The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-12-14
PENSIONS AND INCOME TAX
THEY CAUSE A STIRRING DE-
BATE IN THE HOUSE.
THE PARTY LEADERS CROSS SWORDS.
The Motion to Strike Out the Income Tax
Appropriation Lost by Vote of 90
to 127-William waldorf Astor
Denounced and Defended
Breckinridge Makes
short speech.

WAsHINGoN, Dec l3.--The house
yesterday entered upon the consider
alton OF the urgency deficiency APP
preparation bill. The bill contained
two disputed items, the appropriation
for special pension examiners and
that for the collection of the income
tax. The former appropriation
opened the door Jr debate on the
conduct of the pension office, espec-
ially the practice of summarily srs-
pending the payment of'alleged fraud
ulent pensions and the debate on the
income appropriation was especially
lively, but the motion To- strike IL ont
VS. defeatedby a vote of - to ls7
An attempt g. secure an agreement
wing The linn of general debate
IL led owing ID 'he ubi ,ctiOn OF Mr..
Bartlett Demuctat Of New orl1. who
wasut the heat of the opposition to
the income tlN, and Mr. Henderson,
Bepublicaf of Iowa, who led the OPP
p -. )r,,ep the appropriation for the
special examiner, of the pension Of
hcs.
Mr. Nicllles Democrat of New York
amid a roar of Republican applause.
Ispudiatcd the charge of Wholesale
frauds made against pensioners and
declared his unalterab BILE opposition TO
The appropriation unless il could be
AN horitatively shown that the pen
sion examiners provided for by il were
employed in aiding. instead of embar-
IA S me- deserving claimants.
After some further debate ON tn e
subject of this appropriation by
Mrssrs Coombs and Daniels, New
York Biarham, Pa, Tracy, Ne W
York and Grosveuor, Ohio, Mr.. Bart
LETT. Democrat, New York, got the
h9or and opened the discussion OF
the income tax appropriation. He
was earnestly opposed to this viciO1S
taN The bill he had introduced for
IT, repeal he knew would never see
the light OF day, and the opponents
of that tax must make their fight
against the appropriation necessary
20 make il operative.
Mr. Barthold Republican, Missouri,
wanted TO know whether, il the in
come tax were annulled, Mr.. Bartlett
would be willing TO revise the tariff
SO IS 10 make up the deficiency in tho
revenues.
Mr. Bartlett replied he had always
been willing to vote for tariff for
revenue, and for revenue only.
Mr. McMillin, Democrat, Tennessee,
defended the income tax as q just,
constitutional and Democratic meas
ure
Ia the course Of hot colloquy with
Mr. Bartlett N. Y that followed.
Mr. McMillin said: In order to show
the fragrant wrong that is done by
the system of taxation under which
huf, I mil
attention 10 Mr.. William Wardorf
As or. This gentleman ran for con-
or, IS once against the present gov
erI or OF New York, Mr. Flower, and
was defeated His defeat soured and
embittered him against the govern
ment aud our institutions. lie moved
abroad. and not content with what
ne could say against America him
self and our American Institutions
he purchased one OF the ablest
journals iu Great Britain, lie lives
there now, and his paper is doing its
work against our Institutions The
income of this man, derived from
property in New York, is more than
g. 900 OOO year, and he does not pay
(he docs not pay state tax, county
taE aud municipality tax, IL is true),
brt he does e. the government
OF the United States, and has not paid
~ in ten years, although he has this
colossal fortune, which is protected
by our army and defended by our
navy"
M. Bartlett-I will answer the
gentleman that there is no better tax
payer i'm the state OF New York than
William Waldorf Astor; no family in
the state or county of New York that
contributes more largely TO taxation
purposes, state. county and municipal
han does the Astor family
Mr.. Henderson. Iowa, and Mr. Cock
ran, New York, both stated they con
silered a DC ebate ON the merits OF the
income tax unprohtable. Both hoped
that the elections had furnished an
intellectual awakening oL the Demo
cratic side which would result in the
re peal of this odious tax.
After a short speech by Mr. ireek'
iaridge, who was ia charge OF the
an. in which he defended the Income
tax, attributed the late Democratic
disaster TO divisions among the lead
eIs. and predicted that the younger
Democrats who suffered defeat last
Noyem ber wonld return 20 congress
aud power along with q purified
party, ge eral debate closed and Mr..
Bartlett moved 10 strike out the sp-
p,opriations for the collection OF the
income tax. Defeated 81 20 ls1.