The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-04-19
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGToN, ID. c., April

WASnINGToN, ID. c., April Is.
MIR. EDIToR:-PreSidcn Cleveland was
probably as much disappointed at the I'M
satisfactory disposition of the income tax
bv the Supreme Court as everybody else
was, and he is probably quite as anxious
that the case should be reheard by full
bench and the cOnstitutionality of the tax
either affirmed or denied, but like a good
citizen he recognizes the income tax as
the law of the land pending that final de-
cision. and promptly filled out and handed
in an account of his own income upon
which he is liable to be taxed. Being in
doubt as to where he should pay the tax
he handed his blank to Internal Revenue
Commissioner Miller in person and mark
ed it lat large" and it is now locked up
in Mr. Miliers safe. SO manv stories have
been current rs to the extent OF President
Clevcland's income. outside OF his salary.
that there is much curiosity to know the
figures he put upon that blank. But 1t
isn't likely to he gratiticd. 1t was to make
sure that no careless clerk should violate
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
Among the attorneys recently diSharred
from practice before the Interior depart
ment was Jerry" HARRISON. who was Il
CONSPICUOUS negro member of Congress in
reconstruction days. and who has been
sentenced by the United States District
Court of Arkansas, to one year Slmprlson-
mcnt and II fine of 5000 for engaging in
fraudulent pension practices still, every
now and then some over enthusiastic re
publican will jump up and shout there are
no fraudulent pensioners.
Judge Lochrrn. Commissioner of Pen
Sions. says the proposed making of Il test
case against the Commissioner of Pen
sons. 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 Il deciS-
ion on such Il case. He adds that the cases
of Shakespeare and Long are entirely diff
fercnt from the other cases in which re-
auctions 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 "Corporal' James Tanner is Com
mander of the | MON Veteran Legion; like
wise u pension attorney. which may eN
plain his anxiety in this matter. He has
issued letter asking each member of the
legion to contribute so towards the cN-
pcn>eS of making test ease, hut members
of the legion here say that the organ IVA
ton has nothing to do with the scheme:
that Tanner alone is responsible for the
letter. They say that he wished To send
this letter out ~ an official order Of the
Commander of the I. Y. l.. but that SO
much objection was raised he was com
PEELED to abandon that idea and send It out
rs a personal letter.
There has been il great deal of guessing
rs 10 the position President Cleveland will
occupy during the next national campaign
and. were il not that il would be to Il GER
tain extent a violation of confidence, yOnr
correspondent could make Il good guess.
However. it can be stated without any yio-
lation of confidence, that ii the proper
time President Cleveland will make known.
over his own signature or in some other
authoritative manner, just where he stands
and what relation he expects To hold to
the next campaign.