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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27
A Conclusive Argument Against an
Income Tax.

To-day we print the first installment of
the late WILLIAM o. B%ARTLETT's great ar
gument against an income tax. The argu-
ment is mastery, cogent, and unanswera-
BILE; and although directed against the Re
publican war tax, it is just as applicable to
the Populist income tax Of the present day,
because both measures violate the same
provisions Of the Constitution, and, aside
from all differences in their details, are alike
hostile to the fundamental law.
Rulers in former times" says Mr..
BARTLETT, "clung to this species of tax as
\ convenient, serviceable instrument Of
tyranny. Gradually, rs nations gained their
freedom, they shook II off. It may well re-
tire before the march of civilization, for
everywhere it is the prolific mother Of fraud
and perjury, and the dutiful handmade of
the father of lies. Prying, inquisitorial, i'm
pudent, offensive, odious in its nature, it
consorts not with liberty"
The Federal Constitution provides that
direct taxes shall be apportioned among the
several States according to their respective
numbers; and further that no capitation or
other direct tax snail be laid unless in proper
ton to the enumeration or census OF the whole
people. As MT. bAhTLETT shys, Jne INCOME
tax is not SO apportioned. Is It a direct tax ,
II it is direct tax, not being so apportioned
1t must be unconstitutional.
The argument goes on to demonstrate
that an income TAX is a direct tax that 1t
has always been so regarded by the stand
nrd writers on taxation, and by the great
English statesmen and Parliamentary de-
baters; and that 1t was so understood by the
trainers Of our Constitution.
From the decisions of the Supreme Court
of the United States it also appears that
there can he no distinction in law between
a tax on property Of any kind and a tax
upon the income OF the same property: hat
a tax on land or a general assessment on
property is "a direct tax; and that a tax on
the income of land, or n tax on the income of
property in general, is not less a direct tax.
Mr., BARTLETT was one OF the greatest
constitutional lawyers ever produced by
this country and his magnificent argument
against this monstrous perversion of the
taxing power, has brought to his memory
that enduring lame which leads us to repub-
lish his essay for the perusal and informa-
tion of our readers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27
Us. ..a Asu.. OF ToethpIe...

FTOW M LWWIfT.
The t~OOthplck, Judiciously used, IL OF undOubted
value. OF the materials used a. toothplckS the bsst Is
the quill, with the sharp point removed, but with this.
as with all other forms, care must be observed. BY
indlscriminate application the gums may be so iri-
tated and injured as 10 cause recession and thus in
crease the existing trouble, or Inflammation OF the
tooth membrane may be caused, : most annoying con
diton, and one In which the stAl more vigorous use OF
the ~toOthplek gives temporary relief, only In reality to
add fuel 10 the nre. Metal toothPieks are good be
cause blunt pointed, but are too thick TO pass between
teeth at all close together. Wood need only be men
toned 70 be condemned. for it la by no means uncom-
mon occurrence for small hbres 10 become detached
and jammsd between the socket and tooth. leading to
chronic penosaus and even loss OF the tooth n the
condition Is not recognized.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27

FrOm The NfNr York Hrrnn.
II 1t be true, as reported from Washington.
that the Treasury Department has authorita-
lively announced that il will be- impossible to
collect the income tax unless Congress provides
adequate machinery beyond the present orCsni-
zation of the Internal Revenue ONCE, there is
good reason to hope that this un-American. in
quisitive tax may never be levied.
II a large sum Of money should be necessary
to put the tax in operation there ought to be
wisdom enough among the Democratic Repre-
sentatives and Senators in Congress To defeat
All appropriation for that purpose. There can
be no doubt of the condemnatIon of this tax by
the people, and the Democrats should not let the
Republicans get the credit for abolishing II.
1t will be not only good economy. but good
politics, TO give this tax its quietus before letting
IL go into operation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27

The imperial meistersAnger of Berlin has
done well in releasing from prison the bold
critic who scoffed at his "Sang au AeGir." We
think that both the words and the tune of the
song are pretty good for u Kaiser, II indeed he
composed them but we know that, In thinking
thus, we are at odds with u horde OF particular
list German critics who would scott at both IL
they were not afraid of arrest upon the charge
Of Lse mdjestf. The scoffer in whose behalf the
Kaiser exercised clemency had rendered him
self liable TO Imprisonment for a long term OF
years, and few scoffers would care 10 run the
risk OF that punishment for the sake of a brief
period Of critical enjoyment, True, they can
scor secretly behind the bars, but there Is
danger in that, too, for there are spies in Berlin.
1t is possible that. II all the private scoffers at
the Sang were imprisoned. the appropriation for
dungeons would have to be larger than that for
the imperial court.
The old-time meistersAngers used to submit
their songs and tunes TO the MeTker Board. The
songs were tested by the Scriptures, a test that
would Assuredly be ruinous TO the Kaiser's pro-
d~uetion, which is purely pagan and utterly
unchristian.
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MS.

