The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-01-27
TARIFF MAKING.
rhe Committee to Report Income Tax Biil
to the House-A Motion VIII BE Made ~
Incorporate IL in the Wilson Bill.

The Committee to Report Income Tax Bii1
to the House-A Motion VIII BE Made -
incorporate IL In the wilson Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 90 Represents
tive Bryan, a member Of the ways and
means committee, who, with Repre-
tentative McMnlin, has been most
earnest in advocacy Of the income tax,
said Friday afternoon that It was the
intention of the committee to report
the bill levying an income tax to the
house Saturday. A meeting of the en-
tire committee YVES called for Friday
morning, but when the republican
members came to the committee room
they were calmly notified by Chairman
Wilson that the majority members had
not yet definitely decided on every de-
tail of the bill for raising revenue by
internal taxation, and the meeting
therefore would be postponed.
There is no disposition to hurry the in
terjection Of an income tax discussion
into the tariff debate, but in view Of
the fact that the sugar schedule st
present bids fair to meet with radical
amendments before the Wilson bill is
finally adopted, and as the deficiency
to be created by the Wilson bill u
largely dependent upon the Anal ad-
justment of the sugar schedule, there
is feeling among the members of the
ways and means committee that it will
be wisdom to introduce early a. possi'
pie whatever measures the committee
has devised for the purpose OF raising
revenues to meet the deficiency.
There is q probability, amounting al.
most to certainty, that In spite Of
every effort on the part Of the man.
ayers of the house to prevent it. mo.
ton will be made by some prominent
democrat to incorporate tho income
tax bill into the Wilson bill This mo-
tion will receive the support Of nearly
every one Of the ninety republicans in
the house, and consequently will stand
some chance of success
1t is difficult to form any estimate AZ
TO the final fate of the income tax bill
in the house, though the support given
the committee by the majority Of demo.
Gratis on every test question that has
developed during the debate On the
amendments this week, would seem to
indicate that Chairman Wilson will re.
main master Of the situation until the
final vote is taken. Certainly any plot
to defeat the income tax in the house
by incorporating 1t in the Wilson bill
will fail, because the Wilson bill will
pass the house no matter how seriously
loaded down with Objectionable feN
lures.
The opponents Of the income tax
know that it will be promptly aban.
doned when it reaches the senate
finance committee, either as an inde.
pendent measure or as an amendment
to the Wilson bill. and there is there.
fore no disposition to make wider. by
too savage opposition to the income
tax. the breach that already exists in
the ranks of the democratic party in
the house.
A democratic senator, who discussed
the subject Friday afternoon, and
whose long service and high standing
matters affecting the policy democrats
in the senate, said:
1.-THE income tax is not worthy OF
serious discussion, whether it passes
the house or not. AS for the Wilson
bill, its career will end when the house
adopts it, one week from next Monday.
The bill that we will pass in the senate
will be so different that Chairman VIII.
son will never recognize it. There was
mckinley" bill in 1890, but onr
tariff bill will have no mans name at.
tached to it. 1t will be simply tariff
act of '94" No one will ever think OF
referring to it as the Wilson bill"