The Florence tribune., 1900-06-30
HANNA. M,KINLEY ( co.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Filipino
 Slaves.

ment of our own, yet l contend that we have the best system so fur devised by man to regulate our own affairs, while we have the worst system to reg ulate the affairs of others. You can not govern foreign colonies or run i'm perialism with republican machinery. Itrequires king or an emperor-like the Empress of India-whose rule will be continuous, to do that. We elect our executive every four years, and we change policies and officials with every change of party.
 We appoint postal agent or tax col lector at Mindanao, Manila He can't bring his wife or children there on ac- count of the climate. He has four years job. He will try and feather his nest before the other party comes in; and when it does, he will be sue ceeded by another who will also go into the nest feathering business. LGreat applause and cries of That's so ! You're right!"
 now boldly state that this acquir- ing and keeping of foreign countries will bring disgrace on our flag and dis credit on our republican institutions.
 When it comes to looting, swiudling and crookedness the Spaniards were not tin it" with our fellows. I said this 10 United States Senator (Gen- eral Hawleyl few months ago, and he. exclaimed, "0h, Pat don't say that about your own couutrymen." say it advisedly, on proof. Didn't we rob and plunder our own countrymep in the south, during the "carpet bag regime, and after we had rob bed and beggared the whites we then plum dered our negroes, and footed the Freedman's bank.
 This is no reflection on the honesty of the American people in general. It only illustrates the fuct that we can not govern honestly, eveu at home, by military rule; and how can we expect to do it abroad in our foreign colonies and over a people whom we despise as a subject race? If we continue in the colonial imperial business, suggest that we amend our Constitution so that the title of our President shall read as follows civilian Mckinley, Presi- dent of the United States and Emperor of She Philippines" ICheers and laughter.l
 Abraham Lincoln said, "We can not last long half slave and half free" and now, at the beginning of new century we are going to be half sub ject, half citizen.
 I remember when first saw the sacred soil of Virginia during the great war-yes, the great war for liberty. l read sign on large brick building in Alexandria-"Price Birch & Co.,, dealers in slaves" I remained south long enough to shoot that slavery business to death. Oh, am awfully proud that was an abolitionist and a republican in those daysl [Tremend. ous spplausel. Those were the days of Lincoln and liberty. Now, when walk up Pennsylvania avenue, look up at the White House and am carried back to the days ofrsPrice, Birch & Co.,, dealers in slaves" and I read on that White House in imaginary lines, "Hanna, Mckinley & Co.,, wholesale dealers in Philipino slaves" [Greai applause.l
 There is another feature of this colo nial business that the cou ntry has moi noticed so far. That is the matter oi church and state. Mckinley is trying to work the church--I mean the Cath. ollie chureh-but he "wobbles" on that as well as on other matters.
 What he said last week he contra diets this week. A weak man is dan gerous man when placed in high posi- tion. Nero was one of the weakest oi Roman emperors, but at the same time the most dangerous.
 Just think of President Mckinley making tracks on both sides of the stream. We find him last summer at the Catholic summer school at Platts- burg, N. r., holding forth and telling the people there about the flag, and you would actually think he was born next door to the Blarney stone. Next week we find him at Asbury Park, N J., preaching to the Methodists about | piety and patriotism. And the next week we find him executing a treaty, offensive and defensive, with the Sultan of Sulu, whereby he recog- nizes slavery, polygamy and the re ligion of Mahomet.
 To crown all, we next find the Presi. dent of the United States going on his knees to the Pope of Rome, and asking him to help him out of the difficulties which neither his generals nor his peace commission could do. He holds | severa1 sacret sessions at the White