The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-20
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
DELAY Nv REPORTING THE INCOME
TAX BILL TO the HOUSE

| II Nay ne Held Back Until Ansr the Pas
sage or the Tariff Bui-Ths Hnwsiisa
Legation Ienored In the Invitations 20 the
| State DIunsr at the white House-Grcst
Demand for Tos, Jobnson's TariT speech.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1a-The Income Tax hill.
| from sentappeaiances. may not be reported
to the House until after the Tariff bill has been
disposed Of The subcommittee having In
! charge the preparation OF the bill submitted
| rough draft Of their work TO the Democratic
| members OF the committee several days ago.
| This draft has been partly considered by the
| full Democratic majority aud IL subject to
| considerable revision. As 1t stands. IL repre-
sents simply the Views OF the subcommittee.
the majority OF whom are favorable to the In
| come tax proposition. il Is expected that.
when the bill receives the approval OF all tho
| Democratic mem bers Of the committee. II will
! BIO changed in many particulars. The
| material PARTS OF the measure have been pub
| lished from time to time and oil that remains
| to be done Is to settle upon the N ethod OF en-
| forcing the law
It's believed that the delay in reporting the
| bill arises from q desire TO prevent lie being
added as an amendment TO the Tariff bill
The action Of the com mlttee in voting several
days ago to report It as n separate measure is
its incorporation in the. Tariff bill would
| endanger the chances of the latter's passage.
II. therefore the Income Tax bill is kept out
have been disposed OF. the danger OF making
1t a part Of that measure will be obvated
merits. without in any way affecting the TarlT
bill itself. leading member OF tho commit
likely to come before the House for ten days.
His explanation Is that the comm ttee are so
busy pieparinR amendments to the Tarin bill.
md their time fully OcCunieu defending
these am endments. that they are in no condi-
ton oi mind or 6SUdY when hSr lH9 no. IN tne
measure.
Gossip In diplomatic circles Is busy to-day
over an incident OF tho State dinner at the
White House last night. In the published lists
OF invited guests, as printed in the newspa-
pers, the name o. Secretary Hastings. who. in
d,afIaires OF tho Hawaiian Legation. was n-
GUIDED Mr.. Hastings was not among the
learn ed that lie received no invitation This
omission. whether accidental or intentional.
OF Legation Of korea and Colombia who. In
the absence o. their respective Ministers. are
cons pcuous among the list OF guests which. in
fact, included the head OF every legation now
The ofiicial excuse given by the Administra-
ton to-day is that Mr. Hastings Is not the
n s4sy bs ss s res wbsS T. ate
another thing according to the purveyors OF
diplomatic etiquette oil the State Department.
Argument was begun to-day in the Supreme
Court Of the United States upon an appeal
from the judgment OF tho Circuit Court for the
Southern District Of New York. involving an
u aqs bewsen the
firm OF A. L. Stewart Go. and Charles Iortin
Co I'M Re n, in rsr TT
suits by each firm against the other in the
French courts; The net result Of these SUITS
the Arm q Forth, i Co; 6rouG6t snlt in
Henry Hilton and William Iibbsy. then trailing
under the firm, name Of a. I. Stewart Co. to
firm having no property in France upon which
execution could be made Hilton and Libbey
defence OF Guyots action, and filed a Bill for
the discovery OF the books Of Forth X Co,
ST Tits iii sS
Them the SRG Sefasr for bsns
court with interest Thereupon, an HppeaI
was prayed to the Supreme Court OF the United
4 quartet OF lawyers OF wide reputation ap-
peared in tho case. Hilton and lihbey were
sitrstIo ' and linn loot Of Sew Yak; for
u. shipman. both eS-United States Judges.
Owing to tho importance Of the case. as well
Question whether a foreign judgment can be
enforced in the courts OF the United States
oi' tho SSm0 tinted states aRd the par
tlnent decisions in the lower courts
being SO diverse: an extension o. the us1a!
giving the attorneys six hours, This will
carry the argument over into Mondays ses-
some bearing in the case is the attitude OF the
courts OF foreign countries toward judgments
Mr.. Root sal that in France no consideration
was given to tho judgments OF courts In the
United States
The sub. cor ittee of the Senate COMMITTEES
on Territories to-day heard a delegation favor
ing the admission OF Oklahoma and the terri
tory now occupied by the five tribes as q State.
as against the Wheeler bill, which provides for
the admission only 81 oklahoma. The hearing
$4,000 persons holding tribal relations. and OF
these less than one-ilfth are Indians. in the
ton Of the tertoTy oScaped by i've bss
and white citizens aggregates 800. 600 and the
area is about 90 900 SQUARE miles. The area
Of about $4,000 square miles. with q popula-
ton OF about half million.
Senior Thomas de Souza Rosa. the Portu-
guese Minister to the United States. who met
with a serious accident last evening while
driving on Connecticut avenue. his horse
stumbling and throwing him heavily out OF
his dog cart IS progressing fayoraUly. Last
night 1t was feared that the Minister had
sSsn Ps Of two Iba hut b, OnsE
ger seems to have passed. The newSDf the |
accident probably caused some alarm In Lis !
bon. for this morning a cAblegram was re-
ceiyed from that city ny Senior SouZa Rosa. |
signed Minister" asking for tho condition OF |
his health
The demand for the tariff speech made last |
week by Representative Tom l.. Johnson OF |
Cleveland. in which he pleaded for free steel |
rails already amounts to over 100000 Mr..
Johnson is getting out an edition Of 21OOun. |
and says he is willing 20 circulate 4 million II |
the people want IL
The Commissioner OF Indian Affairs 10 day |
denied tho published statement that the In |
dams at the Fine Ridge Agency were dying |
ike sheep" from the effect Of the grip. and !
that they were suffering from the cold weather |
Oh account OF the lack Of clothing. DAILY re- |
ports have been received NJ the Indian Bureau |
from the physician at the agency, and no men |
tion Is made OF any marked mortality among |
the Indians from the gTlU or other causes. |
The Commissioned said the Indians were pTo- |
yided with a efficient amount Of clothing ear |