The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-12
SENATOR HILL TALKS.
The Senior Senator From Now Yorl:
Hoard On tao Tariff Bill.
ne Ia Aggressive Toward the Admlnistrs-
tlon, and Very pronounccdIy 80 To-
ward the Incumc-Tax Feature
OF the Pending Measure.

| WASHINGTON, April 0.--IhC pending
tariff bill being laid before the SEN
ate as unfinished business, Mr.. David
Is. Hill dem, y. ~, according to
notice given, addressed the senate upon
the subject. His opening sentences
clearly indicated the aggressive tone
in regard to the administration which
pervaded the whole speech, of which
the following is synopsis:
The political revolution which commenced In
lSD ana eliminated In lSg!, was an emphatic
| certain governmental policies. Measures ant
| not not men were largely the Issues involved il
| He summarized those measures rs opposition
| 10 the odinus federal election laws. dI1,uutiuu
ance OF silver bullion purchases inst ad Of tn,
| coinage contemplated hy thr constitution, bet
! yer ana more economical administration o
| publlc affairs ana II condemnation Of thn
| abuse or pervcrsion Of the taxing power Of III,
| government which Is known as III" policy u
projection for projections sake alone, and d
declaration in favor of tariff FOR revenue
Inc enforcement Of these policies dcvolved
upon the party in power. II Is not denied that
| some mistakes have occurred Our foreign
| policy, especially TINT relating to Hawaii. It
| must he admitted, has not met the expectations
OF inc people. a sense OF humiliation Pre-.
vailed when the project for tho restoration Of
adeposed monarchy was uHfudcd by the al.
mi.lhlstration, ana qualification cnSuHd when
It's abandonment or talUrc was reluctantly an
lie sentiment
This llundcr. MIR. IIll considered was the
natural consequence Of placing the department
OF state in charge Of republican statc-man
distinguished and cstimable though he might
pc, whose puhlic services had always lCca
identified in opposition to the democratic party
anu who's, political convictions upon the ais
putcd public questions OF the day, II changed at
all are carefully concealed.
MIR. Hill expressed regret that the preside
should not have teen able to ind in his owu
party some safe amt huuorcd statesman in
WnUtn he and IA Marty could 20 p'nrpl trtt
hdence. one OF democratic instincts ami train.
ing whose management OF iOr"isn affairs
ana would have avoided tho PRONUNCIATION Of
mat un.AmCrlCun pOliCy-n departure from
democratic preccdcnrc-whic was sought to
be forced upon an unwilling people. In this
view or the situation tho opponents OF the
democratic party must accept some share Of tho
responsibility for the h.undcrS committed in
our foreign affairs In other rcSurrts he
claimed that tho lrca.ut HdmluiStr tinu Of the
government Afforded sclut ground for just
criticism. The various departments were on
forcing economy, and the pledges to the pco.
pie were being reasonably fulfilled
=, Coming to tn question q tarin reform he
drewn contrast between l-N7 and lsgD, and said
an extreme reduction OF tariff duties at a time
when the treasury WIS swollen with surplus
of slOOOOD0O when all our industries were in
'dotion assumed Il frrrrt aspect when pro.
posed now with Il large AMI growing treasury
deficit, with our industries puraIy2od. our
and following upon the heels o: the most dis
aStrouS financial pnnics IN oar history. What
WIS SilIc ana prudent ana wise then il MOlil
lie criminal folly to attempt now
Then he proceeded to aIsaii the presidents
dilatorIn"ss OF action in this matter. He said:
"A month prior to his Inauguration tn" pros.
idcnt was forCwarncd OF the appruat hing
monetary panic. He convened con.rrs, six
months later, when the panic was sun-iding.
which should have been avrrtcl. Il is feared
that this congress dos not krcIlv upprcyiatc
the awful devastation which tho financial
| cyclone OF last Summer has inflicted upon thu
luStncSs interests OF our country. II has made
| havoc OF our prosperity, private and public. Il
has diminished all domestic aud inter
state trade, until NTH of our railroad mllcasc
| is in the hands Of receivers. and all our banks
are gorsch with money unemployed. II has
struck down by hundreds the captlins Of our
| Industry who have been wont to organize
| profitable enterprises. borrow capital and lead
| the great army Of labor
| This is no time for partisan rcproaches
| however just The senate is nearly equally
| politically divided AMI It is apparent that il
| prompt remedial legislation is expected, then
| radicallsm in any direction must TIE dis ardrd.
The extreme features of the Mrlimln bill
| must be CraGCated. but patriotism nlikc de.
mands that extremes in the opposite direction
must also be avoided.
"On the 4th of March 1902 the president he.
