Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-05-26
Hanna That War Has Forced
the Most of 1t.

vantage of the present emergency to
plumber and rob the people:
"Since Mckinney became president
the money barons have exhausted
their artful recourses to bring about
bond issue. Every proposition they
advanced met with cold reception.
They had the experience of the Cleve-.
land administration before them and
they hesitated about flying in the face
of an enraged nation. This war, how
ever, has furnished preteXt and with
hungry greed the avaricious republic
cans seize upon it. All will admit
that this war should be pushed vigor-
ously. That in order to do so money
should be furnished the administration
in a sufficient amount to meet all en-
ergencies that may arise. So great
are the resources of this nation this
can be done without imposing any Sc
rious burdens on our people. If we
cannot whip Spain without issuing a
single bond we ought to so out of the
government business. Grover Cleve-
land wrecked the democratic party on
the question of bond issue. The re-
publicans are drifting into the same
dangerous channel and the same fate
awaits them. The money now in the
treasury, supplemented by an issue of
treasury notes similar to the green
backs, now in circulation, is all that is
needed to carry this war to speedy
and successful termination.
Hon. John G. Bell, (pop Colo,) in his
speech on the war measure, delivered
on the floor of the house on April 9th
said:
This country fought the war of 1879
with England to successful termina-
ton on treasury notes when we had
only 100000 people, and with small
taxable property. During the war of
1916 with Mexico we issued 500, 100000
in legal tender treasury notes receiva-
BILE by the government, and fought the
war successfully. We broke
the panics of 1887, 1857 and 1873 by
large issues of treasury notes.
Hon Freeman Knowles (pop. South
Dak.) made very able and effective
speech on the war measure, in the
cause of which he forcibly advocated
the levying of an income tax on the
rich to aid in support of the govern
ment For one hundred years, he said,
it had been constitutional until the
corporations and mathematics got con-
troll of the supreme court and reversed
the decision in favor of the rich.
Speaking of the action of the court in
declaring the income tax unconstitu-
tional he said:
"Mr Chairman, it was once said:
There is divinity that doth hedge
about king We have changed this
old superstition to read: There is di.
vinity that doth hedge about court )
/ do not believe theirs is any public Of
fetal or any body of such officials who
are above criticism. Much less are the
members of the United States supreme
court They are human, and very hu-
man. Some of their appointments have
been badly tainted by corruption. Jay
Gould paid $4,000 into the republican
campaign fund, in consideration for
which his old attorney, Stanley Mat
thews, was appointed toa seat upon
the supreme bench.
''Most Of the present members have
been lifelong attorneys of the great
corporations, and were appointed be-
cause of that fact. The probate court
which recently settled the estate of a
deceased membrr of the supreme court
founded members Of his family loaded