The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-23

Congress, will advocate and work for Its
repeal I would prefer an income tax, how.
ever, to high protective tariff, and want to
go on record In that statement" 1t Is OF
such material that Populism easily makes
recruits For the present. therefore, we
shall not reckon Mr.. STEPHEN PERRY
sTUReIs among the unqualified and uncom-
promising enemies Of the income tax; his
restoration to the list OF honor being mat
ter within his own control.
ANTON VIGEIiUs, Democratic candidate
in the Fifth district, is against the
present income tax !" and lean only say, of
course, that II an income tax should be alb
solutely necessary we shall have to have
It," That sage reflection does not prevent
him from pledging himself to vote every time
for the repeal of the present income tax, to
which he says he is opposed. There is
probably no reason, outside OF his own habit
OF too cautious statement, why Mr.. VICE
LIus should not I've classed with Brooklyn
Democrats like JAMES @. CLEVELAND and
WILLIAM j. CooMBs. We advise him to get
| into line as soon as possible.
JAMES J. WALSH, in the Eighth district,
remarks: 81 am against the income tax,
but will not pledge myself to advocate its
repeal" Mr.. WALSH is an unknown guam
tity to the people of this city We shall
watch with curiosity the fortunes OF
| young man who apparently, lacks the
courage and independence to back up his
own political opinions.
GEORGE KARsCH, State Democrat, in the
Tenth district, stops short with an academic
expression of hostility to the income tax.
that true and tried Democrat, Gen. DANIEL
Z. SICKLEs. for man who not only abhors
the income tax sbstractly, but will vote ev-
cry time for its repeal.
In the Twelfth district. Mr.. GEORGE b.
MCCLELLAN announces his opposition to
the income tax, and then falls back upon
the Democratic State platform as an excuse
for not pledging himself to work for repeal.
The platform will not support Mr.. MCCLEL-
Lam in the evasion Of plain duty. The
platform commends the efforts OF New
York's Senators and Representatives to
avert the imposition Of this Socialist tax
Mr.. MCCLELLAN need not be afraid that he
will get anything but commentator from
New York's Democracy for doing his ut
most in Congress to annul that same Social
istic legislation.
ROBERT A. CHEsEBROUGH, Republican,
also in the Twelfth district, is opposed to
the income tax in any form whatever, but
doesn't like to answer THE SUNS third ques-
ton off hand, without understanding thor
oughly what is proposed. What is proposed
is the repeal OF the measure which is 80 OBJ
noxious to Mr.. CHEsEBRoUGH Now that
he understands that thoroughly, there is no
reason why his name should not go up into
the first list; and II it gets there before Mr..
McCLELLAN's name, all the worse for Mr..
MCCLELLAN.
The State Democracy's candidate in the
Thirteenth district is Mr. EDWARD c.
BAKER, gentleman whose name and quail
fications for Office are unknown to the
greater part OF the community. He, too, is
opposed to the income tax, but does not
"think II would be policy to declare that he
will vote for it's repeal" This polite candi-
date has unconsciously given us the only
light we have upon his personal character
and intellectual methods.
PHILIP G. Low, Republican, in the Fiji
teenth district, is the last In the list of nom
pledgers. He is against the income tax,
but declines, for reasons not stated, to say
whether he will advocate and vote for the
repeal on all occasions. He has fourteen
days in which to reconsider.
The dodgers are recorded in the subjoined
list. In the absence of evidence to the con-
trary we must assume that they either
have no opinions on the subject, or. having
opinions, are afraid TO utter them:
Second Distnet-DAm BRADLEY Shepard Dem.
secoad District-DEsNB n. HuRLkS. Republican.
Third District JAMES A. MURrHA, Democrat.
sixth District ARTHUR 6. sosEHs Democrat.
Seventh District-JoHs MURPHY. State Democrat.
Ninth District-HERT @ aNEs. Democrat
Eleventh DistTiet-wuIIAH sUIzEa Democrat
Eleventh Dissrict-E. EEDHAs, Republican
Twelfth Distrsct-6soasE ". 0Hkxs. ststs Democrat
Fifteenth Dissrtot-JAoos A. cAEros, Democrat.
Fifteenth Distriet-R. q. MONROE, state Democrat
Mr.. BRADLEY hasn't had SUFFICIENT time
to look into the questions Mr.. HURLEY's
general position is the position of the Re-
publican party; THAI Is to say, he has no
views of his own. Mr.. SoMERs declines to
answer for the present" The ridiculous |
MURPHY, in the Seventh, hasn't yet |
learned thu santimant in thu xariou. A ..a,,