Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-08-29
SENATOR HITCHCOCK REFUSES TO
Be BOUND BY THE CAUCUS,
AND KICKS over THE TRACES
BECAUSE HIS AMENDMENT WAS
NOT ADOPTED.
STRONG iNSURCENT
FEELING IS DEVELOPING


citation of the Democratic senate ca
Gus as a political machine" by Sen
tor Hitchcock one of the Democra
who refused to be bound by the ca
Gus on all features of the tariff bill
marked todays re-opening of the figl
Iover the income tax.
Why should the senators be e,
pected TO be bound by the hasty deci.
ions of secret caucus on details c
tine income taxi demanded Hitch
cock.
why should they be expected Il
vote down every amendment, howeve
good, simply because it comes from
the other side of the chamber? VIII,
amended here on the floor of the sen
ate if debate convinces senators thai
lit should be-"
| The insurgent Democrats who yes
terday demanded that the bill be
changed to increase the income tax
on large fortunes, apparently have
gained strength, and insisted that they
would enforce the party conferences
late today or tomorrow to make
substantial increases. Senate leaders
were prepared to grant concessions
but the insurgents were not satisfied
that these proposals would fully meet
their views.
Hitclcock's attack was delivered
in connection with The amendment
for a heavy penalty tax on trusts or
monopolies controlling more than
one-fourlh of the countrys production
or trade in any given line. Five per
cent would be added to incomes Of
doing from one-fourth to
one-third of all business in any given
line. ten per cent for those doing from
one-third to one-half, and twenty per
apply to no corporations capitalized
at less than $50,000,000 or doing busi-
ness of less than $l0,000,O00 annual
". Senator Hitchcock declared his
had been offered in the
caucus and beaten 23 to is, but he
alleged it had not been an open fight
here.
1T was not even a fair test OF
caucus strength said he, for there
vas a caucus within caucus. The
line Democratic members of tho
nance committee voted as "a unit,
Without regard to the individual con- !
,ictions. 1t was a wheel within a
Wheel, a machine within ma /
hine.
Caucus rule makes public debates |
Il the senate farcical. Senators will
ot even remain in their seats to hear
hem: caucus rule kills the very spirit
f legislation. This income tax sec
ion, instead of being here a thing of
fe and interest, lies in this chamber
veritable corpse.
amendments have been offered
ON the Republican side by senators
ho have made a study of the income
TX. They were not contrary to any
doctrine; they would not
ldanger the bill. Why, then. must
be required by caucus rule :
vote against them?
with other Democratic senators. | y
ave felt bound up to this time with
ese obnoxious caucus rules. Now =
,wever, we have reached point :,
here | feel free to take another :
urse."
Senator Hitchcock added, in sup
rt of his amendment, that the anti
lst laws had proven failures, so -
r as checking monopoles and trusts q
ere concerned He declared his y
he believed. would prove :.
effectual check on the illegitmate 80 -
ntrol of the market by great trusts. "
e amendment was discussed briefly ~
Republicans and endorsed by Sena- "
Bristow, who said he did not be- ~ -,
We corporations would be able to -
iss on the tax" to the consumer
Senator Williams, in charge Of the 49,
ONE tax section of the tariff bill. -
d: w
The Democratic party in the full ~
IS of its wisdom, would deal COM ", "
hensively with the trust and cur
cy questions. but ii did not pro- w.
e to load down tariff bill with the Va
,ged reforms of senators along
Sc lines -
'arty dissensions veered to the Re- ,I'
'lican side when Senator Cummins -
dicted that the Hitchcock amend. Wv
Mt would probably be assailed as ~
ther attack on the rich, as Sena 'I "I
Lodge had assailed income tax -
andments yesterday. He denied ~. nn
re was campaign on foot against Wv
eth. but declared there was a cam nv, nv
IN on against "unscrupulous water 49,,
of stock" such as he declared D''
lrred in the Steel corporation and su'
Chicago and Alton deal .,a =. /,
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