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

IN our progress ia revenue reform The
| Mckinley bill lost the country to our
| opponents by its extreme features in
one direction and we should avoid the
opposite extreme"
/ He quoted from the speech Of Sena-
( Tor voorhees, that the passage of the
Bill would produce "a surplus. and said
4 that according To this statement. the
bin has Jumped out u the frying pan
( into tile fire.. From a deficiency there
I,has arisen ara immOderate surplus
( one extreme has been succeeded by an
other The committee made many
chang taking sugar, iron. coal, lead
and other articles from the free li,r
and making them dutiable, and prgyid-
Ing for q tax upon sugar estimated
/ ly official experts 90 realize ST. So
| G43G1, and an additional tax from
spirits from which S10,0uU.O0O Is antic-
p8ted Yet Notwithstanding these
large additions Of revenue sources 10
the bin the committee stlll retained
the income tax
Iu conclusion L. defined his position
iu these words
II stand ready TO support any reason
able measure for tariff reform framed
within the lines aud based upon che
principles which have here Indicated.
and which / fully set forth in my
speech in opening the political cam
paign In Brooklyn, Sept. - 1892. I
stand today where / stood then. 1
lave nothing 10 add and nothing 90
reuact.
Il viii cneerfuly vote for the Mills
bill and join with you in making any
material reduction Of duties therein. [
am ready to waive an minor differ
ence on details which DO not involve
question Of principle
Having spoken today principally
upon the income tax feature Of this
bill, / reserve the expression Of my
views upon it's other features until
near the close OF the discussion.
Mr.. President, 'his is an impor
tant crisis in the history Of the demo
cratic party The failure Of the tar
iff revision means the defeat. the De
mOralizatiOn, II not the division and
humiliation, Of our party. Moreover.
it means, as we believe, injury to the
best interests Of the country. Those
who insist upon injecting into this bill
the uademocratic feature Of an income
taxa relic Of war legislation pause
and reflect upon rhe possible conse-
Quences Of their unwarrantable de-
mauds
They would realize that It means
the loss Of the control Of this senate,
now nearly equally divided between
the two great parties; it means the loss
Of the next hOus of Representatives
it means the l@' Of tie electoral
votes of New YU e., New Jersey, Con
Eecticut and probably every northern
state, and finally it means the loss Of
the next presidency and all that It
Implies
They should recoIl-ct that the in
come tax feature is justly regarded in
New York and many other states as
scheme ~ spOliahon and an unwar
ranted and sectional attack upon their
citizens Of means.
They sholld consider whether there
Is anything about an income tax SO
sacred, 50 desirable, SO popular 50
just and so defensible that its main
tenance IS worth the risk which they
are precipitating Let them remember
1860 and the ultra demands then made
upon the democratic party, to which it
could not houorably acCede, demands
which led to our division and defeat;
let them remember the triumphs Of
our opponents, the civil war that fol
lowed. the devastation, the suffering,
the humiliation, the military and the
Garnet Dagger. which fouriShed, the
force bin war which threatened and all
the incidents Of the terrible years
which darkened our pdrty's and our
c0untry's history from 1860 to 1884
when through wiser cOunsels, mOder-
ate action. conciliatory methods, and
confidence. we We're intrusted with
power again: and. rejecting upon all
these things, let them say whether
e is the part Of wisdom, by the In
sistence upon extreme demands. 10 i'm
peril the success Of our party again
and thereby tend 10 retard the prog
ress. diminish the glory and endanger
the best and highest interests Of our
common country
At4.25 p. m. Mr. Hin concluded and
was greeted by a burst Of applause
which was quickly checked by the
VI sepresident.
The republicans kept mp a continuous
fllbuster on several motions after
wards. Mr. Harriss moved at 6I5
: m.. that the senate adjourn. The
motion was agreed 10.
HE WAS TOO YOUNG.
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