Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-03-02
DEMOCRATS FOR
INCOME TAX
All Salaries Above $4,000
Must Yield a Revenue Is
the Plan
HOUSE WILL PASS MEASURE
The One Topic of Conversation
by Leaders of Both Sides
To-day.

(By Special Leased Wire to New MeNican)
Washington. D. c., March 2.-House
and Senate. leaders of all shades of
political belief gave themselves over
today to discussion OF the sensation
al action of the House Democratic
caucus last night in indorsing what is
in effect an income tax on all net in
comes, including salaries, above $4,000
year
That the House will pass the meas
ure by a party vote within the next
len days or two weeks was taken fer
granted Discussion, therefore, turned
largely on the reception the bill
would Sc, in the Senate. Its fate
there seems doubtful.
Deficit of $5o,ooo,ooO to Be Made Up.
The plans of the House leaders had
not been wholly disclosed today, but
it was apparent that the bill to extend
the excise tax law now relating to
corporations so as to include co-part-
nerships and individuals was to be
urged upon the House ahead Of the
bill to put sugar on the free list. The
latter bill will, of course, share in the
debate on the so-called income tax,
for it was to make up the deficit of
more than $50,000,000 to be lost in
customs revenue on sugar that the
new taxing measure was devised. The
Democratic leaders want to be sure
that the deficit will be provided for
before the duty is removed.
Republicans Taken BY Surprise.
The new plan of the Democrats
took their Republican colleagues en-
tirely by surprise. Many of them had
not recovered sufficiently to be willing
to talk for publication. Everybody
agreed that the debates in the House
and Senate on so radical change in
the method of raising government
revenues would be the stormiest Of re-
cent years. The constitutionality OF
the new plan, it was said, would be
attacked by some Representatives and
Senators, although the Democratic
leaders in the House claim that the
measure was so drawn as to comply
with the supreme cougt decision up
| holding the corporation tax law.
Party Alisnments Will Be Broken.
| In the Senate it is said that in al
probability party alignments will be
| broken, although party leaders make
no such concession publicly,
Senator McCumber, of North Dako
| ta, member of the Senate finance com
mittee, expressed doubt if any change
in the tariff on sugar would make any
difference to the consumer He sale
the income tax proposition was los
in the supreme court OF the UniteC
States by very much of a divided
court" and that the constitutionalits
Of an income tax was a difficult mat
| ter to determine.
personally" he added, Il am in
clined to think that Congress has The
/ power to levy such tax
May Pass Senate.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, who dit
not attempt to speak for his party az
he had no opportunity to talk witt
any Senators regarding the bill, pre-
dicted, that if the bill passed thu
House it would find sufficient supper
in the Senate
Bryan Favors Income Tax.
Seattle, Wash, March 2.-Willian
J ]. Bryan expressed vigorously toda.
his entire approval of the income ia,
and free sugar bills endorsed by tn
House Democratic caucus.
The People Want 1t.
/ Seattle, Wash, March 2.-Mr. Brya1
J said: Il am in favor of the income ia.
!, bill, and am very glad the Democrat
have introduced it, Mr.. Taft said il
1908, in opposing an income ia.
amendment, that an income tax coul
be secured by statute whenever tn
people wanted it. | am satisfied the
want it and am glad Congress has de
cided to give it to them.
1T will prove one of the most pol
uiar acts of this Democratic Congress
The objection raised its constitution
:, atty by men who would oppose it eN
} ell if the supreme court should specit
ically affirm it's constitutionality,
ought not to deter any friend of tn
! measure. The supreme court can b
depended on to nullify it if it is no
constitutional and | think the cour
would be likely to resolve any doub
against the law rather than in favo
OF it. That being the case, Senator
and Representatives ought to feel fre
to resolve the doubt in favor of tn
people,
Bryan Also Wants Free Sugar.
Seattle, Wash, March 2.-"1 am ais
in favor of the free sugar BILL" Nj
Bryan said: "A tax on sugar take
people not in proportion to wealth o
: income, but in proportion to tn
amount of sugar they consume. S
, large a proportion of our feoeral rev
enue is derived from taxes on col
sumption that we ought to welcom
any step toward equalization of thi
burden
CHARLES DICKENS ACQUITTED