The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-29

low it, but along the Canadian uordel
| there were intelligent farmers VIII,
would give their opinion of this cut
throat legislation when November cam
around.
Mills, of Texas, said that one Of tn
objections made to the clause was ,ha
1t removed the duty on potatoes. Thi!
| was O mistake. as potatoes were speci
| fiedly provided for in another portion
of tho bill. The clause he contendec
was in the interest of the consuming
classes, and he queried where the Re-
publicans would be willing 10 reduce
taxation.
Drum, of Pennsylvania, suggested
that they were ready to reduce interna
| taxes.
Yes" replied Mr.. Mills, "you want
free whisky. You do not say in your
plat orm that you want to reduce the
duties On sugar and rice The conyen-
ton has overruled what you have cen
tended for. Your party demands you
to go for free whiskey. We go with
you to the country on that question.
We demand reduction on those things
which enter into consumption as ne
cessaries and demand that the tax shall
remain on whisky, as it is to-day"
]. D. Taylor, of Ohio, challenged the
statement that the Republican party
was in favor of free whisky. All
persons of the Republican party
are In favor OF abolishing internal taxes
because they believe it to be an unwise
system; that the Republican party was
in favor of free whisky, was absurd and
he repudiated the charge to that effect
Under the circumstances a man who
would coldly and with his Judgment in
his hand, assert that the Republican
party was in favor of free whisky. might
be developed according to the Darwin
ian theory for countless cycles of time
without mounting Intellectually to the
position OF brevet. daughter and ap-
plause on the Republican side.
Mills-The platform of the Republic
can party says it is in favor of a repeal
of internal taxes. 1t says it is in favor
of taking the tax off of alcohol used in
the arts and if that is not enough, it is
in favor of taking off the inter
national taxes. That is what is
understood by the country of
being in favor of free whisky.
Mills said it was we'll known that Il
majority of the the Republican party
was opposed to the extreme position
taken at Chicago. For the first time
Chicago had Republican party which
had taken the position before the
American people in favor Of keeping the
taxes on the necessities Of life and de-
handing that the Treasury should be
emptied by taking the tax off of whisky.
No amount of disclaiming would con-
vince the people that the part if in
power would not take 1t off of whisky
ov oil -
Kelly, of Pennsylvania, said he ad-
Vocated a repeal OF the wsr taxes
which Jefferson had denounced as an
Internal system. He had demanded
that the Democracy should walk in the
steps of their foreIather CT that party
and should maintain its hCliest pre-
cedenCe by removing the supervision
of the national government from the
fields to the factories and orchards of
The south. He had demanded that the
Democrats carry out their plan in the
form of 1884, which promised an aboli-
ton of internal taxes. The gentleman
from Texas could not deny that it was
the Democratic promise in 1884 to the
tobacco growers, fruit growers and
distillers of the south, that they should
be relieved from national surveillance
and supervision. He had asked that
this great source of revenue be RENTED
to the people, and under the State law
to the municipality of States, aud those
which bear the burden of crime, vice
and insanity, should have whatever
revenue nigh justly be derived from it.
Reed, OF Name, thought the gentle
nan from Texas did not mean to be be-
ieved when he said the Republican
1arty was for free WHISKY, because the
gentleman knew there would not be
enough Democrats left to make up
an electoral vote in half the States |
IF the Union if they had confidence
n his statement. Laughter). The |
gentleman, if he had taken the trouble !
TO READ the Chicago platform know ELS |
sentiment was one Of those asser- |
ions which was worthy of the dignity |
If the stump ana not of the position of |
chairman of the committee On ways-
The House representa-
ives, gentleman, knew the posi- ION of |
he Republican party on this subject |
vas TOO simple to be turned in this |
way. But if the Democratic party |
'hould ever commence the campaign |
without false statements. its own |
rienJs would know it. The gentle
nan from Texas meant to say he would |
lang on the whisky monopoly and
meant to give it protection. Let him
ay so, and let him say so openly and
and not get behind miscel-
aneous sentences which meant moth.
1g,
Weaver, of Iowa, criticised the inter-
al revenue plank of the Chicago plat
Orm, and declared the issue could not
e shirked ami there could be no shut
ling.
Il am a Democrat" interrupted
Wise, of Virginia, "and l am in favor
t repeal of the tobacco tax" Gap
lause on the Republican sidel.
Weayer-This bill provides for a re-
uction Of that tax, but I say to the
entleman from Virgins in favor of
epeal of the internal revenue taxes, is
OF the position OF this bill.
Wise-My position is the position of
ne National Democratic party in 1884.
nd the platform Of 1888 endorses the
latform OF 1854.
After some further discussion Bakers
lotion was defeated and the commit
,e rose.
On motion of Randall joint resolu-
on was passed extending for three !
avs from June Both the provisions of '
le existing appropriation laws in :
Use, in passing the appropriation bill,
ley are not passed before the end of 1
lie fiscal wear,