The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-12-16
AFRAID OF AN INCOME TAX.

The Democratic ship is in shoal
water and trying to dodge the rock of
the income tax, says an exchange. A
year ago they named this rock as one
of their marks for pilots to steer by,
and put it down upon Grover Cleve-
lands chart as, together with reve-
nue. tariff, guarding the only safe har-
Dor for the Democratic party and also
the United States government. 1t
was a good marker to gather in some
of the dissatisfied workingmen and
farmers who thought the men of in.
come ought to pay all the taxes. But
since President Cleveland has by the
aid of Broker Benedict become a man
of income, there has been little heard
from the White House about steering
by the income tax.
The western and southern Demo-
Gratis are still demanding that the pilot
shall sail by this marker, but the mug
wump allies and even the eastern
Democrats FROM Boston and New
York, in fact, from all points Of New
England where they are supposed to
have no other occupation than clipping
coupons, threaten to desert the ship if
it undertakes to pass the lighthouse
rock on which the income tax is the
signal.
Chairman Wilson, making his tariff
bill to order, as directed from the
White House, has not dared offend the
nugwump allies and the eastern Dem
ecrats. There is no income tax in the
celebrated tariff for revenue bill given
to the public last week, bus which is
still under discussion In committee.
Some of the western and southern
Democrats may introduce separate
bill, but it has ceased to be marker
on the Democratic chart by which this
administration is sailing. Broker
Benedict and Broker Benedlct's best
patron are now men of incomes, and
so are the men who furnished the am
munltlon of warfare to carry on the
campaign year ago.
The Republicans have time and
again exposed the fallacy of this kind
of taxation, but it is rather amusing
to them now to see 10 what extremes
the mugwunp allies and income Dem
ocrats 60 in their arguments against it.
The New York Herald actually gro VS.
hystsrical in its deuunciation, calling
it "a relic of efete monarchies," out Of
harmony with the ideas of the present
century, tax that "savors of royal
and imperial power and not of consti
tutional and equitable self-e overn-
msnt," "a part Of the English system
of taxation" and warning the country
that it would be can imitation of Eng
land" 1t encourages dishonesty and
compels the government to resort to
"Paul Pry methods" with the treasury
departnent fostering "a hateful con-
spiracy of spies and infermers in both
business and social circles" These are
some of the Herazds objections, and
since it was the New York Herald that
led the administration into adopting
the Panl Pry methods with the old
soldiers and fostering "hateful con-
spiracy of spies and inforners" to fol-
low the poor old pensioners, it is sim
ply another example Of the man who
heated the poker for his enemy and
then caught hold of the wrong end of
it. The income tax was we'll enough
as beacon light to draw the crew
from the west and south into the Dem
ocratie ship, but the big vessel now re-
fuses to sail too near in such shoal
water where the Democratic party is
now at anchor.
The French revolution had its in
,eption in the refusal of the lords to be
.axed. The lords of the Democratic
party are taking the same attitude to-
ward the rank and file of the party, but
here will be no revolution. The Dem-
,cratic administration will not live
opg enough for that.