Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-29

Train Utsaster,
wore KsrRg. Mass, Nov, "a car
on the rear of the ,s.on. Barre E Gard
ner train went down an embaukmeut
Just after leaving North Worcester sta
ton this afternoon. Beteeen twenty
and thirty passengers were in tho car.
ali being more or less injured. some Sc
rion sly. 4 car load OF surgeons have
gone tn North Worcester. Inc wounded
will he brought 10 the city - soon as
possible.
Mormon fuiminafion.
SALT LAKE., Nov. y. John Tayior
President Of the Mormon Church. in an
interview TO lay. says he doss not pre-
pose TO resign 1T present III anybody
favor 1t was rumored that he would
resign IN Cannon's favor, nor allow
n split between the Church and the Co
operative store: that all Is harmony and
property IN the Church; 800 mission
aries are at work all over the world with
great success and hiormonI.n II bound
TO prevail. Especially IN the United
States, more converts have been brought
TO Utah tn. past two seasons, since the
passage Of the Eimunds' bill. than in
my four years before. The Church or
gan tonight copies the Cleveland Anti
Polygamy Society's constitution and
adds: - IL this secret abomln alton In
cited At Cleveland shall spread all over
the country, surely the nypocricy of the
nation, stepped A. ii Is III the slough of
lniquity, shall bring upon it the swift
Judgment Of the heavens"
Hang Him.
WATERBURY,. Conn. Nov. 2o.-public
Indignation against homas J. Smith of
Watertown. tue farmer who assaulted
his wife, breaking 1er leg. because their
children We're ali girls. culmlnite last
night IN a visit - the hotLe by twenty
yoaag men, with the Intention to tar
and feather Smith. Smith fired into
he party, and Myron HSa Was p ain
fully injured.
Killed ON the Road.
EgIE, Nov. PA dispatch from H4r-
Der Crock, Pa, says: About , o'clock
this afternoon the Lake Shore train
from the east struck and killed Peter
Kata5kusky. a Pole, aged 20. VII" at
tempted 10 steal ride on the west
bound freight train. He leaves large
family In Dunkirk, \. Y.
blaine. Views
PHILADKIPHIA, Nov. 25.-The Phila-
delphia Press tomorrow will contain a
letter from james q. Blaine to Charles
Emory Smith, editor of the Press, stating
Blaines Objections to the distribution
Of the surplus revenue of the Federal
Government among the States, aud pro
posing AS a substitute. If the National
Government no longer needs the taxa
ton on spirits, the entire amotlnt yield
cd be paid to the States. Three fatal
objections, in Blaine's opinion. make
the Pennsylvania proposition to dis
tribute the Federal surplus unWIse.
The first IL the utter uncertainty of the
size of redundant revenue. 1t may be a
million or a hundred millions. and I'M
less steady no State tax could be re
United on account of the receipt of this
aid, while sporadic Federal contribu-
tons TO tbs States would he void, as
was the last distribution of Federal sur
plus. Second, the division of this sur.
plus would impose on Senator's and Rep
resentatlveS divided duty. For the
sake of their States they would wish
the surplus 20 he as large as pos
sible, which would present tho constant
temptation to withhold appropriations
from objects really of a national char
acter. fhird-Ihe presumption of a
continuing redundancy of national rev
enue Is opposed To all sound views Of
arbitration, because ii IL sure t. Weld to
extravaganza, corruption, and all man
ner of schemes for getting rid of the
money. The time il rapidly approach
ing, however, when a national revenue
yielding under the present system of
taxation a hundred millions beyond the
amount required for government OK
penses must be reduced. A strong
movement is already on foot for the re
peal of the entire system Of internal
revenue, which derives support from
protectionists like Judge Kelly, and free
traders like Cox, of New York. This
conjunction OF opposing views i'll sup
port of the abolition of the same tax
gives an idea OF the importantly
to relieve taxation in States of
all our taxes. State taxation is
more Oppressive: il is direct
1t falls on property with crushing force.
In lew communities II is less than one
per cent, and in most 1t - over two per
cent. Why, therefore, should not the
States he permitted To have the tax on
spirits for their own benefit If the ma
tional Gov rument does rot need 1t
Can il be worse to continue direct tax
maud hurtful luxury like spirits to 90
free--a Igxury whose taxation Expresses
no one ? The customs revenue the ma
tional Government monopollZes. The
ex use il open in theory to both State
and national use in taXatson, but in
practice national authority alone can
| levy an excise tax. No State can guard
its borders against whisky from other
| States. or make an economical collec-
| ton of such tax within its own borders.
| Federal machinery for the collection of
| this revenue ia in full operation, aud a
| bill of tan lines could direct the Score
| tary of the Treasury tn pay the whole of
| il. less a small expense for collection. to
| the States and Territories IN proportion
to their population, and CONTINUE II
| permanently as part OF their regular
annual revenue; Such Il plan would
give the revenue from such tax wholly
to the States. and would not depend on
| the chances of u surplus or an acct
dental remainder in the National Treas
ury. 1t would make the taxation of
spurious and malt liquors a permanent
resource to all States, enabling them
thereby definitely To readjust and re-
dace their own taxation. Each State
could most wisely use its space accord
ing to its own necessity. The total
return tax on sprituous and nal,
liquors last year was over SS6,O0,00
an amount which would tend to increase
rather than diminish as each State saw
the suppression of illiclt distilleries was
IN its advantage. With this revenue
State taxation could be remitted, State
debts paid. or If aid were divided among
cities and counties their expenses
conld be- proportionttely diminished
La table annexed to the letter Balm,
shows the share of the States on tn,
basis of population to be xS.s93,0O 70
New York: 81 $4,000 for PENNSYLVANIA
-, 900 for Illinois, and S3.5U.o00 fo
Ohio, smaller States receiving in pro
portion.
Part Not In the Play.
DIS MONIES. Nov. 2S.--Durins thu
production of the play. Friendly Tip
with W. j. Ferguson as the Dude. a
Fosters Opera House this evening. h
was attacked by bulldog used IN tn
D., Ia. IA.