Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1894 — THE INCOME TAX. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE INCOME TAX.

Probability of Its Passage by the House as a Part of the Wilson BilL The fall ways and means committee has voted to report the internal revenue bill, including the income tax. The vote was 9to 7. All the Republicans and Messrs. Cockran and Stevens voted in the negative. The success of the income tax men in finally getting the bill out of the committee was reached after a sharp contest. At first the Republicans refused to vote. Three Democrats. Cockran. Stevens and Bynum, also refused to vote. This broke a quorum and the income tax men were powerless. Then Mr. Reed came to the rescue, and said if another roll-call was taken the Republicans would vote tc make a quorum, but not to favor a report. The roll-call gave fifteen votes, or foul more than a quorum. Cockran and Stevens still refused to vote, but the quorum was made without them. Then the motion was pnt on reporting the bill to the House. This prevailed by the following vote:. Yeas—Wilson, McMlllin, Bynum, Whiting, Breckinridge, Tarsney, Montgomery, Bryan and Turner—9; all Democrats. Nays —Reed, Burrows, Payne. Dalzell, Hopkins (Rep.), Cockran and Stevens (Dem.)—7. A noticeable feature of the vote was the action of Chairman Wilson and Messrs. Breckinridge and Bynum In voting to report the bill.

Nominated by the President to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court via Horn bio -ver rejected because of the opposition of Lena tor Hill.

WHEELER H. PECKMAM, OF NEW YORK.