The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-02
When They Attempted Coup on
Tariff and Found Repub-
licans United.
PARTY LINES ARE DRAWN
gFPoRr WAS MADE ~ THE MIN.
GRITTY TO REsTRlcr PUBLICITY
or IMPORTS. BUT THE EFFORT
WAS FAILURE.

0p02AST O8uuOn WA0 OcpOOtu AOn Suc
committee ON rules. coup to repeal
the Payne-Aldrich tariff law was
sprung In the house Of representatives
yesterday, but 1t met with signal fall
ure.
II did demonstrate, however, what
It's promoters were sorry to have
brought out, viz, that the Republican
party in the house IL once more united
and harmonious.
Not single republican member join
ed Ia the democratic scheme to take
the law off the statute books by rev.
dictionary process. The vote on lay
Ing ON the table the appeal from the
decision of the chair, which held the
matter out Of order, was 100 yeas to
110 nays.
Representative Barnard Of Indiana,
who was present. voted to sustain the
decision Of the speaker and against the
effort to repeal the tariff. Represent
alive Crumpacker, was not present,
but was paired with the majority.
Change Tax Feature.
Preliminary to this skirmish, which
brought the best parliamentary talent
Of the house into play, the house voted
to make . complete change In the cor
poration tax feature of the new tariff
law.
The change that was made cures the
corporation tax law Of the objection
able inquisitorial feature that has
brought protests from half q million
corporations. The text of the new
legislation on this subject which the
house adopted yesterday and which
probably will be agreed to in confer
ence. follows:
"F'or classifying and indexing. ex-
hibiting and properly caring for the re-
turns of all corporations required by
Sec. rs of an act entitled An Act to
provide revenue, equalize duties. en-
courage the industries of the United
states and for other purposes, approx
ed Aug. 8, 1900. including the employ
ment in the District of Columbia OF
clerical and other personal services,
and for rent of such quarters as will
be necessary, $4,000, provided that
any and all such persons shall be open
to inspection only upon the order OF
the president, under rules and regula-
tions to be prescribed by the secretary
OF the treasury and approved by the
president"
When the legislative, executive and
Judicial appropriation bill was consid-
cred In the senate after passing the
house. the senate amended 1t so as to
provide that the reports OF corpora
lions under the corporation tax law
should not be made public except on
order OF the president or by resolution
adopted either by the house or the SEN
ate.
Opposes Senate Amendment.
Representative Gillett of Massachu-
setts, representing the house conferees
asked the house not to agree to the
senate amendment, and offered q sub
stitute which struck out of thu senate
provision the right OF the hfuse or
senate to call for the reports by reso-
luton, leaving but one way In which
they may be made public, and that Is
by order OF the president.
It was this substitute which the
house adopted after . lively debate.
Representative Barnard Of the Sixth
District was the only Indiana member
who voted for the substitute. He said
that the senate will agree to the sub
stitute. which insures legislation on
the subject that will be satisfactory to
the corporations that have felt the pub
licity feature OF the existing law Is u'n-
necessarily severe and subjects small
and weak corporations to the mercy OF
their stronger competitors.
The potent cause that governed the
majority Of the house In striking out
the authority of the house and senate
separately to call for the reports by
resolution was the threat of democrat
ic congressman THAI II they should win
the house would start q saturnalia OF
investigations and would use the in
quisitorial power to lay bare the Sc
crets OF corporations.
It was felt that II this threat were
ever carried out It would work injus-
tice to many innocent business con-
Germs, while all Of the publicity that
good government might require can
be obtained through the discretion Of
the president.