To help pay for the Spanish-American War, Republican (proto-fascist/socialist) de facto President McKinley (a resident of the federal enclave of Ohio) signs the War Revenue Act of 1898, raising Indirect taxes (“a tax exacted indirectly from a person other than the one on whom the ultimate burden of the tax is expected to fall.” [Such as tariffs on imports, or excises] —- Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary Unabridged Dictionary) on amusements, liquor, tea, and tobacco.  The act also establishes an excise tax of one Cent on each long distance telephone call in the nation.  This is an affront to the Freedom of Speech, in violation of Article I of Amendment.

       [restored 5/22/2022]