The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-13
BARTLETT DEFEATED.
His Endeavor to Kill the Income
Tax Fails.


Washington, Dec. 12-The House
today entered upon the consideration
of the urgency deficiency appropriation
bill. The bill contained two disputed
items, the appropriation for special pen
sion examiners and that for the collec-
ton of the income tax.
The former appropriation opened the
doors for a debate on the condition of
the pension office, especially the prac-
tice of summarily suspending the pay
ment of alleged fraudulent pensions and
; the debate on the income tax appropria-
ton was especially lively, but the mo-
ton to strike it out was defeated in
committee by a vote of 81 to 127. 1T is
probable that a record-making vote will
be demanded in the House tomorrow.
| On motion of Mr.. Breckenridge, of
| Kentucky, the House went into COM
mittea of the whole for the considera-
ton of the urgency deficiency appro-
priation bill The bill carries $200S, 595,
but there were two disputed items-the
appropriation of $245,00O for the collec-
ton of the income tax, and $250000 for
the expenses of special examiners of the
pension office. An attempt to secure
; an agreement fixing the limit of general
debate failed, owing to objections of Mr.
Bartlett, of New York, who led the
opposition to the income tax, and Mr.
Henderson, of Iowa, who led the opposi.
ton to the appropriation for special
examiners Of the pension office.
The latter took the floor and vigor-
ously antagonized the appropriation
for the special examiners, criticizing
severely the conduct of the pension of
fice The commissioner of pensions
had boasted that 100000 Of pension
money had been saved to the govern
ment last year.
The mission of examiners was tc
secure evidence against, not in favor
of, the pensioners and claimants. He
favored an amendment that would cut
off this auxiliary for more examiners
and keep in the field only the regula.
ton 100.
Mr.. sickIes Dem.). of New York
amid a roar of Republican applause
repudiated the charge Of wholesale
frauds made against pensioners an6
declared his unalterable opposition tc
the appropriation unless it could be
authoritatively shown that the pen
sion examiners provided for by it were
employed in aiding instead of embar
RAISING deserving claimants.
Bartlett Makes m Effort.
After some further debate on the
subject of this appropriation b!
Messrs. Coombs, Daniels, Tracey an(
Grosvenor, Mr.. Bartlett Oem.) got thu
floor and opened the discussion of the
income tax appropriation. He was ear
nestly opposed to this vicious tax. Tht
bill he had introduced for its repea
he knew would never see the light O.
/. day and the two opponents of tina
tax must make their fight against thu
appropriation necessary to make 1t OPP
; erative. He realized that the majorit.
of his party were against him and tina
the Republicans would not supper
him as a party. Yet he did not con
slider it a party question. The Demo
Gratis had in his opinion, made fata
: mistake in passing 1t. and that it wa
a. mistake had been proved within
few weeks by the ballot box. Thi
burden would not fall on the rich; ul
; timately the poor must pay for it.
Mr.. Mcmillan Oem.), of Tennessee
defended the income tax as a just
constitutional and democratic meas
ure.
In the course of a hot colloquy wit
Mr.. Bartlett that followed, Mr.. McMil
. Ian said:
A fragrant Wrong.
/ "In order to show the fragrant wron
: and misery of that system Of taXatio
under which we have been living, L Wi
call your attention to Mr.. Williar
l Waldorf Astor. This gentleman ran fo
Congress once against the present gov
: ernor of New York, Mr.. Flower, an
!, was defeated. His defeat soured an
embittered him against the governmer
: and our institutions. He moved abroad
and, not content with what he coul
say against America himself and on
+ American institutions, he purchased on
S of the ablest journals in Great Britain
He lives there now and his paper is dc
q ing its work against our institution
: The income of this man, derived frol
e property in New York, is more tina
: SIS, 000, 900 a year and he does not pa
= Che does pay a state tax, county ia
: and municipality tax, it is true) but h
:, does not pay the government of tn
i United States, and has not paid $40
: ten years, although he has this coloss;
Y fortune, which is protected by our arm
and defended by our navy"
Mr.. Bartlett will answer the gel
tleman that there is no better taxpayt
in the state of New York than M
William Waldorf Astor; no family
4 the state or county OF New York ths
contributes more largely to taXatic
e purposes, state, county and munlcip
= | than does the Astor family.
! How about the federal taxi" Il
! ouired Mr.. Mcmillan.
. IF it be your purpose to proscrit
!, the rich," began Mr.. Bartlett, but M
t Mcmillan quickly disclaimed such
! purpose.
'sThe secretary of the treasury r
lports," interrupted Mr.. Strauss Dem