St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-25
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turn back home and

APPEAL TO TIE BALLOT BOX.
Mr. Mills devoted large part of his
speech to The defense of the income tax.
lie Landed the action of the committee
IN reporting tax on incomes. Why
should wealth be taxed? The object of
all just government was to secure 10 all
Its subjects all the rights with which
they were endowed by nature and pro-
teciion IN the enjoyment Of those rights
Ill which they were guaranteed by their
government.
II would like TO KNOW" he said, ION
what principle the owners of millions
insi st that they should not be taxed"
he SAID that the opponents of the in
| come tax said it WAS inQuisitorial, an
archlstIc. socIaliStic, to lay a tax of 2
per cent on incomes, but when poor
fellow wants shirt and is taxed 100
per cent Tor III. nothing is said about its
being socialistic and anarcliistic. He
enunciat?d the principle that tax
should he collected in proportion 10 the
taxpayers ability to pay it, and that
depended on the amount of protection
he received. 1t was said that the income
tax was unjust and Ubiquitous, and the
senator from New York (Mr. Hid in his
speech few days ago had called it by
all kinds OF vile names; yet when he
was governor of the state of New York
for six years he had never told the
legislature that the income tax which
was on lhe statute looks of the state
was
UNJUST AND UBIQUITOUS.
1t was useless to denuunce the income
tax as Ubiquitous. unjust, etc; it was
useless &c make any suphistical remarks
about the difficulty of collecting the
tax. The law was going to be passed,
he declared emphatcally. if not by this
congress, then by the next.
The forclble way in which the Sena-
tor made this statement elected ap-
plause from The galleries, which was
checked by the gavel of the presiding
officer.
"Mr. President" continued the
senator earnestly, there is duty de-
volving OIL this body which canno; be
evaded. We must pass this bill, make
1t as good as we can first, bui pass it we
must. We must not only pass it, but we
must stop talking about it. The Amer
lean people demand it. They s4nt us
here for that purpose: they did not send
us here to hear arguments for new
trial; they sent us here to drive the
criminal out of the country; to restore
the country to its natural rights. | do
not care whether the traditions of this
body are observed OF not. am in favor
Of limiting debate. In the early days OF
the country there was no such thing as
iii!buSterlng, but it is here how in full
force. say that il forty-four senator's
on this side of the chamber and
the forty-fifth in the presiding
officers chair were of the same
opinion as |, would pass this bill in
fOrty-eight hours. The people want
this bill passed now; they do not want
to wait until they are starving to death ;
they do not want to wait until the whole
country is paralyZed; but, they want to
dot now. Then the business prosperity
of the country will revive Then the
condition of things will be changed,
night will disappear, darkness and dis
tresS will leave the land. prosperity
will come to our borders, light and suli-
shine will tighten up all our faces and
the country will once more resume It's
career in prosperity"
Inc CLOSE OF ar. Mills speech was
greeted by q hearty round of applause
from the galleries, and his Democratic
colleagues crowded around him to eX-
tend their congratulations Ithad been
expected that the speech would be much
longer. 1t consumed just two hours
and fifteen minutes. The Republicans,
who expected the Democrats would
consume the entire day, were not pre-
pared 10 go on. Accordingly, on mo-
ton of Mr. Harris, the selIate went into
executive session at 30 p. H., and at
4:10 adjourned.