Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25
MILLS HITS HARD.
He Makes a Great Tariff
Speech in the Senate.
THE BILL MUST Be PASSED.
He Would Enact It Within
Forty-Eight Hours.
The Democrats Hiring in Absentees
for supreme Test of strength
a o WIN LenEthen the
w. If Daily Sessions.
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president took his sect and the de-
bate on the tariff bill was
taken mp and read by paragraphs.
on motion Of Senator Pettlgrew, the
senate passed a bin to extend the
time for buildIne bridge across the
Missouri river at Yankton, S, d.
The morning hour having expired
the tariff bill was laid before the sem
ate Even at this time the attendance
In the galleries to hear senator Minis
speech. was very small one. A
beautiful bunch OF long stemmed yell
low red and white roses, was laid on
Mr. Mills desk, but was Immediately
removed to his committee room.
Mr. Mills speech.
Promptly at i o'clock Senator Mills
took the floor. At the outset, he de-
clared that legislators often had to
make selection between the two par
liamentary measures, neither Of which
meets their approval. It must neces-
sarily he so. for no man could frame
measure to meet the approval of
every one. Every net Of legislature
must be a compromise measure and no
act more than one regulating the
taxes This bill does not meet my APP
prevail" said he. And I doubt II 1T
entirely meets the approval Of any gem
tleman on this side Of this chamber
But, such as 1t Is, it will my
hearty support"
He might want 10 offer some amend
ments to the bin, but whether or not,
ne was able to secure their adoption,
he would bow to the will of his party
and vote for the measure as they or
dained 1t should be. II was strictly a
party and had been a party measure
from the foundation of the government
and from the foundation and organiza-
tion Of the Democratic party. II he
had been chosen to construct 1t, and
had had the forty-four members
OF the Democratic party in accordance
with his views he would have con
structed it on different lines
Changes lie Would Have Made.
He would not have left coffee on the
free list, and would not have put cot
ton, coal and iron on the dutiable
list. He would put on the free list,
metals. wool, cotton fibres, iron aud
steel in pigs and and all yarns, every
thing which required to be manu-
| featured He would do this in order
that the manufacturers Of the country
might manufacture their goods at the
lowest possible prices so that they
could go into the market Of the world.
The Republican policy, he said, was to
! provide home market, but there were
5000 900. 900 worth Of goods made
in this country Where were the peo-
pie to come from to consume them?
In order to carry out the Republican
policy, people would have to be i'm
ported to consume our surplus Of ag-
riculturai products. II would require
1i4.O 100000 people to consume these pro-
ducts, and would require the importa-
ton Of Chinese, japanese, singalcse'
Maltese and Chimpanese to Join Cox
eys army. Uaughter)
''Emanclpate our people" he said,
"give them chance TO show their
SKIN and their genius. Give them back
the ocean, and then the workmen will
not be coming to Washington to do
something for them"
Their proper recourse was not to
come to Washington anyhow, to turn
back home and appeal to the ballot
box. Mr.. Mills devoted large part
Of his speech to a discussion and de-
Tense OF the income tax. He lauded
the action of the committee In re-
porting a tax on incomes
lhe Income Tax.
why should wealth be taxed2 The
object Of all just government was to
secure to all its subjects all the rights
with which they were endowed by
nature and protection in the enjoy
ment Of those rights In which lnsy
were Eu uranteed by their govern
ment" 49,
~ would like 10 know" he Sala; oi
what principle the owners OF mllllollss
insist that they SHOULD not ~ ~ ~.
He said that the opponents or me ~
come tax said Il was inqulstorlah ~
archIstic. socialistic, TO lay Tx OF
per cent on incomes, but when = pee,
fellow wants a shirt and Is tnNeu ~,
per cent nothing is said about its Delnt
socialistic and anarchistic- ne sns
clated the principle that tax shoule
he collected In proportion 70 me "a
navers' ability 70 pay II ana that 1e
nended on the amount Of protepuph ~
received. " was sald that tiie "a ~,
ny was unjust snd ubiquitous anu w ~
scr,trr from New York hir, bllp ~
his speech few days ago had care.
! IL by an kinds Of vile names yet We ~,
he was governor Of the state OF Ne,f
T York for six yeara he had never ~ ~
Inc legislature that the income tax Wy
VS. ~, me rtatute books Of the stat
was unjust and in.quitous. II was uss
less 10 denounce the income ~ y
J Ubiquitous. unjust, etc. It was wen hen