Washington sentinel., 1900-02-24

who are bearing the burdens Of your
imperialistic policy would like to have
an answer 10 this very pertinent question
I pause for your reply. You cannot
answer, and 1 feel confident no Repub.
lican will have the courage 20 stand up
here and give the desired information.
This bill. is merely a little sop thrown
to the brewers. You intend it to keep
them in good humor. You have heard
from them and you know that they
demand that the war taxes on beer be
reduced to 81 a barrel, as it was before
the Spanish American war began. The
brewers have sent several representative
delegations here asking for the repeal
OF the war tax, and they have filed hun
dreds and.thousands Of petitions IN favor
of it. But know your intentions, and
il l am any judge OF your policy, their
mission has been a failure, their work
in vain. and the petitions have been
thrown in the wastebasket.
You do not intend to grant the brewers
any relief and YOU do not intend to
repeal or to modify the war tax in any
particular. You are keeping it up,
compelling the people to pay these
enormous taxes in time OF peace, in
order to carry out your neiarious
schemes in the islands of the seas. in
order to convince the people that times
are prosperous, IN order to pile up in
the Treasury 2 great surplus, in order
tO maintain q efandfru arr,ty and Iaet
but not least, in order to deceive the
people and rover up the deficiencies
caused by the Dingley tariff law.
II il had not been for the Spanish
American war and this war tax law
incident thereto there would be a deficit
in the Treasury today, caused by the
failure OF the Dingley Tariff law, Of over
one hundred and fifty million dollars.
You know that. There, sir is no doubt
about 1t.
For one. l stand here and tell you that
the people of this country demand a
reduction Of their taxes; they demand
modification or repeal OF the war taxes;
they will not get Il from the Republican
party. The people OF the country cs n
rest assured OF this. II they get any
relief OF the exorbitant war taxes they
are now paying it must come through
the agency ofthe Democratic party.
You will deceive no brewer in this
country nor no one else. for that matter.
by the passage OF this bill doing away
with sixths and eighths beer casks. The
brewers Of the country know how you
have deceived them, after your promises
in 1896, and believe you will not get as
much help from them in the coming
campaign as you did in the last. If the
brewers respond again to your cries for
campaign funds, they are more foolish
than imagine, and have less knowledge
OF affairs than believe.
The war taxes the people are now
paying in order to bolster up the imper-
ialistic policy, the royal swagger, and
the plutocratic schemes OF the Republi
cans is an outrage and worse than
highway robbery. These war taxes
must be repealed aud the people who
are strus Cling under the burden OF this
extravagant Government, in the name
Of Justice, common sense and economy
must insist that the war taxes be
repealed. The poor people Of the
country pay more than three quarters Of
all the war taxes, The rich people
practically escape with the payment OF
very little of the war taxes and they
refuse to contribute to the support Ofthe
Government their just share OF the
expense by paying an income tax
II 1t were in order, I would offer an
amendment to repeal the entire wal
taxes, but it is not in order, under the
rules you have adopted, and | content
myself at this time with voting for thi:
bill and entering against the exorbitan
and outrageous war taxes the people ar,
paying nv emphatic protest. (Applaus
on the Democratic side.)
At the close Of Mr.. SulEer'