Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-31
THE BOND QUESTION.
CarIiSIe'S Action Backed
Up by Sherman.
STILL AT THE INCOME TAX.
The Poor Suffer by Taxjpg the Rich,
According to Walkers View.

WASHINGTON, Jan. SIN the senate
Mr.. Aldrich presented petition from he
Representatives of 900 wooden goods manu-
factories In 26 states aud one territory,
opposing the passage of the Wilson tariff
bill.
Mr.. Stewards resolution declaring that
the proposed issue of bonds is without ~
thority of law was laid befor~ the Senate
and Mr.. Stewart spoke In support Of It.
Mr.. Sherman then made q speech In
support of the secretary's power and duty
TO issue and sell bonds- He expressed re-
grst that any body should be found now
TO question that authority. He felt like
standing mp for the honor Of the country
and for the power proposed TO be sxsr-
oised by the secretary. That power, he
oontended, was given by the law In the
strongest, olsarest and most direct Ian
guage.
Mr. Quay offered an amendment to the
resolution, limiting the use of the money
to be received from the bonds to the re-
demption of the legal treasury notes pre-
sented at the New York sub-trsasury.
Mr.. Dubois offered as q substitute tho
resolution reported In the house.
Mr.. Teller made speech, taking much
the same position as Mr.. Sherman-that
the secretary Of the treasury had power to
issue bonds to provide for the redemption
OF greenbaoks, and for no other purpose.
The bill to repeal the federal elections
law was then taken up. 1t was agreed
that general debate on the bill should
cease at 4 p. IN. Tuesday next
Mr. Chandler offered two amendments
70 the bill, the 6rst providing that the fag
of the United States and the words "for
representative in congress" should be
stamped on every box for congressional
ballots in the elections in the states, and
providing that penalty Of 800 fine or 30
days imprisonment, or both, shall be i'm
posed for any violation of this provision.
The second amendment requires cleo
tion judges to make up and publicly de-
clare the result Of the congressional cleo
tion In the precinct Immediately after the
close Of the poll.
Mr.. Turpie then made speech in favor
Of the bill, and after an executive session
the senate adjourned.
Still Hammsring st Income Tax.
without wasting any time the house
went into committee of the whole, and
Mr.. Covert resumed and finished his
speech against the tariff bill.
Mr.. Cox defended the income tax. w.
A. Stone opposed the bill. Mr.. Bartlett
denounced the income tax. Mr.. Pence
spoke In favor of an income tax. Mr..
Piggott, Mr.. Williams, Mr.. Dunn also
spoke, and then Mr.. Walker Of Massa-
ohusetts.
Mr.. Walker said that the men who
would be reached by the income tax were
only such mn a. those who controlled
the manufacturing and transportation in
dustyiss. and who did the most toward
developing the resources aud wealth Of
the country. They were the men who
were making the country worth living In;
and In doing so they had benefited the
poor man more than themselves, for no
man could accumulate . fortune who did
not serve his fellow-msn thousand times
more than he served hims elf.
But he maintained that even under ex-
isting circumstances the taxes were paid
by the rich, and not by the poor. He said
that large fortunes were taxed by natural
means; but by attempting to tax the rich
and exempt the poor, the poor were struck
every time. The administration of taxes
was like hitting long bar of steel, with
the poor man at the end-you hit the bar,
but the poor man receives the blow. In
warning the majority against the passage
of the Wilson bill, he cautioned them that
they were sowing the wind to reap the
whirlwind.
"Tell the people the truth" he ex-
claimed, land give up demagogy." He
said the bill gave the tax collector power
which no judge in the country possessed.
Mr.. Breckinridge defended the income
tax.
The Other speakera
Mr.. Morse gave notice that he would
move to amend the title of the tariff
bill so as to read, "A bill to increase
taxation, reduce revenues for the govern
ment and to fine honest men and pay
premium on perjury, and for other pur-
poses"
Mr.. johnson said he would vote for the
income tax, but he should do IL under
protest and as the lesser of two evils.
Mr.. Simpson declared himself In favor
Of an income tax.
Mr.. Cochran said that while he and
those who agreed with him on this ques-
tion were willing 10 vote for bill for
revenue only. they had been asked to add
to the revenue bill ap income taxa special
tax levied as 80, 900 people out of 65, ,OOO,-
0o0 1t was proposed to deliberately create
a tax class. He had always believed that
the duty Of this people is TO support its
government by tariff levied fos revenue
only.
Mr.. Bryan argued In favor of an income
tax, and then the house took u recess
At the night session almost the entire
evening was devoted to discussion Of the
income tax. Messrs. Coombs and Hendrix
opposed 1t, while Messrs. Dearnod, Tuck
er, Maddox, Wheeler and Devis endorsed