The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-29
INDIANAPOLIS. MONDAY PR

museums. lotteries, all paid a specific tax;
anu tnen there was tax on incomes. In
comes are generally enjoyed by very poor
people. lLaughterl Incomes are enjoyed
by rich people. We had an income tax at
that time, and salaries of members of
Congress We're taxed 3 per cent. The
Presidents salary of S25.0OO then $4,000
now was taxed. Judges of the SUI
preAe Court. Cabinet officers, they all paid
an income tax, and it yielded large sum
the statute book. But after while, when
the war was over, some one says, the taxes
ought to be reduced. Yes" said some Re-
publican leader. II think so. too. Well,
where shall we begini 1 said let us begin
by taking the tax off of the shirts that
wears; let us commence on the stockings,
and underwear, and calico of some of the
good women down there" NO" said the
Republican leaders. ''let US first take the
tax { ,So OF Of incomes" and away back there-
vote came up, and was so thankful TO see
that L was in my seat. was not out play
ing baseball, but was in my seat, and
voted on the ayes and noes that as long as
they kept the increased tax OH the woOlen-
new born babes, and on the horse
shoes. and horseshoe nails, and the
wagon tires and the plow-shares that
would not vote TO take cent off the in
comes of the rich. [Applause.l And am
there on the ayes and noes, voting to keep
off something else as we'll. 1 did not prom
ise that would take it off of incOms then.
1T they had; but what do you suppose was
the reason given in the debate why the in
come tax ought to be repealedf They said
ay C So0s and bs
and all the big rich men with big incomes
would swear lies. and we could not find out
what their income was; that 1t promoted
perjury. l said, Let them commit perjury
and go to hell likewise" IApplause and
orthodox believer. my friends. and / don't
use that expression in n profane way;
but do believe q good old-fashioned hell
is necessary to punish those fellows men
who commit perjury-a good old-fashioned
hell for Jay Gould and that class of men,
to punish them for committing perjury by
which to avoid their just burden. and TO
lay their burden on you instead of carrying
it themselves. That was the argument
given for abolishing the income taxa tax
that could be more easily paid. was more
history of this government. Away went a
hundred millions In that way. You fellows
buckled down to the plOw handles all the
harder to make 1t up. You Republicans
down here in Greene county, know you,
too; you are good people, but, Oh. Lord.
you are in your preiudices You would
rather pay So for an article that you. could
buy for one than TO give up that Dan Noor-
hees; and Tom Cobb and Andy Hum
phreys and the, rest of us have
have sss sssn uronr n fhs pe and
plause: That is all right. l like firm, fixed
men: but, gentlemen of the Republican
party down here in Greene county, farm
ers. let me tell you that the times are get
ting little too hard and you are too far
away from the war and its prejudices to
fou b td better just come down to a busl-
ness view and say, What is best for me
and mine propose to do. / don't want to
work any more than l have to; don't want
to plsw an hour later every day day tor Jay
pie; want Sallie and the children to have
what earn. and don't want to have 20
pay these enormous tariff rates that don't
go into the government treasury but go in
to the pockets of the rich"
Whye-gentlemen, was reading this morn
ing, and the cable dispatches from London
say that the bill giving to the Prince of
WalesAthe Queens great. fat, BOBBY boy of
fort - ut or forty nine years of age. who
expects to be king some. day-the bill
passed Parliament last night to give him
his baby girl is going to get married. and
that is given to him to enable him to dover
her properly. She is to marry the Earl of
Fife, and he only has an income OF about a
million and half year-he is poor, You
know-and so they gave. the Prince of
Wales last night q gratuity, largess, q
bonus. a donation. tribute to royalty of
about 5000, 900, all on account of his daugh-
ter. Now, my old friends, there are thou
sands of men engaged in manufacturing
fabrics in all their forms in the. United
States; and you people here, who work
for your bread, and the other people
of the United States who are like
you, pay five times as much a
year as Parliament voted to that worthless
from you moro than million year.
American people, the working people, he
gets that from you, for which he does no
work; he does no toll. but the profit on
what he makes out of the labor of men
poorly paid and poorly clothed viii amount
much as the British Parliament gave to the
Prince of Wales last night; and yet the
English people are kicking up pretty
good row about it. They say, something
for nothing they have got tired OF. How is
Ii lean MN neishbor IS D and .friendi Are You
tired yeti There is nothing but
sunshine and kindness in my. heart
towards all of you. Are you not tired Of
paying 80 per cent. on every horseshoe, on
every wagon, tuo lTOu III tucul, Ou yOuT
reaper, on your mower; on your piow, on
your trace-chains. on all the buckles and
clasps. and everything that goes into use
about the place, pitch-forks and everything
elsef Are you not tired of paying 80 Der
cent more on them than you could buy
them for if the tariff did not EXIST Or do
You love that sort of thingf When will 1t
come to an ends When will you weary of
iti Why, think the time will come when
you would rather--a good deal rather-take
a pitch-fork and pitch Republican poll
ticans and Republican leaders out of your
way than to pitch hay in your meadow.
The Republican leaders are mortgaged
and the mortgage is foreclosed to the
money power of this country. They cannot
turn a wheel without them. Sometimes
men say to me that the Republican party
will get out of their present trouble by re,
vising the tariff and lowering the rates OF
duty. 1t cannot. will not, and never will.
And whyf Because the men who have
made these large fortunes are to-day de-
pending upon this legislation. and they
hold John Sherman, Blaine, Harrison and
all of them right up to the rack with lash
over them, saying, Give MS our protection
our protective tariff, by which we rob the
neck at the next ballot-box give us our mill
ions out of this legislation, or we will not
give you any millions with which to carry
the next election; help US rob the people
and we will help you pollute the ballot-bOx.'
fApplause.l Their hearts are with the rich
their concern is with the lord of millions;
they were distressed that the capital of the
country should be called on to meet any
part OF the expenses of the government
the rescue of the monopOlists. the usurer
the mOney-chanQer. such as were scOurQeC