Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-10


son Bill Goes Too Far-Vigorous De-
nuneiation Of The Income Taxa Whack
at the Hawaiian Policy and Gresham
Held Responsibie-Issucs of 1892 n
Viewed by the senator.
WASHINGTON, April 10.-The most inter
esting feature If the senate session was
the speech of Hill of New York and it drew
a crowded house, large numbers of repre-
sentatives coming over to hear him, while
the galleries were filled. The peculiar
feature of the speech was the place he gave
the tariff As an issue in the election of
1872, for in enumerating the issues that
year he puts it last and apparently also
least, giving TO the election law issue the
first, and seemingly most important, place
"a an influence in that campaign. But in
his speech he devoted much the greatest
space to denunciation of the income tax.
Attack ON the Administration.
Then the senator attacked the admins
tration. lie had to discuss subject en-
tirely foreign to the one before the
senate to get in his work." but that was
Easy. lie said: 1T is not denied that some
mistakes have occurred. Our foreign
policy. especially that relating to Hawaii.
It must be admitted, has not met the
expectations Of the people. A sense of
humiliation prevailed when the project
fer the restoration of deposed monarch
was unfolded ly the administration, and
qualification ensued when its abandon
,nent or failure was reluctantly an
uo-nced. inf fenced largely by an aroused
public sentiment. That unfortunate con
templated policy was blunder and Il
blunder is sometimes worse than a crime.
All Along a. That Gresham.
at was however. the natural conse-
queucc which might well have been antici-
patel from that other mistake in placing
the department of state in charge OF a Re-
publican statesman. distinguished and es-
Unable though he may he, whose public
services have always been identified in op-
position to the Democratic party. who was
without sympathy for its traditions and
purposes, and whose political convictions
upon the disputed public questions of the
day. If changed AT all, are carefully con.
cealed. II is to be regretted that the pres
ident should not have been able to find in
his own party some safe and honored states
man in whom he and his party could have
| placed confidence, one of Democratic in
stincts and training. whose management
! of foreign affairs would have reflected
credit upon the country, and would have
avoided tie PRONUNCIATION of the un-Amer
lean policy-a departure from Democratic
precedents-which was sought to be forces
upon an unwilling people"
Touches on the Tariff ELL.
Then he get to the question before tn,
house and said: IAN extensive reduction
of tariff dnties at time when the treas
ury was swollen with surplus OF cll0,
OCO, coo. when the country WAS REASONABLE,
prosperous, when all our industries wcr,
in operation and when all our workmer
were employed. assumed different aspect
when proposed now with n large and grow
ing treasury deficit instead of "a surplu.
staring Us III the face, with our industrie.
paralyzed. our manufactures closed. oul
workingmcn idle and following upon th,
heels CT one of the most disastrous finan
cial panics in our history. In the face o
the prostration of private industries, an,
in the presence of such paralysis of gen
eral business as the treasury deficit attest
and prolongs, this bill, as framed by its au
thors and rs passed by the house. sough
to double the deficit by discarling cus
toms revenue and 10 ill the void with al
income tax