Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-08
.sFNAIE REFUSES m y0IE BONUSES ID SOLDIER BOYS 1 Senator Hardwick of Geor- gia, Author of Proposi- tion, Is Criticised. NELSON DECLARES
 BOYS NOT CHEAP williams of Mississippi scathins'y Attacks Small Group of Senators
 Who Propose and Favor Such
 Action-Income Rate Fixed.

washington, Sept. 7.-1n the midst :. onother hitter outburst over Amer ;oan unity in prosecuting the war, the .onste late today tentatively disposed of the income tax provision of the w.r tax bill and again defeated all |sttempts at higher taxation.
 Interest in virtual adoption of the Income tax section, designed to raise |to19 mo GOO more revenue from in dividual and cooperative incomes, Iwas oyershadowed by stormy 3-hour scene in which Senator HardWick of |roorqia was subjected to vigorous criticism by Senator Nelson, Repub- bican and Senators Chamberlain and WIlams Democrats. The incident hardly has been equal pd in the senate since the passage or Eho draft law. An amendment by Senator Hardwick to increase taxes m large incomes, to pay $50 month . bonus to all Americans serving in Trance. stirred up the senate's tenn ,er. It was voted down, "A to 5, hay ng the support only of Senators Cronna, Hardwick, LaFollette, Reed md Vardaman, all of the group which Rnposed the draft. But before, and ong after, it's disposition, and with cant attention paid the big tax levy, he senate was engaged in the war of Iords it provoked.
 Senator LaFollette had offered the mendment yesterday in the absence the Georgia senator who today Irged it's adoption as conscription f wealth to pay soldiers, and was as ailed by Senator Nelson, a Civil war teteran, who denounced it as humll- ating and belittling.
 "Our boys are not as cheap as ome of our statesmen" the. Minne- [Ota senator shouted.
 Senator Chamberlain, chairman oi he military committee, with evident eeling, cited: Haedwick's opposition to he draft and said the amendment ended to demoralize the army and tc urther resistance of the law.
 In reply, Senator Hardwick claim d the right of free speech, defended is course in opposition to the ad hinistration and attacked what he alled the "flamboyant patriotism" o1 is critics a.We Senator Williams criticised thu eorgia senator's attitude and ridi uled his speech. .'5 q take it there are very few sen tors. probably not over five" he sait who will not agree that we have sel Om witnessed finer case of self-in amation and puffed-up self-acting ban that just shown upon thi rena."
 Senator Reed interrupted with al ppeal to the chair to rule the Ian page cut of order, but Senator Rob nson, presiding, decided it had no ansgressed senate rules. .,
 With disposal of the income ta. ctlon today, the senate tomorrow Ill proceed with minor points of dis ute. In the additional defeat of tn Ign tax group, the senate rejected
 10 la, an amendment by LaFollett
 talse $643,651 ,0O0 instead of $4S2 l"Voe: additional from individual ir Dmes. Another, by Senator Hollis, t use $75,OOO,O0O more than the bil
 w provides, was defeated, 51 to 2( la an amendment by Senator Tram M or Florida to raise exemptio ahdards was lost viva voce.
 As approved today, the bill pro
 ss Tor an additional normal tax (
 per cent on individual incomes wit Isalption lowered to $1,000 for sir
 |. men and s2,OOO for married pei 'ns' @ The corporation tax of 2 pc [ul IS trebled, Graduated suit axe
 afn'ins niins on incomes of $5,o0o an
 ,sng from l per cent to 50 pc
 ' are prescribed. With existin
 a .es' two thirds of all incomes ofe than $1,0O0 OOO would be take