The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-11
UNION AMONG DEMOCRATS.

At the mass tariff meeting of bust
ness men, held at Cooper Union, New
York, mentioned few days ago in the
dispatches, considerable opposition
was manifested to the income tax pro
vision But the speakers all declared
in favor of the passage of the Wilson
bill, income tax included, rather than
to have it defeated or postponed. The
hall was crowded with representative
men and the annexed resolutions were
adopted:
That while we should greatly prefer
measure of tariff reform than that
United States Senate, and should re-
| joice to see it brought into more COM
plete harmony with the principles of
/ the Democratic party and of CONNER
cial freedom, we fully recognize the
difficulties under which the Demo-
cratic leaders in both houses of Con
gress have labored; we do not criti-
| else them for concessions which, how
ever illogical and injurious, may have
been necessary to secure the passa ge
of any bill at all, and we urge that the
pending measure be pressed continu-
ously and rapidly to a final vote. so
that the best attainable instalment of
relief from the eXtortious and oppres-
sions Of the Mckinley tariff and adj
ministrative laws may be secured at
the earliest possible day.
That, while we are opposed to the
| income tax provisions of the pending
bill, and to any system of taxation
which requires a disclosure of private
affairs by individuals, or selects only
! a small class of the whole people for
special burdens, we are far more on
posed to the existing system of tariff
| taxation, which, under the false pre-
| tense OF protecting the working class
es. in reality casts upon them nina-
tenths of the whole burdens of taxa
| ton, and, in addition. EFFORTS from
them an enormous tribute for the sole
benefit of a few.
| That, therefore, while we desire that
the income tax clauses should be
stricken out of the pending bill. we
deem their retention no excuse for the
| vote of any Democrat against the bill
as a whole, and we demand that every
Democratic senator and representa-
tive vote for the repeal of the McKin-
! ~ 4"~"9s liz OIL our COM
merce from the barbaric letters and
the abolition of taxes upon the raw
materials of our manufactures. income
tax or no income tax.
That the speedy passage of the pend
ing tariff bill, with or without amend
ment, would bring prosperity to our
whole country, would fill the sails of
our commerce, start every wheel of
our manufactures and give larger
markets to our farmers; it would re-
store new life and courage to the De
mocracy and insure to them MANY
years Of future victory. while the de-
feat OF the bill by Democratic votes
would be disaster to the nation and
an act OF treason to the Democratic
party.
To show the spirit of the addresses
we quote from the speech made by
Frederick R. Coudert. After expressing
strongly his dissent to the income tax
he said:
And yet such is the Importance of
passing a tariff bill that / swallow Il
! income tax and all. 1, for nv part will
say, h'Bless the Senate of the United
States, if faithful to its promises and
obedient to its masters, the people.
That is what l call Democratic doc
Itrine- Submit to that which you don
like because it is the law: accent what
you disapprove of if it is in accordance
! with your principle, and then you are