The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-15
q, ~ he>ns liI Appropriation Ia The
Urgent Ilhcsncy Bill.
ATTITUDE OF iHS LAIR ATTACKED,
AsA she New Yssk Senator Makes Sharp
RepIy-sseater Pugh to the keseas.
uou,o Procs edinEs.

thoTize the United States courts to near
ana determine questions as 10 the consti-
tutionaiity and validity of the income
tax.
Mr.. Stewart took the floor and conclud-
cd his speech begun Saturday. free sIl-
Yer speech.
Mr.. Gorman next addressed the SEN
ate. The pending proposition was. he
said, q simple and PLAIN one. An appro-
pria1on bin was before the Senate, pro-
viding for defciencies. among them one
10 enable the Secretary of the Treasury
TO Gerry out the law for the collection OF
al income tax. but what the senator
from New York desires" Mr.. German
continued. rs a provision separate and
distinct. exceptional in this case pro-
vision that would enable any taxpayer
TO suspend the income tax, by injunction,
10 reverse the rule and to prevent the
money coming into the Treasury until
every question that might bo raised by
every unwilling taxpayer should be de-
cided by the Supreme court Of the United
States" such an attempt. Mr.. German
declared, would be wrong, would be be-
yond the power of the Senate and would
be destructive TO the interests OF the
Treasury.
HAZARDOUS TALK AT BRsr.
you cannot eliminate" said he. "a
single provision of the tav'm law which
brings revenue into the Treasury, with
out substituting something IN It's place
that Will produce an equal amount OF
revenue. And l repeat that there Is no
justification or excuse for any senator
who proposes to make reduction, unless
ne can show that this body can legally
add to the revenue an equal amount by
other prov1sions-and that cannot be done.
There never was a more hazardous un-
dertaking than that OF revising the tarifr
law at the time the Democratic party
undertook II. The bill was a cornpro-
mise measure. and no bill could have
passed the senate, except by a compro-
mise, to which every Democratic senator,
except the senator from New York (Mr.
HID, agreed. AS b whole, and as II
stands to-day, the tariir law Is the act
of the Democratic party, and 1t is the
best tariff law that has been on the
statute-books for forty years. The SEN
ntor from New York was not party 10
that compromise. There Is something in
the atmosphere of Northern New YORK
which 1t seems to me, makes IL lmpos-
sible for statesman from that sectloh
ever to compromise. Naughtep. Inc
question then was, the Mckinley act or
the pending bill. but the senator from
New York told his colleagues on this
sido Of the chamber: Either give me my
way. or yeu shaA never pass the BILL In
that Compromise we put this Income tax.
m HILL HAD HAD Ms WAY.
ssNov I might excuse the Senator from
New York for sntagonixing this provision
AZ II were not for the fact that whist
we were considering the tartn Diu ne Iio'
only opposed the inconfe feature. put
he Joined with all the extreme tariH re-
formers who wanted to cut Gown the
revenuo from customs. II that senator
had had hls way he would have had nve
hundred millions Of bonds to issue IN
order 70 nay the current expenses OF the
C;ovorument between that time and 1881.
] coulu never follow leader WHO would
deliberakely put this Government In
position to increase the national deot 10
nav its current expenses. l do not be-
Neve that a ma .ional debt is national
pleasing. / have no sympethy with the
men who proclaim themselves advanced
reformers, and who, under guise Oh re-
form. want to increase the national deD''
Mr.. German said that under the existing
tariff law the larger part OF the revenue
came not from customs, but from inter-
nal revenue taxation. The customs did
not furnish revenue enough TO pay the
pensions. scan we." he asked reduce
the expenses? / answer no. You cannot
reduce the expenditures materially
"The general expenses the Govern
ment will grow rather than diminish. In
deed. the Secretary OF the Treasury puts
the expenditures for 1896 some millions
higher than those for 1895. and he Is quite
right In that estimate.
AN APPEAL TO REPUBLICANS.
Appealing directly TO Republican SEN
ators, Mr.. Goiman said
''You come into power on the 4th OF
March next under better conditions than
q
have removed from your pathway many
of the distractions. You have. as COM
pared with our work. little TO do. You
come with a majority In the other house
as great as we had there. You have In
this body a majority equal to. IL not
greater. than that which we have. The
responsibility will be, then, on you And
] say to the Senator from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Quay that l, for one, will treat
him and his friends In a spirit different
from that which he has manifested TO
us. In any question that affects the
finances Of the Government, or that is
necessary 10 prevent the bankruptcy OF
the Treasury, or that Is necessary TO
reform the currency. will help you, and
you ought to volunteer to help US now"
HILL RZPLIfs TO ooRMAN.
Mr.. Hin replied to the speech Of Mr..
German, who, he said. should have con-
lined himself TO the vindication Of his own
course. instead of trying to put other SEN
atoru In a false position. That senator
had been with him (Mr. HID in his fight
against some Of the provisions Of the
tariff bill. That senator had not been
alone In his predictions Of the failure of
revenue under the bill. He Chr. HID had
also made the like predictions.
He had not voted for the tariff bin.
which no again alluded to facetiously
~ 'sThe Gorman-Smith-B Brice- Wilson Il
Company's BILL" and he declined to be
held responsible by Mr.. German or any
body else for any Of the evils which II
had inflicted on the country. He supposed
that the men who voted for bill should
be held responsible for it-not those who
voted against II. trhe Senator from Mary
land. instead OF complaining Of the
amendments offered to the urgent de-
Gciency bill. should have been glad Of ]
the opportunity afforded 70 him to vindi-
cate himself That was IN opportunity
which the senator. doubtless. had long
ooueht. He (Mr. HILL did not propose ..
H0w TO enter into any. dincunndon about
che propriety OF ho income tax. The
DISTINGUISHED Seuat9e from Naryiend had
baon With him O. ~ 01r6ooo6i v6en Re
ma6e the attact g thaf SeovIs1pn 81 the
bijt, but on on3 ~. alfes he {1fr. HIN
hai been absent 9 Ne North. - rofurn.
- - the Senate ehaunbor ona pFo1to.
charge. the BenGtor non NnfYlnnd WI
TOR ths cbnoxioucs lRtquitoos iucoms tax
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