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THE ROCK ISUArP ARGU5. TUESDAY, 5JKFTg.MH.ER 16, 1315.
SENATOR LEWIS REPLY TO SENA
TOR. ROOT ON THE INCOME TAX
The now famous reply of Jamestcf the ability that ever attends his
Hamiltoa Lewis to Senator Etthu ' utterances at a state dinner of the
Root s speech in the United States ! nsy.vama scci.iy in
is
Kiv,, n i. ; Astoria hotel struck a new keynote in , refused to do,
here published in i s en- . , .. . . j . .
red a vacuum in government , the na
tional government wou'.d inevitably
step in and do the duty that the states
rations concerning the views of trine asserted just previously by Pre
enicr senator from New York,dent Hoevelt at the laying of the
senate
tirety:
Mr. Lewis Mr. President, I am em
boldened at this moment to make some
observ
the senior
(Mr. Root). Just expressed by him,
upon a feature of the income tax the
exemption.
I was particularly attracted, Mr.
President, by the allus'on of the dis
tinguished senator to what he feared
was an invasion upon the right and
privilege of the states to protect thera-
thp niirsuit f tht nr.liev of hia then
1 chief, then president of the United
I States, Mr. Roosevelt. It was the doc
cornerstone of the capital at Harris-
burg. In the wake cf this utterance
threatening the existence of the states
as sovereign bodies, the distinguished
senator from New York at the Waldorf
; gathering said, "As the states will not
1 do their duty, and because they will
; not do their duty" the senator meas-
uring that duty by the standard of the
Mr. Lewis Exactly. Mr. President,
it was immaterial where the senator
pleads guilty whether it is on the
first or second count of the indictment.
He admits that which I said expressed
was what occurred.
Mr. President, It is because T, know
ing the. senator to be an eminent law
yer and Btaesman, both in matters of
constitutional law and the theory ot
ly local affairs, let him be preserved
-bjr himself by. his voice and .vote; if
there is "to be conservation In the af
fairs cf the state or the locality, let it
be conserved by tha law which is crea
ted by the ballet of the people in their
home government.
The distinguished senator may well
take the suggestion from one of his
colleagues in this chamber, even
though that be myself, that unless such
as he shall raise his voice more fre
quently for this abandoned doctrine of
democracy, unless there shall be a
greater devotion to the constitution
l and a larger degree of obedience to its
spirit, the whole theory of home rule,
state sovereignty, and local home rule
wi-hin local precincts will ail have been
crushed cut of existence, and there
will overcome them' the centralized
.r' ,Z 7- V- ' V , ' distinguished senator and his distin- would have to draw h's own ax upon,
ilso as to the application of their in-! . . . ... .... , . , , . . .. . ,,,,
, , . i guished chief "the national govern- lest it should poison the very shade
z"22s - - -" - ,6e M0.
thdr ,, t.vi Thus the people of this country were Now what finds he? That the peo-
within fhe stats
for their home
him I was stronelv imnrefsed with the! York; bountiful wealth, powerful men,
tVI. .n..vUM. .n.Aw-nartt- lie T wo a !
surprised at the utterance then, and I f 0Jlf r dlted f.ro.m.a t Dgn
I say that he was then planting the j ' ' " mula ed, by ne w""1
seed of a tree which ultimately he f Poal favor to party or adminis-
nd r'ght to levy a taxi J nus tne people oi tms country were I
f to ob'ain the income educated to the theory that wherever j Ple took his teachings in the sta'e of
uses. As I listened to ! a state had large riches, such as New New York seriously, and throughout
wisdom of Thomas Jefferson's obser
vation that "an often recurrence to
fundamental principles is salutary and
preserving."
