The record-union., 1894-04-10
HILL ATTACKS CLEVELAND.
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elections law as a fulfillment of the par
ty's pledges and triumph for the just
doctrine of States rights, and indorsed
the repeal of the Sherman law.
Coming then to the main queslon-the
tariff reform-he said that provision
should be approached with circumspec-
ton and with a realizing sense Of the
changed conditions OF the country since
1S67-l59O.
1.-The extreme reduction of the tariff
duties at time when the Treasury was
swollen with surplus of Sl00, goo, 900,
when the country was reasonably pros
porous and when all our Industries were
IN operation, and when all our working
men were employed assumed different
aspect and presented a different ques-
tion when proposed now with a large and
growing Treasury deficit instead OF
surplus staring US in the face, with our
industries paralyZed, our manufactures
closed. our workingmen idle, and fol-
lowing upon the heels of one Of the most
disastrous financial panicS in history.
NV hat was safe and prudent and wise
then, it would be criminal folly to attempt
now. The present was no time for partl-
sanship, and Democrats and Republicans
alike should strive to solve existing prob
lems in spirit of broad patriotism.
''In the lace of the prOstration Of pri-
vate industries" he continued, land in
the presence OF such paralysis OF gen.
eral business as the Treasury deficit at
tests and prolOngs, this bill. as framed by
its authors and as passed by the House,
sought to double the deficit by discard
ing customs revenues and to flIl the void
with an income tax"
The rest of MS speech was given up to
the income tax question and his opening
words defined his position in unequivo-
cal and forceful language.
Against such a scheme" he said, sun
necessarily ill-timed and mischievous-
suddenly sprung upon the country in the
hour of its distress, undemocratic in its
nature and socialistic In its tendencieS-I
enter the protest of the people of the
State OF New York. They utterly dissent
from any proposal to get revenue for the
General Government by taxing incomes.
Their dissent is practically unanimous
and altogether implacable."
He inIimated that the tariff bill was
constructed on lines laid down by the
Administration; that it was an anomalous
state of affairs when the President should
be able to give Congress information as to
what had occurred in committee of the
House. and said: sin these later days the
distinctions between the functions and
prerogatives OF the Executive Depart
ment on one hand and the Legislative
Department on tie other do not seem to
be always observed. The truth is, the
first information which Congress had of
the alleged details of the proposed bill
was in the message itself.
But the strangest part of this unpre-
cedented proceeding was the fact that at
the very date OF the message. to wit, De-
cember IA, 1898, neither the full Commit
tee of Ways and Means nor the Demo-
cratic members thereof had agreed upon
any income tax or upon other internal
taxation.
1.-The senior Senator from Indiana, Mr..
Voorhees,, calls this allegation noisy
and resounding charge Let me tell him
IL is not half as noisy as the constant vi
tuperations which are on every hand
from blatant demagogues who are abroad
in the land loudly inveighing against the
wealth of the country. and impuGently
demanding its cOnfiScatiOn through every
means which their devilish ingenuity can
invent.
THE public should not be misled into
the belief that only those whose incomes
exceed $4,000 are affected by this bill.
That is a mistaken idea. In the first
place, all those having incomes less than
$4,000 but more than $500 are put to the
annoyance OF making sworn returns, and
they neglect it at their peril.
''In the second place it may be reason
ably apprehended that some portion of
the tax paid will reimburse itself by an
increase of rents. where the income was
ants may be affected in some degree as
well as rich landlords.
1.-The bill seriously affects the rights
and interests of building and loan associ-
ations throughout the country incorpo-
rated under the State laws. The Senate
amendments do not cure the defects COM
planned of"
Jnquiring as to the source of the de-
mand he said: Nothing was heard in its
behalf on the part of the two great po-
litieal parties in the campaign OF 1892.
Neither the Republican nor the Demo-
cratic platform proposed any such
method Of raising funds. No prominent
Democrat or Republican suggested any
such measure. Its approval was limited
to the platform OF the uniformed Populist
party and its advocacy was restricted to
Populist orators"
He protested against the Democratic
party being made tail to the Populist
kite and denied the right of a Democratic
Congress to make new principles for the
party not sanctioned by it's representa-
tlves in national convention duly as
sembled.
1.-The substitution of internal or direct
taxes for Custom House taxation meant
the reduction of the wages of American
worklnen to the European standard. 1t
meant the degradation of labor: it meant
the deprivation to our workmen of the
COIIIOIlS anu 4uAOIiOS VI lll0 w W A14Sh
they have been accustomed"
In outlining his position he said that
one dollar OF tariff taxation should be inn
posed where it is necessary for the needs
of the Government, economically admin
istered, but whatever these needs are the
necessary revenues therefor should be
supplied from tariff taxation and that
alone, save and except the taxes upon
liquors, oleomargarine ana tobacco, to
which the country has long been accus
toned and which for obvious reasons
need not be disturbed.
ITO show the sectional discrimination
of the tax he referred to the income tax of
1S63-lS73, which eXtorted from the people
an aggregate sum of S347, 229, ,Sg7 50. OF
this sum the Eastern States paid is per
cent, the Middle States 53 per cent. and
together they paid II per cent. New York
alone paid 80 per cent. 1t has not been
claimed that the percentage will be ma
terially changed If this bill becomes law.
''For my own part. as Democrat" he
said, Il prefer direct taxation and tariff
reform above direct taxes and tariff eX-
tinction. / prefer taxing foreign products
rather than taxing home products. | tol
low Jefferson in regard to even the species
OF indirect taxation on home products by
internal revenue taxes as not good to be
extended, and the first to be rid of when
their need is past.
II AIchlHieylSHl Is socialism Tor the
benefit of the rich, and the income tax Is
socialism for the benefit of the poor, no
true American Democrat will look to the
hair OF the dog 10 cure his bite. American
Democrats Will rejects socialism OF both
kinds. II my counsels were needed l
would surprise and satisfy the country
by the conservatism i'll our progress in
revenue reform. The Mckinley biz lost
the country to our opponents by its ex-
treme features in one direction, and we
should avoid the opposite extreme"