The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-01-19


one. I am convinced the masses OF the |
people who comprise the Drawn and /
sinew of the land, who love justice and |
honest dealing. the people whom Lin
coin said could not be fooled all the !
time. viii come back and render a YER
dict in favor of those who knew when |
their party was in the minority that
there was a deficiency and who had
the courage when in the majority to in
sist on trying to make the receipts meet
the expenditures. They will give credit
to the great statesmen whom they
treated uniustly."
why not pass some bill now to in
crease the revenue?' asked Senator
Aldrich.
I'VE have no power to do So
There are some measures on the cal
endar." Senator Aldrich alluded TO the
bill to place iron and coal on the free
list and to abolish the differential on
refined sugar.
But they decrease the revenue" re-
piled German
1--WE could alter their character" said
Aldrich.
''Will you aid us to take them up?''
Interrupted Senator Vest.
IF you will change their character.
yes, Alullcn fepDeu.
Certainly" observed Vest with a
smile "if we will substitute the Nc
Kinley act'
In concluding Senator German said:
1T would be good policy and good pol
itics for the republicans to join us, sink
party differences, and not let this ques-
ton be made a football any longer"
/ ALLISON ARRAIGNS CLEVELAND.
Senators Hill and Allison were in
stantly on their feet asking recognition.
The latter was recognized. Allison COM
plimented the Maryland senator for
cleary, and for the first time, making it
apparent from a democratic standpoint
that the country was now face to face
with a great deficit. The senator had
not mentioned the currency question
He had gone to the really great emer-
gency the governments grave need of
revenue now, and the prospect Of having
still greater lack of revenue.
"And yet with the situation before
us in two months congress separates
not to convene again for nearly a year
from the present time" he went on.
There is a remedy at hand. There
are bills here, sent from the house to
further reduce the revenues on coal and
iron The duty of the hour is to take
these bills and instead of passing them
and further reducing the revenues, to
so frame them as to yield $50, 600 000
additional to our revenues"
Senator Allison expressed amuse-
ment that the president and the secre-
tary of the treasury should remain
passive with no suggestion to congress
as to the imperative necessity of in
creasing the revenues of the govern
ment. With a tremendous democratic
, majority in congress it was plair
duty that they should be reminded il
unmistakeable language from the ex
ecutive branch of the government tina
the revenues must be increased at once
to a point sufficient to sustain the cred
ii of the government. This was thu
present pressing duty, instead of vain
conferences over currency bill, or tn
. reform of greenbacks, or the man!
financial plans under discussion. H
urged that the statistics that he pre-
scented showed that the Mckinley Law
would have yielded ample revenue
u From the outset the normal action o
that law was interrupted by the threa
of revising and multiplying it. Alliso
-, closed with a vigorous appeal to thos
> in authority, the president, the secre
tary of the treasury, the administrator
, and congress- to meet the emergenc
here and now instead of waiting for
! full year
=, HILL SCORES GORMAN.
- Senator Hill said Of the senate
. from Maryland desires to vindicat
- himself, see no reason why he shoul
:. not have the opportunity. But in urs
= ing this vindication, the senator froI
a Maryland should not seek to impeac
II those who supported the Wilson bill
F That senator was among those VIII
+ voted for that bill. I was not anon
- those who voted for it. 1t is a pecuiia
e situation to find senators who vote
= against a law criticised for its existenc
r. by those who voted for it,"
y, AS to the income tax, Senator Hi
=, understood the senator from Marylan
h to be opposed to it, but after time
presto. change!-the senator was foun
= to favor that tax for a period of fix
- years. Senator Hill defined his pos
i ton, which was to repeal the tax.
10 it was to stand. he would offer no Of
20 position to the appropriation for Il
p, carrying of it into effect.
n IF the commissioner of internal re-
Ia enue should be enjoined from collectir
~ the tax by one party in the District
i Columbia, pending determination Of
constitutionality," asked Senator Villa
Ia "would not that prevent the collectiC
o. of tax anywhere until the case was d
or cided?"
10 .'It would not" replied Senator Hi
tn who proceeded 10 argue the mum "
~, would only lie for the benefit of al
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