The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-31
~ ashin2t0n Letter.

Washington. Nav u, 1S95.-Presi-
dent Cleveland l. authority for the posi-
,iva statement that 50 iar as eau be seen
at this time neither an extra session OF
,on..ress nor an issue of bonds will be-
made necessary bv the decision of the
-unreme court agaIuS: the constitution
ahty of the income tax. The numerous
sensational stat-meIts TO the contrary
sent out Of Washington this week had
no tiTmer foundation than desire to
embarraSs the administration 10y creating
the impression that the government
would be unable To meet Ia obligations
without issuing bonds or getting addI-
tiOnal legislation from congress This
Is a yerv unpatriOtic a. well a a danger
Gus misrepresentation 10 make, tut
everything Il disrcgarded 10y those who
are engaged IN the task Of making po~
litical ammunition to be used next year
against the Democratic party. 1t was "a
long line Of similar misrepresentation
which made it possible for that foreign
syndicate to drive such hard bargain
in the exchange of gold for the last
issue of bonds. vet those who had been
the busiest in circulating them were the
loudest in abusing the president and
Secretary Carlisle for having accepted
| the terms of the syndicate.
Members of the administration have ac-
cepted without comment the income tax
decision. Other officials have not been
50 relicent. For instance, Senator Palm
er. Of Illinois. at present in Washington,
nd: The county Will accept the de
ciSiOn, but If the emergency should
/ arise for the enactment of another IN
/ come tax law. congress Will pass 1t and
| the supreme court then sitting will up
/ hold the taxing authority OF congress in
/ the premises. The people Of the country
/ understand their power
! \ rather interesting story Is being told
| concerning the payment OF the deferred
| sugar bounty, authorized at the last ScS
! sion of congress. and the proposed eStab-
/ liShment of a Republican daily newS-
paper at New Orleans with a capital OF
/ 81 900. 600. 1t seems that eX-t'ov
/ Yarmouth. of La, was the originator
! of the scheme. The Louisiana sugar
| planters pIedging themselves to invest in
| the stock Of the proposed paper Ger
! tain per centage of the amount received,
! if the bill authorizing the payment pass
J. ed congress and became a law. PresI
! dent Cleveland and the Democrats II
| congress were asked to endorse the pay
ment of the deferred sugar bounty as d
| matter of justice to the sugar planters
and the Republicans in congress wer,
! asked to support it because 8
/ good portion of the money paiC
I would 90 towards the establishment auC
maintenance OF Republican daily a
/ MI
| The payment was authorized anC
-, 900, 600 was appropriated 10y congress
but Secretary Carlisle has not paid ou
the money yet, and that Republican dai
~, has consequently not been establish
ed. One of the reasons the money ma:
not been paid out Is that the appropria
ton was not large enough to lay all tn,
| claims, but there may he other reasons
| which will prevent payment for som,
| time. \ Republican senator speaking
/ of the matter said: Certainly Demo
| cratic administration ought not to fur
| nish money to people who propose t,
! use it to establish an organ with which
to antagOnize it. True. the debt vii
have to be paid some time. but if wer,
at the head OF the treasury | would le
| those hot headed fellows in Louisian.
whistle for their money. | would no
I pay them until compelled to do So -
Somebody with nothing better to Il,
| started rumor that the decision of TIA,
/ supreme court against the income Ia,
| made the government Liable to the heir
of those who paid the income tax unde
! the law enacted as a war measure for al
the money collected under that law
! Nothing could be more absurd Will