The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-10

ing or discardng one group at tiine'
the worst first and each upon It's own "e-
merits: TO disturb and distress as many
business men as possible anc all AT 0iiVe'
instead Of a few at a time. Is not pro
gramme perfectly matured and suited ~
conduct the policy and principle OF 'arl.
reform unimpaired through period OF
general business prostr2tion, puohr uenoi'
and private bankruptcy, he declared.
HIS OWN PREFERENCES as A DAMcc'Ar.
For my OWE part. as a Democrat. he
said. 81 prefer indirect taxation ana
tariff reform above direct taxes ana taFln
extinction. / prefer taxing foreign pro-
ducts. rather than taxing home products.
J follow Jefferson in regarding even the
species Ef indirect taxation on home
products by internal revenue war taxes
as not good to be attended. and the
nfst % be rid of when their need Is
past
''That taxation of incomes IN the United
states would b. sectisnal and class taxa
ton is precisely why IL commends itself
20 some men of the European tradition.
The advocacy i7 sincere and has one
small excuse. that through our own
stupidity and negligence some parts OF
our tariff schedules have been shaped 10
enrich few Carne2ies with texts for
the best use of wealth.
III McEinieyism Is socialism for the
benefit Of the rirh and income taNlrs
is socialism for Tie 5ensnt ~ the plof.
no true American Democrat Will look
90 the hair of the i)g to cure his bite.
American Democrats will reject socialism
of botn kinds.
"If my counseis wcr hooded / would
surprise and satisfy the country by the
conservatism OF our progress in revenue
reform. The Mckinley BIN lost the coun-
try % Our opponents by its extreme
features in one direction and We should
avoid the opposite extreme
III the contention that the iich should
pay all the taxes and the Door be ex-
empted therefrom Is weu founded, then
it may we'll be uised fhaf the rich
should monopol.-e th sgifrages and
offices Of the country.
'The very fact tnat every citizen is
Obliged 90 contribute something. no mat
ter how little toward the .eNpsrses III
the Governments whethe. hr OWNS prop
erty or NOS iortnas his right 20 the
elective franchise ald 4usments hls clain
for political rlefermout iie should re-
gard it as q priVese conferred upon
him. a shield against political Csiracism,
it Increases his diga-y and influence
in public affairs. Tne true welfare Of
the community IS subssrved by this sys-
tenn of Indirect taxation. which reaches
all. but 0pDpsses none.
Ay NcoMg TAX NOT NaLDlp.
lie maintained that the necessities Of
the Government did not require an in
come taN and quoted from the report
Of the Secretary of the Treasury in sup
port of his assertion lie quoted from
the speech of Senator Voorhees, that the
passage of the bin would produce a
surplus. and said that according 10 this
statement. the biil has Jumped out Of
the frying pan into the fire. From
deficiency there has arisen an imm0derate
surplus. One extreme has been succeed
ed by another. The c0mmittee made
many changes, taking sugar. iron. coal,
lead and other articles from the free list
and making them dutiaoie, and proV-lins
f0r a tax Ip1n sugar estimated oy cll
cial expert. 20 realize $h.S-26Z5.Gi. cad
an additional tax on spirits. from which
SJWJ000 ia anticipated. Yet nOtWlth-
standing these large additions Of revenue
sources 20 the bin. the committee still re-
tanned the income tax.
He criticized the recent speech OF Sen
atOr VOORHEES, for his fierce denunclatlons
OF the people of the country who have
been fortunate enough 20 acquire COM
petence. and defended the men OF New
York whom Mr Oorhee5 had anathema-
tized. he became sarcastic IN referring
% Mr. Voorhees, uuWiliingness 70 make
such serious charges against the money
men OF New York as asserting that they
were "nt associates for thieves. house
breakers. forsers. and cut-throats.'
tie summed up by asserting that the
enemies o. tariff reform were those who
imperiled The passage of this bill by ar
b.tratily insisting upon the retention OF
an income tax therein They refused 10
present separate measure embracing
this feature They evcn declined 10 TX
any date-One two. or three yeafs-when
the income tax should cease but they
sought 10 incorporate and establish It as
a permanent policy OF the Government
Tn conclusion he defined his position In
these earnest words
HIS POSITION DEFlsgD.
II stand ready 10 support any reason
able measure for tariff reform. within the
lines and based upon the principles which
/ have here partially Indicated, and
which were fully set forth in my speech
n opening the political campaign in
Brooklyn i'm September TO- l,92. 1 stand
to-day where ] stood then. l have moth
ing 20 add and nothing 10 retract.
81 win checrfuliy vote for the Mills bill.
and join with you IN making many ma
terial reductions Of duties therein. ! am
ready 10 waive all minor differences Of
details which do not involve question
of principle.
Having spoken to-day especially upon
the income-tax feature Of this bill / re-
serve the expression of my views upon
it, other features until near the close Of
the discussion.
MI President. this is an important
crisis in the history Of the Democratic
party The failure Of t2rlu revision Al
this time means the defeat, the demoraii-
cation. If not the division and aanihila-
tion Of our party. Moreover. IL means
as we believe. injury 20 the best inter-
ests Of the country Let those who insist
upon injecting into this bill this odious
ana undernocratic feature Of an income
taxa relic OF war LEGISLATION pause ana
reflect upon the possible consequences
Of their unwarr2ntbie demardo
They should realize that II means the
loss OF the control Of this Senate. now
nearly equally divided between the two
great parties; IL means the loss Of the next
House OF Representatives; II means the
loss Of the electoral votes or New YORK,
New Jersey Connecticut. and probably
every northern State. and finally II means
the loss Of the next presidency, and all
that in implies. They should recoilect
that this income-tax feature Is justly
regarded IN New York. and many other
northern States. as = scheme OF spohatioh'
an unwarranted sectional attack upon
their citizens OF means.
..,rhev should consider whether there
is ANYTHING about an income tax so sa-
cred. so desirable, so popular, so Jnst ana
30 defenslble that ils maintenance -