The herald., 1894-04-25

dutiable list. He would put on the
free list metals. wool, cotton, tibres,
iron and steel in pigs and all yarn
everything which required to be manu-
factured. He would do this in order
that the manufacturers of the country
might manufacture their goods at the
lowest possible prices. 30 they could go
into the markets OF the world.
The Republican policy, he said, was
to provide home market, but there
was $5, 900, ,000,0 900 worth of goods made
in this country. Where were the peo'
pie to come from to consume this? In
order to carry ont the Republican poll
cy, people would have to be imported to
consume our surplus agricultural pro-
ducts. It would require 1l4,000,0 900
people to consume these products, and
would require the importation OF Chi
nese, Japanese. Maltese and Chimpan-
zees, and General Coxey's army.
[Laughter.l
"Emancipste our people," he said
''give them a chance to chow their skill,
their genius, as a national and heaven
born right. Give them back their own,
and the workingman will not be coming
to Washington to implore the govern
ment to do something for him."
Their proper resource WAS not to come
to Washington, anyhow, but to turn
back home and appeal to the ballot box.
Mills devoted a large part OF his
speech to the defense OF the income tax.
He lauded the action of the committee
for reporting a tax on income. Why
should wealth not be taxed?
II would like to know" he said, ION
what principle the owners of millions
-. A. ahaalI no M koxnd oJj
He said the opponents of the income
tax said it was asinquisitorial, anarchistic,
socialistic, to lay tax of 2 per cent on
incomes, but when q poor fellow wants
o shirt and is taxed 100 per cent for it,
nothing is said about its being social
istc and enarchistic.
He enunciated the principle that tax
should be collected in proportion to the
taxpayers ability to pay it, and that
depended on the amount OF protection
he received. 1t was said the income tax
was unjust and iniquitous, and the sem
ator from New York (Hill in his speech
q few DAYS ago had called it by all kinds
of vile names, yet when he was governor
| of the state of New York for six years he
had never told the Legislature that the
income tax which was on the statute
books Of the state was unjust and iniqui-
tous. 1t was useless to denounce the
income tax as iniquitous, unjust, etc.
il wae useless TO make any sophietlca
remarks about the difficulty of collect
ing the tax. The law was going 10 be
passed, he declared emphatically, if moi
by this congress, then by the next.
The forcible way in which the SEN
! ator made this statement elected ap-
plause from the galleries, which wat
checked by the gavel of the vice-presi
dent.
"Mr. President" !" continued the speaker
earnestly, this is duty devolving OF
ne We can fret, but pass it we must. w,
must not only pass II, but we must stol
talking about it. The American peopl
demand 1t. They sent us here for tha
purpose; they did not send us here t,
hear arguments for a new trial; the,
sent us to drive the criminal out of thC
country; to restore the country to it,
natural rights. l say that if the Al SEN
ators on this side OF the chamber anc
the forty-fifth in the presiding officers
chair, were OF the same opinion as |, we
would pass this bill in 4S hours. The
people want this bill passed now imme.
diately; they do not want to wait un It'll
they are starved to death; they do not
want to wait until the whole country
is paralyzed, but they want to do
it now. Then the business prosperity
of the country will revive. Then the
condition of things will be changed
night will disappear; darkness and dis
tress will leave the land prosperity will
come to our borders light and suns hine
will tighten up all our faces and the
country will resume its career of pros
perity."
Tie close of Mills speech was greeted
by hearty round of applause from the
galleries. and his Democratic COL
leagues crowded around him to extend
their congratulations. 1t had besn ex-
pected that the speech would last much
longer. 1t consumed just 2 hours and
l5 minutes. The Republicans, who ex.
peoted the Democrats would consume
the entire day. were not prepared to 90
on. Accordingly, on motion of Harris,
the senate went into executive session
at 1920 p. M, and at 4;10 p. m. ad-
iourned.