The Washington herald., 1906-12-04
PRESENTS INCOME TAX BILL.
Numerous BeIated Projects Suz-
gested as Laws,

. IT irty-eight bills of a public character
and about 575 private measures were
dumped into the Congressional hopper on
the House side Of Congress yesterday.
Among the more important Of the public
bills was one introduced by Representa-
tive Sheppard, Of Texas, 10 impose a
graduated tax on incomes, to be collected
by the internal revenue division of the
Treasury. The measure provides a tax of
. per cent on incomes over $1,000 a year
up to 5000; 3 per cent on incomes from
$500 10 $1,000. per cent on incomes Of
$1,000 to $1,000, 3 per cent on those from
SS2,0 900 TO $500. and per cent on all in
comes above So 600 a year. The bill IS
drawn on practically the same lines as
the original measure passed ten years
ago.
Representative Bartholdt. of Missouri,
introduced a bill TO create the Office Of
Fourth Assistant Secretary Of State,
whose duties shall be TO handle matters
relating to international arbitration and
10 gather statistics regarding the expense
Of maintaining military and naval estab-
lishments in different countries OF the
world
Representative Macon. Of Arkansas, is
the father of q measure which seeks to
prevent the dealing in futures on cotton,
grain, and provision stocks. This meas
ure, it is understood, is one which the
Hon. JEFF Davis expects to push when he
comes TO the Senate to succeed Senator
Berry in the next Congress.
Representative Steenerson. of Minneso-
ia, wants an appropriation Of $10O,OO00 10
erect monument to the memory Of Left
Ericsson, the Viking. who. it is claimed,
discovered America some four hundred
years before Columbus set sail from
Spain. He introduced a bill to appropriate
that sum.
Representative Richardson, of Alabama,
believes that the memory OF Gen. John
Coffee, a hero of the war Of 1872 should
be revered to the extent OF an appropria-
tion for a monument 10 be erected in Flor
ence, Ala.
Representative Sherley. Of Kentucky.
presented a bill TO punish conspiracy to
injure or intimidate any person in the ex-
ercise Of MS rights under the Constitu-
tion.'
Representative Keifer OF Ohio, present.
ed bill to authorize the issue by national
banks OF credit notes
Conspicuous upon the lapel Of each Of
the seven Republican members from
Greater New York was a small button or
black enamel inlaid with the figure ''7'' in
the center in gold. Around the figure
were the words 'On the Job, 59th and 60th
Congresses" the significance of which is
that each Of the seven-Messrs. Olcott
Parsons. Bennett, DunweIl, Law, Calder.
and Waldo-were reelected to the next
Congress. The donors are employees Of
the New York custOm-house.
The Democrats Of the House have a job
at their disposal, and viii hold a caucus
tonight to determine who shall fill it.
The place is one made vacant by the
death of Col. Isaac Hill.
Just what the Office is it would be diff
cult to describe, but it is generally agreed
that it is a sinecure. and there are half
a dozen or more candidates for it and the
salary Of $3.50 which it carries. The lead
ers in the race are Zeb Vance Harris. OF
North Carolina, and Judge Nat Crutch-
field. former parliamentary clerk Of the
House under Speaker Carlisle.