The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-04-23

THE LOWERING OF THE FLAG
What a Correspondent Says Of The
Honolulu incident.
BLoUNT Is SEVERELY OBEsURBD
Senator Hoar's Resolution on the Roach
Matter the Subject OF Remarks
Genera Notes.
,LOUNT Is SEVERELY oBNsURED
special Correanondence.

Washington, April IT,, 1S93.-Mr.
Cleveland has certainly been unfor-
tunate In the orders he has issued con-
corning flags. People have not yet for
gotten the howl Of Indignation that was
raised during his first administration,
when he issued an order directing that
the battle flags In the war department,
which were captured during the Civil
war by Union troops should be re-
turned to their original wners. That
Indignation was so universal, outside
OF the South, and even there the order
was not generally favored, that the Or
der was never carried into effect, and
the captured flags are still in the wal
department. The Indignation over his
order to lower the American flag, which
Minister Stevens had raised over Ha-
wall months ago., is even deeper and
stronger than that aroused by the bat
tie flag order, but as yet it isn't so
loud here, at Washington, because be-
ing an international question, promin-
ent men hesitate to publicly speak
~ BAAAAC aNOub ~ hOWNllA6 VI eiS
American fiag-the first instance of the
kind on record, and it is to be hoped the
last-for fear that 1t may injure Ameri-
can interests: But privately, condem-
nation of the act is heard on every hand,
and not a little Of it comes from DEM
ocrats. Even those democrats who
tried to smooth the matter over and
talk about it's coming all right in the
end, admit their regret that the flag
should have been lowered upon Mr..
Cleveland's order, and by a man who
spent four of the best years of his life
fighting to destroy that flag, and all it
represented. Perhaps the members Of
the administration are not familiar with
this quotation from Hon. William Max
well Everts' our National Banner"
which is echoed in the hearts of mill
ions of American citizens ready and
to fight, and die, IL need be, for
"Old Glory
Let that banner rave forever,
May It's lustrous stars fade never,
Till the stars shall pale on high;
w HlIS tleTe . Tl6HI the WTOnB uclSdlli6, J
While there's hope in true hearts beat ,
beating, !
Truth and freedom shall not die" !
Had the sailors on the United States |
Steamer Boston, now anchored in the :
harbor of Honolulu, felt disposed TO
sing the Star Spangle Banner" after
the humiliating episode of lowering the
Stars and Stripes had occurred, they
might fttingly have used a revised ,
of the familiar words. {
Raising the Constitution of the
United States as a bar to prevent ome
thing they do not wish to have done
Is a very old trick with the democrats
In congress, and yet it does seem
surprising that they should BE willing
to go before the country with such a :
hlmsy excuse for not being willing to
hav the charge Of criminal embez- /
clement against Senator Roach inves-
llgated. The republican senators being
| minority could not force the demo-
rats to vote on Senator Hoar's reso-
luton, before adjourning, but they :
;ould and did, compel the democratic
majority to put itself on record Is be-
ng afraid to allow this investigation to
)e made, not because 1t would almost
certainly have resulted in the expulsion
If Roach, but because 1t would have
laid bare the methods by which the
election Of Roach was secured, methods
far from creditable. Republican SEN
ators are willing to let the matter go
in that shape to the Intelligent people
of the country, for the present at least.
They will bring the matter up again in
the regular session of congress, when
they hope to be able to compel the
senate to take action.
Half of official Washington will go
down to see the interesting information
al naval review at Hampton Roads, in
which, thanks to a republican congress
and the Harrison administration the
United States will make such a credit
able showing.
The end of the extra session of the
senate was very quiet, although there
were several very stormy periods dur
ing Its last days. :
In suspending the further issue of
gold certificates Secretary Carlisle was
hasty, The law says they shall \
be suspended when the gold in the \
treasury falls below 800, 900, 900. This \
1t has not yet done, although II may do Y