The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-28

expenSes) a reasonable one
Mr.. Bailey also contended for tn
proposition to coin $4,000, 900 of tn
silver seigniorage and to that h
tender could be added with propriety
The sreenback circulation could be ex
tended that far without danger.
The gentleman from Maine (Mr
Dlngley) advocated the placing of
bonded debt on this country of $500. 900.
OOO Whenever the eountry's credi
ought to be pledged he would be willin,
10 do this, but there was not. in hi
opinion, any necessity for mortgagin,
that credit at this time
TAX THE RICH MEN.
I'VE propose" said Mr.. Bailey, "tc
tax the rich men now rather than Il
mortgage the energies of the poor mer
for coming generations" (AppIause OF
the Democratic side).
Discussing the question of the su.
preme courts decision of the income
tax case, he declared that no question
was ever settled until it was settled
rightly. Mr.. Bailey then entered upor
an extended argument upon the con.
stltutionaltty of an income tax, com
batting the theory that it was a direct
tax inhibited by the constitution. Mr.
Bailey said the income tax provisions
which the minority had drawn, and
which would be offered by Mr.. McMil-
lin, had been drawn to meet that Dor
ton Of the courts decision which was
unanimous, and in which he concurred
by exempting federal, state, county
and municipal bonds.
A JUST TAX.
Nir. Bailey declared that the income
tar was the most just tax ever con-
ceiYed. If / were rich and prosper
ous," concluded Mr., Bailey, II would
contribute of my abundance to nv
country in this time of stress, because
would not want it said in the history
OF these times that the poor gave more
OF their blood than the rich were will
ing to give of their treasure" Cap
plausel.
Mr.. Dolllver (Rep., Ia-), a member OF
the ways and means committee, was
then recognized. He was listened to
with close attention, and was frequent
~ interrupted by applause He said,
In part: There are two ways in which
a government can support a large ex-
pense of this character, either by col
lecting it in cash or by borrowing it
ON credit. The committee on ways an6
means has fully considered both meth
DDS, and have made up our minds that
the government ought to pay as it goes
so far as it can, leaving as little of the
burden of our Intervention in Cuba. to
the future as possible.
CONCERNS THE PRESENT.
IF the war upon which we are about
to enter was to secure new national
possessions or any other ACQUISITION of
material assets, the case might present
a view somewhat different. But here,
for the first time in the history of the
world, nation has of it's own Volt
tlon thrown away any prospect of ag-
grandizement, and has based its action
upon disinterested grounds, so that
what we are about to do, however
much it may minister to the present
satisfaction and comfort of the COM
munity, concerns posterity vastly less
than it does us.
If there was case in the history of
the world where a situation amounting
to declaration of war was the direct
result of the wish and purpose of the
people themselves it is in this case. 1t
cannot be said that the president of the
United States has plunged the country
into war. If he had done so heedlessly.
putting in peril the welfare of a coun-
try like this, instead of being entitled,
as he is, to the respect and confidence
OF the world, it would be better that a
milestone would be hanged about his
neck and he were drowned in the depth
Of the sea. History will acquit the
president of such an act of hostility to
the public welfare.
GAIN ALL WE LOSE.
Il do not predict the size and the
cost of the undertaking in which we
are embarked, but my conviction is that
we Will gain all that we lose and inf
litely more things we have already
gained, and one is the outspoken sym |
oathY of the great English speaking !
ace, of which we are d part: another /
5 larger sense of the unity of the /
American people-a unity that has al /
'eady killed the spirit of sectionalism, |
aiken the poison out of partisan strife |
md brought in the better era of Amer !
can patriotism"
Mr.. Bell pop, Colo.), in stating the
position of the Populists, announced his
inalterable opposition to bond proyis-
on of the bill. Nothing, he declared.
ould cause such a shudder among the
PEOPLE of the country as the announce
nent that they were to be saddled with
mother bond issue.
TOO LARGE A SUM.
Mr.. Savers Dem., Tex), in a minute
peech, said that the bill proposed to
lace at the disposal Of the government
$50, 6o0, 900 in addition to the ordinary
evenueS. The expenses of the civil
var in 1864 were S1,100, 900, 900. But the
government was supporting an army
f 100000 men, and fleets containing
our times as many warships as we now
ad. While no one would go farther
han he in the support of the govern
lent, with these facts before him he
cit convinced that $500, 600, 900 was
astly too large a sum. The corridors
the capitol already swarmed with
len seeking for the contracts. The
resident would be more than human
he could resist their opportunities
WHY TAX THE POOR? :
Then, discussing the provisions of the
i'll, he asked why the taxes were to
e exclusively levied against the poor
Thy did not the rich railroads bear
art of the burden? Why did not the
)lossal Standard Oil company bear its
mare? The burdens should fall equally
n all interests. ,
Mr.. Lacey (Rep., la gave notice of ;
n amendment to prevent the invali-
alton of instruments on which the l
amps due were inadvertently omitted. I
Mr.. Ridgely Pop., Kan.) closed the
ebate for the afternoon with some '
ref remarks in opposition to the bond !
azure of the bill.
At o'clock the house recessed until 8 + I
clock. I