The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

erning people under the constitution
and flag of the United States. Gov
ernor Allen, the appointee OF Emperor
/ Mckinley, entered upon his duties as
the first viceroy of the first colony OF
the United States of America at an an
nual salary of $4,000. The other Off
Gals will be paid the following salaries
per annum: Secretary, $4,000; attorney
general, $4,000; treasurer, $4,000; au-
ditor, $4,000; commissioner of the, inte-
rior, $4,000; commissioner of education,
$1,000; chief justice, $1,000; two associ-
ate justices, $4,000 each; United States
marshal, $1,000; district attorney, 81 900;
district Judge, $1,000; district marshal,
$1,000; collector of customs, $1,000; col
lector of internal revenue, $1,000; COM
missioner to the United States, $1,000;
three commissioners to revise laws,
$1,000 each. Besides these are five
members Of the executive council, clerk
of the supreme court, interpreter OF
same, clerk OF district court, and other
officials whose salaries are not yet fixed
There are also thirty-fve members Of
the Legislature who are paid S. per day,
as in Minnesota.
| All of these officials, except the lat
ter, who are elected, and the clerks and
interpreters of the courts, who are Sc
lected by the judges, are appointed by
President Mckinley, to whom only they
are responsible for the performance OF
their duties. After undergoing the hor-
rors of war and the horrors of hurri-
cane during the past two years, the
Porto Ricans are beginning to learn the
| benefits of an alien government in their
| beautiful island, which was appropri-
ately called "The Rich Port" i'll Span
ish because of its fertility of soil and
richness of natural resources. The
island will soon be owned by the Amer
lean trusts who dominate William Nc
'Kinley, and will become in course Of
time second Ireland with starving
population and with American vultures
devouring the substance of the people
The only salvation for the Porto Ricans
is the return of the Democratic party
to power.
The Hanna Mckinley cabinet has
emphasized the fact that Porto Rico is
dependency and not part of the
United States by deciding that Gov
ernor Allen must make his reports, not
through the interior department, nor to
the president, but to the state depart
| ment, as Canada makes its reports to
the British government. The island is
to be ruled on the English colonial plan
just as the Philippines will be gov
erned. American troops will still re-
main on the island to preserve and en-
force law and order, but only in the
capacity OF garrison force, after the
fashion of the British troops in Ireland.
The island is not to be governed for
| the benefit of the: natives, though it is
McKinley's desire that the new govern
ment may be mild enough to win the
respect OF the Porto Ricans at the start
1t will be governed solely for the bene
| fit Of American corporations who will
be granted valuable franchises by their
servants in power and gradually obtain
possession OF the lands and the products
thereof Within two years they will
own the sugar, coffee and tobacco plan
tations and then they will demand free
trade with the United States and OBJ
tain it as in the case of the Hawaiian
| Islands.
We heartily sympathizc with the Porto
Ricans in the affection that has befallen
them. Under their late rulers they had
representation in the Spanish cortes and
had home rule. Under the carpetbag
government of VIM. Mckinley they will
| have no representation in the American
congress, and they will be taxed and
beggared by horde of alien officials
from country that rebelled against
British tyranny one hundred and twen-
ty-fvc years ago and arraigned King
George of England for doing what, EN-
peror William of Canton is doing to-
day in their island. The Porto Ricans
can say Of Mckinley what the fathers
OF this republic said of the British mon
arch:
"He has made judges dependent on
his will alone for the tenure of their
offices, and the amount and payment of
their salaries.
He has erected multitude of new
offices, and sent hither swarms of Off
GERS to harass our people, and eat out
their substance"
We arc astonished that the American
people, through their representatives in
congress, have permitted their servant
in the chair of Washington, Jefferson
and Lincoln to trample upon the con-
stitution and the Declaration of indie
pendence by depriving any people OF
their God-given rights OF self-govern-
ment in their own land. 1t is high
crime and 1nisdcmeanor for which he
will be ANONYMOUSLY driven from the
exalted position he occupies, together
with the criminals who aided him, at
the approaching election, if the people
do their duty. and we hope they will.