The evening times., 1895-08-15
5entfronl Washington

The ansount collected under the iDcome
tax law amounted In rA,Dd numbers to
ST 200. or this amount shout ane-balf
has already been returned to those who paid
1t. The remainder AWAITS the pleasure
OF those WIN hnye NOT yet Forwarded their
appIlcatjonsfor q refund.
The expense OF coiIectIng the $77,000
has been sboat $4,000 This stste~sent
Is absolutely correct, though " h re-
sented by Treasury officials, who say
that only geo, 900 more wuufd have been
required TO collect the entire tux II an
mfeeiing Supreme Court had not given
the death blow to this pet scheme or fke
Cleveland Adsnhastration. In this $780,
600 is not included. of course, the cost of
defending the suits against the Govern
ment, which must have been consfdera-
BILE, and which will swell the grand totaf
of the cost of this monument OF Defno-
cratic and Popuiisric Folly to sorsething
like 5000 900 or more.-S. N. Clark in
New YORK Tribune.
One of the most reassuring signs OF the
times. Is the ephemeTal fame OF men who
force themselves to the front as leaders Of
isms A short tuae ago Bloody BridieS'
Waite, of Colorado, occupied considerable
preuliHenea IN the pubic view, bri HOW that
same character has SINK into an oblivion
from wlsiei1 he VIII never be reseaed- A kin
dred spirit 10 Waite, Llewelling, of Kan
sas, has sunk from ubilc view, andwfth him
are sinking, or haze sunk, Jerry Simpson,
Mary Ellen heass, Pefreg and an that mattey
crew that thEived for time ca the wall Of
calamity and the h0wls OF distreas- The
late governor Of Oregon has disappeared,
and few people can now even recall his
name. The ehasm is yawning for AltgeM. of
niinois-J L. Kennedy In Dayton Journal.
Prominent Democrats incline to the be-
lief that the peculiar demonstrations and
publications with which the Bameof Wiiiiam
C. Whitney II connected indicate that Mr..
Whitney Is in the field as q Presidential
candidate. They claim To be able TO trace
the definite purpose OF Mr.. Whitney to be
a candidate from the moment that he gave
out for publication an interview from the
steamers deck as he approached the New
YORK pier on his return from Europe.
The authorized interviews with him in
Chicago and else where are said to be
part OF scheme TO attract attention to
his candidacy. The recent announcement
OF E.eDator Hill. of New York, that the
Democracy can only be united OH some
Western man is not because Me- Hill
loves Mr.. Morrison, but because he hates
William C. Whitney and wishes TO make
haste to do what be can to check the
whitney movement before it shall be-
orfu IN, NaW Work. that
the New York Senator himself will DO
longer be political factor In his own
State
Mr.. Whitney has an argument in his
favor which appeals to the managing
Democrats OF the West and South, which
all other Democratic aspirants Except
perhaps President CIeveland) lack. He
has a harrel-J. h. Henry in Philadelphia
Press.
II is said that when President Cleveland
sent the name of William b, Hornblewer
10 the Senate as his choice for the seat now
occupied by Justice White, Senators Hill
and Murphy combined to defeat his con-
firmation, aud succeeded. Later Senator
Hill became a candidate for Governor of
New York. and the anti-Hnl Democrats
sought Mr. Hernblower's support to the
effort to defeat him lie paily declined to
have anything to do with the moyep cut to
beat Hill. aud gave the Senator and the en-
tire Democratic ticket his earnest support
throughout the campaign.
Senator Hill felt the Goals of fire which
Mr.. Hornbl1wer thus heaped upon bis
head, and. ii is said, keenly regretted that
he had been insl rumental in bringing about
the defeat of Mr. Cleveiand's choice. He
has since expressed his desire to undo the
wrong which be now feels he did Mr. HORN
blower, and it is believed that if the latter's
name should again be sent to the Senate by
President Cleveland it would receive the
cordial support of Senator HUI. c.
Payne in Cleveland Leader.