New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-26
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

Washington. June 20
Dt.lvit pEpEp SENATOR Whoever coachsh
scnatof Jones Of Arkansas for hls great enort To-
day i'm behalf Of the importers OF cheap 'hinese
and JapaHego silks CJdypanese' he caIieu 'ne i"
ter, I'D ret do his work well or tnoioush'S ~
runbcr of samples CT these silks Ma" peV' '"p
psd To the Senator together with msInorai'u"'i.
showing the weight ue, yard and foreign vdiue Oh
each and various Other data. including OF cou'So'
The "ad yslorcn equivalent or me rare oi ou'S
proposed. applied 10 each OF the famP''s W.
Jones exhibited his samples In due forn' dn" 'nc'
attempted 10 his memorandum lie ilouno'reo
~ the very outset AID soon became, palnfhiy con-
/ fusod a. ne tried and tried again and always III
! vain to make c.ea. to others what was dehseE
Opaque TO himself At last he thre% COW" a %i
! proce,ded in his own breezy. offhand manner 10
describe and donounce the enormites when nc 'r
faT e kHAhea to o5e ns s""aor Jones
kansa VIII heres which IRE no' hS aDw Of his
! cl7quour'.
SURPRISED THE PRESIDENT ar" tell
ing "a story here on = wcll-known kentuckian' an
applicant fer Office. who had arranged WIN HIS
| Congressman 20 be presented 10 the president.
GIVE me - pointer or two about the etiquette
! hc said.
ooh it's simple" replied the Congressman. "foi
address him rs M. President and then add any
thni pleasant and timely that may occur To you
He won't be able to give us but q fey minutes you
know"
Il SEE he has taken TO horseback riding HOW
you'd il DO to mention that. and then reffr TO orr
own stock and express the rope that he may nave
Il rood mount
For GODS sake no." exclaimed ,hs Congress- -
man Whatever you do don't talk horse; and. OF
course steer clear Of those kindred topics Win rs
our pretty women and our fine whiskey Re easy
and natural. but not conventional, 49,, aha,
10 his ' Tit srprsc the President himself began
to talk horse. But the hentlckan; oDey,ns -"
Co1gressInpns tip, said next to nothing III ''i"S
on fov G"y$ afterward tho Congressman called
.'on. NJ trc White iOus", AN" the ffeSlu'h' '"''
"wfa, sor, O. ii Kcn uczian was that you brought
''t.:, ti.,9n or. H. Why?' ,,,..
"Wny ui-d &. tak rorse 10 him ana ~ "'"'
seem t. know anyth as about horses ,a - toll
"a. Congrc.s man was strongly t"mptt' 30 ',i,
Slms"!f be- k,p his peac. But he i ryipg extra
hard to get The man q place ~ save TOT '' V"'
conS'icn"".
MR.. M.LArRIN'5 STRENGTH IN South CAR
OIINA-"So far aS / an able 10 HeclP'C' -" ~.
situation in South Carolina. Senator Mclaurih WIZ
o. an easy winner in the primary e!ecuon 'ha' VIE
determine. who shall ho General Eari@s successor
said w. J. OetzeI Of tHc Palmetto State, the othef
day. MI Mci.aurin has tie advantage OF S'e""
/ inc well with both Tillmanit's and coAserVa''e7'
The latter do not approve of MIN iH'Iy' "u' NY
REGARD him as superior IL every way 10 Any man
VINO ha. been at All prominent In ire REFORM
movement and he Is acceptable to the nlaSses o,
The reformors themselves Ins !ntcS{ fors snJ eX
,,',.c,f,or rv.ns have made IN heir differences
ard entered into alliance to heat l,' ,;ov
mo alleged deal Is that Irby j. TO- be hd'e 10y
ernor and that conservative candidates ar. 20 Nv
encouraged - run IN ID, ma p,Tbn~ev ecc Eyars 70
tho rate Even if This contract ms p's', Iii
its ierrns viii never he iH.h.,",,, od ,hwart it. il
j., understood that senator Tmen, who mae n"nesn
strong mi! before get Governor .|Ntns -bn
/ NJ hi. colleague is Keeping strictly out OF NO
present hsht'
| CONSTITUTION TINKERiNG AND THE ~
| COME TAN-Thcre have been many Joi' 'eS'''
,io.. proposed for the purpose Of Setths "fo"''
the Supreme Courts decision on the uhcoIs,''I,
tionaty Of the income tax section o. 'he 80
,w Representative Stokes. of South Carolna'
sini,s ho Ia. discovered a short cut and has in
! tro1ucod a io,nt resolution providing for new
Article in the Constitution, the second paragraph u
| which makes provision for graduated income "a.
Az the entire article is short and explains ITSELF -
IS subjoned: -. ,., and
Article XyI-The power Of Congress TO levy ana
MtCc'e ,,ract taxes shall not be restricted exclu-
si~elv to the method Of apportonment anlons u1e
several staors; ohaI have ful power lay and
coec tax upon incomes without regard riyd 10 t e
ay such tax upon regard may .6 be nad lave 10
certain classes or bnt the TAX upon incomes Of
the same class grade shall De UNIFORM Throughout
the United States.
r,o Joint resolution merely provides for the suo
,,ission by Congress to the Legislatures OF the
states Of tho proposed article. 1t REQUIRES Two
thirds Of both houses to pass the resolution anu
Whom # shall have been thus passed three-lout'hS
Of the Legislatures Of the several states shai Ds
COMPETENT to raufy the article. The Isl an"
WYNN articles of the Constitution are those
which deal w,h the question Of taxation and repre-
,entstion, the XlVth amending the s S r OF
r.,rosanta lion IL will be seen that the ntst par
rra}nh Of Mr. stokes's proposed amendment 10 sne
Constitution obvates the point raised IN Ine ~,
nrernt co,rt's decision IN the income tax cases ~
9sc;nrine that the power of Congress 70 levy Sno
coIlo,t direct taxes shall not be restrlcted ekcu
,f IN Tho method of apportonment OF Representa-
tves among the several States accordinS 10 sHeis
rssne,tjvo numbers population. but CONGRESS -
n havc full power lay and collect tax upon IL
comes without regard 10 the source OF soule IT,,
yhrnce The income IS derived. There wouM SEN
not IN he a brilliant prospec; for those VINO IKE ING
SoIth Carolina Representative desire 70 nker VII
~ u.crk of the founders of the National Govern
rent II is certain that such Joint resoiuuiloon
could pass the present Congress- even il II 'o' "