The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-04-19
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Talks in a Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
From our Correspondent !
WAsHINGToN, April 10, 1895.

WASHINGToN, April l5 1895.
President Cleveland was probably as
much disappointed at The unsatisfac-
tory disposition of the income tax by
the Supreme Court as everybody else
was, and ne is probably quite as aux
ious that the case should be reheard by
fun bench and the consttutionality
of the tax either affirmed or denied,
| but, like good citizen, he recognizes
the income tax ms the law of the land
pending that iinal decision, and
promptly filled out and handed in an
account of his own income upon which
he is liable to he taxed. Being in doubt
IL To where he should pay the tax, he
handed his blank To Internal Revenue
Commissioner Miller IN person and
marked it Eat large and it is now
locked up III Mr.. Miller's safe. SO
many stories have been current as to
the extent of President Clevelaud's in
come, outside of his salary, that there
Is much curiosity to know the figures
he put upon that hlauk But it isn't
likely to be gratiiied. 1t was to make
late the Law against making public
the amount of Income returned by tax
payers that the President gave his
blank into the personal custody of Mr..
| Miller
Although to-day is HE last day upon
which taxpayers can file statements of
their incomes, without being subject to
specified penalties, he tax itself need
| not be paid until the 30th of June, and
| the chances are that hut little more Of
it than has already been paid will he
! paid in before that time, unless the
| Supreme Court hands down an affirm
/ alive decision before then. Should the
| decision be the other way it would not
have to be paid at all Unless present
! plans miscarry 1t is expected that the
case Will be rcheard by fun BENCH
Justice Jackson is reported to have
! promised to stand decision handed
down before the close of the present
term of court.
Among the attorneys recently dis
barred from practice before the lutte
ri0r Department WAS Jerry Haralson,
who was a conspicuous negro member
| of Congress III reconstruction days,
and who has been sentenced bN the
! United States District Court of Akau-
sas to one years imprisonment and a
! fine OF 5000 for engaging in fraudu-
lent pension practices. Still, every
now and then some over enthusiastic
Republican will jump up and shout
there are no fraudulent pensioners"
Judge Lochren, Commissioner OF
Pensions, says Of the proposed making
of a test case against the Commission
or Of Pensions, by the Union Veteran
Legion, in the United States Supreme
Court in order To show whether those
ten thousand, more or less, pensioners
were legally dropped, that he will
gladly aid in getting decision ON
such ease. He adds that the cases
If Long and Shakespeare are entirely
different from the other cases in
which reductions have been made or
pensioners dropped from the rolls
Nearly all the latter cases came under
the law of 1890, which differs radically
from all previous laws. "Corporaln
james Tanner is commander of the
Union Veteran Legion; likewise pen
slon attorney, which may explain his
anxiety in this matter. He has issued
a letter asking each memher of the le-
giOn TO contribute SO towards the eX.
peuses of making IL test case, but mein-
bers of the legion here say that the or
ganization has nothing To do with the
scheme; that Tanner alone is RESPONSE
BILE for the letter. They say that had
he wished to spud this letter out as an
order of the Union Veteran Legion,
but that so much objection was raised
10 a T.. al.
and send ii out as IA personal letter.
y statement made here will he of
much interest to inIpecuniOus Repuh-
llcan editors should it prove true. 1t
is that the Alger Presidential boom is
shortly to take the road again. Its
last tour was very expensive To Gen.
Alger, but very profitable to the afoie-
SAID impecuniOuS editors.
1t is said that Gen. Alger is conf
dent that the fight between Mckinley
aud Reed, which is already getting
quite warm, will he so bitter That 1t
will make tile nomination of either OF
them impossible, and that he thinks he
stands as good Il chance to b. struck by
lightning as any of the other waiting
dark horses do.
There has been Il great deal, of guess
ing as to the position President Cleve-
land will occupy during the next
national campaign, and, were it not
that it would Ue to II certain extent u
violation OF confidence, your corresp0u-
dent could make II good guess. How
ever, it can he stated without any viz
latiou OF confidence, that at the proper
time President Cleveland will make
known, over his own signature or in
some other authoritative manner, Just
where he stands aud what relation he
expects to hold to the next campaign.
Too Much for GraDdpapa.
"Grandpapa. asked his inquisitive
grandson, do hens make their own
eggs?"'
Yes" replied the old gentleman, lin