The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-26
Thr War Pcnd Is,ues and Stamp Taxes.

The War Ecnd Issues and Stamp Taxes.
Having based an argument in sup
port uf the Democratic denunciatlon OF
the war loan on the absurd allegation
that 1T would probably not have been
necessary to make bond Issue had the
Dingley tariff not been rank failure as
a revenue producer" It should be in or
der for the Register to figure out how
Il is expected any sort of revenue blu.
pissed only to meet peace conditions,
could be made to furnish enough reve-
nue. to meet a war emergency. besides
paying the ordinary expenses Of the gov
eminent No bond Issue was made un-
81 after this expensive war was forced
upon the country. while the very doc
urine Of the Democratic party IS that
tarin taxe9 should be 'iHmited to the
requirements Of the expense OF the gov
eminent" when on peace basis.
The war loan was an emergency
measure, and nothing else. It was a
necessity, The war came upon US Just
Al q time when the revenues under the
piuEley bill we're proving the adequacy
Of that measure, but these revenues
were never expected to pay the daily
expense Of the government and at the
same time equip an army of nearly
three hundred thousand men, to conduct
q war on foreign soil. and on the seas
vfth an expensive navy. The emergen-
cy had to be met The absurd idea
that, even IL the Dlngley revenue meas
ure were yielding a surplus, something
the Democratic party Is opposed TO- a
war loan would have been unnecessary.
& hardly worthy Of any one who has a
particle of common sense.
The Register Itself, and thu Demo
cratic leaders in Congress, were among
the loudest OF the war howiers. They
would have had It even before the coun-
try was prepared. They denounced the
newspapers and leading men who point
"a out the enormous expense, and pre-
dIcted bond Issues, stamp taxes and all
the accompanlmen1s Of war in every
country. as peace at any price" advo-
Gates, and as counting the money cost
against all other considerations. The
war came, aud with it all the obligations
which the country was obliged to as
Sume. among them the raising OF the
FUNDS as quickly as possible for Its con-
duct. OF necessity the war broadened
I'm It's scope. and must be followed out
until Spain Is conquered.
however revenues were to be rnised
for the conduct OF the war. and this
measure was one Of the immediate ne
oessIaes. The people demonstrated their
coincidence in the government by sub
ccrfblng for the loan Elk times over 1t
ms a-course such as has been adopted
N time of war By this country and
other countries at ati times. Incident
oiIv we may say, the last Democratic
administration issued loans amounting
"a nearly the sum just described. but Il
was. in a time Of peace.
Having demonstrated that had the
Dnriey bill been proper one 1t
wouidn't have been necessary to make
war Ioas," to It's own satisfaction. the
REGISTER In its cndeavor to defend an
sbsurd declaration made in a platform
IN which a Democratic campaign Is to
NJ made in this district, proceeds to
chow that tho Republican party pro-
oosost 10 keep the stamp tax operating In
deanitely. Therefore we presume the
s,amp tax to help conduct a war which
tbe Register. along with the whole
country. believes Is q Just one, Is also a
had thing. Perhaps, also. the Dingley
bin had It been anything but peacs
revenue measure might have saved this
necessity. How. then, are the immed!i-
ate expenses 70 be paid7
The Registers talk about the STAMP
tax being maintained for the future fol-
the conduct Of en- "imperIRl policy" II