Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-24
Bitter Debate in
 Senate on War Tax
INCOME RATES THE BONE OF
 CONTENTION
LA TOILETTE DEFEATED
His Amendment to Increase Tax On
 By Vote of 5s to 21.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-After an other days debate. embittered by the war unpopular and embarrass the administration were behind the move ment to greatly increase tax rates In the war tax bill. the senate late to- day rejected. 58 to 21. Senator La Follette's amendment to raise S658,- 7S4.OOO from individuals incomes in stead of $490.164.00O as proposed in the bill.
 Partisan Lines Lost.
 The fight to increase the income tax rates will be resumed tomorrow with partisan lines lost. Senator La Fol lette has pending two more substi- tutes for the income tax schedule, pro- posing to levy about $500 000,0 900 and S5O5. .000 900, respectively, and Senator Hollis late today introduced another substitute proposing to raise about S550, 900 900.
 Leaders opposing further increases expressed confidence after today's in1- tial vote on the first and maximum substitute of the Wisconsin senator that they would muster enough votes to retain the income rates now in the bill. They were not so sanguine, how ever, of preventing an increase in the rates on war profits, which may be reached Saturday.
 Simmons and La Toilette Clash.
 Tn heated discussion preceding the days voting, Senator Simmons. chair man of the finance committee, and Senator Lafollette clashed sharply over the latter's amendment Sena- tor Simmons gave vigorous express sions to sentiments which for several days have smouldered in private cloak room discussion by declaring that tn- terests seeking to embarrass the admin istration and against the war policy were interested in making the bill un- popular by increasing it's tax bur den.
 Senator La Toilette retorted with a Genunciation of any attempt to ques- ton the loyalty of those advocating a greater tax levy and the charge that the bill as drawn indicated devotion to big incomes and war profits
 Senator Borah spoke briefly in fa- vor.zt< higher taxation of war profits and incomes. He said that when the bonds now being issued came due there would be no war profits to tax Senator Stone a finance committee member, urged the serate to support the bipartisan majority draft.
 The vote on the first La Toilette sub stitute. which proposed new income surtaxes ranging from one per cent. on incomes between S5,000 and ST. 500, to 50 per cent. on those over $1,- coo 900, follows:
 Record of Vote.
 For the substitute: Denocrats-Gore, IIardwick, Hollis. Husting, Kirby, Me KeIIa Owen. Reed TrammeIl and q
 Republicans: Borah, Brady. Gron- ia. Johnson of California; Jones of Washington; Kenyon, La Toilette, Nc Nary, Norris, Poindexter and Town send. Total republicans Il.
 Total for q.
 Against the substitute: Democrats Bankhead Beckham, Broussard, Gull person. Fletcher. Gerry, Hitchcock, James Jones of New Mexico; Kend rick, King Lewis, Martin, Myers, NewIands, Overman, Phelan, Pittman, Pomerene Ransdel1. Robinson, Sauls- bury. Shafroth. Sheppard. Shields, Simmons. Smith of Georgia: Smith of Maryland; Smith of South Carolina: Stone, Swanson, Thomp/on and Vol colt Total democrats 8.
 Republicans: Brandegee, Calder, Colt, Curtis, Dillingham;, France, Freling huysen, Hale, Harding. Kellogg, Knox, Lodge McCumber, Nelson, New Page Penrose, Smith of Michigan; Smooth, Sterling, Sutherland, Wadsworth, Watson and Weeks. Total repubi cans g.
 Total against 58.
 Another Contest on Income Section.
 Another contest promised on the in come section is over an amendment introduced late today by Senator frammel of Florida proposing to strike out provisions in the bill lower ing the exemption from income taxa tion to s1,0o0 for single persons and B 900 for married, and to retain the present exceptions of $3,000 and s4,- 900 respectively.
 Secretary Tumulty authorized the statement today that reports that President Wilson had been supporting g the tax bill were absolutely un- founded and that the president had been taking no part in the contro- versy.