The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-30

William Mckinley and party of in
spired plutocrats will leave Washing
ton by the Southern railroad Monday
morning, April 20. for grand junket
to the Pacific coast, covering period
of seven weeks, says the Helena In
dependent. The special is said to
be the finest train in the world. Nc
Kinley's private car was made for the
occasion. President Robert Lincoln,
Of the Pullman company, gave orders
to spare no expense in it's construc-
tion. No emperor, king, prince or po-
tentate ever travelled in equipage so
splendid.
The members of the cabinet, with a
few exceptions, will accompany His
Imperial Highness across the contin-
ent together with many trust barons
and their ladies. At Memphis they will
stop long enough for the people to get
glimpse of the gloss and glitter, if
not of the divinity that doth hedge
about kings" and then roll to New
Orleans. Here His Royal Highness
will be wined and dined, after which
he will emit string of platitudes that
will mean more than his pledge to
Cuba and his famous saying that "for-
chile annexation would be criminal ag-
gression."
The special is scheduled to stop at
few points in Texas that the "plebs"
of that region may know they have
a king. At Houston, Austin and Ell
Paso, they will be permitted to gaze
with wide and wondering eyes at the
"real thing" and say Gee, whizz!" as
it fades from their vision toward the
setting sun.
The imperial party will remain in
California for some days visiting all
places of interest. On Saturday, May
Is, His Royal Highness and his train
of Imperial Nibs, Nobs and Snobs will
! witness the launching of the battleship
Ohio at San Francisco, and attend a
luncheon at the Union League club,
at which the emperor and Benevolent
Assimilator of the Filipinos will work
his wind jammer" on the beauties of
government without the consent of
the governed" Others will speak on
'The Folly of the Fathers" and "The
Despotism of Liberty"
The party will spend several days
at Yellowstone park, and return to
Washington via Chicago that his sub
jects of the Windy City" may see
and worship him.
Here the beauty and chivalry" of
the people of the city of Chicago will
out do all other cities Of the EN-.
pire in paying homage to the man
who has done more to undermine our
institutions and destroy this repub.
lie than Benedict Arnold or jeff Davis.
| It is said that one feature of the
trip will be the substitution of drives,
for receptions, thus more fully accom-
modating the people," This means
that the common herd will not be per.
mitted to break through the wall OF
divinity that doth hedge about a
king" and touch the hem of his gar.
ment, but will be kindly permitted to
stand in the road and see him wheel by
| in "chariOt I"
Such in brief is the story of Nc
Kinley's imperial special train, which
indicates the trend from the simplicity
of democracy to the ways of empires
But here is the story of another spec
ial train that is still more significant
Another Train Of serfs.
You will remeber the story We
printed in a recent number of this
paper on the horrible conditions exist
ing in Porto Rico under the imperia
sway of King Mckinley and his Vice
roy Allen. The poor people of thai
unhappy island, who scattered flowers
in the pathway of the American arm!
and hailed our starry flag as har
bingers of liberty, peace and prosperit!
, are leaving their island home to escape
: starvation. Recently agents of the su
} gar trust gathered about one thous
and of these unfortunates and hurried