The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-09-30

tuition stands for the Republic-it 10
in the way of an Empire. The only
times that the Republican leaders
quote the Constitution is when they
want to destroy an income tax which
seeks to make wealth bear its just
portion of the burdens of govern
ment, or when they wish to protect
trusts. syndicAtes and monopolies.
Then they profess to be devoted to
the Constitution, and give it con-
struction which was never intended.
But when it stands in. the way of the
empire, Republican leaders become
stone blind, oyster dumb and thund-
er deaf. The Constitution says,
Congress shall have power to regu-
late commerce with foreign nations,
and among the several states, and
with the Indian tribes" William
Mckinley has usurped this power.
He regulates commerce with Cuba
and the Philippines. Is this not the
act of an Emperor? / do not caro-
what name you call it, William Nc
Kinley is now the Emperor of the
Philippines. The Constitution gives
Congress the power Ito establish
tribunals fnferor to the Supreme
court" William Mckinley estab-
lished tribunals in Cuba, without
warrant or authority of law, which
tried men and deprived them of
their lives, as we'll as of their prop
erty. Here we have it, President OF
the United States, Emperor of the
Philippines and Gear of Cuba. The
Car of Russia never exercised
greater power when he banished
woman to the mines of Siberia. And
yet our republican friends laugh and
say that the idea of an Empire is
absurd.
The Constitution says: Congress
shall have power to declare war"
When did Congress ever declare war
on the Philippines or on China?
William Mckinley has, on his own
responsibility, been conducting two
foreign wars, when Congress has
never declared war in either in
stance. More than $500 American
boys have been killed, over 5000, 900,
OGO of public debt has been incurred,
which must be paid, not by syndi-
Gates and trusts, but by the men who
do the work in times OF peace and
the fighting in times of war, all at
the discretion of William Mckinley
all is the work of an Emperor. The
Constitution declares that no money
shall be paid from the treasury but
in consequence of an appropriation
made by law, and that an account of
all expenditures shall be published.
Mckinley sent an army to China,
treasury without an appropriation.
He could have called Congress to-
gether in five days, but what use has
an Emperor for Congress? McKin-
ley has never published. as the Con-
stitution says he must do, a state
ment of the manner in which he
spent the $50, ,O00, 900 appropriated by
Congress to put this country ON q
war basis before we went to war
with Spain. What has become of
this money. 1t was the people q
money, and sweat money at that.
To this good day no one but William
Mckinley and Mark Hanna knows
how it was spent. Is thrs not the
act of an Emperor?
The Constitution says Congress
shall have power to make regula-
tions respecting the Territory of the
United States. What regulations
have Congress made for the Philip
pines? Mckinley is managing these
islands as though they were his pri-
vate property, and he is doing this
at the expense of the American peo-
pie, and at the cost of the priceless
lives of American boys. The Consti-
tuition says no laws shall ever be
passed abridging the freedom OF
speech, or of the press. William
Mckinley, true to the teachings oi
Alexander Hamilton, the father oi
the Republican party, is suppressing
newspapers and abridging the free
dom of speech in Cuba and the Phil
ippines. The child is walking in the
tracks of the father. In the face Of
this the Republican leaders say that
no attempt is being made to establish
an Empire, and they hope to deceive
the people by raising false issues
They claim that God has given us
the philippines and our occupancy
of that country opens up a field fol
the church. This is a prostitution
} of religion; it is an attempt to stea
J the livery of Christ to serve the
devil in. Mohammedanism depends
upon the sword. Christianity de.
pends upon love. When Christ gave
the great commission to his discipIet