The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-27
KING OF ALL FLAGS
BIGGEST ONE IN THE WORLD Of
FERED FOR THE MONUMENT.
e. o. Mccormick, of the Big Four,
Willing to Donate It-Comments
on the Decorations.

Mr.. Burgess Brown is in possession OF a
letter from E. o. Mccormick. of the Big
-Four road. dated from Cincinnati. offering
to furnish the biggest flag in the world for
the soldiers monument. If the members of
the regency are willing that the flag should
be placed on top of the structure. Mr.. Nc
Cormick says he has noticed the various
comments in Indianapolis papers regarding
flags on the monument. He suggests, il
a Flagstaff of sufficient size can be put on
the top Of the monument, the flag will be
at the disposal of the regency. And it
would take a pretty strong staff. The flag
is the immense one hat was exhibited at
the Worlds Fair. 1t is sixty-four feet long.
reaching more than from curb to curb on
Pennsylvania street, for instance. and is
thirty-nine feet wide, almost as wide as
the average roadway Of an uptown street.
The offer will be presented to the regency
to-day.
There is still a great deal of Comment on
the present manner Of decorating the noble
shaft. A few observations yesterday are
as follows:
City Attorney Scott-I am not an artist
and don't feel as If / am competent TO dis
cuss the monument decorations. However,
l was never impressed with the plan of
putting flags around the stan permanently.
Don't think they belong there. The mon
ument could be sufficiently decorated with
demanded.
were never intended to stay there. 1t is
only a temporary arrangement. 1 think
there should be flags around the monument,
Snt tney ought to be larger. l want to see
Dig nags waving from immense bronze
stans. l should also like TO see the figure
OF the woman taken down and a man put
up there instead: But If the lady is TO re-
main. there ought to be an electric light
put into her hand-one that can be seen
miles away.
Mayor Denny-While don't see any spe-
cial need of those flags around the monu-
ment, l am not disposed TO ~criticise the
action of the regents in placing them there.
l don't believe that the American flag is
out OF place anywhere. That humping
CINE room of the monument, should GER
tainly be abated.
Judge Stubbs-No. man in the state thinks
seems to me that the present decorations
around the monument detracts from it's
natural beauty. / am not an artist and
am not disposed to be critical.
Henry Spaan--I don't like those flags up
there. There should be no decorations
around the monument. The massive shaft
Is enough In itself to attract the eye and
the admiration of any man. That
humping sound in the basement that can
be heard for two squares should be stop
pea. II reminds one of a factory with the
machinery out of gear.
Charles F. Kennedy would see if there
could not be come way opened up to stop
the continual fire that is let go at the monu-
ment by certain newspapers in this city.
Then / would take down those beanpoles
called fagstaffs and swing electric lights
on the prows of the vessels represented in
the naval astragal. 1t would not stop
there. / would take away all that side
show business scattered around, and make
IL a plain monument. If I should decide
that the fountains should stay l would see
to 1T that there would be about ten times as
much water flowing over the cascades as
at present.
Albert SahmI am not in politics and 1
do not think it fair that you should ask
me such a question when my political
enemies might dig up my answer in the
future and use it against me. i am friendly to
the regents and do not care to criticise them.
/ think l SHOULD do just as General Knefer
is doing-be sure 1 was right and then go
ahead-but If you are going to print this
| will say no more. 1t might get me in
trouble.
Cal Darnell-So you want to know what
/ would do to improve the monument. do
you? Well I'd pull down those saplings
the first thing. Those poles look just like
saplings and spoil the whole business. Then
/ would pull dow Miss Indiana and put
Morton up there, or some other man.