The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-04-14

can he c!assea with the anti-AdmiRistra-
tion Democrats.
Senator Voorhees,. Of Indiana. in his
recent speech in the Senate on the tariff.
snid the following about the income tax
clarse F:
"Thc proposition contained in the pend
ing bill to levy n tax Of 2 per cent on NIL
net incomes of corporations and of in
dividuals in excess of $4,000 per annum
il 40 inst and equitable toward the hard
working taxpayers or meager resources
throughout the entire country that not p
word in it's defense of explanation would
seem necessary. here or anywhere else. But
the narrow and corroding selfishncss Of
riches has been aroused by this simple
MEASURE of Justice into n fierce resent
ment. We hear on all hands the Dictator
ial voice of individual and corporation
wealth demanding that it shall not be dis
turbed by tho slightest touch of the tax
gntherer. whatever may hn the demands
of the government or the oppression of
toiling masses.
"For no earthly consideration would I
paint an unjust picture of the dangerous
pretensions and intolerable Arrogance of
accumulated wealth now manifest in this
country. but. speaking in the fear OF nv
Maker. I dcvoutly believe that the limit
- .-1.a,.. L.. t.e.n .nonLol. kI,k &Lo
time has come for a test to be made be
tweer the power of productive labor; that
the people from this time forward. more
than ever before. will organize and take
rapid and heroic measures against the
continued and brutal dictation of the pln'
tocracy. against the paramount influence
of wealth. against the rule and supremacy
of the rich in shaping the financial dolicy
of this government in their own interests
st. Paul Dispatch: It is hard to discuss
seriously the movement which is iii pro
gress in the way OF gathering what is call
ed an army OF unemployed, with e view te
Visiting Washington. The Coxey move
ment p~artukes, we fear, of the character
of Coxy himself, as revealed in his com
munication to Senator Steward. 1t finds
its origin in a disposition to pursue cour
ses in the treatment of public problem'
whice discard all the teachings of expert
ence and all the promptings of good sense
The voice of this people is heard ane
felt In Washington. It is not necessary il
order to emphasize it to gather togethe
the tramps and outeast of society, for a
sure as this movement ID permitted, tt
grow it will resolve itself in time into
dangerous aggregation Of the lawless class
os. John Ruskin tells of seeing from hi
window an idle boy engaged in getting tw'
dogs fighting, and he points to the boy a
q type of many men i'll this world VIII
having no useful employment, set them
selves to creating trouble among their fe1
Low men for the mischief they many dc
This Coxey movement is the product 9
such q spirit in great measure, it will az
complishsd no good purpose. it will srsus
feelings of amnesty and will provok
crime more or less serious. Its attempte
suppression will provoke resentmen
while its progress is certain but to resu
in increasing the difficulty of ultimatel
dispesing of it through local and state at
thority. Il is hardly conceivable that
will make any great progress or accom-
plish any specific purpose beyond adve
Using tho plan and purpose Of The authe
of the scheme. Decent men will keep ava
from it, and those whose habits OF life q
promotive of the tramp spirit will {
course alone engage in II. so that, withot
doubt, tho only intelligent method I
treating the extraordinary affair Is TO q
trust those engsgeaaiSiIpa, il A. AZ the watchf'
and ssrious ~attsntipa tpf local poll
authorities. =