The intelligencer., 1889-04-27
SENATOR ARMSTRONG AND THE
FLAG,

EDITOR lNrELLIGENCER - In your
article OF the l3,h Instant, entitled The
Flag of Missouri yUu -ay, "rin@ularly
enough, 1t turns out on inyc,iiSatiOn
that Missouri has no fh2,' again, "but
II is cold fact, nevertheless, that there
Is no legally adopted flag OF the state"
| beg, respectfully, to traverse these
declarations; and assert, that, ''beiO'
the wah, there nus Il Missouri flag,
and that said flag was white silk
field with Il coat of arms of the state
embroidered thereon "by the deft and
dainty fingers of the lair ladies of Mis-
souri," or painted in artistic taste aud
style by former Missourian, now alas,
no more. And furthermore, one of
those same flags still exists in the pos
session OF Col. Geo. W. West, EN-
brOidered by those same "deit and
dainty fingers" and presented to him
as mark OF esteem, from the fair
daughters OF st. Louis, for his long
and faithful services in the military or
CARNATIONS of that city, in ante bellum
times. And if you, Mr.. Editor, are de-
sir0us OF sudden translation to the
hereafter, just venture, in the presence
of Col. West, to cast the slightest stig-
ma upon that flag All have to say
to you is sta, ta,' my bOy!
D. Ii. ARMSTRONG;.
+. S.-Geo. w. West, from .his fifty
years of service as captain, retains that
title; but he was appointed military
aid of Gov. Falk in 1851, and hence his
title is Colonel.
When our distinguished friend un-
dertakes to "traverse" anything he
should be careful that he has something
TO traverse and something TO traverse
with. We are very familiar with the
fact that Missouri troops used the flag
he speaks OF. No doubt our venerable
friend regards us as "kid," and when
ladies are about we do try to appear
passably young, but we have very
| vivid memories of "befo' the wah."
One of these memories is that we
served under the man he quotes, and
marched under the flag he describes.
We speak of Captain West, because il
was as captain that we knew him.
Then he was robust and strong, alert
OF mind and quick of eye To- day
alas he is old and blind. But in the
darkness of his room it is our pride to
know he has not forgotten us, and only
few weeks ago he wrote us a letter
which we shall always cherish, in
which among other things he said
"HancOck's old schoOlmaster used to
take pride i'll saying that he taught the
general when boy the first rudiments
of mathematics. With this same feel
ing can say that | put the first gun In
the hands of Capt. Alex. Lesueur,'
etc. Under that flag we served in the
old Missouri Guards before and during
the Southwest Expedition. The only
thing that was at all in question was
| the legal establishment of the emblems
of the seal of Missouri as its state flag.
A diligent search of the statutes has
tailed to discover any law of the kind,
therefore we can very safely repeat in
spite of the .ttraverse' that .'it is a cold
idCt, HcNOEtHclCsSs tudt iuclc Is UO IT,
gally adopted flag of this state, and
conclude by saying, eta, Ia, Colonel"
until you find the law.
The governor signed the treasury
bill, last Monday, and bids for state
deposits will be advertised tor at once.
Iduna Cpen Session.
The IduDa Literary Society of &. +. G..
will, on Friday evening, May 3, give an
other of their always excellent entertain =
ments known rs the "Open Session." The
mere announcement Is enough to insure them
an over flowing audience Of Interested hear
ers. The following is the programme:
PARTI.
BY the Young Ladies'.
Chorus. ................ ..... Vocal Class.
| Recitation ..................M Miss l.. Groves.
Piano Solo. Miss Hattie Williams.
Recitation .............. Miss q. Finley.
Violin Solo. ......... Madame Edouard BlitZ
PARTII.
Tableau. eau.................D Dressing the Bride.
BY the Young Ladies.
vocal quartette. te.................. .........
Misses Psuline CIIrkson, Hattie Williams
Ada Smith aud Lulu Piper.
| Recitation. ....................M Miss s. Smith
Piano Solo. ............. 80. Miss II. Brown.
Farce w ....."No Cure, No Pay. =
Misses III. Williams. d. Moss, A. Mccoy, S
Smith. q. Finley. l.. Groves, a. Smith.