The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-06-29
INTERNAL TAXATION
Fruitful Topic for Debate in
the House Yesterday.
THE REPUBLICAN POSITION
=, chicago Ably Defended Against
- ,,o ,uacRs orNIiIls, who Exhibits
uir.r!rin the Role Off Dem
,p,.nc-In the Senate.

,a,..ne-In the Senate.
w,,rxc7ox, D. c., June 9S.-on
..;on n Mr.. Mills, of Texas, in the
IIo, IIo".c to.day, Mr.. Blount, Of Georgia,
l'o' iros elected as speaker pro TEN during
,Sa temporary absence Of Speaker Car
r,I. 1 ami the clerk was directed to in
mrm the Senate OF their action.
wr Grain. Of Texas, made a strong
.,rn,, n secure consideration for his bill
~, ,be Improvement Of the mouth OF
,h. Bra,as river, Texas, butan objection
tDom Mr., Rowcll, Of Illinois, rendered
III. efforts unayailing. The House then
~pnt into Committee Of the Whole,
Mr. Springer, of Illinois, in the chair
on the tariff bill.
Mr. Baker, OF New York, moved to
.,,ik, from the free list vegetables in
,Ssir @ natural state or in salt or brine
"o, not specially enumerated or provided
fOL ,,;.h;,,,, II .rrror,
inc thr motion, referred TO the strong
ramnrtition which existed between the
farmers % a; Northern Michigan and those
1.-The Province of Ontario, and he pro-
,Ss,rd against the small tariff which was
noW lai,l upon vegetable products.
Mr. FarGuhar, OF New York, ironically |
o,nTss,d his admiration for the geuer-
osiw Of the Committee on Ways and
Weaps in opening Northern markets to
TangIian farmers. II that was good
American policy, let the committee fol-
iow il but along the Canadian border
there were intelligent farmers who
Tould show their opinion OF this throat
cut legislation when November came
around.
the objections made to the clause was
that il removed the duty on potatoes.
This was n mistake, as potatoes were
specifically provided for in another por-
lion OF the bill. The clause, he con-
tended, was in the interest OF the con-
snmipr classes, and he queried where
The Republicans would be willing to re-
duce taxation. "All | have to say is,
that the platform Of the Republican
party says that it is in favor Of the re-
peal OF
INTERNAL TAXES.
Shouts f"Oh, no." fromthe Republic
canel. 1t says it is in favor OF taking
the tax of alcohol used in the arts, and
II that is not enough, it is in favor OF
taking of all internal taxes. That is
what is understood by the country
being in favor OF free whisky. COntin-
ming, Mr.. Mills said that he was not as
tonishcd at the tenderness OF the gentle
men on this question. 1t was well
known that the majority of the Repub-
lican party was opposed to the extreme
position which the Republicans had
taken at Chicago. 1t was well known
that the gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Mr, Kelly represented n minority, and
when tue convention at Chicago was
lashed and scourgcd to take position
for free whisky, no one sooner than the
gentleman from Pennsylvania sent con-
gratulations to the convention for COM
ing to
TIE HEROIC STAND
which he had occupied. For the first
time at Chicago had the Republican
party come boldly and taken the posi-
ton before the American people in favor
Of keeping the taxes on the neCessaries
Of life and demanding that the Treasury
be emptied by taking the tax off whisky.
That was the position that party had
taken before the intelligent judgment OF
the American people, and no amount OF
disclaiming would convince the people
that that party, il in power, would not
take the tax off whisky and leave it on
every article Of necessity. Applause
on the Democratic side.
Mr.. KELLY, OF PENNSYLVANIA,
said, that noman who had read, or heard
what he had said on the subject of in
tcrnal taxation since the close OF the war
was justified in charging him with be-
ing in favor OF free whisky. He had
never favored ii. He advocated the re-
peal OF the war taxes which jefferson
had denounced as an internal system,
aud at that time had been repeated at
The end OF eleven years. He denounced
that Internal system which Madison and |
Monroe has hastencd to repeal ut the
end OF four years, when such taxes had |
been again rcsorted to us war
measures. lie had demanded that
the Democracy should walk in the foot
steps Of the fathers OF that party and |
should maintain its holiest precedent by |
removing the supervision OF the national |
Government from the fields, the fac |
tories and the orchards OF the South. |
He had demanded that the Democrats |
carry out their platform OF 1884, which |
promised the abolition OF the internal
taxes. The gentleman from Texas
Mills could not deny that it was the
Democratic promise in 1854 to the
tobacco growers, the fruit growers and
the dlstlller of the South that they
should be relieved from the national
surveillance and supervision. He had
asked that this great source OF revenue
be remitied to the
PEOPLE OF THE STATES,
and under State law to the municipali-
ties Of the State, and those governments
which bore the burden OF crime and
vice and insanity should have whatever
revenue might be Justly derived from n
source so fruitful OF crime and misery
as the whisky business. He in favor
OF free whisky? 1t was direct neces-
s!ty which made the chairman OF the
Ways and Means Committee make such
eharge against him personally or a
representative Of his party. A Demo.
crat OF old, he stood by the teachings OF
ihe founders Of the party, and OF the
trainers OF its doctrine, and he asked
the Democrats to-day to keep faith with
the people OF the South who had been
delqded into their support four years
ago by their lying promises to remove
ihe internal taxes. [Applause on the
Republican sidel.
MIR, Spinola, Of New York, said that
lhe gentleman from Ohio Taylor had
made sort OF temperance lecture and
attempted to reiute the suggestion that
tae Republicans OF the country, through
lhelr convention, had declared them
selves in favor Of free whisky. A marty