Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-09-06

Representative Mcmillan ldem., Tcnnl
has inserted in the Congressional Rec
ord speech intended as Il summary
of what the present congress has ac-
compliShed Mr.. McMillau'S associates
have deferred to him in preparing this
statement and it is Il Semi-otiiciul show
ing. from a political standpoint. Of
what the majority has done. After re-
viewing what laws II has herrtoforr
framed. Mr.. Mcmillan says:
Il come IT, Il few things the ma
iority has done during this admins
tration, 1t has repealed all force laws
and left elections free 1t found SyS
tom of oppressive laws ON the statute
books authorizing the use of troops ut
the polls and has repealed thcm In
the dark days of the republic the re-
publican party also enacted a law au-
thoriZing the United States supervisors
of elections and deputy marShals To
be appointed by the federal courts
wholly independent of the states where
the elections were to he held. They
were expected to dominate and did
dominate the elections.
"ThouSandS of men were arrested
without cause and imprisoned within
the states of New York. ohio and In
diana in 4 single election. imprisoned
to prevent them from voting. They
were turned out after it was too late
to vote without the formality Of an
Indictment, prpSCntmeut. arraignmrnt
or trial. Tho democratic party deter
mined this should not continue. To
repeal. it forced an extra session of
congress in 1879 and PASSED the repeal
ing bill. Mr.. Hayes vetoed it. But it
has kept up the fight nearly sixth Of
Il century. and at last has triumphNd
during this administration. 1t has re-
poaled the law authorizing lhc prcSi-
dent to levy and remit taxes. 1t can
not conceive of Il surrender of a great
prcrogatiVr moro dangerous and UNI
pardonahlc than this. We denounced
it at the time in this hail. We went
forth to the people and denounced it.
We pledged them in our platform that
if intruStrd with power we would take
this ancient right from the president
and give it back to the peoples repre-
scrtut!YcS. We have now kept the
promise.
This congress has also authorized the
states 10 tax GreenbackS and other
United States currency For years
the exemption of these has been Il cry
ing i'll. The law authorizing the issue
Of grrcnbacks and the treasury war
rants under the sherman act exempted
them from state. county 4and munich
pal taxation. Hundreds of millions
thereby escaped all taxation. lndi.
vtdual> escaped it by having their
funds in bank nominally invested in
@rcenbarkS or treasury warrants on
the day for assessment, Banks accom-
plishrd die same object in the same
way No doubt can exist that in some
banks the United States warrants were
placed to the credit of more than one
Individual on the day for assessment
to escape municipal and state taxes
1t is also charged that certain banks
would air each other in different states
hr changing thrir treasury warrant
deposits from on" 10 the other to Sut1
HE different days for assessment cN
i>tia.; IN different states. All this i
stopped now Under the Nh introduced
ana passed by the gentleman from In
diana cAlr Cooper all | n;t"d states
currency heretofore escaping taxation
will he reached hy the tax gath"rcr
United States treasury warrants
known as greenhackS. and the bills
issued under the sherman bill amount
To about half a billion dollars, and
the country owes him a debt of graft
tudc for his patriotic cNcrtion.
Mr.. Mcmillan next reviews the II.
uctionS Of appropriations heretofore
set forth by Representative SaycrS OF
the appropriation committee, He then
continues:
1T has passed the most stringent
law against trusts ever enacted II
this country. Al the same time the at
torncy general has instituted proceed
lngS in the courts to try to dissolve
Illegal trusts. The amendment offered
by the senator from Alabama Mr.
Morgan carries into law the most Of
fective means ever yet devised fol
controlling and curbing tn" power OF
trusts. 4 law against them was passed
last congress. but It dealt with thc
question in way SO mild and gin
gerly that it has not been found SUI
fcient to crush these combinations
that have been fostercd under pro
lection. The democratic party was
pledged to the enactment of more strin
gent LEGISLATION against trusts. 1t has
kept this pledge and offers this as II
fultllment 1t has inaugurated an in
come tax. thereby taking taxes of
want and putting them on wealth Il
IS true tn" senate amendments have
changed somewhat this feature Of thc
iii and have released some that ought
n have been taxed: still Il remains q
rrnat benefit to tho American people
II found the treasury bankrupt and
bv the tariff bill IS not only replcn:Sh
.nr ii. Int AT the same time producing
taxes