The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-30

mutation. | know OF no argument that
Is at all conclusive or rational that
can be urged against this form OF taxa.
ton. .'F
FAIR TAX. "
II wo aro not to oimpouo sny additional
tax on clgarottes a4 wo do, II VIC arc not
to impose tax on playing cards "a is
proposed by us; II wo arc not to i'm
poso u tax on inheritaucos, and II We
arc not to place tax upon tho incomes
In this country as this bill provides, or
increase tho whisky tax, wish 10 know
from what sources wD arc to get that
deficiency which has been churaoteristic
OF tho revenues for months past, and
bids fair TO be up to tho fund OF the
present, II not tho succeeding flacal year.
There is nothing in this bill against
which any just man can complain,
there is nothing 10 arouse fcar that an
Ill came from it. 1t Is no tax on bread.
II is no embargo placed on prosperity.
tits no effort to prevent prosperity. 1tis
no death blow aimed at commerce, but
1t is an ellort to in some way require
zach citizen to contribute to tho govern
mont in proportion TO what ho has.
"We have at last discovered how TO
govern man and still leave him free.
This is best dono by protecting him in
his life, llberty and pursuit Of happi-
ness and leaving him to work out his
own salvation. Any laws that discrimi-
nate against ono class OF citizens and in
favor OF another cannot long stand.
believing "a lido thatits adoption will
result in n public beneiaction my whole
heart goes forth in its advocacy and I
am ready to stand or fall with the prin-
ciple OF equity which 1t carries"
Mr.. McMillin was followed by Rep
resentative Ray, (Rep. New York, who
opened tho debate ior the Republicans
In opposition to tho income tax. He
attributed business depression to
threatened tariff changes and con.
trasted Democratic policy on an in
come tax during the wnr and at present,
TARsEEr's POINT.
Mr.. Tarsney, OF Missouri, one Of tho
Democrats Of the ways and means com.
mittee, followed Mr.. Ray.
Men, he said, should pay according
to their wealth for the support and
protection Of the government. There
is $4,000. 100000 OF property in this
country. II one man owned 81 ,000,-
100000 would 1t not be just that he
should be taxed his equitable share ior
the proportion of his propertyH
Mr.. Dlnsmore Dem, Arkansas)'said
this hour was an auspicious one, rs il
marked new era IN taxation. 1t
meant that the wealth OF the country
was to pay just tributs to tho govern.
ment for the benefits it received from
tho governmental system. 1t meant
that the. great burden., OF L taxation-vwas
to be taken from the shoulders of the
poor. fe &
Mr.. Daniels (Rep., Now York; called
attention to the hostile attitude occu-
pied By the Democratic party toward
the income tax for years, and the words
Of great Democratic leaders like Samuel
]. Tildon in condemnation OF it. He
proceeded with careful argument
against the income tax.
Mr.. Williams (Dem., Miss. in sup
porting the income tax said that it was
not new thing. It has been resorted
to by every democracy since tho days
of solon as the most equitable OF all
taxes.
He was followed by Mr.. Hall Dem,
Mo- who has been ono Of tho most
earnost advocates Of an income tax on
the Democratic side. Taxation, as Mr.
Hall asserted, came from one Of three
sources, rent, profit or wages.
He quoted from Adam Smith, Johr
Stuart Hill and other eminent politica
economists in, support Of the principle
OF an income tax He challenged any
one to point out single economist o.
note, barring possibly Mr.. Howell. o
Johns Hopkins University, who had
not endorsed an income tax, ~ 4. S