Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-12-01
NO INCOME TAX.
NU TAX,
The President Said to Have Given
the Ways and Means Com
mittee q Pointer
That He Does Not Approve Making
It q Part of the Tariff
Bill.
II It Must He Brought Into Congress
1t Should Be as q Separate
Bill.

ST. PAUL, Nov. g. The Pioneer |
Press Washington special says:
1t is rumored here that President /
Cleveland has conveyed to the ways and
means committee in a quiet but none
the less emphatic manner his decided OBJ
lection to the income tax proposition in
any shape, and the further fact that it
will not meet with his approval. He is
particularly DESTROYS thatthe proposition
shall not be made a part of the tariff bill,
but that if the committee is bound to
report it, it be put in the form of a sep
arate bill. so it may be considered and
disposed of as a separate issue. It is
hardly expected that the committee will
be able to comply with the presidents
wishes. In the first place, a majority of
the committee is committed to the income
tax as a matter of principle; and in the
second place the tax is needed to make
up the deficiency of the revenues which
is conceded will follow the passage of
the tariff bill, with the sweeping reduc-
tio,s in duties which are proposed.
Western Democrats Favor 1t.
The Western Democratic members of
congress who are in the city seem to re-
gard the income tax as a very clever
sui litute for the indirect tax of the
tariff. Congressman Hall of Minnesota
expressed himself as heartily in favor of
it. He thinks perhaps it would be better
to have the minimum $4,000 instead of
$4,000, but is convinced that even at the
latter figure it will be very popular
throughout the West. His namesake,
Hall Of Missouri, is a we'll known advo-
cate of the theory. Amos Cummings, on
the other hand, came over from New
York to inform the committee with en-
phasis that if the income tax idea is en-
acted into law it will defeat every Dem
ocratic candidate for congress in New
York state outside of the city and will
make two of the strongest city districts
doubtful. If the Republican members
of the committee oppose it solidly and
can get three Democrats to vote against
it when the bill is considered by the
whole committee, it will have to go to
the house as a minority proposition if it
gets there at all. Bourke Cochran and
Stevens Of Massachusetts, are against it,
but it is not known where the third
Democrat is to come from.
RETURNING TO WASHINGTON.
Senators and Representatives .Flocking to
the Capital.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Senators and
members of congress have begun to re.
turn and are to be found around the no.
tells, the capitol and all the departments.
Many of the members are making ar
rangements for the winter and settling
their families in the hotels and residences
they have selected. There is a great
deal of interest manifested among the
congressman about the tariff. Other
matters of legislation are frequently dis
cussed. There is now a general i'm
preston that little will be done before
the holidays, although the wheels Of leg
islation will be going around all the
time. There are several matters pend
ing in both houses which can occupy the
time, even if the tariff bill does not come
up in the house at once. All the bills
which the house passed and sent to the
senate during the silver debate can be
considered in that body while the tariff
bill occupies the house.
The Hawaiian Matter.
There are a number of members of
congress who would very much like to
have the Hawaiian matter come up in
congress early, and there are others who
would prefer that it be handled by the
state department and not brought before
congress. It is expected that some reso-
buttons of inquiry upon this subject will
be introduced, but they can he easily held
in committee until the administration il
ready to send in such communications as
it deems advisable. There is the usual
hope expressed among the arriving men,
bers that there may be a short session,
and that the important business will be