Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-27

receiving hire or pay for such trans
poftation of persons, freight or mails.
In conclusion. White declared that 1t
would be the plain people who would
not only offer up their lives in defence
OF the national honor but who would
also pay the bulk of the taxes for the
conduct of the war. He appealed 10
senator's to permit the bill to pass in
such form as would distribute with rca~
sonablc equity the burdens it imposed
and to levy taxation that would be fair
to the american people and reflect hon
or upon the American Senate.
Teller followed. He said he had no
intention of discussing the bill from a
partisan standpoint. considering the
necessity for properly conducting the
war more important than the securing
of partisan advantage. He adverted to
the interest felt by the American peo-
pie in the Cuban question, saying the
struggling people could have been aid
ed in the past without violating the
neutrality laws.
Tie thought war might have been
avoided. nut now that the war was on
he wanted to see it conducted by q
united country. The administration
'ii>'7 hf'i y" "S NNNiS t''t ".''
there Noutd be no holding BACK the
9lile"S Vi VAL All the men ana an ihc
money.
! elter referred TO the uhpfepafed con
ultI"h Oh me country Tor WAY ana sait
TINS Shuulu io' nave peeh the case. ne
uic NOT hcIieNe the war would DC OF
IONS duration anu sald no vast appfo-
pflatiohs would ne necessary III us con-
4, 7,
duVt. lie Salu there was h"t under In"
circumstances the usual Justliicatlohs
LOT taAllS 1utufe generations 70 pay
lof lhe war as II was not as the clFh
war war fot self preservation.
lcllor asserted that the bona feature
OF the bill was IN no wise coEnate to
4 revenue measure ana declared that II
vas merely Attached for the purpose ot
taxing advantage O the war eHlSehcE
10 secure authority Ter a bona issue
1akih& up the House blil, 1eiier con-
graduated the committee upon ellml-
mating the tonnage tax, which he said,
was equivalent 10 tax upon exports.
He did not think the bill would produce
| as much revenue as estimated by the
committee ard said the senate was
entitled 10 a detailed estimate Instead
of this when they called for Facts they
We're given only Guesscs.
lht@rrupting. Allison said 1t was i'm
| possible To state with anything moro
than approximate accuracy what reVe-
| nue. would be raised from the bill. Els
| Inmates We're necessarily uncertain
! " he. for instance, could tell what
amount would lie derived from the pro
! posed bank check tax?
Teller said Allison's explanation was
an admission that the committee had
| been guessing. He took up the amend
| ments for greenbaclls, the coinage Of
! the seigniorage. the. the corporation
| TAX and supported them at somc
| length.
| Teller said he did not believe there
| should he Il line drawn between stat"
| ana national taxation. If this linz
was to be drawn the states might rem
der it Impossible to conduct grea'
war. He said the people Of the Unite /
States We're better able now to pay
81 0oo,0oo,o 900 as internal tax than they
were TO pay $ioo,ooo,ooo in the Civil!
/ War
AS for himself, he Would not only tax
corporations but he would also inclu l.
/ producing individuals. He would not
put tax upon the poor; he would pul
it upon the rich. he would tax sala-
| ries, as wei those Of senators as others.
| But he said the taxing power WAS
greatly embarrassed ~ the decision
of the supreme court in the income
case
With the greatest respect for That
body, he said. he maintained that the
courts decision carried 10 its logical
conclusion. meant simply that 'he rich