Mohave County miner., 1900-06-30
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Fill
pino Slaves.

Patrick O'Farrell, in Cooper Institute.
May "a. He is life long republican
and brave soldier, who served in the
69th New York, under Corcoran:
While we have not an ideal govern
meut of our own, yet l contend that
we rave the best system SO far devised
by man to regulate our own affairs.
while we have the worst system to reg
ulate the aft airs of others. You can
not govern foreign colonies or run i'm.
perialism with republican machinery.
1t requires king or an peror-like
the Empress of India-whose rule will
be ccntinuous, to do that. We elect
our executive every four years, aud
we change policies and officials with
every change of party.
We appoint postal agent or tax
collector at Mindanao or Manila. He
can't bring his wife or children there
on account Of the climate. He has a
four years job. He will try and feath.
er his nest before the other party
comes in; aud when it does, he will be
succeeded by another who will also 90
into the notwithstanding business.
Great applause and cries of "That's
so! You're rightr'
l now boldly state that this acquir-
ing and keeping Of foreign countries
will bring disgrace on our flag aud
discredit to our republican institutions.
When 1t comes to looting, swindling
and crookedness the Spaniards were
not siu 1t" with our fellows. l said
this to a United States Senator Gen
eral Hawley) few months ago, aud he
exclaimed, ''Oh, Patti don't say that
about your own countrymep." l say
1t advisedly, on good proof. Didn't we
rob and plunder our own countrymen
in ths south, during the "carpet. bag"
regime, aud after we had robbed aud
bsggare the whites We then pluudered
our wards, the negroes, and looted the
Freedman's bank.
This is no reflection on the honesty
OF the American people in general. 1t
only illustrates the fact that we can
not govern honestly, even at home, by
military rule; and how eau we expect
to do it abroad 10 our foreign colonies
and over a people whom we iespise as
a subject race? IT we continue ia the
imperial business, suggest !
that we amend our Constitution so
that the title OF our President shall
read rs follows: "William Mckinley,
President of the United States and
Emperor Of the Philippines" Cheers
aud laughter).
Abraham Lincoln said, ave can not |
last long half slave aud half free," and
now, at the beginning of new century
we are going to be half subject, half
citizen.
| remember when l first say the
sacred soil Of Virginia during the great
Sar-yes, the great war for liberty. l
read sign on large brick building 10
Alexandria-"Price, Birch g. Co., deal
IRA in slaves" l remained south long
enough to shoot that slavery business
o death. Oh. am awfully proud that
was an abolitionist and a repu blican
n those daysl Tremendous ap-
'lause). Those were the days of
lincoln and liberty. Now, when l
Walk up Pennsylvania avenne, look
lp at the White House and / am car
led back to the days of "Price, Birch
Co., dealers In slaves" and read
N that White House In imaginary
Ines. Hanna, Mckinley d Co., whole .
ale dealers In Filipino slaves" (Great
pplause).
There Is another feature OF this colo !
al business that the country has not
oticed so far. That is the matter Of !,
hurch and state. Mckinley is trying :
work the church, mean the Cath !.
lie church--but he "wobbles" on that .
we'll as on the other matters. !.
What he said last week he contra
lets this week. A weak man is dan
erous man when placed In high posi- I
on. Nero was one of the weakest Of
oman emperors, but at the same time q
le most dangerous. ~
Just think Of President Mckinley o
aking tracks on both sides Of the Y
ream. We find him last summer at q
le Catholic summer school at Platts. h