The evening times., 1900-10-11

commissions created by him, instead o
such military governors, offer titles of no
bility for sale and use tine money 10 bu.
his reelection?
Among the titles that they could offe
are some that are peculiarly attractive Il
| dealers in such wares. There is already
Sultanate of Sdlu. which % very gor-
.seou5 thing. Indeed, it is doubtful wheth-
er the old-fashioned Constitution of the
United States. even if the Island of Suit
should become part of the United States
and be admitted by Mr.. Mckinley and his
party to be subject to The Constitution
so as to become subject to the operation
OF the Dingiey law and entitled TO all the
benefits without abatement of that blessed
measure. full dinner pals. labor strikes
and everything else-it is doubtful | say
whether our efete Constitution would af-
feet the validity of the title OF Sultan. and
the purchaser of that exalted rank could
continue to hold it. For the title of Sui
tan IS not a title OF nobility at all. like
the vulgar and common titles Duke. Count.
and Marquis and such vulgar trash. but
Sultan is a title of sovereignty. and our
inconvenient old Constitution does not
prohibit the creation OF title of SOW
ereignty.
Let Mr. Mckinley then order a con-
tinuance of the title of Sultan of Suiu.
and let Mr.. Hanna put it up for sale. the
proceeds to be used to pay for the rec
election of Mr.. Mckinley. There can be
no constitutional objection to such sale
as the Mckinley Republicans and their
Democratic allies maintain SuIu is not
subject to the Constitution and even If /!
should turn out to be SO. and If Mr.. Bryan
should be eiectede he could no more inter-
fere with the rights of the happy purchas-
er OF the title of Sultan than he can in
terfere with honest money, provided Mr.
Mckinley and his Republican majority in
Congress have enacted. or shall enact. an
effective honest money law. instead of the
bogus and Intellectual thing which Mr.
Gage says they have foisted upon the
country as an honest gold standard
and Sultana. Too
And 1 would suggest that the titIe of
Sultana should niso be created and put
up for sale to the highest bidder at tie
same time. It is very exalted title, far
above mere title of nobility. and con-
sequently. above the prohibitions CT cur
awkward old Constitution.
Besides. the title of Sultana has an
other great advantage. If We have ths
title Sultan alone no woman could ac-
quire the title CT Sultana unless she be-
comes the wife or one Of the wives of a
Sultan. This might be difficult for her to
do. as she might already be the wife Of
vulgar untitled plebsian husband where
as II the separate title Cf Sul;ana be ere
ated it might be purchased by a woman's
rights woman for her sole and separate
rse. without taking upon herself the bur-
den of sublime Sultan as her lord and
master
his would widen the title market,
open the door. and add to he c MINER
cial value Of the flag as an asst b.
sides all this if the rank Of Sultan lie
retained. as suggested. we must have
number OF the accessories of that rank.
and the appointment of these accessories
would furnish great additions to the Nc
4 nley election fund
1t has also occurred to ne that while
the de facto governments CT the Islands
have mentioned are about the business of
carrying them on free from the restra nt5
of the Constitution of the Un.tsd States
in the matter Of titles to nobility they
might also do pretty good turn 10 some
martyrs of the Republican party CT Nc
kinley and Hanna and enable 1t to carry
out It's purposes uncontrolled ent rely by
the Constitution if they would abolish
certain things that cannot be abolished
after these islands come under the C n
stitution OF the United States.
For instance, those GoY6rnme nt5.
while not subject to the Constitution
might abolish trial by jury
This undoubtedly would he very con-
yenient for Rathbone and Nicely the Uni
ted States officials in Cuba. if they should
be brought to trial for their patriotic ac-
tions in Cuba and for their spoliat ons
upon the treasury of that island. VIII ch,
according to the views of the Mckinley
Republicans, was not spoIiatiCn Ct thu
Treasury of the United States. The hap
py consequences to patriots of the r tn
bone and Neely kind that uphold the doe
trine that our colonies are not sufj-ct to
the Constitution OF the United States are
almost iEestimabIe"