The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-02
Income Tax Amendment
Is Certain Of Adoption
Means That Those Who
Have the Money Shall
Pay the Taxes

form during the civil war. The law
was repealed in 1872, and no new oht
was enacted until the beginning Of the
second Cleveland administration. IL
was this act that the supreme court
declared unconstitutional by a five to
four vote, Justice Shiras havink
changed his mind. Perhaps no single
cnapge of mind ever cost n nation so
much money.
The pending amendment was intro
duced by Senator Norris Brown of Ne
braska in the extra session of congress
of 1909. 1t passed both houses during
the life Of that session by the required
two-thirds majority and has been rati.
fed by the legislatures of the follow
ing states:
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colo
RADIO, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana.
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky. Maryland,
Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Washington and Wisconsin.
How the States Stand.
Most of the states passed the amend
ment promptly and some of them by
practically a unanimous vote in both
houses. In others it was passed by
one house and rejected by the other,
but on an appeal to the people the next
laCiC 1of rnt11rna1 with hntll
houses favorable. In only two states,
Rhode Island and Vermont, was it de
feated in both houses. New Hamp-
shire also rejected it, but Governor
Bass has been trying to get the ques-
tion reopened. In the other states the
situation is somewhat as follows: In
Connecticut the measure is pending.
with result in doubt. In Delaware the
legislature adjourned without action.
In Louisiana it was defeated last year
but will be the issue in a campaign
before the people this year and will
almost surely be adopted in 1912. In
Massachusetts the senate is in doubt
In Minnesota favorable action is eX
pected In Pennsylvania the measure
is held up, and the result is very
doubtful. In Utah it was approved
in the house and defeated in the sell
ate and in Virginia was approved by
the senate and defeated in the house,
West Virginia also had divided YER
dict, and in Wyoming the Legislature
adjourned without action The out
come in the other states has alread,
been mentioned.
The Fight In New York.
Perhaps the hottest battle has occup.
red in New York. When the amend
ment came before the legislature In
1910 Governor Hughes sent in n spe.
cial message objecting to its form. His,
criticism was that the language of tlt,'
measure made 1t possible for the fed
! eral government to tax the income
from state and municipal bonds. The
ground of his objection will appear
clearer by a reference to the wordlna;
of the proposed amendment. It Is ae
, follows
"Article 1G.-The congress shall have
power to lay and collect taxes on In,
comes, from whatever source derived
without apportionment among the sev
eral states and without regard to any
| census or enumeration"
The last clause has reference to the
present constitutional provision that
direct federal taxes must be appor-
toned among the states according to
population.
Hughes Objection.
The phrase to which Governor
Hughes objected and which has bee.
the bone of contention in New York
and elsewhere is the one reading
from whatever source derived"
The contention of advocates of tht
amendment is that the income from
state and city and all other bonds
l.