The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-05
THE INCOME TAX DOOMED.
PRESIDENT cDBTELAND AND mrs CAB
MET OPPOSED 10 III

| Again Defeated Ia Their Purpose TO T.ho
Up the BIn In the House BY Democrats
| DeeiisirE % Vote 60 MAKE . 0uorum-A
Democratic C.ucu. TO he Held To--Isht
| wAsH1NGroN. Jan. A-Presidont Cleveland
has undertaken tho task OF defeating the ree-
| ommendation Of the Ways and Means Conn
| mittee In favor OF en- Individual income tax.
| The Administration Ia also determined that
| sugar must be taxed. The President and his
| Cabinet are hopeful that both OF those changes
can be made before the Wilson bill is disposed
OF In the House Of Representatives. II not the
Senate will be depended upon to upset what .
majority Of the Democrats In the Ways and
| Means Com mittee have agreed upon. mem
Der Of the Cabinet said TO a caller this morning
that the opponents OF an income tax need not
| get excited, as II is very we'll known that this
| feature OF the new Tariff bill would net DO
allowed to become law. The Admin ktration
| IL Understood to be determined upon having .
| tax placed on suGar. for two reasonst
| 0rst, because they believe the sugar bounty to
| be too unpopular a load for the Democratic
party TO carry. and second. because a tax IN
| sugar would nullify tho reciprocity treaties
| negotiated by the Harrison Administration,
and thus give the Secretary OF State smother
| chance for revenge. It's not so certain. how
| ever. that tho Administration will succeed in
| having the sugar tax agreed to. as that they
| will defeat the income tax proposition. The
| Republicans will BIO practically united in OPP
posing the income tax. but for the reason that
they will wish to protect the Blaine reciprocity
| treaties they will be less inclined to support
| the propositions for a sugar tax. Eeyerthe-
| less, the Administration have set their hearts
upon overturning the work Of the Ways and
Means Committee. and they are now hard at
| work to that end.
The opinion is fast gaining ground In WASH
| ington that the Wilson Tariff bill Ii doomed to
defeat. and many well-informed and level
headed Congressmen are predicting now that
1t will never reach the Senate. The division In
the party that has been created by the action
Of the Ways and Means Committee Is fast
growing into split that bids fair to be the
most serious that has occurred in the life Of
any party for many years. The opponents Of
the Wilson bill do not conceal their antagon.
lam, but take pride In declaring that they will
vote to amend the bill. and many OF them add
that II they do not succeed In this direction
they will vote against its final passage
There was evidently quorum OF Democrats
present In the House to-day and the party
whip SO reported to Speaker Crisp yet when
the effort was made to proceed to business so
that Prof. Wilson could make the speech Of ex-
PLANTATION that has been burning hole In bis
pocket for two days. the quorum disappeared
and the Republicanslaugbed with glee IS the
Democratic leader was compelled again to
adjourn the House. 1t is @ remarkable con.
dition OF things when. OF the beginning Of Q
now session. the Democrats with an over
whelming majority are unable to carry out the
programme laid down By its leaders and are
held up to the ridioule OF the country by one
man. This man who Is now blocking
the programme Of the Democrats Is Mr..
Boutelle OF Maine, and Il will be noe
essary for the Speaker and his lleutenanta
to prescribe heroic treatment to get rid Of
their tormentor. This application OF the rem
edy has In fact already commenced. for while
the Republicans wsre demonstrating this
morning that the Democrats cannot depend
upon their own members TO support their own
programme. the Speaker was writing out the
call for m Getting of the Committee on Rules.
the purpose OF which is. as he himself ex.
pressed II, :" to get rid OF Boutelle and agree
upon an order for getting the Tariff bill before
the House and putting 1t to a vote" When
that order Is agreed upon it will probably pro-
vide for Anal vote on the Wilson bill during
the last week q tho present mouth. The
friends Of the bill are making every possible
concession In the interests OF harmony and
speedy action. and have Informally determined
among themselves not to take up the time of
tho House III speech making. They will allow
the opponents OF tho bill to express them-
selves. and after this perfunctory bate Is
concluded a vote will be taken.
The formal attack upon the bill will be COM
mencei at tho Democratic caucus called for
tomorrow night, and will be continued as
long as the bill remains In the House. Its OPP
ponents would probably DO successful in de-
feating It without much trouble II they were
organized and in shape TO make their oppose
ton effective There Is no leadership among
them. however. and at present the right man
for the place does not seem to be forthcoming.
1t has been common subject OF remark to-
day that II the late Samuel J. Randall were
alive and In charge OF the opponents Of the
Wilson bill. as. Of course. he would be. its do
feat would be foregone conclusion. The OPP
position. however. is scattering. The Eastern
Democrats as a rule Gre bitterly opposed to
the income tax proposition. and the Southern
men do not want free coal. Others have like
grievances. but much OF their strength il fritz
tered away by the lack o. organization and
harmony. The six membeTs OF tha Ways and
Means Committee who carried through tho
income tax proposition are referred 10 as the
Populist element OF the party. and are accused
OF acting in revenge for the blow struck at
silver in tho repeal Of the purchasing clause
OF the sherman act.
A study OF tho roll call on the motion to take
up tho Boutslls Hawaiian resolution this
morning affords o fair illustration Of the alb
sentseism and apathy OF tho Democrats. aud
OF the inclination Of a large portion Of the
PARTY TO put Etraws In the way OF the passage
OF the Wilson bill. On the first motion 20 take
up the Boutells resolution the yeas were
THE Republicans not voting and the nays $50.
The Democrats absent or not voting werei
NessrL Allen OF M,ssissippi. Barnes OF WlIeoasia.
Berry OF KsntUcEy. Boatner OF Louisiana, BOWsL
branch. Buna aud Wo9dATi Of North Carolina; Brat
tan OF Maryland Brsck nrdgs OF Kentucky BaekRss
OF Wisconsin, Brown OF Indiana, Burns OF Missouri
Re- - TeEa1 Cam nstti Of California Campbell ana
Clancy OF new YORK, Cobb OF Missouri, Cobb Of Ala
bamA Cochran q New York. Colleen Of wyoming,
Conn Of lao ana. Cooper OF Florida cooper Of TsIAS.
CORNISH OF kswJeTssJ. Grain OF TsEAS, Donovan Of
Ohio. DEysy Of Louisiana Dunn Of New jersey.
punphJ Of New iuTk. DuTbsTow OF HlinoLI.
Edmunds OF Virginia Fielder Of EsS jersey,
Flthiaa ot Illinois, GsissenhaiHsF Of New jersey Gold
IsF Of Illinois. Goodnight OF Ksntueky, Graham Of
Esv York. Hall Of Minnesota Hall OF hiSsOaTi HaTrs
OF KansAA Hatch OF Missouri. Hayes OF IoWA HolmGA