The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-23


great parsonage,
The Pledge to Work for the Repeal
ofthe Socialist Income Tax.
The list OF those candidates for Congress
in the New York and Brooklyn districts
who have not only declared to THE Sun
their opposition to the Income Tax law, but
have also pledged themselves to work and
vote for its repeal, now stands thus:
Second Dstrct.-JAxEs Q. CLEVELAND Democrat.
Third District.-FRAscis II. WILSON. Republican.
Fourth Distrlct.-wniiAx J. CooHss. Democrat.
Fourth District.-IsRAE1. F. FISHER, Republican.
Fifth Distrct.-cHARIzs O. BENNETT. Republican.
sixth District-DANrL wAIsH, Shepard Democrat
sixth Dlstrict.-JoHs R. HOWE Republican.
Seventh District-FRASKLIs BARTLETT Democrat
Eighth Distributions N. MITCHELL, Republican.
Ninth District.-T. J. CAMPBELL State Democrat
Ninth Distributions smrsoS. Republican.
Tenth District-DASH1 +. srcKIEs. Democrat.
Twelfth Distrct.-J. @. McMuRRAY, Miiholiandite.
Thirteenth District.-AnosJ. CUMMINGS. Democrat.
Thirteenth District.-R C. SHANNON, Republican.
Fourteenth District-LEnuEL Elf oures. Republican.
In this list appears to-day the name of
AMOS ]. CUMMINGS, Democratic candidate
in the Thirteenth district. 1t would have
appeared there yesterday but for q clerical
defect in the statement published on Sun
day. Mr. CUMMINGS authorizes us to say
that II elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress
he will vote for the repeal of the income
tax provisions of the Tariff act Of 1894,
and do everything in his power to bring
about the repeal; and that in replying to
the questions submitted by THE SUN he did
so pledge himself. His position on the in
come tax question is clear enough: ~ voted
against IL. am against it. Twill advocate
It's repeal and vote therefor every time"
The list above, we repeat, is a roll OF
honor. These gentlemen, Democrats or Re
publicans, can be depended upon, II elected,
to Withstand in Congress the advancing
tide Of Populism and Socialism. Not only
that, they can be depended upon to work
and vote to recover the ground that was
lost in the Fifty-third Congress by the
treachery of some Democrats and the in
famous timidity of others. There are no
towards, dodgers, or trimmers in the list
printed above; no masked Populists or
rudimentary Anarchists. The men are safe
We have their word for It,
Our next list includes the Congress candi-
dates in the New York and Brooklyn dis
tricts who have put themselves squarely on
record as opposed to the income tax on
principle, but who have failed, for one rea-
son or another, to declare plainly and with
out qualifying phrases their intentions with
respect to future legislation on the subject
First Dstrtct.-RIcHARD c. MCCORMICK. Republican.
Third Dlstrict.-s p. sruR0rs, Shepard Democrat.
Fifth DIstrict.-Anos vIaEIIUs. Democrat.
Eighth District.-JAsHs ]. WALSH Democrat
Tenth District-aKoRGE KARscH. state Democrat
Twelfth District.-GEoRsE b. MCCLELLAN. Democrat.
Twelfth District.-RosERr A. CHEsEBEoUoH. Repub.
Thirteenth District.-EDwARD C. BAKkR- State Dem.
Fifteenth District--PmrLr q. Low, Republican.
Some of these candidates offer explana-
tons of their omission to promise squarely
to work for the repeal OF the Socialistic
measure to which they profess to be opposed
on principle. Their cases, therefore, require
attention individually.
Mr.. MCCORMICK, the Republican who is
running in the First district in Long Isl
and, is opposed to the tax, and thinks he
would vote steadily in favor OF the repeal.
but adds, cannot now say that would
do so every time until knew the connec-
tion in which the repeal was proposed" Mr..
MCCORMICK may find it beneficial to make
up his mind on this subject before the in
voters of Queens and Suf-
folk make up their minds that they want to
be represented by no merely hypothetical
and historical opponent of Socialism. He
should lose no time in getting his name out
of the second list and into the hrst.
Upon careful consideration we have de-
cided TO remove from the safe list the name
of STEPHEN PERRY STURGIs, Shepard Dem
ocrat in the Third district, and to put the
same temporarily into the second list. Mr.
SIURGIs's reply is so framed that it is dim
cult TO classify him without danger of doing
injustice either to the candidate himself or
to voters in Brooklyn and Flatbush who
want to get in their votes for man who
win be dead against income tax legislation
every time. II am opposed to the income
tar, /" says Mr. sruEsIs. and II the present