The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-04-25
MILLS is FOR The TAX
The Texas Senator Thinks the lnGom.
Assessment Is Just Right.
IN A VERY STRONG SPEECH
The Senate Aroused by an Eloquent
Speech-He Says the Country
Wants That Tariff Bill and
Wants II Quick.

"AsHlNbION, tDril 81 ucrc was u
small attendance of visitors in the senate
galleries when the vice president took his
seat. On motion of Pettigrew the senate
passed the bill TO extend tho time for
building a bridge across the Missouri
river at Yankton. The morning hour hav-
ing expired the tariff bill was laid before
tho senate.
Promptly at o'clock Senator Mills took
the floor. At the outset he declared the
legislator often had 10 mako selection
between two parliamentary measures,
neither Of which meets his approval. il
must necessarily be SO, for no man could
frame measure to meet tho approval OF
every one. Every act of the legislature
must be a compromise measure and no
act more SO than one regulating the taxes.
"This bill does not meet my approval
said he, land i doubt II ii en-
gentleman on this side OF the
chamber. But such as il is it will have my
hearty support" lie might want TO offer
some amendments 10 the bill. he said,
whether or not he was able TO secure their
adoption, but he would bow TO the will of
his party and vote for the measure as they
ordained 1t should be. Ii was strictly
party measure and had been q party
measure from the foundation and organi-
zation Of the democratic party. If he had
chosen to construct the bill he would have
constructed II on far different lines. lie
would not have left coffee on the free list
and he would not have put cotton. coal
and iron on the dutiable list. He would
put on the free list metals, wool, cotton
iibres, iron and steel in pigs and all yarns,
everything which required to be manufac-
tured. He would do this in order that the
manufacturers Of the country might man
ufacture their goods at the lowest possi-
BILE price, SO they could so into the market
of the world.
The republican policy, he said, was to
provide home market, but there we're
5000, COO 600 worth of goods made in this
country. Where were the people 10 come
from TO consume this? In order 10 carry
out the republican policy people would
have TO be imported to consume our
surplus agricultural products. II would
require 14.0o0,0oc people to consume
these products and would require the inn
portation of Chinese, Japanese, Malayese,
Singalese, Chimpanzees aud General
SoNey s army.
"Emancipate our people, ne SAID,
give them chance 10 snow theif skiii
ana tnelr genius rs nationai ana heaven
born right. Give them back the ocean
and the workingman wall not be coming
to Washington to implore the government
to do something for him." The proper re-
source was not to come to Washington,
anyhow but 10 turn back nome ana APP
peal 10 me ballot pox.
Minis devoted large part OF MS speech
to defense OF the income tax. tie
lauded the action OF the committee Tor re-
porting the tax on incomes. why should
wealth not De taNedI l would like TO
know. he said' "on what principle the
owners OF mliiions insist that they should
not be taxed. The opponents OF the in
como tax SAID IL was inquistorial, an
archistic, socialistic, to lay tax OF per
cent. on incomes, put when poor fellow
wants snlr's ana Is taxed loo per cent.
Tor 1t, nothing is SAID about us peing SO.
cialis'ic ana anarchisuc. ne enumerated
the principle that the tax should be COL
lected IN the proportion 10 the taxpayers
ability to pay II. ana that 1t depended on
the amount oil protection he received IL
was SAID the income TAX was unjust
and iniqultious ana the senator from New
York, hili, In ms speech lew days ago
had caiied IL oy all kinds OF we hames,Set
when nc was governor OF New York Tor SIN
years, he had never told the legislature
an income tax winch was on the statute
books OF that state, was unjust and iniqul-
tous. II was useless TO denounce the in-
come tax as iniquuous' UNJUST; was
useless 10 make remarks about the din
Guilty oil collecting the tax' Inc law was
going to be passed. II not Dy ihis con-
Gress' by the next. Inc iorcioie way IN
which the senator made tnis statement
elected applause from the galleries winch
was checked by the gavei OF the presiding
officer.
Mr. fFeslden', continued the senator
earnestly. this is a duty devolving on
this body which cannot be evaded. We
must pass this bill, mako il as good as we
can first, but pass it we must. We must
moi only mss il. hut VIC must ston tallxing
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H. iney seh' us ns'e III ,"a' puipose'
they uid not sehu US mere 10 near arRu-
ments for new trial; they sent us here TO
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