-one encounters here and there, especially In the
German quarter, drug stores where are sold many
animal products for medicinal usss. Hen oil. goose
grease. and dogs fat are familiar domestic remedies
with the Germans, while snake oil and skunk oil are
especially advertised by enc conspicuous drug store OF
that part of town.
-socalled Maryland geese are now sold In the down
town Hebrew quarter, though the dealers have only
. hAzy notion OF where the State OF Maryland lies, and
are ready to assure the possible purchaser that the
fowls are wild or domestic, as seems best to suit his
taste. The Maryland waters are rich In wild gees.
though probably few come TO this market
New Workers have long been familiar with the ad-
vice OF the land boomer, own your home, I" but It 70
NAMED for = Bowery tailor 10 oner advice that speaks
volumes for the state of his customers wardrobeL
The advice, printed In large letters, 10, "Own your
dress suit" IL ia almost as signIncant az the phrase,
Your other coat" to describe a mans Sunday best.
There suddenly appeared In an u UPTOWN French
restaurant al the dinner hour the other night an enor.
nous and very black one-armed negro. who took the
middle OF the noCI and addressed the company in vol.
uble and excellent French. He was begging, and tho
boldness of his approach brought him considerable
success. He came by mis- French IN one Of the West
Indian islands
1t Is a Third avenue florist that adyertIses empty
flower pots OF all sizes, and "groundn TO MI them
Obviously such provision 10 necessary for the accom-
mediation Of the amateur noris;, whose sole interest IN
any spot OF ground Is represented by his fractional
rightA IN ue paved courtyard OF = tenement house.
occupied along with from twenty 10 300 other msn,
women, anu chl1lreh
-StuyyeSant square has half a dozen Of the nnest
trees that the city owns IL commonly happens thAG
the trees m the smaller parks In the heart OF the city
suner Iom insunicient nouriahmsnt and poisonous
gases In the earth and the atmosphere, 80 that they
have TO be carefully watched and tended. Tbs tree,
OF stuJvesant square, however. have AImOst the 70.
business OF rural vegetation.
Scattered about the city are smEn dealers in post
Ase stamps sometimes living In lodgings and carrying
ON their trade without displaying = sign. sometimss
eontenuns themselves with a small sign on the street
door Of an apartment house. Their trade Is ANAL I'm
comparison with that OF the conspicuous DEALER, bat
it sometimes amounts 70 many millions OF stamps M
the course Of : year, ana extends to foreign coun.
trteA
1t Il easy enough" said Mr.. Glimby, s. 70 account
for the fact that children sometimes. juSt before com.
ing 10 ave years OF age, cease entirely 10 grow old and
dont ihersAse In age ~ all for two or three years. ana
then AL OF = sudden become seven or eight years Old;
but not 30 easy 70 account for the fact that whils
the child ceases 70 grow IN years it continues 20 IN.
crease In weight and stature. Indeed. sssn such a.
pere IN chldrsns ASsaAS strsst car cORdaetors hAss
SsA p1--lsa ~ @s StrnlAs s0aizAaAsaS-"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27

