Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-20
SENATOR oronor's opposrrrox.

Senator George said he would oppose IN,
bill Il shall do So" said he, "upon ths
ground that it proposes to tax the people o.
the United States in order to build streets and
make improvements upon suburban prop
erty now owned by persons who have
bought 1t up for the purpose Of lay
ing 1t out into town lots and sell.
ing it at enormous advances in price, whereby,
II they can get the Congress OF the United
States to put its hand into the pockets Of the
taxpayers Of the country and pay for these i'm
provements, these gentlemen who have been so
fortunate or SO far-sighted. whatever you may
De pleased to call it, as to have made invest
men's IN this suburban property, will become
very rich indeed
Mr.. President do not believe that is a fair
tax upon the property holders and the laborers
OF this country. / believe that those gentle
men who have bought this property in the
suburbs OF this city and who desire to make b
speculation by laying it off into town lots and
selling 1t In town lots ought to pay themselves
the expenses necessary to bring their property
into market / can see no justice either in
taxing the people of the District out
side, or rather inside Of these suburban prop
critics, or the people Of the United States for
any such purpose. So whether the amendment
OF the Senator from Missouri is adopted
or not, shall feel bound by a solemn sense of
duty to the laboring and unspeculative por-
ton OF the people of the United States to vote
against this bill in its entirety"
SENATOR KYLE SEES A SCHEME
Senator Kyle, during the discussion, said:
Snow, in the District of Columbia believe the
scheme is this: Real estate spectators have in
terests lying outside the city Of Washington
Here are corporations who own large tracts of
land just adjoining the city. These tracts
construction of highways as proposed
IN the bill now before us. Mr.. President, the
plan is that the United States shall aid in con-
structing these highways by Issuing bonds and
throwing them upon the market. / object to
this because l believe it is bad financial pol
ICY. Out in the west we are told that our
farmers have adopted a bad financial policy.
They are living beyond themselves They are
buying more lands than they really need to
buy. We were told only few days ago by the
distinguished Senator from Vermont (Mr. Nor
rill) that the cause of our farm mortgages in
the west is that we have been borrowing money
upon our farms for the purpose of adding
other quarter sections, and that machinery
was being bought perhaps before We were able
to pay for it. Such a policy was thought un-
soned. Now, Ibelieve what is economy for the
farmer, what Is economy for the municipality,
is economy for the government believe that
II Is bad financial policy for us to issue bonds
Tor the purpose of extending or improving
the streets in the District of Columbia.
We have staring us in the face at the present
sisho az Empty treasury. II we nave not Tue
money in the treasury Of the United States to
improve these streets, and if they need to be
improved, then by all means let us wait until
the money is on hand and we can pay for il
like men and not saddle bonds upon us and
upon our children"
SENATOR FAULKNER LITTLE WARM
Senator Faulkner was just little warm when
Senator Kyle got through He said: Il do not
feel that should detaln the Senate at this late
hour BY any remarks, but desire to answer
some illusions made by the Senator
from Mississippi (Mr. George) and the Senator
from South Dakota (Mr. Kyle. who has just
taken his seat. in reference to the character OF
this bill. 1t has been entirely misunderstood,
as conceive, and do not like the use of the
term scheme and terms of that sort when
applied to a bill that has my name attached to
1t, especially as do not own a dollars worth
OF property in this District However, / will
now give way to motion to adjourn and make
my remarks when the bill again comes up"