The distinguished senator from New
this country are denouncing through
eminent politicians, financial jugglers j the voice of senators in this body that
and acrobats of honesty, that because ' tney shall carry, c-.it the very creed of
of such the state is assumed to be un-j the distinguished sena"or, and ina3
able to control itself. According to much as Xew V"k has failed through
the idea of the multitude it was due' her rich men to pay her proportion of
York addressed his observations to l tne tact mat it would not do so.: . u u u
that theory of government which the! Then and there the people were educa- Property taxes on her vast and unl.m
mnT, f tv, ...ni niitin. oa i ted by rrie senator that it was then ! ited millionaires to be less than the
adopt, calling thmeelves democrats. e duty of the national government soal taxes paid in the lesser state
hv HtH c.cnt1n to step in, administer the punishment, : Wisconsin, cheating the public be-
the real preservation of the thecrv of ; and inflict the chastisement on the
this reDublic. That 1s the rieht of s,ate and Pluck the merely well to do
oecatise or tne state s lauure to act
home rule in the sta-cs the defeat
ing of any attempt or power of the na
tional government to invade the pre
cincts of the states and by presuming
upon an assumed privilege of national
authority prevent the local government
from exercising th-ir privilege and
rights within these constitutional guar
anties which the founders of our gov
ernment intended they should enjoy.
I was particularly attracted by the
as certain interests demand. .
Mr. Root rose.
Mr. Lewis I see the senator from
New York rises. I dare say he de
sires me to yield for an interruption. I
do so at once.
Mr. Root I feel humiliated, Mr.
President, by the revelation of the
fact that the senator from Illinois nev
er read the speech to which he refers.
fore the eyes of the nation, swindlin
the citizenship before the honor of the
country, and depriving the humble
neoDle of their rieht of nronortion and
the'r privilege of having the expenses I arund Wall street are hi:
of eovernment home hv all tn the er- These who have amassed
tration privileges to favorites. There
will arise the creed proclaiming that
what' the capital of Washington can
not regulate shall be destroyed; what
It can not pranish shall be confiscated;
that riches in other states than. their
own is a crime and possession by in
dustry treason.
IXCOME TAX IX SEW YORK.
It is the specific income tax aga'nst
which the senator inveighs. He re
minded the senate, if I did not misun
derstand him, t that his people . were
about to have inflicted upon them some
great unparalleled blunder, some inex
cusable offense. . Said he, "My people
are to be taxed. My p2ople will have
to pay the tax you levy." Who are
the senator's people? Do I gather from
the senator that only that distinguish
ed brood of gentlemen who nestle
people?
millions,
distinguished senator recognizing his i I said no such thing as he-has put into
eminent ability and paying great trib-j my mouth: I thought no such thing. I
ten- of their possessions; thro has j lnen nla lDem 5n strong boxes, wnne
sprung up in the land a sentiment of i tne' have escaped the responsibility
just such retaliation as forced Itself ! of the ballot box? Are they only his
over the senate and over the doctrine ! Pcople? Are they whose vast fortunes,
of constitutional state and fedeml de-l maintainrd through perjury or evasion
ute to his skill as n lawyer and hisjnevpr said any such thing anywhere
experience as a statesman in warn-1 on any occasion, and I never shall,
lng the democracy turning to this What I said in the speech to which he
side of the hous" of how it was on j refers before th Pennsylvania sod'ety
the eve of permitting a mrasure to was to pnt the question "How can thej
pass in this body which would nor only j states preserve their local self-govern-invade
the privileges of th" states, I mnt?" and to answer the question by
but destroy their local autonomy and , saying, "They can preserve their local
greatly distress thr state of New York j self-government only by performing
by its audacious intrusion. the duties that rest upon them." To
Mr. President. I J':in w ith that dis-jthat I stand, and I think I always shall
tinguishd statesman from New Yorkit'snd.
In not only exrfrx'ing the frar of sue!; . Mr. Lewis Mr. President, the dis
approach, but I go r:io F?pp further, tinguifhed senator frcm New York
and denounce the evil of its present I says he feels humiliated. I can readily
existence; but I am compelled to re
mind the distinguished senator from
New York that if any man should ask
mo as a fellow American to what
source I would charge this nerv growth
of centralism and re'ltrallzatlon. this
encroochmr-nt upon the states to which
he alludes; I would be compelled to
turn to the distinguished senator from
New York and in the accusation of the
i i i . ..
numcie snepnerd in Israel to the kins
to say. "Thou art the man."
I can not forget, nor should this
country forgrt. that at a time when a
constitutional lawyer might have been
prudent to guard thr relative function3
between the states and the nation
there arose in this country, in a na
tional administration which was then
in power, a general tendency to over
ride both the privileges and the rights
of the states; this to accommodate it
self to the mere expediency pf politics
on the one hand and to gratify the hue
and cry of multitudes on the other
Sir, I recall that it was th? distinguish
ed senator from New York who. in a
very eloquent address, characteristic
marcation demanding the very form of
confiscatory punishment which the
senator rightfully inveighs against.
