The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-01-14

Mr.. Vest said he regretted tha
the court had not only permitted
but encouraged the indulgence by
counsel Of scurrilOus references tt
the motives of those who had par
ticipated in framing the income
tax legislation for granting eXemp
tions to certain interests, and pro
cceded to explain the reasons fol
those exemptions.
Resuming the thread Of his dis
course Mr.. Vest said he did not be.
lieve that the terrible effect Of this
decision had yet been apprchen d.
ed by the people Of the country
at marks new era," he said, Sand
| greatly mistake if the time does
not come when neither soft words
nor honeye praises will prove &
sufficient apology" 1t was beyond
credibility that u Vanderbilt with
his hundreds Of millions should
have to pay no more than the poor.
est of men, and that the army and
navy must be used to support hi m
in his rig ghts, as must be the case
if the decision was to stand. lie
predicted that the time would come
when the truth Of Justice Brown 5
opinion would be everywhere rec
ognized that that decision of the
supreme court had fixed for all
time the freedom from federal tax
alton of the "sordid wealth of the
land"
He reviewed the record of the
last three administrations. Though
he differed with the head of his
party in many things, he declared
that no administrati, n in the hist
ory of the country had been more
successful than the Cleveland ad-
ministration from 1885 50.
"What Democratic lazy was in
force during those four years 2"
asked Mr.. Hoar.
"The Democratic party" replied
Mr.. Vest, "was at the head Olaf
fairs" Ifsuccess were to be meas
ured by the amount of gold export
ed he desired to call the attention
of the other side to the fact that
during Cleveland's first admins
tration but about S0,OO0,0O0 of gold
had been exported, against $2l3,
100000 for Mr.. Harrisons admins
tration. So far $lSl, 100000 had
been exported under the present
administration. He went extern
sively into the figures of revenues,
expenditures, etc, to show that the
present condition of the treasury
was largely heritage from the
preceding administration. lie
charged the Harrison administra.
ton with defaulting in the pay
mcnt of the obligations of the
government and of the misappro-
priation of trust funds amounting
to $jG,OO0,0O0. When the Republi-
cans returned to power in all
branches of the government in 1890,
he declared ironically, they
thought they owned the county.
They rested their fate on three
measures, the force Lill, which fail
ed, the Mckinley law and the
Sherman law. They went to the
people and came back funernal
procession, stamped beneath the
feet of popular disapproval. The
Mckinley law was afterwards de-
nounced by many Republicans ;
the Sherman law, bastard that ii
was, was repudiated by one of its
authors. Whatever the Demo-
cratic party had done ii had not
placed on the statute books a law
that it was compelled to go before
the country and rcpudiate. He
admitted that his side was divided
on the subject of silver. The coun-
try was divided. There was, he
said, All irrepressible conflict in the
land, as irrepressible as that which
resulted in the clash of the armies
of the north and south.
81 trust" Mr.. Vest said, "that
the issue will not be submitted to
the aIbltrament of violence, but
the conflict was inevitable between
these who believe in the use of sill
yer as u money of ultimated re-
denption along with gold and
those who believe in the single
gold standard. To evade it was
impossible. The quicker it was
decided the better it would be for
the public and private life of the
land"
In the course of review of some
Of the history Of the passage of the
Mckinley law Mr.. Vest described,
much to the amusement OF the
galleries, the manner in which, on
lhe night the bill was reported to
he house, hides were suddenly re-
moved from the dutiable list to tho