Question As such n vast number of
Democrats in all parts Of the country stayed
away from the polls at the late elections. would
IL not be well for the States To adopt the new
Belgian system of compulsory votingY An
swer: The reason given by the questioner for
the adoption here o: the Belgian system is an
Inadequate one. Voting Is but a means Of Civ
ing expression to the political principles or de-
sires OF the voter. But there are times when .
voter may most effectively serve his politics by
refraining from voting. IL, when he does not
approve of the principles, the policy, or the can
didates of the parties in the field, he stays away
from the polls. he thus serves notice upon these
parties. II would be wrong TO compel him to
vote under the circumstances. II would be .
violation of his rights OF conscience or OF his
conscientious scruples. 1t is the duty of all citi-
zens to vote whenever it is possible for them to
do so; but there may be cases in which some
citizens would sacrifice their moral indepen-
dence by voting. Take, for example the case OF
a man who is a Prohibitionist living In a place
where both parties favor the licensing Of the
liquor traffic: IL would be wrong to compel that
Prohibitionist TO vote for the candidate OF either
OF these parties. Again, in those counties of the
State Of Mississippi such as Seshobs and Oktib-
beha. where no Republican ticket is nominated,
II would be wrong to compel Republicans to vote
the Democratic ticket. A man has the right,
under the Constitution OF the United States, to
refrain from voting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27
cLEvEIAND STILL At HooDIEE.
It Il Not Known whe- ne Expects 20 Re-
turn 90 the While Heuse.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-President Cleveland
is still in seclusion at woodley, and nobody at
the White House knows or will tell when he ex-
poets to return To 1t. The story that Mr.. Cleve-
land is suffering from rheumatic Eoutis now so-
copied by everybody who depends upon the
White House bulletins for Information. It 10
not denied that the tendons of the Presidents
ankle that were strained by his stepping upon .
and suppleness, but they are of very little assist
snce to the President, as he Is obliged to rest all
day upon the new govt couch purchased on Sat
urday. Notwithstanding the constant painful
twinges, the President In reported TO be busily
engaged upon his message, the most important
portions OF which will contain his views upon
the tariff and his recommendations for a Cur
rency Commission.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27

Is that SOP First, then, we must change the
Democratic platform, which prescribes that the
tariff must be for revenue, and then we must do
the proposed job thoroughly and impartially.
Free coal, especially desired, we believe, by our
contemporary, is only a patch on the policy OF
free fuel. As coal il the raw material OF the
furnace, so Is food Of all sorts and varieties the
raw material OF life, and 1t can't. in cold justice
to all interested, be human life only. II coal goes
on the free list, so must rice and wheat and hay
and everything that feeds the fires of the stom-
ach and enables manufacture. with all its ac-
cessories, to continue. Cotton must be forever
free. and 50 must about everything namable,
since it is beyond the power OF sophistry to dis
tinguish one thing from another as II raw ma
terial. Everything is a raw material for some
thing higher. The only consistent system Of
raw material would have everything free, with
no taxes and no revenue, and all would be treat
ed alike and perhaps all would be happy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27
Here is an official advertisement that was
printed in Yesterdays SUN:

printed III yesterday > SUM
Russian subjects OF the Roman Catholic and Ev.
Lutheran faiths will be given an opportunity to take
the oath Of allegiance to II. /. NJ. Emperor NICHOLAS IL.
on Wednesday, the 2sth Of november, 1894. at the
onics Of the Consulate. General OF Russia, % state ST.,
from II to ."
II will he observed that in this advertisement
the privilege OF taking the oath OF allegiance Is
offered only to those Of the Cars subjects
here resident who belong to Christian com
munions other than the Greek Church. Our
contemporary the Jc,rish Messeng,r assured us
last week that many scores OF Russian Jews in
New York have taken the oath at the Consulate.
IL need not be inferred from the terms OF the
advertisement that others OF them are debarred
from the privilege granted to their fellow sub
jects OF the Roman Catholic or the Evangelical
Lutheran faith.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27
TAX ASSESSMENTS RED UCED.
That OF the Metropolitan Tractio. Co.psa
Lowered from sI18, Tao to SIS eco

That OF the metropolitan Trnctton sonpsny
Lowered from s118,74s to "a
Decisions were handed down yesterday in the
Special Term of the Supreme Court by Judge
Beach v~acating the assessments imposed on the
Second Avenue Railroad Company and the Gen.
trail Crosstown Railroad Company. The state
ments of the companies to the commissioners of
Taxes and Assessments showed that their total
assets were less than their debts added to the
assessed value of the real estate. The assess
ment of the Metropolitan Traction Company
was also reduced from S173, 40 to $4,000.
Judge Beach also denied the motion of the Cor
poration Counsel to quash writs Of certiorari
obtained by the General Electric Light Com
pany. the Edison General Electric Company.
and the Edison Electric Light Company for the
purpose Of reviewing the personal tax ASSESS
ments imposed for 1894. ...H.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27
RadcIine's FIRST Report.

