The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
SENATOR HILL AND THE INCOME
TAX APPROPRIATION.

SENATOR HILL AND THE INCOME
TAX APPROPRIATION.
ne has Not Fully Determined Course
He VIII Pursue r. Tryi.e 60 Defeat It
Little AID Espected r-or. the R~sprbIicaus
Mr.. Batter Hopes 90 Prevent TtIi-sn
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator Hill was
asked to-day what course he intends 10
pursue in dealing with the appropriation
for the income tax contained In the General
Deficiency bill. which has passed the House.
The Senator replied that he had not fully deter
mined what Is best to do under the circum-
stances, although his opposition has not been at
all weakened by the action Of the House. Before
the Deficiency bill Is reported to the Senate, Mr..
Hill will confer with tho Republicans. and his
future course may be Influenced by theirs. The
opponents of the income tax are Just as pro-
nounced as ever. but II seems almost hopeless to
expect aid or comfort from the Republicans.
Senator Aldrioh and other leading Republican
Senators say that 1t Is but just that
n fair trial be given the income tax
feature OF the Tariff law. with such q
feeling prevailing on the Republican side OF the
chamber the task of senator Hill in opposing
the measure becomes all the more difficult. 1t
to throw no obstacles In the way Of the enforce
ment of the income tax for the present. During
rne Eetsns ssIw Yss insn sne oPps1 n msn OF c the Ia.
districts, and the Republican leaders do not
propose TO iot the Democrats get the benefit OF
~ As soon as the. Republicans gain control OF
the two Houses OF Congress It IL predicted that
they Will speedily repeal the tax In order TO get
the benefit OF their act In the next Presidential
campaign.
Senator Butler Of South Carolina appeared In
the Senate Chamber to-day for the first time
this session. There was nothing In his manner
to indicate that he had passed through a fierce
SUSTAINED a erSsSins defeat, s" A itTnA nearly nig
eighteen years service In the Senate, II IL but
natural that he feels some regrets OF being dis
lingering hopes that r seat In the Senate may he
refused Tillman. In conversing with his friends
II do not believe Mr.. T,lIman will ever hold a
seat IL the United States Senate. | have taken
unconstItutionalitv of tho registration laws,
SSnnSd,lIiif gain ny point the kegisla;nre viii be
seated. II the courts in the State decide against
me shall appeal to the United states Supreme
G3nrt, where ! am sure could win IN twenty
the Senate TO send a committee down to South
CAROLINA. That Is not at all necessary. Every
body admits that there have been frauds COM
mitted;, The matter must be fought cut in the
courts"
The old question of the alleged Confederate
Government gold deposits confiscated by the
commanding officers of the United States army
In New Orleans during the war and turned int,
the national Treasury. which has been agitat,d
more or less In the courts and in Congress for
nearly thirty years, was again brought w in tho
S S,onisi. 1o,dsY h b Y, M -ni r NsTi Z h 81 Blanchard Of
Secretary of the Treasury to refund to the Git
liens Bank OF Louisiana se57,Ol3 the amount
alleged to have been exnctcd of that bank in
lsO2 by Gen. Butler. commanding the United
States troops, at Now Orleans At that time;
fiGiSsV in IN 1s sns a sn1n s., @nn9F7 taksn y y Gem Gem:
Candy In 1896. with interest on each sum at
six per cent.
Secretary Carlisle to-day sent to the House an
estimate OF S54, 900 deficiency in the apprupria-
ton for enforcing the Chinese exclusion act for
the current fiscal year, over and above the 500
S sur dRg'G5GiP PIi iii, f and 'h of s g%r 200 ad Ia tss ln is
proclaimed-making ii all $4,000.
The Senate has confirmed the following nomi-
nations;
Edward II. strobcl Of Now York, to be Envoy Extra.
I]ieIoert 6 sgglsrs of New York, second Secretary of
L9Si.A A. kSily; IpeSlsI Examiner of drugs, medicines,
Milton j. Roscnan of PchnnsyivanIa. Passed Assistant
sq F6si%a N tns aar Il. a MassFR'iiei .e CLAYTON. n. Y: w.
orange S'J.; q < Haas, fiimiy 1"% NM H'''0"' EAST
Secretary Herbert has appointed n Board,
consisting of Commander Royal Is. Bradford and
Naval Constructors HanscOm and Bowles, to
consider the question of woodwork in war ships.
American vessels have always borne the repu-
tatiOn Of being the most handsomely fitted yes
sells anOat, especially in their interior joiner
work, which Is advantageous in making the
vessels IRbitablc, whereas In many foreign
navies, where metal partitions are used exclu-
siycly. the ships are constantly wet from con-
densat!on on the metallic surfaces. The Chinese
japanese war, however, had demonstrated tho
great danger from fire and flying splinters, and
the Board, which met at the Navy Department
to-day, - convened to seek a substitute for
wood; which will obyiate the disadvantages of
metal.
Capt. Thomas II. Mckee. assistant Secretary
OF the Republican Congressional Committed,
who has been announced ~ n candidate for
Clerk OF the House of Representatives in the
CongressmRn-eleCt Watson Of Indiana, announc-
ing his Withdrawal from the contest.
The on Military Affairs has COM
pleted the Army Appropriation bill for tho
coming fiscal year, and Mr.. Cultivate OF Ohio
will report IL to the House Tomorrow. The bill
carries AN appropriation OF S23. 204. s0s, being
Si~73,Gldless than the appropriation for the cur
rent year, and xl,3l0,sTI below the estimates.
New legislation In the bill provides for the trans
fer OF the Fort Leavenworth military prison To
the Department of Justice, and for a reduction
OF hye Majors in the pay corps and five Captains
in the subsistence department. These reduC-
tions provide that no more officers OF these
grades shall be appointed TO these corps until
the total number In them has been reduced by
hys officers in these grades.