Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31


achusetts has done nothing, and pos
sibly. perhaps probably, she will not
condition which is equally true Of
i've OF the other states in which moth
ing has been dor,e; but it is believed
that Florida, New Jersey and West
Virginia will take action through theil
legislatures during the coming winter
and that soon after tire Democrats
come into possession of tae admins
tration and Soth branches of congress
an income tax law will be passed
Democratic les.ders in Washington
admit that when the special session
meets and they are certain that in
come tax legislation can be enacted
they will breathe eesier as to %hat
may happen to the resources II cast
the tariff for revenue only plan" Is
put into operation. When the ways
and means committee was discussing
revenue questions in connection with
the preparation of the tariff bills
which Mr.. Taft vetoed. it studied in
come tax proba bilities. and it was
finally agreed that if a law putting
such tax into operation could be
passed, 1t would result in an income
to the government the first year oil
about $60.O00,00O
Income tax legislation has inter
ested congress IN an academic way
for a good many of these latter years
Some of the constitutional lawyers OF
the house and senate have hald that
law could be passed which would
stand the test of the Supreme court
constituted as was the one which
about eighteen years ago declared
such law unconstitutional.
This kind of taxation as a means
of raising revenue and as a means al
so of in part making the rich as it is
put, pay a fair share os the nation s
expenses" has not been compelled
wholly to depend upon Democratic
support. A good many Republicans in
the lower house have favored income
taxation and have not been afraid to
say so.
ats Plans for Future.
WHAT is President Tart going
to do after he leaves Office? II
has been reported and perhaps
generally believed that he is to
accept the Kent lecturaship of law at
his alma mater, Yale university The
first report was that the Phelps fund
which was given to endow the Kent
professorship yielded an income of
$4,000 year. but it has been found
that the actual income from it is only
few hundreds of dollars, and there
fore If the president is to take ad-
vantage of the lectureship opportunity,
the university must take some meas
ures to make the compensation ade-
quate by providing funds from other
than foundation sources.
The president, it is said, would like
nothing better than to get back to the
practice of the law, but he hesitates 60
do this because of the embarrassment
which frequently would come from
pleading cases before judges who hold
their seats on the bench through his
appointment. If the president should
have case before the Supreme
court he would find himself confronted
by several members of that high
tribunal who owe their appointments
to him, and, moreover, the chief JUS
tice owes to Mr.. Taft his promotion
from an associate justiceship to the
highest place.
First He viii Play Golf.
What the president intends to do
for a while, at any rate, can be told
without much fear that the program is
to be changed. Before enteii2g upon
an active career in the law or as an
instructor in it. the president intends
to go to Augusta, Ca, to stay for some
weeks for a rest and for chance to
play golf without feeling that host
of people are waiting to see him on
official business and are waxing indig-
nant because the game of golf ever
was invented to keep the chief mag
istrate away from his Office.
After his rest at Augusta. 1T is the
presidents intention to go to his home
in Cincinnati for while and then to
go to Beverly, Mass, for the summer.
Beverly is the place where the presi-
dent has spent his summer vacations
for some time 1t is entirely possible.
in fact tentative plans already to the
end have been made, that Mr.. Taft
next fall will go to Europe to travel
and to take things much easier than
he did the last time he was on the
continent When he was secretary of
war he made rush trip from the far
east on the Trans-Siberian railroad to
Europe.
It is said that Mr.. Taft has ex-
pressed a desire to see Europe in a
leisurely manner, and after he has
done this he will make UP his mind
what he is to do in the future. 1t is
reported that he has a private income
of about $500 a year and that if a
law professorship will yield him $4,000
in addition he will feel that he has
plenty of money to live upon and to
support his family in manner that
it is generally conceded former pres
ident of the United States should live.
Gossip About Patronage.
In previous dispatches from Wash
ington the subject of the removal by
executive order Of $4,000 postmasters
from minor Offices from the patronage
list was discussed. The Democrats be-
lieve that Woodrow Wilson when he
becomes president will revoke the or
der and will restore the postmaster
ships to their previous status. This
question of patronage, although 1t in
wolves $4,000 small Offices, is not con-
corning the party which soon will be
completely dominant so much as do
other and greater patronage matters.
Mr. Wilson car. change the status of
the postrnasters by stroke Of the
pen, and If he does 1t the Offices az
fected will be n way under the con
troll of the Democratic leaders in the
5;~+rin4c fu which they are located