The herald., 1894-04-10

was laid before the senate. PETER spoke
briefly in support of the resolution,
when Morrill, moved to refer it to the
committee on finance. PETER demand
ed the yeas and nays, and the motion
was carried by vote OF SO to Is.
HILLS TARIFF SPEECH.
Hill then addressed the senate on the
tariff bill. The chief interest of the
day centered in his speech, which was
chiefly devoted to an extensive and
bitter attack on the income tax feature
OF the Wilson bill. His opening re-
marks, however, took wider range.
1.-The political revolution" he began,
(which commenced in 1890 and cul-
minated in 1892, was an emphatic ex-
preston of popular will in behalf Of
certain governmental policies. Measures
and not men were largely the issues
involved in that movement. Rightly
interpreted, it indicated that public
sentiment was in opposition to intrench-
ment upon the reserved rights of the
states, through odious federal election
laws, some proposed and others then
existing it voiced the general demand
for q discontinuance of the unwise and
bullion purchased by the government,
instead of the coinage contemplated by
the constitutional system equally q
hindrance to the return to bimetallism
as we'll as a menace to a sound and sta
BILE currency; it manifested the desire
for better administration OF public af-
fairs, greater economy in governmental
expenditures and the exaction of high
er official standard in the execution Of
public truets it demanded more safe,
dignihed and consistent foreign policy.
and it condemned that abuse or perver-
sion of the taxing power OF the govern
ment which is known as the policy of
protection for protection's sake alone,
aud declared in favor of tariff for rev.
enue."
THE HAWAIIAN BLUNDER.
He then took up the foreign policy OF
the administration, saying: "It is not
denied that some mistakes have oc-
Cured. Our foreign policy, especially
ynat relating to Hawaii, it must be ad-
mitted, has not met the expectations OF
the people. A senee of humiliation pre-
vailed when the project for the restora-
tion of a deposed monarch was unfolded
by the administration, and qualification
6HEutu WuSu lAH dUd1QUaAlCnt VI lhll-
ure was reluctantly announced. intiu-
enced largely by an aroused public senti-
ment.
"That unfortunate contemplated pol
icy was a blunder, and a blunder is |
sometimes worse than a crime. 1t was,
however, the natural consequence which |
might well have been anticipated from |
that other mistake in placing the de
partment OF state in charge OF Re-
publican statesman, distinguished snd
estimable though he may be, whose
views have always been identified in
opposition to the Democratic party who
was without sympathy for its traditions
and purposes and whose political con-
victions upon the disputed public ques-
tions of the day, if changed at all. are
concealed.
''It is to be regretted that the presi-
dent should not have been able to find
in his own party some honored states
man in whom he and his party could
have placed conhdence-one of Demo-
cratic instincts and training, whose
Of foreign affairs would
have reflected credit upon the country
and would have avoided the promulga-
ton of an un-Americau policy-a de- \
parture from Democratic precedents-
which was sought to be forced upon an
people. In this view OF the
situation our opponents must accept
come share OF the responsibility of
blunders committed in our foreign al
fairs.
''In other respects the present admin
OF our government affords but |
scant grounds for just criticism"
He spoke of the repeal of the federal
election laws as q fulillment of the
party's pledge and triumph for the
just doctrine of states rights, and en-
dorsed the repeal of the Sherman law.
THE MAIN QUESTION.
Coming then to the main question
tariff reform-he said that provision
should be approached with circumspec-
tiou and with a realizing sense of the |
condition OF the country since
1887 and 1890.
IAN extreme reduction OF tariff duties
at time when the treasury was ewollen |
with surplus oil 100000 900, when the |
was reasonably prosperous and /
when all our Industries were in opera
tion and when ali our workingmen were
assumed q different aspect
and presented different question when
now with a large and growing |
treasury 5defcit instead of a surplus
staring US in the face, with our in
dustries paralYzed, our manufactures
closed, our worklngmen idle and follow
ing upon the heels OF one OF the most
disastrous financial panics in history"
What was sale and prudent and wise
then, it would be criminal folly to St
tempt nov. The present was no time
for partissnship, and Democrats and Re-
publicans alike should strive to solve ex-
listing problems in a spirit OF broad
patriotism.
''In the face OF the prostrstion of pri-
vate industries" he continued, land in
the presence OF such paralysis OF gem
erel business as the treasury deficit at
tests and prolonge, THE bill, as framed
by its authors and as passed by the
house, sought to double the deficit by
discardlng customs revenue and to fill
the void with an income tax"
THE INCoME TAX.
The rest OF mis- speech was given up TO
the income tax question, and his open
ing words defined his position in IN
eouivocsl and forceful language.
"Against such q scheme" ne said,
Unnecessarily ill-timed and miachiev-
GUS, suddenly sprung upon the country
in the hour Of its distress, undemocratic
in itl nature and eocialistic in its ten
dencies-I enter the protest of the peo-
pie OF New York. They utterly dissent
from any proposal to get revenue for
the general government by taxing in
comes. Their dissent is practically |
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