El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-24
WILSON OFFERS
aid TO OMAHA
President Is Distressed by
News Of Disaster-COn-
siders Ambassadorships

Washington, D. c., March 24-Pres-
I ident Wilson telegraphed mayor James
/ c. Dahlman, mayor OF Omaha as fol-
q am deeply distressed at the news
received from Nebraska Can We help
in any way"
Diplomatic Service Hampered.
President Wilson has reluctantly as
sented to the expressed determination
Of chairman McCOmbs, of the national
Democratic committee to decline the
preferred French ambassadOrship. In
a statement expressing his high re-
gard for Mr. McCombs. the president
declared that the diplomatic service
Of the United States is necessarily
hampered by the fact that only men
who have time and means 10 leave
their business find themselves able to
serve the government abroad.
Bryan Due at Capital Wednesday.
secretary Of state Bryan is due back
in Washington from his western trip
on Wednesday. The president is ex-
pected to be ready to take up with
MIN the appointment of men to at least
i've diplomatic posts which Washing
ton observers regard as Of the most
pressing Importance Ambassadors to
England, Mexico. Japan. Russia and q
minister to China probably viii be
named within a short time
DR.. Eliot Declines Post.
Dr. Chas. W. Eliot, offered the en-
bassy at London, has decided not to
accept according to information here.
although his answer probably will not
John V. Mott, of MOntclair. n. J-Na
Y. N C. A leader. thoroughly familiar
with China. has signified his unwiT-
lngness to become minister to China
and apparently the president is still
seeking for suitable representative
there.
Osborne for State Department.
John z. Osborne. former governor Of
wyoming, is mentioned as the probable
successor to Huntington Wilson as
first assistant secretary of state Gov
Osborne tn 20 81 f~fn Of
secretary Bryan and is a Democratic
national committeeman from his state.
Income Tax Rate n Problem.
me Dig problem with which the
mouse ways and means committee ma
lorlty now is wrestling is the income
tax, including questions of graduation
or straight tax. and collection. The Will
son act Of 1898. the last Democratic tar
IF made $4,000 as the minimum taxable
income which some of the revisiOnists
argue is really equal to $4,000 or $4,000
under present living cost conditions.
Some house leaders. while preferrine
straight tax at the outset and to have
the system developed gradually would
not oppose conservative form Of
graduation Others favor a graduated
TAX, increasing heavily on large in
comes. The committee majority is
working with a dummy percentage
rate and the final result will hinge on
these calculations. and the report vet
10 De made on the probable revenue
from the IA dutiable schedules The
question of collection source whether
from the employer instead OF directly
from the salaried man is being care
fully studied out
Maximum Tariff Considered.
The maximum and minimum proposal
of the bill. it is said. probably will be
radically changed. perhaps with revers-
ing the sOcalled Big Stick policy by
making the conventional or regular
tariff rates the maximum to meet dis
eliminating conditions in any foreign
country. The Cuban reciprocity treaty
of 1902 allowing 20 percent reduction
on imports from Cuba from the regular
tariff rates probably will be main
tained by reiteration Of the declara-
ton that nothing in the new tariff shall
be construed to abrogate the treaty.
Some substantial changes in the Philip