The evening times., 1900-10-11

BALTIMORE, Oct 1f-"Are our for
eign possessions under the Constitution of
the United States?" asked reporter of
Col. Charles Marshall yesterday
IF there is any territory" replied
Colonel Marshall, belonging to the Unit
ed States not subject to the Constitution
of the United States, as the Mckinley Re
publieans maintain, it must follow that
in that territory, whether it be Cuba,
Porto Rico, or the Philippine Islands. the
Constitution of the United States i'm
poses no restriction.
THE Constitution, for instance, forbids
tbs establishment by Congress of title
of nobility Consequently, if the McKin-
ley Republicans are right, the existing
Government of any of the countries
named, whatever that Government may
be, may establish a title or many titles
of nobility without violating the Constitu-
tion of the United States.
'Rehecting on this subject, it has oe
CURED to me that if the Mckinley Re-
publicans are right that branch of the
Republican party has an opportunity to
provide means with which TO pay for the
reelection of Mr. Mckinley which Will
astound even such experienced friers of
fat as Mr.. Hanna, and is far less open TO
objection than the awkward plan adopted
by that gentleman of leVying q contribu-
tion upon the national banks and the Nc
Kinley trusts TO accomplish that object.
Moreover, the plan l wish TO bring to
the attention of Mr. Hanna and Mr.. Nc
KinIey does not involve the legal risks
that attend Mr. Hanna's scheme. which
may and probably Will, expose the OH
GERS of the banks and other corporations
who may use the money Of their stock
holders in compliance with the demand of
Mr.. Hanna to personal consequence of
very grave kind.
Better Than Levying on Hanks
''It may be true that Mr.. Hanna did
not demand frcm the national banks OF
Baltimore contributions to defIay tn
cost of purchasing Mr.. McKinley's re
election in return for the benefits con-
ferred and to be conferred upon the
banks by the honest money legislation
of the Mckinley Republican parry n the
last Congress, and it may be true that
Mr.. Hanna has not demand a cOntribu-
ton for the same purpose from all i .
trust corDoratjons. mostly the spawn of
the DinSley tariff. in return FIR M n
caicuabie Dement'S conferred upon thCsa
patriotic legal entities by the Cx-'r ion
which that eniinently MCKINLEY RspUb
1tcan measure enables them to practice
upon every consumer CT every protected
article from a pound CT railroad iron
to pair of shoes or a pound Cf brown
sugar and II Mr.. Hanna made no su -h
shameful demand of the natl naI bark
and protected trusts, or if he shrinks
from the degrading admission, and his
friends seek to cover up the shamsful
fact from the public, yet the fact is un-
doubted that the voters CT tire ccun. ry
are asked by the Honest Money Demo-
cratic League, well IS by oDenly
avowed Republicans, to vtts f-r Mr.. Nc
kinley because his reelection Will
cure the perpetuatiCn cf all the bons-
fits OF the financial and indus rial fegis-
lation enacted by the Mckinley RePubli-
can party and approved by Mr. McKin-
ley. Indeed, the glory and patriotism of
those measures IS much bray6d { b 3ut b.
such orators as Roosevelt, Hanna, and
the Republican boy orator. whose mama
/ do not recall at this moment
If Mr. Mckinley is seeking votes for re-
election and promising as the consequence
Of that election that he will secure to the
banks and protected trusts the continuance
OF the benefits Of which his friends now
boast, l think it can De fairly said that he
is in the market Offering to voters as a re-
ward for their votes the profits to be de-
rived from the continued enjoyment of the
blessings and advantages of the Mckinley
Republican legislation referred TO. His
friends may not relish the abrupt state
ment that he is Offering to buy the Presi-
Gency at pecuniary valuation but we are
told by an eminent French play writer that
man may deny that he is a merchant al
though he admits that he has a taste N
dry goods. brings them to his house. and
lets his friends have them for he money. |
So We think that if Mckinley has a taste
for reelection and proposes to give a GER !
tain great pecuniary benefits TO those who |
vote for him he may fairly be said to offer |;
10 buy the office.
Ny plan is this: The rage for titles |
which prevails among wealthy American |
women, particularly in regions blessed by |
the Dingley tariff and the incidental trusts |
is well known, and that they are willing /
to pay heavily for the acquisition of /
title is, unfortunately for some Of the buy |
ers or those titles, an indisputable fact
IT, then, those in control of any of the |
foreign possessions of the United States |
named above viii proceed to create some /
new titles of nobility or to adopt titles that
now exist, there is no law to prevent them
from doing so If, as the Mckinley Repub-
licans and thelg Money League Democratic
allies contend, those possessions are not
subject to the Constitution OF the United
States.
Why not. therefore, shall Mr.. MCKINLEY
and his military governors or the civil
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