Brief, businesslike, and To the point, is
the first report which Radcliffe College,
through its officers, makes TO the public.
In Our pages Mrs. AGAssIz, the President,
tells the now familiar story of the trans
formation of the Harvard annex into a col
lege last spring, and announces the founda-
ton of a scholarship by an anonymous giver
in the name Of Widow JOANNA HoAR" OF
Braintree, a contemporary of ANNE RAD
CLIFFE. Mrs. HoAR was the mother of
President LEONARD HoAR of Harvard. and
ancestress of the Concord HoARs, and Of
the ADAMsEs and QUINCYs.
The report of Mr.. HENRY L. HIGGIN-
son, the Treasurer, shows that on Aug. |
the college had $4,000 in securities and
cash, while from the Regents account it
appears that last year the fees for tuition
alone paid for all the salaries and current
expenses and left a surplus The PERKINS
bequest already amount to 500, 900; the
SwEETsER bequest will be at least x4O,-
900, and the PARKER bequest more han
$4,000. Three funds of $4,000 each for
scholarships nave been given since the in
corporation, together with other gifts. A
unique gift is that Of the lawyer employed
TO oppose the incorporation of the college,
who presents to it the retainer paid to him.
BY far the most important portion of the
report of the Regent, Mr.. GILMAN, is that
showing the increase in the amount OF the
instruction given 10 the young women since
the Z" annex has been brought into closer
connection with Harvard. 1t is an effective
answer 10 all who nave looked on the union
as a matter Of form merely, hat lB6 courses
Of instruction are open % women this
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27
R.buL. to . False R.,r..eu,.u,..

To THE EDITOR OF TIE Sun Sir: The cleo
ton excitement has cooled OF, and allow me to
say | am still a Democrat, just the same as you
are-dyed in the wool. I voted. however, in the
last election the Republican ticket, and am
glad | did. Thousands Of my faith did the same.
Piggot was sent to Congress To- represent his
constituents OF the Second district aud he mis-
represented us. am mortified over the actions
of our present Congress-. COuld ever such a set
Of jackasses again be got together? II so, where
could they be found ASA VI. BLACKMAN.
STAMFORD, Conn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27
RrookIxa CITY Hal Hell.

The ringing of the fire bell in tho cupola Of the
City Hall in Brooklyn as a fire alarm. which has
been a time-honored custom. will be discon-
tinued after Dec. l. Yesterday the Aldermen, at
the suggestion OF Mayor Schieren, adopted q
resolution 10 that effect. only one member OF tho
Board objecting. Former Mayors In Brooklyn
had tried TO have the bell-ringing discontinued,
but the society OF Old Brooklynites had infu-
ence enough TO defeat them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27

The Christmas lumber OF SeTbnsT' MdJdziHs
presents itsslf In = cover. designed especially for the
occasion. OF considerable effectiveness but not Dsces
sarily ssasonAble. The contenU OF the number agree
With the cover. There are three fr0ntispieces, . poem
b. hudyard Kipling, Mr.. HEmsrtOns last eHdque Of .
modern painter, short stories By Robert Grant, walter
LAunt Palmer. BrAndsr Matthew'S Francis Lynde.
BunAsT. zAd EEa Wilder hcGlAlsOh. shd an illustrated
aracls b. COsnO honkhOass On GeOEss FrsdsEiek
HsgA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27
Recruits for the Lecture Platform

Two distinguished members of the Fifty
third Congress, neither Of whom has been
reelected TO the Fifty-fOurth, will occupy
their leisure time n devote their surplus
energy to the instruction Of the American
public from the lyceum lecture platform,
The two statesmen who purpose TO be di-
d~Aetically rather than politically useful To
their fellow citizens in the future, are Pro
lessor WILLIAM WILSON Of West Virginia
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27
MRS. ouISrARD,s BIe ESTATE.
A,,i,e.tion Made for the Appointment OF
Executors.

