Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-04-19

and republicans alike sh0uld strive TO
solve existing problems ia "a spirit Of
broad patriotism.
III the face " the prostratlOu d.
I private industries b. continued. and
I in the presence VI such "a paralysis Of
/ general business VI the treasury deficit
/ au.ats this Jill as framed by It's
authors and as passed by the house
/ socks double the deficit By discard
I Ing customs revenue and to dll the
I void with an income TAX.
{ the rest Of bis speech was given up
I 10 tne income tax question, and his
I ope sing words defined his position ln
uueqaIyycal and forceful language H.
said.
Against such d scheme, uHueees
-ary. IIHmed and miscL4evOus sud
denly sprung upon the country in the
hour Of Us distress, undemoratie iB
its nature aud sOeiali@tic On ts Jcudeu-
eie- II enter tine protest of the state Of
New York They utterly dissent frOm
ans proposal 20 get revenue for the
general government By taxing incomes
and altogether implaeable
He int.mated that the tariff bin was
constructed on lines laid down bv the
administration; that z was an anon
alOus state Of affairs when the presi-
dent should be able to give congress ln-
formation as 20 what had occurred TO
committee Of the house and said that
o s.
between the functions and the prergz-
atiyps ~ the executive department on
the one hand and the legislative de-
rartMeut On the other do not seem o.
BE- always observed The truth is that
the first information whh.h congress
had ~ the alleged details Of the pro-
posed bin was I'm the message itself.
But the sTangest part Of this I'M
precedcnted proceeding was that in
fact that on the very date Of the mes
sage. to-wlt Dec A. 1893 neither the
full committee Of ways and means nor
the democratic members thereof had
agreed upon any income tax or upon
other internal taxation.
The senior senator from Indiana,
Mr.. VOORHEES, calls this allegation "A
noisy and resembling charge Let me
ten him that 1t IS not half as noisy
as the constant yituperauons we hear
on every hand from blatant deua
gcglles who are abroad in the land.
loudly inyeghiug against the wealth
of the country and imprudently de
handing its coudscation through every
means which their devilish ingenuity
can invent
The public should not be misled
into the belief that only those whose
incomes exceed $1,000 are affected by
this bill This is a mistaken idea. In
the first place all those having incomes
less than $4,000 but more than $500
are put 10 the annoyance Of making
sworn returns and they neglect it at
their peril
In the second place. it may reason
ably be agprehended that some por-
zion Of the tax paid viii reimburse It
self by an increase Of rents, where the
income was derived from that source,
$50 poor tenants may be affected In
some degree a. Wei as rich landlords.
The bill seriously affects the rights
and interests Of building and loan as
soclati0ns throughout the country in
corp0rated under state laws. The sen
ate amendments DO not cure the de-
fects complained Of"
Iuqulring as TO the source Of the de-
maud, be said THAT nothing was
heard ln It's behalf on the part OF the
two great political parties i'm the cam
paiEn Of 1892 Neither the republican
nor the democratic platform proposed
any such method Of raising revenues
40 prominent democrat or republican
suggested amy such measure. Its APP
prevail was limited 20 the platform Of
the newly-formed populist party, and
h, representative fin national Conveu-
tors.
Ue protested against the democratic
party being made q tall To the popu
list Kite and denied the right Of q
democratic congress 10 make new prin-
eiplrs Ter the party not sanctioned by
lis representatives, n national conyen-
uu duly assembled
The substitution Of internal or di-
rest tax. for custom house taxation,
meant rHe reduction If tile wages of
American wprbmeu 10 lie European
standards II meant that degradation
0r Mhar. .t meant the deprivation to
our wrrEman Of the comforts and lux
ueos Ut Ifa t1 which they have been
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