Mohave County miner., 1900-06-30

you would actually think he was horn
next door to the Blarney stone. Next
week we ind him at Ashbury Park, N.
D., preaching to the Methodists about
piety and pat, iotsm. And the next
week we find him executing treaty.
offensive and defensive, with the Sui.
tan of Sulu. whereby he recognizes
slavery, polygamy, aud the religion of
Mahomet.
10 crown all, We next find the Presi-
dent of the United States going on his
knees to the Pope of Rome, and asking
him to help him out of the difficulties
which neither his generals nor his
peace commission could do. He holds
several secret sessions at the White
House with Archbishop Chapelle. the
Papal delegate, and commissions Faith
er MckinnoD, ostensibly as a chap
lain ia 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 there as to the
confirming of the Spanish friars and
monks in their possession of some
twenty or thirty million acres of the
best land ia Luzon and the other Is.
lands. This is the first time ia the
history of the United States when the
president dared to interfere in a mat.
ter of church and state. What right
has our government to summon or in
vite the Papal delegate to aid or assist
US in settling our political affairs9
l feel keenly on this subject, know
ing there are many gentlemen on this
platform, who, If they should speak as
l do, would run the risk Of being called
A. P. A.. But 1, as Catholic, lest
there should be a mistake, n Roman
Catholic, who lived in Ireland until /
was man, big, and understand all
about landlords, the globe lands. and
the Established Church, don't want
to see my church going into the land
lord business in the Philippines or
anywhere else under the protection of
the American flag. tremendous ap-
planse, which broke out again and
again.
The student of history knows that it
was this ownership of land by the
cbu ch that was one of the causes of
the bloody revolution In France, and
II enabled King Henry VIII to succeed
In his so-called reformation in Eng
land. Daniel O'Connel, my illustrious
countryman, used to say: ave take
our religion from Rome, but not our
politics. Keep the priests poor aud |
they will always be the friends of the
people," Landed property has always
been the curse of the church.
In conclusion l appeal to my old
time republican friends--yes, and to
men of my own blood and race, aud to
the Germans, aud to all Others who
came here to seek that liberty which
was denied Us in our own native land;
yes, and appeal to my old comrade
soldiers, who marched with me to Ap-
you, and the general whom
/ served under, l am proud to see on
this platform tonight. The speaker
here seized General Mclvor by the
hand. The great audience seemed to
catch the inspiration of the speaker
and fairly jumped to their feet, cheer
ing and hurrahing for several minutes.
ayes, appeal to my old comrades
who did the fighting, not to the scar
pet baggers," who did the robbing.
Cheers
Again, appeal to my old time re-
publican friends to not bother abou.
dollars or tariffs. In this campaign
he battle cry Is "Republic versus EN-
oire" That should be the thought up
in the mind of every citizen
rom now until next November
The trusts and few millionaires
rave the grand old party by the throat.
These corrupt, INSCRIPTIONS polite
ans have shouted it from the consti-
utional track. Let the plain people,
he common people, the sovereign peo-
and Democrats
ally to the standard of William j.
Bryan, who Is a brave and courageous
nan of the Lincoln type--an American
rho believes In American principles.
Who is the same today as he was four
r six years ago. You and may differ