They, the people, now demand that
New York pay the penalty, either
through the hand of the federal gov
ernment on the one hand or the hand
of the state cn the o her. As it has
been observed that they will not obey
the state law, but evade it bv either !
failing , to make their returns of tax
ation or commi ting perjury to cheat
it; there was but one refuge, and that
was to follow the advice of the distin
guished senator" -from New York; and
when New Yfrk has failed to Co its
duty, for the national government to
tep in and chas ise them by doing it
of law, have always escaped the as
sessor and dodged the tax collector
are they only his rople, thoss who
have millions of dollars? Are there no
millions of poor and miserable in New
York? Are those who, in humble
hemes and amid suffering, have been
compelled to pay the taxes out of their
wages, laid heavily upon, them by the
masters who would not pay their taxes
and whose failure had to be made up
by taking from the humble the defi
ciency in order that the expenses of
the government of New York might
be main ained -are they not his peo
ple? Has he no voice for them?;
Why should the distinguished sena
tor from New York ask that his peop':e.
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understand how now, upon a sober
rense and a calm reflection, he would
f 'el a sense of humiliation as to many
utterances of his; but. as to that one in
particular, and the effect It has pro
duced upon the eoun'ry, I naturally
realize that he would give a good deal :
could It be recalled. I rrrnind him that'
the utterance to which 1 now allude;
was made at the Pennsylvania society
dinner by him. while the latter part
of his utterance which he now' pre
sents as a qualification of the evil to
which I have alluded was not made by
the distingu'shed senator at he din
ner at the Pennsylvania society. I re
mind the senator that the latter por
tion quoted by him was uttered when
he sought to corrrct the evil of his
first offense and escape the penalty.
This was when he assured the people
of New York that his point of view
was not any longer such as had been
indicated in the Waldorf speech. This
correction was in his able utterance
when accepting the election to the
senate from the legislature of New
York. Upon that occasion, in accept
ing the nomination be-fore the legisla-
for them by levying anv sum on New cr l( paraphrase him. "my people.
York that the "mob" on the corners i should be exempt? Sr, in this gcv
in the streets and alleys demand. ernment I will noi assume that any
stte tD mtio.v j one spt of rr0Ple have a right to say
The senator alluded characteristic ! thrcogh the voice of any man, however
,. ..... , . , I distinguished or eleva'ed, that others
d!yfc with his wisdom, to the tncory j mu8t contribut.e to their burdens and
upon which this government was es- ( bear them, but that another set, per
tablished. He adverted to New Jersey chanc, because they have managed
and called attention "to the 'part she j to attract in come, way a glamour about
played in thts constitutional con vec- j their existence and grasped pawer
tioii, where her statesman demanded! with one hand and held the privi!?ge
that the smaller states should have ' of wealth with the other, muct be ex
equal repj-esen-aUen with th3 larger j emptod frcm bearing their burden and
ones. Cut, sir, I take issue with much 1 discharging their responsibility. All,
trepidation with the distinguished sen- j sir, because they are a great people
ator on his construction of the objects! in finance, a wonderful people in rich
of this demand. It was not merely for j, es, and a shrewd and artful people in
the reason that -he states should have i the mysterious manipulation of the
equal representation, but Mr. Paterson hing called finance,
of New Jersey, speaking on the sua- Why, thrn, sir, is this tax laid? My
ject, specifically urged as one of the ; distinguished fri?nd, the em;nent sen
very reasons for that claim that' the j atcr who honors his scat in represent
lccal sovereignty of the distinct local- ing New York, fails to realize, or, if
i'ies might be preserved, equally bal-1 realizing, fails to note the real reason
anced one with the other in matters in ! of the tax upon these incomes. Sir,
which the sovereignty of the state was speaking for democracy, the object of j
to exercise its functions of govern
ment, and in the senate be equal in
vote to preserve its sovereign posi ion.
Mr. President, we have seen much in
cr from any other source; but I again
say that the speech to which I allude
the distinguished senator is conscious
of the fact that all over the country
this speech was referred to; it was
printed in the public papers; and I
now ask the distinguished senator if in!
that speech he did not say that "if the
staes failed to do their duty, the na
tional government would have to do
ft for them?"
