The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-20

reply to the senator's suggs stion that the
tarlff schedules b. reduced 70 offset the
s,t-eeios 70 be raised by an income tax
mat could b. done he said only oy
making some o. the duties prohibluve or
putting them on the free list as the
mere reduction OF the rates would result
~ increasing revenues He charged the
DeTnOCf attic leaders with proposing taxes
that Wouid 10 an additional temptation 60
eXtfara ganCe-
Senator Daniels Speech.
AT the conclusion OF Mr.. AldTich state
nlent Senator Daniel. the ranking minor
ily leader Of the finance oommittee. took
the floor lie arraiEaed the Republican
members O. the committees TO- their eX-
clus.on Of the Democratic members dur
ing the consideration Of the bill
III Daniel spoke in part as follows
- iis 81 2 prOdigiOus bill II contains
~ pages and carries about 4 million dol
ttrs 8 page cae Democratic members Of
rms oodF never saw e or heard i read,
Tor 10 was nO- read al the only meet
Iag OF tine committee units the DAY. April
~ Wns1 II was reported here by the
chairman 81 TIE finance committee with
amendments NOns o. these amendments
We wee permitted eron u see before they
were here presented
Not Fair Treatment.
~ cannot regard this as either good or
iair g9FefnnenL We have at home con-
stttueIts who are much interested. Be
sides. we are all Americans. We are all
IS dhNloIS Tor -usticc 10 be done 10 our
country Is any OF those vino assume the
pferoSaute or excluding us from oppor-
tunitles Of which they avail themselves.
The iunignity IS toward the people Of
tEe United States. and toward the SEN
ate which is the only body in the coun-
Wy where there remains free debate and
where the members in their rules and in
their conduct try TO make everything as
fair and omen as possible
II would conserve and not destroy. any
Of the plants and Industries which raise
Dy reasonable taxation. revenues which
we need. II we don't do this and are won
away from 1t by the fascination Of the
word nee ne will find ourselves tn n
quandary OF deficits with Understanding
bond issues quick upon their Reels. Our
declarations and the conditions alike re
Quire something more than this We have
declared for material reduction Of the
protective tariff. No more would be pos
zible without a declaration and no more
is possible with IT, When q great ana
widespread system has been published for
years all over the country we cannot leap
out Of IL by one spring or bound We mt st
respect labor The parties have been both
willing TO add to the tariff and differences
in cost in European countries and such
a tariff would not Cypress the American
people. but conserve the interest Of all.
The farming class and the mechanical
classes would both share I'm the benz
tits"
GAOtGO WI GNUCJs
In commenting upon the increased eX-
penCituTeS Of the government Mr. Daniel
declared militarism had been responsible
for a large part of the excessive apprOpri-
5tiOus and quoted NJ. IaWneN's remarks
IN the house respecting the part OF mill
tary expenditures in causing a deficit
The japanese scare. lac said. had been
responsible for much that had been done.
but he did not believe there were any
Americans who believed japan could over
run OF overtake this countr1-.
Those who have entertained that
dread. said Mr. Daniel. have never
deiEned to give Us the reason for their
thought
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Daniels re-
marks AR. Aldrich sent TO the clerk 5 desk
q CODY o IA senate debate held Feb. q,
1885 in which Senator Noorheers and Sen
atOr Vest had defended the Democratic
procedure in framing the Wilson bill 10
be reported To the senate without par
ticipatiOn Of the Republican minority.
Upon motion Of ar. Aldrich the bill was
then made the unfinished business Of the
senate.