Large Majority Of Say-nothings
NEW Youk, June ö. - The World pubIishe3 a telegraphie poll of the nest congress, as far as obtainable, upon the silver, tarifï and inconie tax questions. The World sums up theresult as follows: "In a general way ie may be said that out of 116 rneinbers who gave unéquivocal answers to the silver questions fifty-flve are unqualifiedly in favor of free coinage, forty-four favor bimetallism generally, with the proviso of an international agreement. Only seventeen can fairly be classed as favormg a single gold Standard, and the attitude of sorno of these even is not,deflnite. The south and far western states ure almost uuaniinous lor free coinage, the central states lean tovrards silver with international birnetailic qualiücations, an.l it is only in New York, New Englaiid and adjacent eastern states Unit there are any avowedly gold standard men. "In regard to the tariff only twentyeight mombers are against all change, whilo thirty-live favor moderate changes i and tbirty-eight are pronounced for radical changes. A few are free traders. The moderntes are chiefly those who think changas will be necessary in order to increae revenuos. The income tax question brought niany sharp and piquant answers. Forty-nine congressmen say that they favor the principie of the tax. Fortyseven oppose it. A great many evaded the question or failed to answer it. "A few details by states will be interesting. Alfibama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming are solid for silver go far as hoard from. The bimetallista are chiefly in Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Penusylvania and West Virginia. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Vermont have the gold advocates. Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, the Carolinas, Georgia, Louisiana and most of the other southern states are solid for the income tax. New York and the east generally oppose it. Elsewhere the división is nearly even."
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