Mr. Root No.OIr. President. I said
if the states failed to do their duty,
the American democracy, which abhor-
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of the utterance expressed, although ! thse lat" da8 of n?w V0
it might have been a duplicated one " v
from a previous speech. I surely will n,e that has Sradufy UPQI
admit that anything the distinguished his natIon. augmented, I regret to- say,
senator from New York may say is b-v uch responsible wisdom and from
worthy of repetition, e'ther bv himself BU?h " emm-nt f"rce" e t!n-
designated national conservation. All
around this nation goes the impres
sion that the time has at last come
when s'ates shall have no longer a
sovereign existence, when there shall
no longer be heme rule, when within
their preuncts the 6tates shall not be
any longer permitted to control their
own own affairs by their voice and
vote. This movement has increased
to the embracing every conduct of the
state from the regulation of railroad
freight rates in the state and the mu
nicipal control of city utilities. Now
the federal court, as a disciple under
the teachings of these brilliant masters
and before all others stands the dis
tinguished senator from New-York
has seized the states and cities, figur
atively speaking, in the clutch of its
hands, dragging them into the federal
court, and, under the theory that the
federal government has the right to
suppress and control the state as ita
pleasure dictates, has through federal
court injunction paralyzed the con-6truc-ion
of needed improvements in
the state and city, restrained the of
ficials of the city, county and state
governments, and denied to the local
bodies the right of home rule. All
this upen the theory that the federal
government alone has the right to con
trol the states as a body, and to direct
the private affairs of the citizen of the
; state in his private concerns. So ex-'-,
tensive has this vice of government
grown that here In the nation a school
cf gentlemen exists advocatine the
! it were, rolling it around their wrists,
! throwing i across their shoulders, and
j marching , to New England and pre
; seating the state as needing tha wise
i men of the east as conserva'ors. Vn-
der the theory of conservation they
hav locked up the resources of the
i west, paralyzed her industry, diminish
1 ed her opportunity, discouraged her
j capital, and deprived her citizens, all
; without any regard to that fnndamen
i tal doctrine which the distinguished
senator is right in now asserting, that
j within these localities. If there is to
be preservation of the citizen in pure-
levying a tax upon weal h is not be
cause it is wealth. Such would be an
archy. I spurn it as a dectr'ne which
no constitutional scholar of democra
cy would accept under any conditions.
No, sir, it is a tax on wealth because
the men who have it are rich. That.
I am told, is a. species of socialism. I
know such would violate the funda-
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OPENING I
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WednesJay Tkursday
September 17th and 18th
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mr-n'al doctrine of a man's property
having the right of protection and
never to be taken frcm him without
due process of law.
tiieorv ok run tax.
I say to the senator that the theory
cf a tax upon such , incomes is, as
Adam Smith well put it, that they
should bear the burden of the tax who
draw the greater benefits from the
povernment in which they live. Sir,
the tax is no- put cn incomes of
wealthy men because they are able to
bear it by reason cf the mere volume
of their wealth, but for the other rea
son, sir. that most large incomes from
great fortunes are not earned by toil.
They are no: gathered by sacrifice.
They are not garnered !u agony. They
are the results of the thing called in
terest, by which a man takes a for
tune, however gotten by him, and
lends it out in portions to others who
may need to use it for such price as
the owners may pur upon it. It is
urjon the theory of thi3 Increment Do
ing unearned by toil, unearned by sac
rifice, and undeserved often because
of the character cf men who possess
it that its levy i3 justified. An in-
j come tax is laid not to punish wealthy
men, bnt in order that the other class
of human beings who having no wealth
are compelled to pay the general tax
and bear the burdens of government
may not be solely selected for sacri
fice by the discriminating doctrine
which has so lcng prevailed in gov
ernment that these who are helpless
shall be hcpeless against the power of
privilege and taxa-Ion.
Thus these incomes are laid hold of
by tne democratic, party, through the
constitutional doctrine of government,
in order that the rich who have these
incomes may pay to the maintenance
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K. E. CASTEEL, President. M. S. HEAGY, Vice Pres. ii. D. Simmon, C'ach.
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