Omaha daily bee., 1893-11-23
WILL TAX WHISKY OR SUGAR
Managers of the New Tariff Measure MOI
Satisfied on This Score.
FEATURES THE REPUBLICANS OPPOSE
They WIN Not support the Income TIA,
Item OF the Bnl Because the Bur
den VIII Rest on the
Middle Glass.
WASHINGTON BUREAU or Til. BEE,
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET, !
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5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET,
WASHINGTON, Nov. %
In giving the ~fuIshiug touches to the tariff
bill there is a neck and neck race between
sugar and whisky, 1t is simply a question
whether a duty OF / cent a pound shall DO
placed upon raw sugar or the tax of 20 cents
a gallon on whisky increased to $l.30. If the
tax on whisky is increased it is understood
that the bonded period, which is now three
years, will be removed and made withou,
limitation, so that whisky will pay tax only
when it is taken out of bond. The revenue
to be derived from u duty of | cent a pound
on raw sugar and an increase of the whisky
tax to the extent of 10 cents a gallon is cal.
culated to be about equal.
As n strong demand is pouring in upon the
ways and means committee from temper
ance and church or FOUNDATIONS in favor of .
heavy increase in the whisky tax, the belief
evidently being that 1T would advance the
cause OF temperance, and %inasmuch a,
there are strong objections from a political
point OF view to any tax on raw sugar, IL
looks as though the tax on whisky would be
increased. II Is the intention to reduce to q
quarter of q cent a pound the present duty OF
y cent upon refined sugar with the view to
striking n blow at the Sugar trust. Sugar
and whisky are being deferred until the last
moment, and just what will be done with
them may not be known until next Monday
when the bill will be made known TO tho
public.
Prominent republicans say the proposed
income tax will be defeated. They oppose it,
first, because it Is q war measure and never
levied in time of peace except by countries
intending going to a FREQ trade basis. Sec
ondly, because the north would have TO pay
nearly all of the tax, ana lastly because its
operations would be extremely offensive and
the burden fall upon the middle classes.
To tlu Ben Bakers shoes.
The fight for the United States district
attorneyship in Nebraska seems to have
focused down to a contest between Ogden
and Mahoney, Gertng of plattsmouth
appears to have lallen out of the
race. 1t is not known whether Secretary
Morton favors Ogden or Mahoney, but
1T Is stated upon excellent authority that he
will one of them, and of course
will control the appointment. 1t looked for
a while like he would endorse Gering, but the
word comes now that he recognizes the con-
test to be between Ogden and Mahoney. The
appointment is not to be made till Bakers
commission expires, which is som weeks
distant.
New Western Postmastcrs.
Postmasters appointed today: Iowa
Jolley, Calhoun county, +. G. Mallory, vice
j. A. Dockstader, resigned; Morton, War
rem county, L. +. Wright, vice t.. II. Wright,
resigned.
SOuUn DaEOUd ESElOuue, hluRSDuTy
county. Theophilus Bernent, vice Maria b.
French, removed; Estellin, Hamlin
county, M. III. Arnold, vice George G.
Lohr, removed; Ethan, Davidson county,
Math Sclinseu, vice Asa Dodd. removed;
Fairburn, Custer county, Benjaman w.
Lopez. vice George o. Sanders, removed;
Freeman, Hutchinson county, William De-
wald, vice G. Buechler, resigned; Grand
View, Douglas county, George Moor, vice
a. Il. Thomas, removed; Montrose, cCook
county, Jerry Barrett, vice II. ~. Walker,
| removed; Vienna, Clark county, Joseph M.
Heber, vice Erick f.. toss, removed;
Wakonda, Clay county, John Babb, vice r.
j. Hewitt, removed H
Personal Mention.
Mr.. Frank w. Bean, this federal attorney
for Idaho. is at the Riggs. Mr.. Bean was
formerly a delegate from the territory and
balls from Blackfoot.
Hon. j. ID. Yeomans, one Of the leading
democrats of Iowa, is at the Ebbitt. He Is
a former Butfalonian and will take in the
city on his way home. He stoutly protests
that his trip east is purely a pleasure visit.
| He says that Iowa is Il republican state and
| that fair play entities that party to the cleo
| ton once in three years at least. He says
| that Ex-Governor Gear will probably be
given the senatorship PERRY >. HEATH.
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