St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-31

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it. They will welcome it because it
will make them class in this country.
Lock at the whole history of the world
and see the growth of one nation and
the decay of another, and everywhere
you will find that where inSti-
tutions have been created that will
preserve property. they have grown.
prospered and tlourished until they
ceased 10 give security for human in
dnstry and then they decayed and fell .
What was it that enabled all the great
gie:s of the crown to be dissolved by
France, some of them more important
even than the crown itself? Why was
1t that Burgundy and AQuitaine and
of them more important than the estab-
liShment or the king himself, were alb
sorbed by the crown? Do you suppose
1t was on account OF the action of Louis
Al? Do you suppose it was on account
or the necessities Of settlement? No. it
was the firm belief of those who created
property, the small earnerS of moneys
that the feudal system was hostile to
them, and The crown friendly; and the
rise of the crown was due to the belief
that it would operate for the protection
of property. If you will look back to
the sixteenth century after the time
Louis XII. and Cardinal d'Amboise,
when all of the great houses had disap-
peared and the mobiles were shrunk INTO
inSignlticance. the bourgeoisie and the
small accumulatorS of property, the
toiling masses,
UPHELD THE GROWN.
1.-The king was their protector. and
every man was for the king. The king
ship was based on the confidence of the
common people that he would be ready
to reduce the taxes and insure property;
and the klngship grew and lived for
centuries, until it in turn became OPP
preSsive and distributed The burdens of
life unfairly. When the productive
masses bore all the taxes universal
bankruptcy existed, and until there
were no persons from whom taxes could
be eXacted, no more production, no
more industrial growth, then they swept
the crown and kingship away, and lib
erty, bound for ages, struggled to its
feet, indifferently lighted the castles of
| its opprcsSors with the torch it had kim
| died TO guide its own steps until, stag
| gering and blinded by the very light it
had created, it fell dying into the hands
| of Bunaparte "
Mr.. Cochran went on in a glorious
burst of eloquence to appeal to his Dem
! 0cratlc colleagues not to commit this
fatal error. He warned them not to
| throw away New York, the stronghold
| of Democracy, as some hot-headed
member had counseled them to do. He
! pointed to the result of disaffectlon in
Scotland when the Highlands and the
Lowlands
WE'RE AT WAR.
He quoted the language Of Jefferson,
of Tilden, of Thurman, of Bayard, OF
Stevens. the sacred saints and apostles
r~f ~
| country" he asked, with the evolution
of McMillin. Fithian and Livingston,
and show the people how we have
| grown? Laughter
Protest against this change" he
| concluded; sit is treason to the party,
| it's heroes and its faith. | believe every
| man should be as equal before the law
as before his God; before the ballot as
before the altar; and so [ stand here
now appealing for eQuality-for one
country, one God, one Democratic
party without distinction of class.
| wealth or race"
The cheers which greeted the con-
clusion of his speech continued, despite
! the efforts of the chairman to preserve
order. for fully three minutes. Mem
| bers crowded about the giant New York
| orator to extend their congratulations,
| and he was finally forced to retire to
the cloak room, so confusing was the
| demonstration. When order was re-
stored Mr.. Bryan, of Nebraska, the
| champion of the income tax, took the
floor. In the course of his speech ne
| referred to recent showing that 81 per
cent of the United States own only %
per cent of the total wealth, while the
remaining 9 per cent own II per cent of
| the total wealth.
The people of the United States who
| have small incomes pay on an average
more than 10 per cent of their incomes
to support the government, while the
| rich pay smaller per cent. Why should
not this tax be added, in order that the
! burdens be partially equaliZeJ? 1t is
| objected that this tax will endanger the
tariff bill. am not afraid that any
| Democratic member will refuse to re.
lieve tine common people of the heavy
| burden placed upon them by
THE MCKINLEY BILL
| for fear he will impose a light burden
! by means OF an income tax upon those
who are amply able to bear it. ! pro-
test against the perversion of language
which we have witnessed in this cham
| Der. They tell US that those who make
the load heavier upon those least able
to bear it are distributing the burdens
Of government with impartial hand,
but those who insist that each citizen
| should pay i'll proportion to his wealth
are blinded by prejudice against the
rich; they call that man a statesman
whose ear is tuned TO catch the slightest
| pulsationS of a pocketbook, and de-
nounce as demagogue the man who
dares to listen to the heart beat of hu.
mainly. Ward McAliister, the leader
of the New York Four Hundred, said the
other day that the income tax, if adopted,
would compel many of the best people
of New York to live abroad where
living is cheaper, but while there where
will they stay? England taxes incomes
more than per cent; Prussia as high
as per cent; Switzerland as high as S
Der cent; Italy as high as IL per cent
and Austria high as 20 per cent. But
who will eXpel himself rather than sup
| port his government? Who will choose
| to live under monarchy even without
republic with a per cent tax? If such
there be, let them depart. We can bet
ter dispense with their wealth than
| submit TO the contamination of theii
| presence.
At-the close of Mr.. Bryan's speech he
was accorded an ovation rivaiing that
which had just marked the close OF
Mr.. Cockrans attack on the income tax.
| The advocates of the tax crowded abou,
he Nebraska member, and for several
minutes long line of members filed up
to shake hands with him, while the
galleries joined in the repeated rounds
of applause coming from the members
The house then recessed until s
| o'clock.
At the night session almost the entire
evening was devoted to the discussion
of the income tax.
Messrs. Coombs and HendricksDem
n. Y. opposed it while MeSsrs. Dear.
mond Dem.. N. j.. Tucker Dem., Va,
Mad OK Uem.. Ga.), Wheeler Dem.,
Ala. }, and Davis Pop. Kansas), en-
dorsed it. Mr.. Lucas tRep., S. D. Cd.
posed the entire tariff measure, includ-
ing the income tax feature.
Mardi Gras.
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