The San Francisco call., 1899-09-07
The Nebraskdn Declares Himself
an Out-and-Out Opponent of
the Policy of Expansion.
Is Emphatic in His Assertion That the
Gospel of Benevolent Assimilation
Cannot Be Shot Into FiIipinos With d
GdtIinq Gun.

+ tween corporate capital and employees
# OF corporations VIII be as well system
atiz=d and as practicable as is the
court OF justice to-day for the settle
Eent OF disputes between man and
man. Do you doubt that there is more
opposition to-day 70 government by in
Junction than there was II 1882 (Ap-
plause-) 1 have no doubt OF Il, and
believe that opposition 10 govern
ment by injunction VIII continue % III
crease until the people OF this nation.
acting through the constitution and the
laws. viii make il impossible for courts
70 take away from people accused OF
crime the right OF trial by jury 10 de-
termire their guilt OF innocence. (Ap-
plause-)
Income Tax Slayer.
( The income tax was in the campaign
OF 1896, and il had q good deal Of infu-
ence with soma people. Why, when We
had that amendment before Congress
one Of the Eastern Democrats said 70
Us IN the committee that II We, as q
party, favored The income tax rich
Democrats would leave the party. I
felt i ny duty tCy defend the rich Demo-
CraU, and I said they would not; that
no rich Democrat would leave the party
because OF the parLy7s efforts 70 do
justice on the subject OF taxation
say that I said the rich Democrats
not know rICh Democrats then as we'll
as l did afterward. Laughter and ap-
p.ausa.) But I said, Suppose they do,
won't the poor Republicans come in
and take their pIaCeS2 I thought they
would. but I did not know the poor
Republicans then as well as did
afCerward. daughter and applause)
I thought that II a rich Democrat
left the party in order 10 avoid doing
justice, poor Republicans would
thought the poor Republicans would
feel about the matter as the ir1Shman
felt about the action Of the mule He
was driving q mule ID a buggy and the
mule began 10 kick, and finally got his
heels I'D over the dashboard and the
Irishman said 10 the mule: All right.
you can get IN II you want 10, but
when you get in I VIII get cut (Laugh-
ter and applause-)
But I can forgive the poor Republi-
cans who were 50 blinded by partisan
prejudice that they did not realize that
the Democratic party was fighting their
battles for them I know that man
can be blinded oy partisanshlp 50 that
he VIII think that everything his own
party does Is all right and that every
thing any other party does IS al wrong.
! went once from my home in Nebras-
ka 10 q town in Eastern Iowa 70 hear
a great Republican make speech. I
wanted 10 hear what could be said on
l.
the lips OF one OF the great RepubH-
cans I remember the meeting. They
had & good many Republican farmers
Cornsta1k Applause.
Il was in the fall OF the year and
the Republican farmers had with them
corrstaIk canes. and they would wave
them when anything was said that
pleased them. remember that when
the speaker pointed OUT that the Re
publican party had put q tariff on wool
in order 10 raise the price OF wool. those
Republican farmers waved their corn
stalk canes and hurTahed for a tariff on
wool which raised the price OF Wool
And that when the speaker went on 70
say that the Republican party had put
tariff on wooden goods in order 70
lower the price OF WoOlen goods. those
men raised their canes again and
shouted Cheers and IaUghter-l l be
Iieve that il did not make any differ
ence what the argument was. Laugh-
terJ
say can forgive the poor ReDubu-
can who don't understand how unjust
is the present method OF collecting
taxes. but I want 10 warn the poor Re
pubIicaus that my fOrgiving power viii
not hold out much longer If they fail 10
see it (LaughteT.)
In the campaign OF 1895. when want
ed 10 say anything on the income-tax
the Judges OF the Supreme Court. and
I am such a conservative man. and 50
cautious, that 1 always preferred %
quote from q Republican Judge rather
than a Democratic Judge, because he
could not be an anarchist 1auch-
ter and applause) 1 used 10 quote es-
peCialIy from Justice Brown OF Mich
igan- You remember that ne said in his
dissenting opinion: I fear that in
some hour Of national peril this de-
Cision viii rise up TO paraIyze the arm
of the Government" The hour OF peril
came. We needed more revenue. We
could not collect that increased revenue
from incomes. Why2 Because that de-
CisiOn did rise up 10 paralyZa the arm
OF the Government, and then We had
70 resort 10 other methods Of taxation
We have become familiar with the
stamp tax
Working Of Stamp Tax
Every time you send a telegram you
pay what you used 10 pay and in addi-
tiOn thereto cent Tor tie benevolent
assimilation OF the Filipino. Why is il
that that tax OF cent on each telegram
must be paid by the sender II Is be-
cause the telegraph companies have
more influence with the Republican
party than all the poor Republicans who
send telegrams and must pay that tax
You go 10 a bank and give check and
If YOU are poor man and give a small
check you pay cents on IL II you are
rich and give check you pay only ?
cents on il. The TAX is not graded ac-
oorfIinz 10 income or wealth OF the
citizen I believe in the income tax. and
7 bafieye that il IS the faireSC tax that
was ever devised applause and
chaers1 I intend 70 continue 10 labor
for an income tax ard I am so san
e11tne that I expect 10 see the day when
Tha constitution OF the United States
will specifically authorize an income
tax. so that neither one Judge nor nine
Judges can build a bulwark around the
fortunes OF the great nor place a bur
den upon the backs OF the struggling
poor. (AppIause and cheeTs4
Blood Not as Precious as Money.
The war has brought into bold relief