New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1900-06-23


and State. Mckinley is trying t,
work the church i mean tn
Catholic Church-but he 'wobblcs
on that rs well as on other matters
What he said last week he con
tradicts this week. A weak MAJ
is dangerous man when placed il
high position. Nero was one of thu
weakest of Roman emperors, bu
at the same time the most danger
Gus. Just look at President Nc
kinley making tracks on both sides
of the stream. We find hirn las
summer at the Catholic Summer
School at Plattsburg, n. Y. hold
ing 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 execut-
ing a treaty. offensive and defen-
sive, with the Sultan of Sulu,
whereby he recognizes slavery,
polygamy, and the religion of
Mahomet.
"To crown all, we next find the
President of the United States
going on his knees to.the Pope of
= slias
out Of the difiiculties which neither
his general nor his peace commits
sion could do. He holds several
secret sessions at the White House
with Archbishop Chapelle, the
Papal delegate and commissions
Father Mckinnon, ostensibly as a
chaplain in the United States Army,
but actually as the secretary of the
Papal delegate, and sends both in
princely style to Manila to negotiate
with the Spanish archbishop .here
as to the confirming of the Spanish
friars and monks in their possession
of some twenty or thirty million
acres of the best land in Luzon and
the other islands. This is the first
time in the history of the United
States when the President dared to
interfere in a matter Of church and
State. What right has our Govern
ment to summon or invite the Papal
delegate to aid or assist us in set
tling our political affairsi
~ feel kindly on this subject,
knowing that there are many gentle
men on this platform who, if they
should speak as | do, would run the
risk of being called A. P. AS. But
| am a Catholic, a Roman Catholic,
who was born and lived in Ireland
to manhood, and understand all
about landlords, the glebe lands
and the Established Church. / don't
want to see my church going into
the landlord business in the Philip
pines or anywhere else under the
protection Of political flag. Daniel
O'Connell, my illustrious country
man, used to say: We take our
religion from Rome, but not our
politics. Keep the priests poor and
they will be always the friends of
The people. Landed property has
always been the curse Of the church.
"In conclusion | appeal to my
Dld-time Republican friends-yes,
and to men Of my own blood and
race; yes, and to the Germans, and
to all others who came here to seek
that liberty which was denied us
in our native. lands; yes, and /
appeal to my old comrade soldiers,
who marched with me to Appomat-
sox; yes, aud the general whom |
served under, / am proud to see on
his platform tonight. (The Speak
,r here seized General McIvor by
he hand. The great audience
seemed to catch the inspiration of
,he speaker and fairly jumped to
heir feet, cheering, and hnrrahing
Tor several minutes
"Yes, | appeal to my old com
rades who did the fighting, not to
he carpet baggers' who did the
robbing. Again | appeal to my old
lime Republican friends to not
bother about dollars or tariffs. In /
his campaign the battle cry is
Republic versus Embire. :. That