The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-29

feet than that Of aro,tsing such indig~a-
tiom 6saoNg tie free men Of tie people that Il
sOosld never be repeated. It was wick.
Cd assault upon the rights OF the peo-
PIE, He predicted that the decision
would provoke contest such as the
country ould have been spared. In
speaking Of Che decision Of the court:
.Such result is one ito be deeply
deplored. It cannot be regarded 9TH
erWise than a disaster to the country.
The practical, If not the direct, effect
of the decision to-day is to give to
certain kinds Of property q position OF
favoritism and advantage that Is sn-
eoasstent Nth the fundamental principles
Of our social organization and to invest
them with power and influence that
may be perilous to that portion OF the
American people upon whom rests the
larger part of the burdens OF the gov
eminent, and sclo ought not to be subject
Cd to the domination of aggregated ece0hh
any more than the property Of the country
should be at the mercy Of the la,cless.
This Is extraordinary language COM
ing from so high source. 1t has
created q profound sensation all over
the country. Here is telegram from
one of the hire]ings:
Washington, May ga boom has
been inaugurated to nominate Justice
Harlan for president by those who ia
vor the income tax, and it is said
Harlan has the bee buzzing around
his head very lively. He has received
many kilograms inquiring how he
stands on the money question. The
new silver party may conclude to take
him UP. and the Populists, of course,
would stand ready to indorse him.
Harlan was appointed as Republi-
can, but his recent decision is strong
~ tainted with agrarianism, and the
Populist party will undoubtedly ten
der him a presidential nomination.
And Justice Jackson was no less
emphatic in his utterances, He said:
'"This decision. in his opinion. prac-
tically destroyed the po,cer of the government
to reach incomes. 1t takes from Con-
gress its rightful power to fix the rate
of taxation and substituted therefor a
rule incapable of application without
imposing the most 7nOa,st1Vus inc quality on
the citizens Of a common country, The de-
cisiOn reversed the common rule Of
taxation by exempting those who
were best able to pay and forcing the
burden upon the shoulders of those
least able to pay. In concluding, JUS
tice Jackson said, in his opinion the
decision was the most disastrous blo,U erer
struck at the constitutional po,cer of Con-
gress. 1t struck down an important,
vital and essential power of the gov
eminent. 1t left the government in
case OF necessity without power to
- II, 1~
vast incomes derived from the real
1.-THE decision." he continued, us A
DISASTER AND MUST BE REGARDED AS
A PUBLIC CALAMITY"
No such language has ever before
come from the Supreme Bench, ad-
dressed by one Judge to his fellows.
It shows how profoundly these two
judges realize the vastness and depth
of the revolution through which we
are passing.
Remember, friends, that the Chief
Justice who delivered this decision,
destroying the Income Tax, 1.-THE
fancy of this new cataclysm,) is an
inconsequental, obscure, petty-headed,
trifltng lawyer, discovered by Cleve-
land, in Chicago, unknown outside of
his own bailiwick. He is a Demo-
crat: = and the rest of them
are Democrats and Republicans. And
these Ave men are masters Of this con-
tinent to-day. and Of this people and
all their posterity! My God! 1t is
monstrous! Universal suffrage cul-
initiating In this!
Will you stand still, brethren, and
see this iniquity accomplished?
What can you do?
Work! Work!
II you have got but two dollars in
the world buy bread with one of them,
and give the other to the PROSECUTING
Of the benighted people. Spread the
gospel of truth everywhere. In the
name Of Washington and Jefferson
and Lincoln we call upon you not to
let this great republic perish.