The San Francisco call., 1896-02-24

dues from the corporations. but the poor
man is forced to pay to almost the limit OF
the property he owns.
az have lust been reading an article IN
the Comm monwealth, socialistic paper, L
| believe upon this very subject. 1t is an
| ably written article that shows that tax
! alton would decrease if corporations were
made to pay the Government the amount
they should pay"
| The address that provokes this diversity
of opinion was delivered at the banquet OF,
the Iroquois Club at DeImonico's on Sat
| urday night
James Y. Coleman had preceded him in
an eloquent and frequently applauded
speech to the toast George Washington
They applauded what he said about the
evidence that God had something TO do
with the making of this Government, and
they equally applauded him when speak
ing OF the 1roquois Club. He said:
Let US keep this club out of politics.
Let it be political club yes; but for the
advancement of the party, and not for the
advancement of any individual"
Governor Budd came next, and his re-
marks in response to the toast "Califor-
MIA, were the feature of the evening.
Il was nominated some months ago."
said Governor Budd, ION platform which
have endeavored in my poor way to keep,
though those pledges have cost many
friends would fain have kept and many
heart burnings [ would fain have
avoided"
Then the Governor plunged into economic
matters.
1--WE have in this State five insane asy-
lums, and | don't think, from my inyesti-
cations, that they are a sufficient num-
Der. Great applause. We spend in the
support OF our asylums. our two State
prisons and our two reform schools mil
lions every year. If these institutions were
reduced to the scale of expenditures that
would rule under private auspices a great
saving would be possible
''If this club wants to teach and carry
out the principles of Washington / NAV
believe that there are two kinds OF poll
tics-one for the benefit of the State and
the other for the benefit of the individual,
and follow the dictates of conscience.
Everybody who applies for an office thinks
that he is entitled to it, and everybody
applies for the best office in sight
[laughterl, and nobody dare tell him that
he is not the best man for that office.
''In carrying ont my pledges in my pc
culiar way have often been compelled to
turn down friends, but l made up my
mind that what 1 could do to reduce taxes
| would do. In my appointments I have
often erred but / have done the best [
could.
'The last Legislature made appropria-
tions amounting to $7.900.000 a year. L
insisted that the balance against us be
wiped out, and now the taxes for the next
year ought to shrink to 44.6 cents, or less,
within the tax levy.
Further reductions ought to be made.
We ought to wipe out one of our insane
asylums. We ought to com biEe both our
penitentiaries and our two reformatories
IN one. There should be corporation tax
for benevolent purposes, which would
raise an immense sum and tighten
the tax on the laboring classes. believe
that California should have uniform tax
on wines and liquors, portion of which
should go to the support Of the lnstitu-
tions have mentioned"
John 2. Irish responded to the toast,
The President of the United States" and
during his address he stood up eloquently
for the administration. o. NJ. Welburn.
who responded 20 the toast Democracy"
Ralelgh Barear, Robert Ferral and John
c. Puddock also made addresses.