The Anaconda standard., 1895-02-11
RALLY ROUND THE FLAG
That Was the SgbjlCt Of Rev Mr..
Founders Discourse Last Night.
AS TO I8-CARAT LOYALTY
The Best American He Thinks is
the Man Whose Patriotism Is Por-
trayed In HIS A6tIons Rather
Than Told BY His Lips.

this evening, no progress whatever having
been made toward repairing the old tab.
ernacle or building a new one. The audi.
ence nearly filed the hall and Rev. Mr..
Rounder spoke with considerable earnest
ness on the subject "Tne Star Spangled
Banner or, Who is the Best America ?''
He said:
| ut is an unaccountable thing that in
an American legislature men should have
got up one day the past week to tell their
pedigree. 1t was n Illuminating spectacle
when members OF the Montana Legislature
arose and IN spread-eagle speeches began
| to tell that they were Americans! Amer-
| cans? or course they are Americans. If
| they are not Americans what are they do
] ing in the legislature? 1T they are not
Americans, what are they in this country
| for. anyway ?
yet il remains humiliating fact that
| Tor hour after hour men who are paid Sc
| per day by the American people to repre-
| sent them found nothing to do but tell
| what good Americans they are. And IT
was all over bill introduced by one rep
resentative TO the effect that no flag but
the stars and stripes shall be displayed
within the bounds OF the state of Montana.
"If Mr.. Kuippenberg's object in draw
ing the bill IN question is TO develop pat
riotism among the people of Montana, 1t
is my opinion that he either goes too far
or Inc doesn't go far enough. 1 believe
that If there is any class of people who,
marching behind 'old glory and some for
elgn flag or banner beside it, are not loyal
first of all to the flag of America. are not
ready 10 fight for that flag as against any
other flag or any other country on earth,
then 1t is not enough to require them to
carry the stars and stripes alone. If they
are not loyal to our flag as above every
other flag, then let legislation be enacted
to send them back to the country they
came from. If they are not good patriots
now, carrying the old flag with the new,
they have no business in this country at
oil. They cannot be made better patriots
by stufiing the flag of America down their
throats. One might as well expect to turn
women into men by passing a law prohib-
lting the wearing of anything but trous-
ers. The women, thus dressed. might be-
gin to look something like men, but they
would be women still. So the man
who is not loyal American, even
If he does carry another banner
behind the American can never
be made a good American by legislation
sucn as Mr.. Knippenberg has proposed.
Ii they love any other illg better Than
they love odd glory pack them back to
the country they came from, no matter
what country it may be. Don't try TO
make artificial Americans.
but sIpposing Mr.. Knippenberg's bill
to be able to accomplish something in the
way of intensiiying American PATRIOTISM,
l claim that 1t does not go tar enough. It
is not sufficient to bury the foreign flags.
Kill the foreign songs. Someone has SAID
i don remember just who it was, but
know il wasn't DR.. Bristol-'Let me write
the songs of n nation and | care not who
writes its laws song. a national an
them, can do more to excite patriotic feel
ing, to preserve the love of the place of |
ones birth, than all the tlags that can be |
flung to the breeze. Do not stop with the |
prohibiting OF the carrying of the II lgs.
Make II pena offense for God Save the !
Queen Come Back to Ern,' or The 'B ne |
Bells of Scotland to be sung within the |
bounds of the state of Montana. Make 1t
"A crime for the bands to play Die Wacht |
am Rhein' or La Marseiilaise.' If it is
dangerous TO allow a foreign banner to be
displayed, 1t IS dangerous to allow for
elgn songs to be sung. If we cannot trust |
our foreign-born citizens sufficiently TO
permit them to carry another banner be-
hind the stars and stripes, we cannot
trust them to sing their old country songs.
One is as dangerous as the other.
triotism can be incu Gated in this way,
let II go far enough. Let il require that
all iorelgn-born cltlZens, or men of for
eign descent, change their names to good
Old American names. If a mans name |
happens TO be huippenoerg, or Dalronsky
or Nttario. make hlm change 1t TO Smith,
Jones or Brown. Require that after a
certain period of Time in this country
foreigner shall not longer be permitted to
speak his native tongue. Require that
nothing but the American language shall
he spoken within the bounds OF Montana |
And when I say the America language
/ mean IL with the accent on the word
American There is a distinction be-
tween the English language and the
American language.
That is Mr. Knippenhe wav of in
culcatlng American patriotism. In stop
ping at the flags he did not 90 near far
enough. Eliminate foreign language, for
eign songs and foreign customs as we'll
Arrest the bagpIpers when they appear on
the streets IN Highland costume. Prohibit
the observance of any foreign fete days.
If Mr.. knippenberg's idea is a correct
one, follow 1t out tar enough to do some
good. Half way measures can accom-
plsh very little.
That is Mr.. Knippenberg's plan for
purifying our country. My plan would
be different. / would favor the passage
OF legislation shipping back 10 the point
from which they came all foreign born
citizens who do not love the Stars and
stripes above every other flag. and who
are not ready at the drop of the hat TO
take up arms against any other nation
The United States may declare war
against, whether il be Ireland, or France
or sweden or England or Austria.
II would favor law requiring the
return TO the old country of any
man who does not declare his iuten-
lion of becoming an American citizen
within the SppcIflel time altpr reachInu
here, and who does not become iull citI-
zen within the required length of time. If
man can't make up his m nd TO bccome
an American in five years he should he
shipped back at once. This country
doesn't want him. lie should 90 back
and let some one who Is going To he an
American citizen have hIs job. / think
love for this country should last longer
han the length OF time a man can get
lpb n better wages than he can get Iu the
oil country. There are mon working IN
Butte VINO are Americans only 50 long as