

make an effort at the next session OF
the General Assembly 10 Induce leg
islators 10 swing Nirginias vote
around n favor OF the Federal income
And that. TOO. despite the violent OBJ
jections OF Speaker Byrd 20 the pro
posed change in the organic Law OF
this republic
The Speaker himself can hardly
deny that he has heard about the
scheme. and although he was able. by
MS superlative skill as a cebaier and
writer. 70 induce the last legislature
70 shy on from the amendment. ne
knows fun well that ne viii have an
other night on his hands two years
hence.
It goes without saying. too. that he
- getting ready FOR 70. and even now
is shifting the strife from afar.
4nose who have not yet FORGOTTEN
the achievements OF the General AS
sem by Of 1910. VIII recall that under
h@r0s leadership the House. by n
majority OF IS. voted against the
anne ndment. although 10 seemed WE'LL
nigh certain az the becInntng of the
session that the thing would 80
through with It's tau feathers up.
lnis opinion Was made the more
LNea of the attitude ul Governor
Swanson who heartily advocated the
cn0nse, and even wrote an able mes
sage on the subject.
hnt the Speaker. who ggaris Viz
ftnIa b uehts as l eoN. ~n..-r s.rfa LIS
'he safes ot lartarus. uttered shr.u
org of protest..
Altholrn De knew that the Demo
.ftitt rms tulnrr rnuuI.te.v
aiied me organization was unit
in Favor OF the amendment. h. ear-
ed in like some dsriue hurrararr ana
t1 hi7 exceptional powers of pergna-
-Inn Fot tnc House Co hackstanl him.
The Senate. however was hv no
means So plastic. Isl hen tne question
came Co vote there. twenty of the
twenty six members present voted fn
FAVOR of the amendment. while thc
remaining six took Byrd's view OF the
matter
There was some talk 90 brinrfne
Lhe question back over o. the House
Tor a second vote. but the session was
NNN Ntf advanced Co ma ke fnIs fene|fI..
Preparing for Another Srrua,rie.
Many jumped az the conclusion.
therefore. that The redouhtahle Speatx-
-f. at least SO FAR as this state Isl con-
tfnru mad insured the defeat OF the
propo''' q amendment for good and
an. AMI Virginia r. attitude was her
aided throughout the Union.
Undoubtedly the adverse vote OF
tne House had tremendous effect ln
other parts OF the country. But the
powers mat De" do not die So easi-
81 irrfatec as they were wiki the
ptaHcr. tAey determined not 70 give
up
10 b now whispered around in
ottirLal girCles that the Income
tax amendment viii De- made an
i~~uo ana the Legislative contests
w." 1etrs hcncc; la other words.
every man seeking 10 20 % the
Legislature viii be asked 20 sav
in advance how he viii vote on
the question.
W ben u Isl remem bered that am ten
ol Firstnia.s CongrCssmen. CAS- well as
.Dt t"v senators. are against Air.
nlrd, % can readily be seen tnatihe
" hi nave all the excitement he wishes
hen DC comes to smother battle.
According % Investigations of
thn~c Interested lH the proposed
change. the action of thc Huu-.
asa nnt scotch the snake Which
ti.r speaker regards as such "a
ir-ti monster. In short ft.
amendment o. 80 res udiuGlcata.
so Tar a~ Virginia a. concerned
Ahc prcccGcut~ followed by
congress show thut even thru-h
one legislature az State votes
against "a proposed constitutional
amendment Cree next Legislature
nlay cake it up again.
CASES analogous o. tili~ came un
pa connection with the Fourteenth
anu Fifteenth Amendments Nrr
ou the Legislatures. One after
another can vote on the same
thing just a. they would on
state law.
ca the other hand. IL has been
held uuat the same principle does
not apply where the action h AZ
uruauNc. To state things diner-
emily. IA Nirgina's General A.
Sembiy OF 1910 had voted m Ia
tor OF the amendment. the next
Legislature could not undo what
its predecessor had done.
no one seems 20 know exactly .vhar
are the duties or Governor Mann in
view OF what has happened. bur- AS
/ matter or fact. 10 doesn't appear
that any action on his part is neces-
sary
10 may De. however. that Congress
has prescribed some course for Gov
ernors 20 follow. but whether they
acted or not. the legislative Journals
apparently would suffice FOR the guild
anee OF Congress.
II VIII take the affirmative votes
or tnree-fourths OF the States 10 iu-
sure the ratification OF the amend
menr Alabama. south Carolina.
Maryland. Oklahoma. Illinois and pos
slDiy one other State have declared
.n favor OF the change. while Virginia.
Rhode Island. Massachusetts and
New York have baked at a.
Speaker Byrd. who is Thoroughly
alive 20 the activity and shrewdness
- those favoring the amendment. is
losing no opportunity 10 talk and
write against H.
Only few days ago a New York
paper carried brief but epierau2-
NAUTICAL, statement wherein the SPEAK
er explained his hostility 20 the pro-
posed change. The statement did not
contain 800 words. bur every word
was Ike the blow OF a sledge ham