The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-20

a EARLIEST stsss ~ Ds-oersts Assiust
Thsir Betrayal - ths socisiistis Eas-sy
-se-ster ssith's Powerful Speech ~
nsN.nes 81 His Farty-No Iaeo-. Tszi

| Their HetrsySi 20 the socialists Enewy
-se-sssr ssith's Powerful Speech q.
DsSsres 81 His Psrty-No Iseo-s Tszi
FSc- u. Philadelphia rShs.
Senator Smiths argument on the income
| tar IL eminently practical and Is absolutely
| unanswerable. He demonstrates beyond the
possibility Of successful dispute that IL f. first
Of ali, . sectional measure. and second. that It
/ is q SOD to anarchy. Viewed from every stand
| point IL IL one Of the most unjust propositions
| that has ever been seriously entertained in
| Congress. and II Is extensively sectional IL
| comes also from the sections Of the country
| which have every interest in avoiding sec
| tional Issues. and which should seek to more
thoroughly harmonic with the more thrifty
States rather than ALLEVIATE them By oppressive
| laws.
Senator Smith IL also entirely Just in his as
sumption that the proposed income tax Is a SOP
| to anarchy. 1t would be a long stride toward
aRrsrlsnism. and would teach to the thriftless
OF every section the policy Of idleness and
making reprissls upon the thrifty and pros
persus OF the land by unjust statutes
There Is yet time for the South to retrieve
itself from Its utterly false and indefensible
attitude toward the North and unless states
manship has become a lost art in the Southern
States there must be some men among the
Southern leaders brave enough to tell the
bOuLn6Fn p6Opl6 tno truth. ana save them
from what would be . common misfortune to
the country. and q special calamity to the
South. Defeat the income tax measure; It
has not single attribute Of justice to COM
mend 1t to popular favor.
Prov ne svraeu.s oartsr.
II II useless to disguise the fact that the
tariff situation 10 not altog ether bright And
everything unpromisipR In the situation lie
due to the income tax feature. The country
is unprepared for the enactment OF such q
system Of tax gathering and the majority Of
taxpayers are heartily In accord with the ar
guments against It delivered in Congress-
From u. Gaive,oa Daily Ner.
The spirit Of this income tax handicap was
not inaptly described By Senator Hill as de
signed ultimately to put upon nine States be-
tween Cape Cod and the Mississippi n per
cent. and New York alone 30 per cent Of the
expenses OF the Federal Government" I'm
fortunately Texas representatives in Con-
gress. like those OF most other Southern
States. are unanimous for the passage OF this
projected piece Of sectional and class leeisla-
tion.
Prom n. Hartford rSm...
Senator Smiths speech was confined ex-
clusively to an argument against the income
tax feature OF the Wilson bill The cardinal
objections OF Mr. Smith to the tax are that It Is
unnecessary. unjust unsuccessful. unpopu- |
lar un-Democratic. un-American. unwise. |
and on general principIes unworthy of an In
tellieent Government supposed to represent a
free and enlightened people"
Tho injustice and absurdity OF fixing the |
limit Of exemption at 1000 are discussed In |
the most thorough and com Dr. he sive man |
ner. and will carry conviction to any fair |
minded man The sectiona al ebaractsr of tho |
tax 10 elaborated at far greater length than I'm |
the Hill speech and the arguments adduced !
are irrefutable. There Is but ono way." says
Mr.. Smith, I'm which the law could be made |
more sectional In practice. That ia By taxing |
the citizens of the middle and New England |
States and e1empting all the Others"
Prom he Ro~' Dniy Sentinel DEM |
Senator Smith OF New Jersey taxa, In. In
como tax as the text Of A speech in the San. |
ate and ably and forcibly seconds the effort Of |
Senator Hill to cast that measure ont of the |
Tariff bill. The income tax must 20.
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: No D.mn.rat can t,k. zoo ho,a
.oainst tbi. outragaou. nropos,,,on .ra g.
ator suith,a stroro l.noua,. 4. % 81. -.
and timely. The income tar ia n rocs ab..1
and the Dsmocrotic shin mnst e,,bar s,aar
cIesr a, n Or 90 % niacas H.. s..,tous,
proposition. IL ia !. class nronositjon. and
against sucb nronosI,,oas tba Darn.r..v -.
.ts,dIIv sat ia fsce Thare ia M $500. Co.
an income tar 40 far ss anv .mthori,a,Iv.
Democr,tic uttaranca IA concerned NJ D.r
cratic nIat,orm has voIcad tba n.r,v,. d.msaa
or desire for an incometa II w.. nolI,v .,
the war and the sr.t 70 he rsnudi.t.d wh.n
tba .maroan.v diao
Fvarv Nortb.rn and F..,.r, a..
sbouId taka Arm st.nd
ao.inst the ancroscbm.rts ~ III. inoor
ara and 4, necessary avan n,... On. da,..to,
the Tariff hill betwssn tha,r .opstituant. .nd |
tho danger that menaces them.
FSo. q. Esss.rsA DAILY R,oss.,.
sap,tor Smith undo,h,adIx xo,, ,
DIa a, hi. st,,o yhar he .no- Ie. ~ 10
" 1850 A so 'poAo against tho in-