Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-26

Inc Republican doctrine was opposed
10 trading with foreign people and
wanted TO, build up home market But
mere was five billions worth of manu-
iactured products to be consumed at
nome. How was that going to be con-
sumed In order to carry out the Re-
publican doctrine, people would have to
ne imported to consume these products.
inc Democratic doctrine was TO export
the products all over the world, where
the people live and where they shall
remain. The Republican doctrine. on
the contrary, was to import people to
consume the surplus agricultural prod
ucts; and 1t would be necessary to i'm
port 33,000,000 Of people to do that.
The Republicans would import Chinese
and Japanese and Soudanese and
Maltese and Chimpanzees, to Join
Coxey's army among the aboriginese.
Laughter lie had been taught by his
pious mother to read tho Bible, and he
remembered reading of Elijah where he
attacked the 400 false prophets of Baal
and slaughtered them. 1t was thought
then that all the false prophets were
dead; but it seemed that some of them
got away.
| hoM THE PANIC HAD COME.
The panic had not come, as was
charged, with the advent of the Demo-
cratic administration. The storm signal
had been hoisted before then. The
people had been admonished to look
out for squalls. And on the 9Th of Nc
vember, 1909, the people had felt that
the squall was coming. The crop of
lS9S had fallen below that of 1891 to
the amount of $200,00O,O00, and the
crop of 1893 had fallen below that of
1892 to the amount of $G00,0O0, 900 in
value. And the country was now
where it had been in 1880. And still
they were told by Republicans that the
Democratic administration had brought
on the panic and had filled the streets
with wretched people. But it was the
exhaustive taxation under the Mckinley
bill, and tho exhaustive obstruction in
| 1t, that had prostrated the farmers of
this country; and when the farmers felt
the strain they stretched out their arms
and, like Samson,pulled the whole fabric
over the heads of all.
ERROR OF THE ooxEYIrEs.
"Emancipate our people," Mr.. Mills
exclaimed. "Give them a chance to show
their skill, their genius. Give them their
natural and heaven-born rights. Give
them back the ocean; and then the
workmen viii not be coming to Wash
ington TO inplore the government to do
something for them. Their remedy is
not to come to Washington now. Their
remedy Is to go home; go to the ballot
box, and sweep out Of existence the
party which darcs to pile taxation upon
them and destroy their chance of getting
market for the sale of their goods.
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Coming to the question of the income
tax, Mr. Mills asked why should not
wealth be taxed. OF all the rights, he
said, that depended for protection upon
associated power, property was the most
dependent. Thepoor man required little
from the government, and why should
he be prosecuted to death with taxation
on everything that was necessary for
his existence?
THE INCOME TAX.
He would call to arms every able
bodied man from the Pacific to the At
lantic in order to protect the millionaire
and the poor man alike. His motto was;
Equal rights to all and exclusive privi-
leges to none" On what sort of prln-
ciple, he asked, did the owners of wealth
insist that they should not be taxed
He recalled the fact that some years ago,
when the State of Pennsylvania was
unable to protect railroad property in
Pittsburg, FedeFal troops had to be sent
there, and he added that that railroad
company had never contributed one
cent to the Federal government. The
income tax had been denounced to the
Senate by the Senator from New York
(Mr. Hid as socialistic, anarchistic and
sectional, but when the poor laborer had
to pay 9s1 per cent duty on the shirt he
wore, that tax was not so denounced He
had never heard that the Senator from
New York, when he was governor of
that State, had called on the Legislature
to repeal the income tax there; and if
such tax was fair one for the State
of New York, why was it not also fair
one for the United States. Q
In conclusion Mr.. Mills said: "There
is duty devolving on this body. ID
cannot be excused. We mus. pass this
bill. Make it as good as we can, but
we must pass 1t. We must not only
pass it, but we must stop this business
OF continually talking about it, and
pass it.
"Ihe American people have made I'M
their mind about this measure. Thev
have not sent us here to talk it for a
whole year. We have been very nearly
year in discussing the question Of
taxation since the people sent us here to
execute their will. They passed upon
the question in the election of 1899.
They did not send us here to hear argu-
ments Tor new trial. They sent us
here to execute their Judgment. They
sent us here 10 drive the protectionist |
criminals out of the country, to restore
prosperity, and to bring the country
back to the enjoyment of its natural |
rights. That is our duty. 1t is our duty |
so to alter the parliamentary rules Of |
this body as that we can close the de- |
bate and bring the matter to issue. do
not care what are the traditions of this |
body as to free debate"
There was considerable applause on
the floor and in the galleries as Mr..
Mills concluded his speech.
Senator German, as chairman of the |
Democratic caucus, to-day sent letters to |
the Democratic Senators requesting them |
to be present at the session of Senate to-
morrow and each day thereafter, as the |
Tariff bill will be pushed along until |
completion. The consideration of the |
details of the measure will begin to-
morrow, and the presence of all Demo-
Gratis is desired.
Tried to Settle the Suit by Shooting.
NEW York, April 24-rhree shots