New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-04-04
VOORHEES, SPEECH
Debate on the Wilson Tariff Bill Be-
gun in the Upper Branch Of
Congress.
Nhe Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee Talks About the Crime of
.McKinleyism -.
And the Virtues of the Measure Now
Under Consideration-What the
Senator Said.

WASHINGTON. April 3.-At 1915 the
| Behring sea bill was about to pass the
+! the senate when Senator Hoar made
some inquiries which precipitated Il dis
! cussion about some technicalities in the
| bill. In the course Of his remarks, Sen
ator Morgan said the British parliament
was acting on similar bill.
Senator Cullom of Illinois raised tho
question if it was not unusual to author
ize foreign powers to direct American
| citizens, and Senator Morgan pointed
out that similar arrangement had been
entered into between Great Britain and
the United States to suppress the slave
| trade. Several senators asked time to
consider the bill and see 1t printed with
the senate amendments. Senator Nor
gan asked unanimous consent that the
Till be considered after Senator Voor-
hees' speech, which was agreed to, and
the matter went over till later in the
day.
Voorhees, Opens Debate.
The tariff bill was then taken up and
Mr.. Voorhees, opened the debate.
Senator Voorhees, after a few intro
ductory remarks upon the iniquity and
injustice of a protective tariff and re-
view Of the reform proposed by the SEN
ate bill, said:
Such constitution as this, SO full Of re-
lief to the people and Of strength, safety
and honor to the government, may well
atone for the i1uperfec5ions and short
comings alleged against the pending
measure and will constitute tho rock on
which the temple of tariff reform will
be built, and against which, in the
ameliorated future, the gates Of avarice,
oppression and fraud shall not prevail.
With sroh a benefcent and stu
pendous result now plainly
within the reach Of the American peo-
Pic end almost ready for their eager
enjoymene, envy not the fate Of the
party, or Slss man, or the SGT Of men
who shall constitute themselves a
kindranoe aud On obstruction to It's
speedy fulhllment.
Has ssaas TSHIts.
Faults and imperfections can, of
course, be alleged and pointed out; con-
cessions are apparent which have been
unwillingly made in order to secure its
passage; articles on the free list as they
came from the house have been made
dutiable under tho duress Of small
majority here. yet, deeply as I regret
the necessity for these changes, I do not
hesitate to say that the bill, taken as a
whole, as it now stands, with its COM
bination OF lower taxes on the neces-
e I,
creased revenues for the government,
will be hailed as substantial measure
OF reform and relief by the great pro-
ducing masses Of the American people.
Mckinley Law Crime.
The enactment OF the Mckinley law
in 1890 was gigantic crime, not only
against every workingman and woman
in the Untitled States but also against
every individual manufacturer and
against all manufacturing interests. 1t
Was not so designed by its authors, but
such was it's real and inevitable char
acter. 1t declared policy so fagitious
in principle, so rotten in morality
and SO ravenous in its exactions on the
absolute wants of life, that it's possible
duration was only question Of time
when the next election by the people
should occur, and yet the vast manu-
featuring interests of the country were
tempted and seduted into accept
ing it's delusive tribes and into
an eager adjustment Of themselves to
its alluring, through evanescent
and short lived provisions.
Mr.. Voorhees, defended the ad valorem
system as fairer, honester and more
easily understood than specific duties,
and then turned his attention to the
sugar schedule. This article he called
the great revenue raiser of the govern
ment.
| The Income Tax.
Speaking of the proposed income tax,
which he warmly upheld, Mr.. Voor-
hees said:
The proposition contained in the
pending bill to levy a tax of 2 per cent
on all net incomes Of corporations and
! of individuals in excess of $1,000 per
annum is so just and equitable towards
the hard working taxpayers of meager
resources throughout the entire country
! that not word in it's defense or ex-
I PLANTATION would seem necessary here or
anywhere else. But the narrow and
corroding selfishness of riches has been
aroused by this simple measure of JUS
tice into a fierce resentment.
For no earthly consideration would I
paint an unjust picture of the dangerous
pretensions and intolerable arrogance of
accumulated wealth not manifest in this
country, but, speaking in the fear of
my maker, I devoutly believe that the
limit Of endurance has been reached;