Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-02-03

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day resumed the tariff debate, Mr..
/ Covert. of New York. continuing his
ATTACK ON the bill He declared the
/ bill was sectional, reminded southern
members at northern democrats as
sisted them TO defeat the force bin,
and asked rhcm to return the compli-
ment by assisting to defeat this sec
uonal measure,
/ Mr. Bartlett. of New York, WAS OPP
/ posed to the income tax Nj Pendle-
ton. of West Virginia. slid the West
( Virginia delegation would support the
{ bill Mr. Breckenridge, vi Arkansas,
/ believed that while depression and
I lower wages followed tbe Mckinley
Law, prosperity and higher wages
would follow the enactment of the
/ Wilson bill.
/ Johnson, Of Ohio, followed Among
other things, he said: II will vote for
/ your income tax bill, II | must, rs
I viii vote for your tariff bill; but as 4
democrat, / protest against one, as ]
protest against the othcr-;is an anti
democratic measure involving an in
suit TO labor"
Mr. McKHgan, OF Nebraska, and
Mr. Simpson, Of Kansas, in five min
{ ute speeches advocated & graduated
income tax
Mr.. Cochran, OF New York, followed
as the especial champion of the demo
: cratic opposition to the income law.
He had hoped, he began, that the
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pledges before it began to indulge in
vagaries. Those who opposed this
proposition are to be subjected to 81
new test of loyalty.
while willing TO vote for the tariff
bill, we are now asked on behcSt Of
om party caucus 10 vote for a special
tax on $1,000 out of 67000,0O0 people
When the proposition goes further than
mere taxation and is deliberately
DIES gned TO tax a class, those who be
lieved in equality before law must ar
ray themselves against d. What rcl-
son is assigned for bringing forward
such a proposition? II is brought w
on the assumption that the existing
conditions Of business will continue.
| have said before and / say now, if
] believed the Wilson bill would pro
ducc deficiency in revenues it would
not receive my support The whole cX-
pericncc Of the human race demon
suatcs that the idea that the reduc.
tons carried by TINS hill viii produce
a deficit are nfOunded.
AS ! ann opposed TO Determinations
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determinations against the rich, II
you viii put an income tax ON every
man. woman and child in the United
States. | viii support it,
Cochran eIoquenuy appealed 10 his
democratic colleagues not 20 commit
fatal error He warned them not to
throw away New York. the strong
hold Of democracy rs some hot headed
members counsclled them to do
Are we going TO the country he
said, with the evolution of this new
faith under the leadership Of McMilln,
Fithian aud Livingston and show th"
/ people how We have grown Gaugh-
teri.
u protest against this change he
concluded. 1T is treason to our party
/ ms heroes and its faith l believe that
every man should be as equal before
( the law as before his God; before the
ballot as before the altar: and so /
stand here now appealing for equality
for one country one God, one demo.
cratic party without distinction Of
class wealth or race
The cheers which greeted the con
clusion of his speech continued, de
spite the efforts Of the chairman to
preserve order, for fully three minutes.
When order was restored Bryan, Of
Nebraska. champion of the income tax,
took the floor I'm the course Of his
speech he referred to the recent esti-
mate which shows that 81 per cent.
Of the population of the United Stltcs
own only % per cent Of the total
wealth while the Remaining per
cent own n per cent. of the total
wealth
The people Of the United States who
nave small incomes pay ON the average
more than 10 per cent Of their in.
comes to support Of the federal
government, while the rich pay a
smaller per cent
why should not this tax be added
In order that the burdens may be par
TALLY cquaHzed? j. is objected that
this tax viii endanger The tariff bill
] am not afraid that any democratic
member viii refuse to relieve the com
mon people Of the heavy burdens
placed upon them BY the Mckinley
bin for fear he viii impose a light bur
den by means of an income tax upon
those who are able 70 bear it,
Mr. Bryan closed with . protest
against The perver>ion Of language
which IS witnessed i'm tbe senate cham
Der during the income tux bill debates
lie was accorded an ovation rvalling
that which marked the close Of Coch-
rams attack on the income tax
A recess was then taken
At the night session almost The cI-
tire evening was devoted to Il discus
SON of the income tax. Messrs.
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