WHITE PLAINS, Nov. 26.-Appiication YVES
made before Surrogate Coffin to-day for the APP
pointment Of executors of the estate Of Mrs.
Frances Z. Quintsrd, who died q week ago at
her home in the village Of Rye. The petition
asks that George w. Quintard, the husband OF
the teststrlx. and Nicholas y. Palmer. her SON
in-law. be appointed executors. The petition
sets forth that the estate does exceed S4,0OO,OoO.
Mrs, Quintard died on the evening OF the mar
rage OF her granddaughter Miss Florence
Ouintard. TO Mr.. Rhodes McGreRor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27

All the irst-class powers Of the world,
that is to say, all the principal fighting powers,
have been Christian or Of Christendom ever
since the disruption OF the Ottoman empire. In
the closing years OF the nineteenth century, We
must recognize the existence Of a great power, a
fighting and conquering power, that is not
Chrlstian-Inpan. the land Of the Risinz sun.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27
WOLF KILLED ~ GRAMERCY PARK.
That Was Eighty Tears Ago. and AIdernaa
Mr.. Fish Testined TO the Death.

Mr.. Fish Testified to the Death.
Col. Mcclellan. President of the Board Of
Aldermen. received a letter yesterday from
Nicholas Fish asking that the records of the
Board of Aldermen be searched in order to find
the certificate Of the death of a wolf. The
writer's grandfather. Nicholas Fish, was an
Alderman from 1901 to 1917. The Board of
Aldermen at that time passed a resolution offer
ing to pay SIS to every person who killed a wolf,
and Alderman Fish was asked by a wolf slayer
to certify TO the killing OF a wolf on the spot now
occupied by the late Samuel J. Tilden's resi-
dence in Gramercy Park. Alderman Fish had
the occurrence recorded. and now his descendant
wants a CODY of the record.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27
THE SUN. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 81. 1894

The object Of thess provisions Is to secure protec-
tion for American labor. protection for Ameri-
can printers, photographers. and photographer.
The New York cloak manufacturer will make
a mistake ~costlier TO themselves than any strike
by trying 10 get their stock made up in Berlin.
Germany. or in Prague, Bohemia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27

Advertisement for THE WEEKLY Sur, tssted
Tomorrow morning, mus, be handed In this ersn-
,no LefOre O O'Clock.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-27

the UN1rD Pass and NV YonE ASSOCIATED. PRESS
IL ~ to ~ Ann street. Al information and docn
inents FOR public use Instantly disseminated to tAc
press Of the whole country.
The morning call., 1894-02-08

union; it was to her that men went when
they wanted to know what Mr.. Clay
thought.
When he died Miss Lynch removed to
New York and threw open her home to
literary society. Her Saturday even
ings" became the resort of artists, poets,
writers and budding statesmen. Every
one who had claims to distinction was
made welcome. Her rooms were the near
est approach to the salon de Rambouillet
that we ever had in this country. One
met there Bayard Taylor, George William
Curtis. f. o. c. barley. Froude the histQr-
ian. Emerson. LoDgfellow, Church, Lydia
Maria Child, the Cary sisters. Stoddard
the poet, Andrew Carnegie, George and
Charles Sumner and host of others whose
names are now on the roll of fame. Miss
Lynch had friendly word for all. She was
not sayer of DlOtS nor an author of wit
ticisms, but she possessed subtle SYM
patty which no one could resist. 1t used
to De said that all the men In her rooms
were In love with her, which. as she was
nearly 90, shows what nature she must
have had. One day some one suggested TO
her that she would be more comfortable If
she were married. Matrimony had not oc-
Cured to her. but she sweetly aeQuiesced
ard her choice fell upon Vincenzo Botta,
an Italian historian, whose heart was as
big and whose disposition as sunny as her
own. 1t is pleasant to remember that no
shadow ever fell across their married life.
The morning call., 1894-02-08
A KINDLY INVITATION.

The Woodland Mail invites San Fran
cisco people with some means to visit that
county. The Mail says:
There are mechanics by hundreds out OF en-
ployment who have saved up earnings enough
10 buy ten-acre farm; there are business men
unnumbered who are weary Of the rush and
noise OF city life; there are men OF leisure and
capitai who would readily pick up good bar
gains IN farming lands, right in San Francisco
ana IL Is not difficult matter for US to reach
them or for them TO reach Us.
A mechanic out of employment who has
saved money enough to buy a ten-acre
farm would certainly be better off in the
interior counties than in this city. If the
purchase of the farm exhausts bis means
he may find some kind of work which will
enable him TO live while his farm is being
converted into an orchard. The sugar
beet industry would be invaluable TO men
in this financial condition. Beets produce
revenue the first year. II the Nail could
also extend its invitation TO willing work.
ers who have no money there would be a
movement Woodward within few days.