The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-31
~ ADAlSDOIN lIS SCHEME
The Price Will Be the State of
New York.
HOWL OF THE TAMMANY TIGER.
Taxing Incomes Will Lose the Party
It's Advantage in the Empire
State.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-This has been
field day in the House. The opponents of
the income tax had their opportunity, and
Covert and Bartlett of New York and
johnson of Ohio. all Democrats, stood in
the line of the opposition along with the
Republicans, but it remained for Bourke
Cochran to eclipse all the speeches he has
ever made in Congress. Bryan of Ne
oraska closed the debate for the day in de-
tense of the income tax, and he, too, made
an eloquent speech.
After the journal was read the debate on
the tariff bin was at once resumed and
Covert 3D. of New York continued his
attack on tile bill. He declared the bill
was sectional. and reminded the Southern
members that Northern Democrats as
sisted them to defeat the force bills, and
asked them 10 return the compliment by
assisting to defeat this sectional measure
Cox D) Of Tennessee followed in sup
port of the income tax, and Stone (R) of
Pennsylvania in opposition.
Bartlett declared that he was opposed to
the income tax at any time and in any
form, whether as rider on the tariff bill
or as a separate measure.
Perdeton 3D. of West Virginia said the
West Virginia delegation would support
the bill and he thought the New Workers
ought to do likewise and take their medi-
cine in the form of an income tax.
BreckiDridge of the Ways and Means
Committee referred to the fact that very
full Democratic caucus had decided to
make the income tax feature of the bill.
johnson OF Ohio followed with rather
a sensational theoretical arrangement of
the income-tax proposition. which gave
him an opportunity to advocate the impo-
sition Of the henry George land tax. Nc
Keighan and Simpson advocated gradu-
ated income tax and Cochran followed as
the special champion of the Democratic
opposition to the income law. For over
an hour the great Tammany orator poured
forth eloQuence against the income tax.
He had hoped the tariff bill would be
allowed to come to a vote unvexed and
undisturbed, free from all danger of
embarrassing side issues. He had hoped
that tue Democratic party would first
redeem its pledges before it began to in
dulge the vagaries of members. Why
should an harmonious militant party be
plunged into discord by this proposition +?
He denied that the tariff reductions in the
Wilson bill would produce deficit, or that
there was any need of an income tax on
this account, and appealed eloquently to
his Democratic colleagues not to commit
this error; not to throw away New York,
the stronghold of Democracy. On con-
GLIDING Cochran was tremendously cheered.
Bryan of Nebraska followed in advo-
cacy of the income tax and took issue with
Cochran as to the justice and equality of
the tax, and at its conclusion many men,
bers congratulated Bryan on his speech.
The House then took a recess until
o'clock.
During the night session Of the House
almost the entire evening was devoted to
a discussion of the income tax. Coombs
and Hendrix Os.) of New York opposed
it, while DeaEmond 3D. of New jersey.
Tucker 3D. of Virginia, MADDOX d. of
Georgia, Wheeler 3D. of Alabama and
Davis (Pop.) of Kansas Endorsed it. Lucas
(R.) of South Dakota opposed the entire
Tariff m easure, including the i1come-tax
feature.