The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-05-31
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, May ~, 1905.

SHN'" SSooiOil VI COllSl COS IlOl all lSSut
of bonds will b. made necessary by
The decision Of the Supreme Court
against the constitutionality Of the in
come tax. The numerous sensational
statements to the contrary sent out oil
Washington last week had no hrmer
foundation than a desire to embarrass
the administration by creating the i'm.
preston that the government would
be unable to meet its obligations with
out issuing bonds or getting additional
legislation from Congress. This is a
very unpatriotic as we'll as a danger.
GUS Misrepresentation to make, but
everything is dsregarded by those who
are engaged in the task of making
political ammunition to be used next
year against the democratic party. 1t
was long line of similar mlsrepresen-
tations which made it possible for that
foreign syndicate to drive such hard
bargain in the exchange of gold for
the last issue of bonds ; yet 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
accepted without comment the income
tax decision. Other officials have not
been so reticent. For instance, Seua-
tor Palmer, of Illinois, at present in
Washington, said: "The country will
accept the decision, but if the emer.
gency should arise for the enactment
Of another income tax law Congress
will pass it and the Supreme Court
then sitting will uphold the taxing
authority of Congress in the premises.
The people of the country understand
their power"
A rather interesting story is being
told concerning the payment Of the
deferred sugar bounty, authorized at
the last session of Congress, and the
proposed establishment Of a republi.
can daily newspaper at New Orleans
with a capital OF 81 900, 900. 1t seems
that ex Gov. Yarmouth, of La, was
the originator OF the scheme. The
Louisiana sugar planters pledging
themselves to invest in the stock of
the proposed paper certain per cent
tage of the amount received, if the
bill authorizing the payment passed
Congress and became a law. Presi-
dent Cleveland and the democrats in
Congress were asked to endorse the
bill for the payment of the deferred
sugar bounty as matter of justice to
the sugar planters, and the republicans
in Congress were asked to support it
because good portion of the money
paid would go towards the establish
ment and maintenance Of republican
daily at New Orleans. The result is
history. The payment was authorized
and $4,000, 900 was appropriated by
Congress, but Secretary Carlisle has
not paid out the money yet, and that
republican daily mas consequently not
been established. One of the reasons
the money has not been paid out is
that the appropriation was not large
enough to pay all the claims, but
there may be other reasons which will
prevent payment for some time. A
republican Senator speaking of the
matter said: Certainly a demo-
cratic administration ought not 10
furnish money to people who propose
to use it to establish an organ with
which to antagonize it. True, the
debt will have to be paid some time,
but if | were at the head of the Treas
ury | would let those hot headed iel-
lows In Louisiana whistle for their
money. l would not pay them until
compelled to do So"
Somebody with nothing better to
do started rumor that the decision
of the Supreme Court against the in
come tax made the government liable
to the heirs Of those who paid the
income tax under the law enacted as
a war measure for all the money col
lected under the law. Nothing could
be more absurd. While the law un
der which the old income tax was col
lected was practically the same that
has been declared unconstitutional by
the present Supreme Court 1t was
passed upon and declared constitu.
tional by the then Supreme Court, and
those who paid money under it can
have no valid claim on the govern
ment for its return.
Secretary Herbert has accepted an
invitation to be the orator of the day
at the Memorial Day ceremonies at
St. Elizabeth's cemetery. President
Cleveland has been invited to Arling-
ton, but it is not certain that he will
be in Washington, as he is quite anxi-
Gus to accompany Mrs. Cleveland
and the children to Gray Gables, and
they may go before next Thursday.
There is special reason why Mrs,
Cleveland's departure cannot be post