Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-04-11

is not unusual for some young ladies'
to wear their hearts sin sight"
Oh account of the inclemency of the
weather, the horse show has been
postponed until Saturday, April goth.
Every stallion in Audrain county
should be in Mexico on that day. Au-
drain has some of the finest horses in
the country, and our people admire
nothing more than good horses.
THE Mexico merchants have taken
possession OF most of the space in the
Mexico Daily and Weekly LEDGER
this week. The Weekly is especially
crowded with live advertisements. 1t
will pay you to read them. Advertise
ments in the Mexico LEDGER r pub
lished for the people to read, and are
of as much interest, if not more, than
the reading matter.
THE preacher, |. J. Lansing, who
slandered President Cleveland by say
ing he was Incorporate, now apollo
gizes and closes a long communication
as follows:
81 withdraw the statement, land ten
der apologize and sincere regrets to
the President of the United States and
to the public"
OF curse the lie has done its work
and been circulated all over the coun-
try. What excuse is there for a min
lister of the gospel placing himself in
such a position. The Boston Globe, re-
ferring to this matter, says Lansing
must either prove his charges against
President Cleveland or resign from
the ministry. "The slightest ~hesitancy
on DIR. Lansing's part" said the Globe,
twill be fatal to his creditability and
his usefulness in the pulpit. The plain
and unavoidable duty resting upon
him as a teacher and leader of men is
to prove his statements at once, or
else resign his charge and leave the
community, which, if he cannot es-
tablish the correctness of what he has
asserted, he has scaDdalousIy insulted.
Proof or resignation must come from
Mr.. Lansing, and without unnecessary
delay. He owes this to the church
which has ordained him to be its
spokesman. He owes this to his call
ing as a clergyman. He owes this,
above all, to the sovereign people,"
THE st. Louis Republic publishesthe
following concerning the decision of
the Supreme Court on the income tax
bill:
The Supreme Court has handed
down its decision on the income tax
and the law stands with the exception
of two features, not because the court
declares it valid, but because the JUS
tees were unable to agree.
The two exceptions made refer to
incomes from real estate rentals and
municipal bonds.
The sections of the law imposing
such taxes are declared by Chief JUS
tice Fuller to be unconstitutional.
Justice Field read an opinion deciar-
ing that the entire law should be held
unconstitutional.
Justice Harlan read ali opinion dis
senting from Chief Justice Fuller's
opinion as to the tax upon rents.
which, he held, was not a direct tax.
Justice White read an opinion that
was n criticism of and a dissent from
Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Field,
and the burden of which was that the
law entire should be upheld.
The other Justices said nothing and
in the opinions nothing was expressed
that would indicate how the court
stood on the points decided or on the
points undecided, but it is believed
that all conceded with Chief Justice
Fuller on the income from rents de-
cision except Harlan and White, and
that Harlan conceded ON the bond
proposition.
The effect OF the decision will be to
cut of, according to estimates made
nj the Treasury Department, revenue
amounting to $40, 00O, 900 TO sI5, 900, 900,
and some estimates place it at s2O,-
100000.
This will not, it is said, ~necessitate
the calling Of an extra session Of Con-
gress. In fact, President Cleveland
has emphatically stated that as ne and
Secretary Carlisle saw no necessity
for an extra session none would be
called.
Internal revenue officers, acting I'M
der the decision, will instruct collectors
to strike out questions from the in
come tax return slips relating to in
comes from rents and municipal bonds.