Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-10-18
WHEN SLAVERY ISN'T SLAVERY

WHEN SLAVERY ISN'T SLAVERY
''The Declaration of Independence
remained unexecuted until the people,
under the lead of the Republican party
in the awful clash of battle, turned
its promises into fulfillment. ''-McKin-
ley.
Mr.. President: Didn't you say at
the Georgia Chautauqua in August,
1888, that the American colonies to
which England had valid title, re-
belled against the mother country in
order to have self-government?
Yes
Didn't you say at the New England
ed in government by consent of the
governed. land of ali the governed?'
Yes; 1 said that
Does slavery exist in the Hawaiian
islands?
Yes
Who owns those islands?
1.-THE United States"
The United States, now under a Re-
publican administration that points
with pride to the action of the first
republican administration in emanci-
pating the negro slaves in America at
cost of about 100000 lives?
Eyes; the same"
How did the United States acquire
the Hawaiian islands?
by annexation, in 1898, under my
administration
Did you know slavery existed on
those islands?
Eyes; 1 knew it,
What have you done or asked con-
gress to do to stop that dealing in hui
man flesh in the islands?
Nothing at ALL
What is the evidence of ownership
of slaves in the islands?
"a receipt or bill of sale with de-
scription of the colored man or wo-
man."
Are those slaves personal property
in the islands?
"Just as much so as mule in Ohio
In what other portions of the United
States territory does slavery exist?
I'm the Sulu or Moros islands, a
group of the Philippines"
How many islands does the sultan
of Sulu govern?
Give
With whose consent does he govern
those islands?
with my consent
Is he absolute monarch of those is
lands?
Yes
So there is an absolute monarchy
in the territory of the United States,
and by your consent?
Yes
What religion prevails in those is
lands?
THE Mohammedan religion
Is the sultan the head of the church?
Yes
So there is an established church in
United States territory, and a combi-
nation of church and state?
YES
Are slaves bought and sold in the
Sulu islands?
Yes
''Why don't you put stop to it?
81 can't; the sultan would revolt
Have you given any presents to the
sultan of Sulu?
Eyes; / have given him $4,000 and
an allowance of $500 month
Did you give that out of your OVID
pocket?
''Oh, no."
Out of whose pocket, then?
THE pockets of the taxpayers of the
United States"
How did the sultan earn that
money?
He promised to keep quiet and
make no trouble
Make no trouble, for whom?
For me-
Is the sultan a polygamist?
YES"
What is the size of his harem?
He has ten women
So you give him 81 900 of the Am
erican taxpayers money for each of
his women?
Yes
And an allowance of $50 a month for
the support of each woman?
Yes"
did you think congress was right
in expelling Brigham H. Roberts on
the charge of polygamy?
Yes
AS a protesting Christian you
thought that was your plain duty"
didn't you?
Yes
So that you denounce polygamy in
America and pension it in Sulu at the
expense of the taxpayers?
Yes But the interests of the re-
publican party required us to have the
good will of the sultan at any price"
Then, why didn't the Republican
party take that money out of its own
pocket, instead of taking it from the
American people who don't believe in
polygamy and slavery?
Why Hanna Is Worried.
Rochester Herald: One of the chief
causes of Mark Hanna's uneasiness,
which he makes no DretenSe I'm com