Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-01-17
INCOME TAX
The Eiii Goes To the House "a q rsparats
Measure. VIII re NJ l. Very Iiksfp TO ne
Knocked ON the Head.

4 The Elii Goes To the House "a a Separate
Measure. WI re NJ l. Very Lik.fp To n.
| Knocked ON the Head.
WASHINGTON, Jan Is The action of
the majority of membcrs in the waVs
and means committee Friday in deter.
mining, Oy 4 vote OF six to five. To re.
port the income tax bill as n measure
separate and distinct from the Wilson
tariff bill, is the first evidence that the
! administration has rcgained control of
the committee
MeSsrS. McMillin and bryan. the
members OF the committee who arc
most deeply attached To the income
tax scheme. have lost no opportunity
Ia assert that under no conditions
would he two measures be separated.
for they recognize the pro. .pility that
certain democrats in the ,housc would
attempt 10 defeat the income tax bill,
IL il appeared as an independent propo-
sition, by purposcly breaking a quo
rum Having defeated the administra-
ton in the adoption of the resolution
To report an income tax bill TO the
house. Mr. McNlillin felt confident that
he would be able TO keep his forces i'm
tact for the incorporation of the in
come tax into the Wilson bill itself
Curiously enough, the member who
caused almost a sensation 10y defeating
Mr.. McMillan's schemes Friday was
Mr.. Bynum, of Indiana. who caused
almost an equal sensation when he
voted with MIR Mcmillan and defeated
the administration 10y supporting the
income tax proposition.
The vote Friday stood: Messrs. Will
son. breckenridge. stevens, Cochran.
Montgomery and Bynum for reporting
the income tax as an independent
proposition, and MessrS Mcmillan,
Bryan, Tarsney. Turner and Whiting
for Incorporating the measure in the
Wilson bill.
Mr. Cochran. OF New York. and Mr.
Stevens, % Massachusetts, the two
members OF the committee who have
been most open in their hostility TO the
income tax, are jubilant TO say the
least over their success in compcllin z
the submission OF the proposition ms an
independent measure, and do not hes
state 20 predict its defeat in the house
In so far rs these gentlemen count
| upon republican aid i'm the defeat OF the
income tax. they are likely TO find
| themselves mistaken. There is no rca-
son TO believe that the republican lead
crs are abandoning their original pro-
gramme OF compelling the democrats
90 enact or defeat all financial legisla-
tion by quorum of their own party
II is evident that one or the motives
OF making the income tax bill an indie.
| pendent measure and thus neccssi;at-
ing separate vote in the house was e
| force the republican minority To put
itself on record. and as nearly every
republican IL known TO be opposed tc
an income tax, il was the calculation OF
Messrs Cochran and Stevens that the
republican vote, together with the re-
bellious democrats in the house would
suffice to defeat the bill. None of tn,
republican leaders however, have
| given Mr.. Cochran any assurance that
Will warrant any such belief. ON the
contrary, the republicans will permit
the democrats TO fight out all their inan.
cial battles strictly INSIDE their own
party lines. Mr.. Cochran's campaign
for the defeat OF the income tax must
therefore. be mapped out wholly insid,
his own territory.
Furthermore, the fact that Speaker
Crisp, who is VIGOROUSLY friend oi
the income tax, was able ON last Mon
day TO bring quorum of democrats in
To the house ready To support any
measure that his rules committed
might dictate, may be taken rs .
strong indication that when the iina
vote rs taken on the income tax bill
| there will not be sufficient democrats
whose courage will last them 10 III,
point OF breaking a quorum, and tn,
income tax will pass the house.
AS already stated, it will be defeated
in the senate, and the revenues which
it is expected 20 raise will be produced
in the senate bill by largely increased
tax on whisky, "A duty on sugar. the
abolition Of the sugar bounty, and 2
reduction OF some Of the heavy cut.
made in the Wilson bill
The only result in the house OF IN,
action Of the ways and means commit
tee Friday, was the threat of many q
the friends OF the income tax TO EN-
barrass the passage 81 the Wilson bill
until they are assured of the success,
of their bill for the levying Of an in
| come tax