New Britain herald., 1917-08-24
LAfOLLET7E LOSES
 EIGHT ON WAR TAX
Vote in Senate Considered As
 Rebuke to PaCifiSt

Washington Aug. 24.-The biparti- san majority in the Senate, which has put through all of the administrations war measures, threw it's force yester- day against the La Toilette amend ment to augment appreciably the in- come tax in the war revenue bill de- feQing it by a vote of 5s tar21r This vote disposed of the income tax fea- ture. and it will be passed in the bill as voted upon Wednesday, with the original House amendments and the one offered by Senator Gerry of Rhode Island. -...
 Defeat of Senator La Follette's scheme was inevitable ssfter the coup of. Wednesday, by which most of the advances in the income tax advocated by the Wisconsin senator were worked into the bill Senator La Follettes anxiety to get his amendment through did not strike responsive chord with the bipartisan combination, which has been out of sympathy with what it regards MT. La Follette's obstruc- tive tactics on nearly all war meas ures.
 The abrupt rejection of MT. La Fol lettes amendment was interpreted in the Senate lobby as a rebuke to the Wisconsin senator for his attitude on the war and a distinct victory for ad- ministration supporters, on both sides of the Senate. It was also taken as an augury that Senator La Follette's con- tertplated move to put a heavy in- crease on excess corporation war prof its was certain to cause a sharp strug gle that in the end might result in de- feat.
 While many Senators on both sides of the chamber believe that the tax on excess war profits ought to be raised, there talk that this would be done through another measure next winter ard that, if any further advance was put into the war revenue bill it would be comparatively slight.
 Senator Simmons, chairman of the finance committee, who has handled the war revenue bill in it's career in the Senate, said last night that the majority of the Senate appeared to be satisfied to let the excess profits sec tori stand for the time. The Senator expressed satisfaction with the in crease of s75oOo,oO0. put upon in comes beyond the levy already pro- vided for in the bill. He regarded the advance as fair, without imposing any serious burden, as the increase in every instance affected the higher in coines.
 Talk that has done the rounds at the capitol during the last few days that President Wilson was in sym pathy with the effort for fixing much higher taxes on incomes and excess war profits was repudiated by the eX- ecutive in a statement given out at the White House. This statement read "The secretary to the president an nounces this afternoon on the author fty of the president that the statement that the president had been support Ing the attacks on the revenue bill was absolutely unfounded and that the president had been taking no part l in the controversy atall." The vote on the La Toilette amend ment. to apply graduated taxes run nkg from l per cent. on incomes from $5,0oO to $6,0o0, up to 45 per cent. on incomes over $2,0O0,0OO after a long argument by the Wiscon- l sin Senator. In his speech Senator La Toilette pointed out that under his tax scheme, the yield would Dc s806. .512.463. while under he plar voted upon by the senate yesterday the aggregate tax would be S523244,
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 How They Voted.
 Here is the vote by which the La Toilette amendment was defeated
 Republicans voting for the amend
 ment:
 ! Borah, Brady, Gronna, Johnson ot California, Jones of Washington,