The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-07-14
CAPT. O'FARRELLS HOT SPEECH
At the Recent Meeting in Cooper
Union, New York

| way into the Congressional Record 1t is of
a very mpassioned sort, and the Captain says
| of his present position II am still "A staunch
| Republican, and for thai reason | am for
Bryan and liberty" He was introduced as a
4 long-iie Republican and brave soldier,
| who served in the Sixty ninth New York un-
| der Corcoran, aud spoke without notes, rs
| follows:
While we have not an ideal government of
! our own, yet | contend that we have the best
| system so far devised by man to regulate our
| own affairs, while We have the worst system
to regulate the affairs of others. You cannot
| govern foreign colonies or run imperialism
| with Republican machinery. IL requires a
| king or an emperor-lke the Empress of In
| dia-whose rule will be continuous, to do
that. We elect our Executive every four
| years, and We change policies and officials
with every change of party.
We appoint IA postal agent or tax collector
| at Mndauao or Manila. He cant bring his
| wife or children there on account or the eli
mate. He has four years job. He will try
and feather his nest before the other party
comes in; and when il does, he will br sue
ceeded by another, who will also 20 into the
nest feaheriug business. lGreat applause
and cries of That's so You're righlJ]
| now boldly state that this acquiring
/ :
disgrace on our flag and discrdit on our Re
publican institutions. When II comes to loot
ing, swindling, and crook edueSS the Spau-
lArds were not I'm it with our fellows. |
said this to a United States Senator General
HaWiey a few months ago, and he exclaimed
'Oh, Pat don't say that about your own
cuuutrymeu' | say It adyisedly. ou good
proof. Didn't We rob aud plumber our own
Cuuntrymeu "a the South during the carpet
bag regime, and atler We tad robbed and
| begsared the whites We then pluudered our
wards. ihe negroes. aud looted the Freedman :
/ bank THIS is no reflection ON the honesty
ct the American people ia general. Ii only
illustrates the fact that W sau not govern
honestly, even al home, by military rule; and
hoS can We expect to DO II abroad in our
/ foreign colonies, and over people whom We
despI-y o. q >al,lvCi race II We continue IN
The COLONIAL imperial business, ! suggest that
sr amend our Constitution that the title of
Pres.dCng shall read as follows William
( Mckinley. President Of the United States
snd Emperor uf the Philippines Cheers
arj laughter Abraham Lincoln SAID, I'VE
Cannot last long huit.siAye and halt free.
and now ~ the beginning Of q new century.
sc sre going 20 be hAlt.subisci. haIf citizen.
remember When hrsJ saw the sacred soil
20 NIUcuia daring the great civil war-ycs,
ibe Sar for liberty read a sign oB a large
brick building IH Alexandra. "Puce, Birch 1
Co.. dealers ia slaves | remained South
. hong enough ia shoot that slavery business to
death. 90, aur aWially proud ghai / was IN
aha'lsiouisi and Republican iu those DAYS.
Tremendous applause. Those we're the
DAYS ui lincoln and liberty Nos when /
Halk up t-uusy wanna avenue. hook up At
Ihc White House and ! am carried back TO
thr day, ot Price, Birch & Co, dealers in
slaves, anI read on Iha, White House, in
imaginary ABrs. Hanna, Mcktaiey & Co.,
wholesale dealer ja Filipino slaves Great
apPiaa>e.
fherc i aue,hsr feature Of this COLONIAL
bassn.Ss that the country has not noticed ~
far That is the paiier pt church ani state.
Mckinley is trying 80 aDrk ih- church.
nIrau the Catholic ChuTch-but he ''Nubble~'
1n iha, as sell as On o,hcs matters. What b..
saii last seek be- cuntraiicis this Uvrk. A
scak u.sn Is . dangerous uan uhsa placed
iH high position. Nero was one ot ths Nsak-
est of Roman emperors. bat At the same tune
the most dangerous
Jast look sI President Mckinley making
tracks ou bogh sides Of the stream. We
iini hlHs iass summer At the Catholic sam
mcr school a. PIAusbure. y. y, holding
fursh and telling the people there about the
dag. afi goa woald actually think he was buru
next door 20 the blafney stone. Next atek
~e and hlm at Asbgry Park, y j.. I.rvaehing
Go ibs Methodist about piesy and patriotism.