Cnme vested with exclusive powcrto convened
congress for the purpose roHilirmcd in his clec.
tion: He decided TO prolon' the operation Of
the Mckinley tariff FOR at least another year
The delay thus imposed uron tho peoplrs re.
forming zeal II Is in vain to regret. In tho
meantime the monetary panic unfortunately
prcctpitated upon Us has not only ma tc havoc
OF our private industries. but has dried I'M tho
public revenues. the s2' Of tho TREASURY
deficit at the close Of thu current fiscal
year has twice been estimated ~ tac
secretary of the treasury. In his annual r..
port the secretary Of the treasury informed
congress OF Il deficit for the current fiscal year
| OF S2smlOu short month later in his let.
| ter to the chairman of the senate fuHu .c com
| mittee, the sum" secretary OF thu treasury
| finds the same deficit to be So ODn II may
| be unjust to the SECRETARY OF the treasury as
| well ~ absurd in Itself. tu assume that suggc,.
| lions In his annual report made when he
| thought the deficit Of the current fiscal year To-
lie i2siDOOJ, stand good after his discovery Il
month later that the size of the dcclt is SIS.
DODUD0
on the theory suggested by these high officials
the president aud the secretary OF the treas.
uryl in their annual communications to con.
gress, underwent no material change during
its progress through the house. notwithstand.
ing tho altered situation The theory sur.
vived its conditions In the face Of the pro
tcstutiOn OF private industries, and in the pres
ence OF such paralysis OF all general business
us tho treasury deficit uttcsts and prOlOugS
this lill was framed by its authors and as
passed by the house SOUGHT to double the de.
tiCit by disrardtng customs revenue and to Ill
the void with an income tax.
Against such IA scheme unnecessary i'll.
| timed and mischiGvous-s suddenly sprung upou
the country in the hour of its distress Undcino.
cratic In It's nature and socallstic in its ten.
dencies-l enter the protest OF tho people Of the
| state OF New York They utterly dissent from
any proposal TO get revenue for the general
| governmcn, hy taxing incomes. Their dissent
| is practically unanimous and altogether i'm.
plaI able.
Referring to that passage in the presidents
annual message IN which he said n measure
had been prepared by the appropriate commit.
tee on the lines herein suggested including II
| small tax from incomes derived from certain
| corporate Investments. Mr. Hin said:
1t will strike the thoughtful observer
familiar with the history Of the government
us strange and unusual procedure that the
president OF the United states should srrlouS.
| ly inform congress Of what one OF its own com
| mittces has been doing in the preparation q. "A
| Mll II might be safely assumed that congress
| Iulr 1y huH inT I.Gg I.
| had been prepared in the executive depart.
| ment and had been submitted to the commit.
| tee cOncurrcntly with the transmission Of .thc
| message to congress. In these latter days the
| distinctions between the functions ana pre-.
| negatives of the executive department on the
one hand and the legislative department on
| the other, do not seem to / o always Observed.
The truth is that the first information whi Ii
| congress had OF the alleged details of the pro.
| posed bill was in the message ITSELF
But the strangest part OF this unprece'
dented proceeding was that, in fact, at the very
neither the full committee OF ways and means
nor the democratic members thereof had
agreed upon any income tax or upon other in
ternal taxation. The presidents information
was therefore inaccurate as well ns premature.
This awkward situation was not improved hy
the presidents expression of his desire for the
success OF this measure being measure not
yet perfected, bill in an inchoate state.
But aside from any question OF imrropriety
involved in the recommendation, and while
Couceding that the president In the first sug
gestion OF n limited income tax injected tho
poison which has now spread until il has de-
vclopcd into a general income tax, urvcrhc-
less the latter scheme can not find any real
Justification in the presidents mesSnEc.'
The president does not recommend gencr
al income tax upon all the incomes Of individ-
uuls, but only q tax upon such limited income
as may be derived from certain corporate In
vestments.'
Secretary Carlisle, In his annual report, is
equally guarded and insists upon the same
limitation, Yet, dsregnrdins CT cSecciing
the recommen ndations OF the pr's cnt and the
secretary OF the treasury, this i'll rrnno-rs to
tax all the income OF an tudivi iuHl Mh'th r
earned by his labor or skin or Otherwise. and
to obtain The necessary information. hot { ON
an Inspection OF public recor~s, tut from "a in.
yestigation Of oil his private IooEs aud pa
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tectlons to this tax at great length. lie de-
clared that the tax imposed was too large.
"This bill" said Mr.. Hill neither follows the
recommendations OF the president and the sec
retary OF the treasury as TO the kind of income
tax desired nor as to the amount or rate OF
the tax itself The president, preferring not
l,,tp inns dad