Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-01

/ acnuSettS has done nothing and M
sibly, perhaps probably, she will NJ
a condition which is equally true f.
| five of the other states in which notS
ing has been done; but it is berevaa
that Florida, New Jersey and Wes
| Virginia will take action through then
legislatures during the coming winte1
| and that soon after the Democrat
come into possession of the admins
/ tration and both branches of congress-
an income tax law will be passed
Democratic leaders In Washington
admit that when the special session
meets and they are certain that inl
come tax legislation can be enacted
they will breathe easier as to wbaA
may happen to the resources in casa
| the tariff for revenue only plan" ID
put into operation. When the wavsN
and means committee was DISCUSSING
revenue questions in connection witbN
the preparation of the tariff bills
which Mr.. Taft vetoed, it studied in.
come tax probabilities and it was
finally agreed that if a law putting
such tax into operation could he
passed, it would result in an income
to the government the first year of
about $60,OOO00O.
Income tax legislation has inter.
ested congress in an academic wav
for good many of these latter years
Some of the constitutional lawyers Of
the house and senate have held 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 a 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 fair share of the nations
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.
Taft's Plans for Future.
What is President Taft going
to do after he leaves office? 1t
has been reported and perhaps
generally believed that he is to
accept the Kent lectureship 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 a year, but it has been found
that the actual income from it is only
a 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 10 get back to the
practice of the law, but he hesitates to
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
10
without much fear that the program is
to be changed. Before entering 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 a chance to
play golf without feeling that host
of people are waiting to see him on
official business and are waxing indlg-
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 a while and then to
go to Beverly, Mass, for the summer
Beverly is the place where the presl-
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.. Tart
next fall will go to Europe to travel
and to take things much easier than
he did the last time ne was on the
continent When he was secretary OF
war he made a rush trip from the far
east on the Trans-Siberian railroad TO
Europe.
1t is said that Mr. Taft has ex-
pressed a desire to see Europe IN
Ieisurely manner, and after ne mas
done this he will make up his MIND
what he is to do in the future. 1t IS
reported that he has private income
of about $500 a year and that II
law professorship will yield him S5'OOO
in addition he will feel that he mas
plenty of money to live upon ana 10
support his family in a manner thaI
it is generally conceded former pres
idant of the Tinted States should I'VE