The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-25

sxill. their genius, as a na.iaus. and
heayen-oo-n right. Give .hen back their
own. and the wcrsingrnaa will not DC
coming to Washington litp 10 implore The
government TO do something" Their
proper resourcs was not to come 10 WASH
ingson City anyhow. bat 10 tara back
Rome and appeal 10 the ballot box.
M Mills devoted large par. OF his speech
70 defense OF the income tax. He ian3ed
the action OF the committee for repcrsluga
TAX on incomes Way should wealth no. ce
tsxecg II would like to know he said
"sn what principle the owners Of millions
insist that they should not De taxe39" He
SAID the oppoasnts o. the income tax said
II was inaaisitorssi. ansrchissic, socislisiic,
TO lay tax of per cent. on incomes. hut
when . poor fellow wants . shirt and is
taxed loo per cent for IT. nothing is SAID
aooutits being socialistic and anarchisiic.
lie enunc,ated the principle that tax
should be collected in proportion 10 the
taxpayers ability to pay il. aud that de-
pended on the amount of protection
he received. Ii was said an in
come tax was unjust and ubiquitous,
and the senator from New York Hill in
his speech few days ago had called it NIL
kinds of vile names; vet when he was gov-
ernor OF the state of New York for six
years he had never told the legislature
tnat the income tax which was on
the statute books OF the state was
unjust and iniquisous. It was use
less to denounce the income tax as
in!quitous. unjust. etc. IT was useless to
make any sophistical remarks about the
difficulty of collecting the tax. The law
was going 10 be passed, he declared era
phaticaliy, If not by this congress. then hy
the next. The forcible way in which the
senator made this statement ELECTED ao-
p!ause from the galleries, which was
checked by the gavel of the presiding off,
Ger.
"Mr. President" continued the senator.
earnestly. this is a duty devolving on
this body which cannot be evaded. We
must pass this bill, make it as good as We
can first, but pass il We must We must
not only pass it. but We must stop talking
about II. The American people demand
II. They sent us here for that purpose;
they did no. send US here 10 hear argu-
ments for new trial: they sent US TO
drive the criminals out of the country; to
restore the country 20 its natural rights.
l say that il the forty-four senators on this
side OF the chamber, and the forty
nth. the presiding officer in the
chair. were Of the same opinion as l,
we would pass this bill in forty-eight
hours. The people want this bill passed
now, Immediately; they do not want TO
wait until they are starved to death. They
do not want US TO wait until the whole
country is paralyzsd, but they want Us te,
do il now. Then the business prosperity
of the country will revive; then the condi-
tion of things will be changed; night will
disappear, darkness and distress will leave
the land. prosperity will come to our bor-
ders, light and sunshine will tighten up
all our faces, and the country will once
more resume its career OF prosperity"
The close of Mills speech was greeted
by a hearty round of applause from the
galleries. and his Democratic colleagues
crowded around him to extend their con-
gratulations. 1t had been expected that
the speech would be much longer. 1t con.
sumed just two hours aud fifteen minutes.
The Republicans, who expected the DEM
ocrats would consume the entire day,
were not prepared TO go on Accordingly
the senate went into executive session for
two hours and adjourned.
Nomination: Pay Director Edwin Stew
art, u. 5. N, chief of the bureau of sup
plies and accounts and paymaster general,
with the rank of commodore.