New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-09
HISTORY OF THE TAN N CONGRESS-
MEssRs MMiIL.AN AND BRYAN RIVAL cl-AIMANS
FOR THE HONOR OF SECURING ITS
t-NACTMFNT


WASHINGTON April s-The income the con-
stltntlona,i,y % which was passed upon by the
United states supreme Court to-day. was te fea- Oh
ture Of the WI son Tariff bill which provoked me
most heated ard acrimonious debates In boh
houses The authorship OF the income tax tas been
yarlous'y credited 20 NJ. Mcmillan. OF Tennessee
and Mr. Bryan. Ct Nebraska. As each gentemaa
strongly favored the proposition. the credit for
its Incorporation IN the Tariff bill may be- SAID 10
be equally divided. Mr.. Mcmillan was the chairman
OF the subcommittee Of the ways ana Means
Committee 10 whom wee referred the internal rev.
enua features OF the Tariff bill which the full COM
rnIttro was engaged IN formulating The Democratic
IN mbcrs OF this subcommittee, IN aiiiton 10 Mr.
MCMILLAN were Mr.. Bryan. OF Nebraska. and MI
Montgomery OF Kentucky. Ire income tax was
favoraby reported 10 the fIll committee and by
them considered at some length. II was vigorously
opposed by Mr. Cochran Of New-York who not
only antagonzel It's principle and ITS Stov exen1p-
ton bu, insisted. II it were adopted. that lis pro-
visions should apply 10 the laboring man as Wen as
to the millionaire The fra. vote on the proposition
which was taken by the Democratic members Of
the full committee resulted in It's adoption by
majority o, one Those who voted in the ailrna-
tive were .iessrs Mcmillan. OF Tennessee; Turner.
of Georgia: Waiting Of Michigan; Bryan, OF Ne
braska; Bynum, OF Indiana. and Tarsney, OF MIS-
souri, The negative votes cast By Mr.. Wilson.
OF Yves. Virginia. who was the chairman OF the
committee and who has recently been ap-
pointed Postmaster-General IN succeed Mr. Bssei;
Mr.. Montgomery. OF Kentucky; Mr.. Cochran. ~
New-York. Mr. stevens. OF Massachusetts, and
clifton r. Breckenridge. % Arkansas. now the
American Minister ar -. Petersburg
When the Tariff bin came UP for consideration
In the House strcng opposition developed 10 tho
income tax. whca mlnfestly grew stronger as tho
discussion continued, bui the motion 70 strike It
OF, OF the measure WAS defeated by u large ma
jority.
1t WAS In the Senate however. that the most de-
teri
ircoine provision part OF the proposed
Tariff law manifested From the outset the
proposition was attacked on the ground Of its un-
consttutionality and the debate waged along this
lire was At times bitter ana vehement II was not
however, until later in the consideration Of tho
as a prominent factor Of the discussion.
Almost the entire tine OF the Senate Finance
many schedules IN the Tariff bill proper. ard 1t was
mittee hal agreed upon their report and submitted
1t 10 u Democratic caucus that the income-tax
was at this caucus that senator I'M and others
began the fight against the enactment Of what they
comfortable majority. however the caucus decided
that the income-taX provision should remain as q
rcations that were agreed to.
After the bill went back TO committee a result
or the caucus action some attention began 10 be
paid to the income tax provision. and many OF the
soSaSd srudtes N This part OF the House bill
When the Democrats members OF the committee
and Allison eaI to n sasn
sstencies and senator Sherman especially sug-
gestei exemptions which he thought ought to be
made senators Hill. CT New-York; Smith OF New.
Jersey, ard others were frequent visitors to the
committee room IN opposition 10 this part OF the
bili senator Mcpherson Democrat although OPP
posed to the Income tax voted with his colleagues
10 report X 70 the Senate. On the floor OF the
Senat" Mr. I'm began his night against the meas
anal r roca Ihy bv cFasSi his GBpofOn when on
ION being kept in the blll, he voted against :he
e'ctment or the Tariff bin in toto Three speeches
were made by him against the bill The income tai
PROVISION was retained by small majority. al.
cured by those who opposed IT,
THE ADMINISTRATION DISAPPOINTED.
washington. April! S-The President was In
FORMED OF the income tax decision shortly after
IL was rendered by the Supreme Court and at l:Sc
Nv summoned Secretary Carlisle TO the Executive
"a"s'on' ana the two discussed the matter for
Thor ma