Weekly commercial herald., 1886-06-04


brandy and addressed the house II sup.
port Of bic proposition, appealing TO
the Democrats TO come forward and
vote 10 remove that tax aRd 90 home
with good conscience.
Mr. Bragg, OF Wisconsin. would vote
fOr the bill. even II the rate OF tax
was reduced, but he trusted that that
would not be done. Ee few the flag
OF an intent to destroy the manufac-
ture Of noxious compound by tax.
ing It out Of existence.
Mr.. Bland, Of Missouri, thought that
the hill should be amended, that It
would be an honest law against fraud.
Mr.. Stone. OF Massachusetts,, regard
ed the bill as dee ceptive In les present
shape, and Mr.. Milliken, Of Maine,
favored the bill for purposes Of reye-
nue..
Mr.. Barksdale, of Mississippi,
thought that the constitutionality Of
the measure could not be doubted.
The primary object Of the clause Of
declaring that congress shall have
power to levy tax was to raise money
for the support Of the government, and
the present bill would effect that puF-
pose, without taxing any industry out
Of existence. 1t would afford incidental
protection, however, to a large and
growing class Of farmers. What rev.
enue it produced he would be In favor
of taking off articles Of absolute me-
cessity. -
Mr.. Townshend's amendment was
reject ID, &c to 81.
Amendments offered by Mr.. Reagan
Of Texas and Mr.. Warner Of Missouri,
exeml ting from taxation oleomar-
garine which is not manufactured for
sale as butter was rejected.
Mr.. Daniel then called up his
amendment, repealing the tax on
tobacco, which was advocated by Mr..
McAdoo, Of New Jersey.
Mr.. Buchanan, Of New Jersey, while
he was in favor of the repeal Of the
tobacco tax, was opposed to the
amendment as endangering the pas
sage of the bill.
Mr.. Ermentrout, Of Pennsylvania,
opposed the amendment on the same
ground.
Mr.. Cabell, of Virginia, earnestly
supported the proposition and appealed
to the house to relax system of taxa
tion which bore so heavily on the peo.
pie whom he represented,
Mr.. Farquhar, Of New York, spoke
against the bill, aud pointed out what
he regarded as the danger which would
attend an extension Of internal pro.
lection. If internal protection were
put on, seaboard protection must come
off. He would invoke every police
regulation against the imitation OF
butter by oleomargariue or butterine,
or any other zine" that could be found
in a medical dictionary, but he protest
ed against the destruction of legiti-
mate industry.
Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, Of
fered an amendment providing that
the revenue collected under this acI
shall be dedicated to the Epayment
of pensions. TheinteTnal revenue tax
he said, was war tax and the revenue
derived from it should be devoted tC
the payment of the expenditures
rendered necessary by the war. While
he did not like the system of internal
revenue, he did propose to tax whisky
and tobacco rather than food, clothing
and shelter of the poor man and the
workingman. (Applause.
Mr.. Daniel explained his astonish-
ment at the nimbleness with which
the Republican party had jumped over
what it called the walls of American
defence, and his equal astonishment
when he saw Democrats who had
pledged themselves to abolish war
taxes, and who had placed upon
their banner, "equal and exact justice
to all men, take jump through the
constitution and through the roof and
run three leagues beyond the most
radical gone-to.seed Republicanism
had ever gone before. (Applause)
1t would ever remain one of The
proudest acts of the first administra
tion of Thomas Jefferson that
it had got lid of excise
system, but the first administration o.
Grover Cleveland would be seen, by {
great majority of the American
people, to reassume the mantle so lai(
aside PennsylYanians had come tC
preach the doctrine that every power
full hand in America could be raised
against every weak hand. Murder
had rights; arson had rights
every crime had rights to {
fair trial in a court of justice
but according to this doctrine industry
had no trial but was condemned and
destroyed in the house which should
be the home Of its friends. He wa
not fllibuster. He had no
tried to retard the consideration
of the bill, but when he sav
Democrats betrayed in the house 0
their friends and by those who shoul,
be their captains; when he saw the Re
publican party owning allegianc
to committee which the peopl
did not elect, and abandoning th
representative functions they had 70
people who were sovereigns, then b
said that he for one would stay her