And the ncxt week ~e iud hln executing
,sraly. oacasiye aud defensive, Vlth the Sui.
tan 81 Sulu, whereby hc recognizes slavery,
Fulygamy aud the religion Of Nshamei.
To crown all, We usxl hud the President OF
The United States going on his knees 10 thc
Pope ut Rome, and asking him 10 help h.n
0ui Of the difficulties ~hich neither his gen
erals nor hts peace commission could do.
he holds several secret SESSIONS al the White
House ~lIh Archbishop Chapelle, the pal,al
delegate and commissions Father Achjuuon,
osteuslbly As a chaplain 10 the United States
army, bat actually a. the secretary Of the
papai delegate, aud sends both la priucely
style to Manila Ia negotiate with ihs Spanish
archbishop there a. 10 the confirming OF The
Spasish iTiAsS aud monks iB their possession
ui soue ~ GO OUu or 81. OO0, O0O acres uf the
bes, Aui la Lgzon and the other islands
THIS IS the first time IN the history Of the
[ aIled States when the President dared 10
interfere ia \ matter OF church and state
What right has our government 10 summon or
invite the papal delegate to AID or assist a. ia
settling ouT political affairs
ieei keeHly GA the subject, knowing that
there are many gentlemen on this platform
vho, II they should speak | do, would run
the RISK ot being called A. Z. A 5. Bat |.
as q Catholic. lest there should be- any mistake.
a Roman Catholic, who lived in Ireland until
| vas man big. aud understand all about
landlords, the glebe lands. aud the established
church, ! don't want to see my church going
into the landlord business Va the Philippines
OF anywhere else under the protection 81 the
American flag Tremendous applause, which
broke out again and again.
The student of history knows well that Il
vas this ownership OF land by the church that
was one OF the causes of the bloody revolution
10 France. and il enabled King Henry VIII
10 succeed ln his so-called reformation ia
England Daniel O'Counell, my illustriuus
couutryman, used 10 say I'VE take our re-
ligion 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 ofthe church
In conclusion, appeal to my old time Re.
publican frieuds-yes, and to men of my own
blood aud race yes, ami to the Germans, and
10 all others who came here TO seek that lib
eriy which was denied Us IL own native lands;
yes. aud | appeal TO my old comrade soldiers,
who marched with me to Appomattox; yes,
aud the general whom | served under, | am
proud to see You on this platform tonight.
fThe speaker here seized General Mclyor by
the hand. The great audience seemed to
catch the inspiration of the speaker aud fairly
Jumped TO their feet, cheering aud hurrahing
for several minutes
Yes, appeal to my old comrades who did
the fighting. not the carpet baggers' who
did the robbing. lCheers.l Again appeal
TO my old d-time Republican friends to not
bother about dollars or tariffs. la this cam
paign the battle cry is Republic versus em-
pire" That should be the thought upper
most in the mind of every citizen from now
until next November.
The trusts and few millionaires have the
grand old party by the throat. These corrupt,
unscrupulous politicians have shunted it from
the constitutional track. Let the plain peo-
pie, the common people, the sovereign people
Republicans and Democrats-rally TO the
standard Of William j. Bryan, who is "A brave
aud courageous man of the Lincoln type-an
American who believes in American princi-
pies Who is the same today as he was tOnr
or six years ago. You and may differ with him
about dollars and tariffs, but we admire his
courage and his honesty, and we will stand by
him and make him our next president Ire
mendous applause.
The records of the Postoffce Department
for the past year show total stamp issue
of 3, 963, 374, 80 pieces, aggregating in
value SIC, 276, S04. This is an increase
over 1899 of 467 All, 400 pieces, and an