Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-16

He Talks About the ImpOrta nee of tn,
Elections.
peoial Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BOSTON, Mass, October Ex-senator
Lodge gave his first speech of the campaign
at Cambridge last evening. Some of his
telling points We're made in the following
passages:
1T is difficult to find anything in the way
of an attack upon the democratic party
which they themselves have not already
used. daughter and applause) 1t is not an
altogether easy campaign on that account
to speak in: not that there is not abundance
of issues. You can reach out your hand in
the dark and pick up the first political issue
you come to, / don't care whether 1t Is
foreign policy, or pensions. or civil service
or tariff, or the currency, and you have an
argument against the democratic party
0aughteD; but the fact is that everybody
takes that view and that makes argument
on the stump more than usually difficult
Disagreement is the soul of argument
But as to the income tax In the first
place. the income tax is form of direct
taxation, and 1t has been the uniform policy
and, | think, the extremely wise policv of
the government of the United States to
leave direct taxation to the states and the
cities and the municipalities of the country
The reason of this return to direct taxation
and of this revival of a war tax is to enable
them to destroy the indirect taxation. the
levying of duties by which we have been
able not only to raise our money, but TO
protect our industries. Therefore, / think
that, as general matter of policy, IL is bad
for the United States government to take I'D
with any method of taxation.
The income tax that the democratic
Congress has imposed is not in the least
cohformable TO the theoretically perfect in
come tax. 1t selects a particular class in
the first place, the persons having incomes
of $4,000 year, and taxes them. If YOU
select and make a class to bear the burdens
or the government you are aiding to build
up class, which shall control the gov
ernment because they pay the taxes You
are running counter 10 the whole American
system The man with a small income
who can afford TO pay only a dollar a year
is entitled as of right to have his share in
the burdens as well as in the privileges
1t Is dangerous to exclude any class 1t is
dangerous to make class anywhere and
TO teach the American government to look
to particular class for it's support
1--WE ought to give that tariff n fair
chance for trial Unless you want a worse
tariff III n that you must elect a republi-
can House. That is the whole question in
Volved in this election. Remedial leglsla-
ton, OF course, is impossible. Remedial leg
islation cannot be had until the republican
party is restored to power in all three
branches, and that under the operation of
the Constitution We cannot reach until
1896. Therefore, We are dealing now with
the simple question of whether we shall
stop further changes and give the country
a rest. If what the country mas been
through in the last eighteen nionths has
not taught II what Is best for the United
States, no speech and no writing can do
ii. Tia Is why this year of all years the
election of Congressman is of such enor-
nous Importance. We want to elect every
Congressman that is possible in Massa-
chusetts,and believe thirteen are possible
(Applause) We want the biggest majori-
ties that every district can give"