[This tax is based upon] principals as communistic, socialistic—what shall I call them—populistic as ever have been addressed to any political assembly in the world.
Joseph Choate, a New York Republican, was the an anti-tax lawyer arguing before the court. March 7, 1895 is when the arguments began. From The Great Tax Wars, p. 151.
Thursday, March 7, 1895
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