The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-04-03
VOORHEES, SPEECH
Debate on the Wilson Tariff BIZ Be-
gun in the Upper Branch Of
Congress.
The Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee Talks About the Crime Of
Mckinleyism
And the Virtues or the Measure Now
Under OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
Senator Said.

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WASHINGTON. April 3.-At lO:l60 the
Behring sea bill was about to pass the
the senate when Senator Hoar made
some inquiries which precipitated o dis
cussion about some technicaliiaes IN the
bill. In the course OF his remarks, Sem
ator Morgan said the British parliament
was acting ON . similar bill.
Senator Cullom of Illinois raised the
question IL 1t was not unusual TO author
ize foreign powers to direct American
| citizens. and Senator Morgan pointed
out that q similar arrangement had been
entered into between Great Britain and
the United States to suppress the slave
trade. Several senators asked time TO
consider the bin and see it printed with
the senate amendments. Senator Nor
gan asked unanimous consent that the
| IiIl be considered after Senator Voor-
hees' speech, which was agreed to- and
the matter went over till later In the
day.
Voorhees, Opens Debate.
The tariff bill was then taken mp and
MIR. voorhees, opened the debate.
Senator Voorhees, after . few intro
ductory remarks upon the iniquity and
injustice of q protective tariff and are-
view OF the reform proposed By the sem
ate bill, said;
Such i constitution 40 this, 80 full OK re-
lief to the people and OF strength, safety
and honor to the government, may well
atone for the imperfections and short
comings alleged against the pending
measure and win constitute the rock on
which the temple of tariff reform viii
be built, and against which, in the
ameliorated future, the gates Of avarice,
oppression and fraud shall not prevail.
With such O beneficent and stu
pepdous result now plainly
within the reach Of the American peo-
pls and almost ready for their eager
enjoyment, i envy not the fate OF the
party, or the man, or the set OF men
who shall constitute themselves a
hindrance and an obstruction to its
speedy fulfllment.
Has Some Faults
Faults and imperfections can, of
course. be alleged and pointed ont; con
c-essions are apparent which have been
unwillingly made in order to cur its
passage: articles ON the free list as they
came from the house have been made
dutiable under the duress OF . small
majority here. vet, deeply Is I regret
the necessity for these changes, i do not
hesitate to say that the bill. taken - q
whole, as it now stands. with its COM
bination OF lower taxes on the neces-
saries OF life, and at the same time In
creased revenues for the government,
win be hailed as 8 substantial measure
of reform and relief by the great pro-
ducing masses of the American people.
Mckinley Law . Crime.
The enactment Of the Mckinley law
in 1890 was q gigantic crime, not only
against every w~orkingman and woman
in the Untitled States but also against
every individual manufacturer and
against all manufacturing interests. lt
was not SO designed by its authors, but
such was its real and inevitable char
acter. It declared . policy SO aagitious
lin principle. SO rotten In morality
and so ravenous in its exactions on the
absolute wants of life, that its possible
duration was only a question of time
when the next election by the people
should occur, and yet the vast manz-
featuring interests Of the country were
tempted and seduced into accept
Ing its delusive tribes and into
an eager adjustment OF themselves to
its alluring, through eyanescent
and short lived provisions.
Mr.. Voorhees, defended the ad valorem
system as fairer, honester and more
easily understood than specific duties,
and then turned his attention to the
sugar schedule. This article he called
the great revenue raiser of the govern
ment.
The Income Tax.
Speaking of the proposed income tar,
which he warmly upheld, Mr.. Voor-
hees said:
The proposition contained in the
pending bill to levy q tax OF . per cent
on all net incomes OF corporations and
OF individuals in excess of $4,000 per
annum 10 50 just and equitable towards
the hard working taxpayers of meager
resources throughout the entire country
GNBk MUb n #UEA ~ A& 0UACMc6 OE ca
PLANTATION would seem necessary here "a
, anywhere else. But the narrow and
corroding selfishness of riches has been
aroused by this simple measure of jus.
tice into a fierce resentment.
For no earthly consideration would
paint an unjust picture Of the dangerous
~pretensions and intolerable arrogance 81
accumulated wealth not manifest In this
|, country, but, speaking In the fear 81
! my maker, ! deyoutly believe that tas
! limit Of endurance has been reached
that the time has come for q test I'd bl
made between the power Of boarded
money and the power Of productiys
labor; that the people from this tim,
q forward, more than before, win organ
Ire and take rapid and heroic measure
b against the continued and brutal dicta
ton OF the p~lutocracy, against the para
mount influence of wealth, against thl
rule and supremacy of the rich in shap