The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-01

the States. Why should we go on taxing
farms and homesteads and shops, and letting
whisky go free? This is the crucial question
which Mr. Blaine puts, and it will be hard
to find an answer"
Cleveland Leader: 1.-THE Leader sympa-
thzes with the views of Mr.. Blaine, and only
differs with him in the application of the
revenue derived from the sources mentioned.
Mr.. Blaine would distribute this revenue
among the States and leave the local author
tiles to apply it to such purposes as they
might deem proper On the other hand, the
Leader would have this revenue distributed
wholly for educational purposes at the rate
of 81 per capita of the entire population in
each and every year"
Cincinnati News Journal SIT would be
an incentive to extravaganza, a cause of cor
ruption and waste. and moving to internal
schemes and jobs, such as no government
ever before provided to mislead its own peo.
pie. So long as the people OF the States are
left to rely upon themselves to raise their
own revenues to pay for government out of
their own pockets, they will be careful how
their money is spent. Once allow the CEN
trail government to raise revenue for the
State and it will be spent lavishly and cor
ruptly, with no guard upon the wasteful
hand"
Chicago News "Mr Blaine's idea is merely
an amendment to the proposition of the
Pennsylvania Republicans to turn all the
surplus revenue over to the States. He
amends to limit this to the whisky tax SIM
ply, and in this strikes pretty close to John
A. Logan's plan to devote the whisky tax to
educa tional purposes, the only difference be-
ing that Blaine proposes to let the State Sc
lect the purpose to which it shall be applied.
There is really nothing new in the idea,
therefore, but is Mr.. Blaine's first stroke for
the presidency, and will occasion the widest
discussion"
Chicago Inter Ocean: 'Mr. Blaine seizes
on the prevailing prejudice against whisky
to make converts to his distribution scheme.
But thinking people will Illuminate upon the
principle involved. 1t is whisky now, but
the time may come within twenty-five years,
after the States have learned to depend on
the general government for revenue when
whisky may not furnish sufficient revenue.
Then something else may be taxed in SINH
lar manner. What will it be? Some manu-
featured article, of course, as it is hardly
probable until the character of the country
is much changed that Congress will under
take to lay tax on corn, wheat and other
like articles"
Chicago Tribune; ''There is one possible
omission in Mr.. Blaine's excellent and states
manlike recommendation of the redistribu-
ton of the whisky tax among the States
which, if supplied, would commend the po-
sition he has taken to people of all parties.
Universal education is the best possible
guarantee of useful citizenship. If the reve-
nue. collected by the general government
from the whisky tax were divided among
the States in proportion to the population
upon the condition that the funds be used
for the maintenance of a free, secular, i'm par
tial and universal system of public schools,
the results would be to insure popular edu-
cation in all sections of the union.