Catoctin clarion., 1895-05-16
Washington Letter
FROM OUR REGULAR CoRpEsroNDEr


The Supreme CouIt has reached a
fnal decision, with full bench sitting
on }he Constitutionality of the income
t1x,and Justice Jackson, who is far from
>Swell, will at once return to his Tennes.
see home. The decision, although
officially made, is not yet known to any
body outside of the membership of the
court, and in fact is keeping every news.
paper man and woman in Washington
on the jump, in search Of a leak in order
to give the public the decision before it
is formally handed down, next week by
the court. The theory that Justice
Jackson would vote against the Consti-
tutionality of the law. which was for a
time, nobody knows exactly why, ,gener.
ally accepted, has received black eye.
It is known that after the decision was
reached by the full court, Justice Jack
son had long private consultation with
Justices White, Harlan and Brown, all
three of whom voted with Chief Justice
Fuller for the constitutionality of the
income tax when the first decision was
made. 1t is believed that this long con
ference was for the purpose of discuss
ing the points OF the opinion, which is
to be prepared this week, and it is
inferred that Justice jackson voted the
same way his associates at this confer
ence did else he would not have taken
part in it. If that inference be correct
the decision will uphold the law.
The administration is still very much
worked up over the silver question. In
addition to making the principal address
at the Memphis "sound money" conven.
tion, Secretary Carlisle is to take the
stump against silver in Kentucky, the
fact being recognized that victory for
SILVER in that state will make the admin
istration campaign for gold standard
almost hopeless. Mr.. Carlisle has hard
task, for it was largely owing to his
teaching that silver is so strong in Ken.
lucky, and be will, Senator Blackburn's
friends say, be confronted with evi-
dence in his own handwriting to
prove that he has turned a somerSault
on the financial question sincs he be-
came a member of PresilentCleveland's
cabinet.
Another statesman who has appar-
emily turned a financial somersaut is
Hon. William R. Morrison, of ILL.,, who
is now working against silver. When
he Was a member of the House he made
a speech in which he said: VI voted for
the silver bill when presented by the
gentleman from Mo. (Mr. Bland) under
a motion to suspend the rules cutting
off, as is now proposed, all amendments
iavoring as I did thechief purpose of the
bill, the restoration of silver to the place
it had held as money before it was
dropped from the list Of legal tender
coins to use mild terms, BY the unfrend.
ly legislation of 1883 and 1884" The
silver men will see that Mr.. Morrison
is not allowed to forget that speech, and
others of the same sort.
Senator Hansbrough, of North Dakota
says large majority Of the people of
his State favor free coinage without an
international agreement. He thinks
France and Germany are ready to adopt
international bimetallism. but that
England stands in the way. In that
connection he says "Any one who cares
to examine the market reports for the
past two months will find that the
moment it was decided that China
should pay Japan something like $4O0,
100000 in silver, the price of the white
metal went up, and Immediately the
price of wheat began to rise. A few
weeks ago the Rothschilos pulled their
gold string on Russia, and compelled