Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-30
TALK OF AN INCOME TAX
Debate on Internal Revenue Fea-
lures Amounts to This.
SOME PRESIDENTIAL PLUMs DROP.

Colonel Thomas Mooniight as ambassadors
to Bolivia-The House May Take Up the
Hawaiian Question Next Friday-Sena-
tor Chandler Hits Hill and Cleveland.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O-The general de-
bate upon the internal revenue features Of
the tariff bill was entered upon, but only
one sensational speech was made, that of
Mr.. Covert of New York, who announced
his unalterable opposition to the entire
bill because. in his opinion, it was framed
to compel the incorporation of an income
tax.
Mr.. Covert, in critfeising the action of
the ways and means committee, commended
that the meaning of tariff reform was we'll
understood during the campaign of 1892.
Free trade was not spoken of except in
condemnation of it. Tariff reform was I'M
derstood to be a judicial revision of the
dutiable list-the reduction only of duties
upon articles unduly protected. That was
what he and his people understood by
tariff reform. They did not understand
that the work of reform should be done
with an ak. He believed that theowork of
the ways and means committee was incom
plete and unsatisfactory.
The bill had been framed in order to
make an income tax positive necessity,
and it was therefore just rs Objectionable
and indefensible, in his opinion, as if this
amendment had not been offered. He was
therefore opposed to the pending bill, ut
terly regardless of the fact that the income
tax had been proposed as an amendment
to bolster up and sustain an inadequate
revenue measure [Republican applause.l
Messrs. McMillin Of Tennessee and Hall
of Kansas ably presented arguments in IA
UOp of fho inn )ocitinn 0f TO
Hawaii Fixed For Friday.
The long deferred debate on Hawaii will
come up in the house next Friday, unless
the passage of the Wilson bill should be
unexpectedly delayed, and will last two
days, an arrangement to this effect having
been reached between the committee on
rules and Mr.. McCreary, chairman of the
committee on foreign affairs. The COM
mittee has informed Mr.. McCreary that a
special rule will be brought in making Ha-
wall a special order for two days.
In anticipation of the debate Mr.. Nc
Creary presented favorable report on his
resolution condemning the course of Min
lister Stevens and pronouncing against for
eign interference. No mention is made of
the fruitless effort to restore the queen.
The report is signed by the Democratic
members of the foreign affairs committee.
The Republican members of the commit
tee will make no minority report on the
McCreary resolution. They will confine
their efforts to urging a substitute to the
McCreary resolution, which in itself will
amount to more than asminority report.
Mr.. Hitt3sts chargeA the preparation
of this substitute but he has been con-
fined to his house for several days and is
still unable to attend to congressional
business. Mr.. McCreary announced to the
house that he had conferred with Mr.. Hit
and that the latter had told HIM of the
purpose of presenting substitute instead
of a minority report.
The Republican substitute is expected
not only to sustain Minister Stevens and
to criticise the efforts to bring about res
toration. but also to present what is re-
garded as much more important-the enun-
citation of a policy as to the attitude of the
United States on annexation in general.
1t is the understanding that an American
policy of annexation will be clearly set
forth. The McCreary resolution makes
no reference to the policy of this country
as to the annexation of Hawaii
Chandler Attacked Hill and Cleveland.
The Hawaiian controversy and the fed
eral elections bill occupied the time of the
senate. Senator Teller of Colorado argued
in favor of the annexation of Hawaii. The
doubtless be again discussed at much
length before vote is reached.
The federal elections bill being taken
up, Senator Chandler finished his speech
in opposition to the measure, ending with
vigorous attack on Senator Hill and
President Cleveland, the former of whom
as governor and the latter as private citi-
zen had power by the wave of the hand to
stop election frauds in New York.