Arizona republican., 1899-07-22

/ TOR a copy d which We are indebted
to z. H. Rixford. Esq, prominent
lawyer Of San Francisco. VIZ:
An Act 10 Prohibit the De5ecrat.0 On
of the Flag Of the Unf-ed States and
| TO Provide a Punishment Therefor.
! The people of the sta-e Of Ca-tfoT-
nit, represented il senate and as
sembly. do enact as follows:
Section ]. Any person who shall
! dHsecrate the flag Of the United States
/ by printing thereon or attaching
| thereto any advertisement CT any ma
7ure whatsoever. snail be deemed
guilty of a misdemeauOr."
| The act was approved March 2, 1893.
The Arizona society S A R. had
J last year a flag COMM tee-Rey. Lewis
/ Halsey, Major L. W. Coggins and NJ.
/ J. Ernest Walker. They wished 70
present Il flag bill. but IKE every
other similar commirtee found il diff
ficult to frame one which was s3t-Sfac-
tory. The chairman went to the Of
fee of The president Of the society.
General II. F. Robinson. and the Two
gentlemen looked through several vol
umes of the Spirit of Seventy-Six'' to
find a bill for comparison. The chair
man drafted the first section, and
General Robinson added the second.
Then the chairman took the bill 10
Judge Armstrong, who gut It in legal
phraseolOgy, then 20 Mr.. J. Ernest
Walker, who provided several type
written copies. The chairman then
asked one of the most prominent mem
Der in each house ID introduce the bill,
so chat whichever bill got the first
start should be taken up in the other
house. But a new difficulty appeared.
Chaplain Scott and Hon. J. ". Ben
ham would have been glad TO introduce
the bill. but waived the right TO do SO.
Another member had been spoken to
by a gentleman outside of the S A r.
who wished 10 see a flag bill go
through, 50 the assemblyman spoken
to was requested to pocket his bill
and courteously did 50. Then the most
prominent objector n the house said
that he world fight the. bill to the bit
ter end if the words Example on were
not omitted. ct is an insult to every
American to leave them in We need
no law to help rs 10 take care of any
one who tTamples on the flag in Am5r-
ica." Hon. Mike Gray, the father Of
the house, expressed the same sent
ments. A high territorial official con-
Guided: -'Wel. gentlemen, VII you
vote for the bill If that clause is left
QUIZ" yes, and VIII advocate it"
All right. the bill is strong enough
without it. and the clause goes out"
New copies of the bill were pro-
v.ded The bill was shown to the
governor. that no technical errors
might prevent its becoming a law. J.,
met his approval. II was sent up by
the mover. Hon Mr. Evans. % the
clerks desk il the house, but when
the time came for it TO be read the
a Inn no 4a771N "a
absent He would foe back in a mo-
ment, but what was to be the fate Of
the flag bill? Mr.. Benham wss on his
feet in an instant moving the adOp
ton of the bIl. Chaplain Scott added
few elOqUeIt words; there w2s no OPP
position. Speaker Pro lem Williams
was a champion Of the bill, and in
three minutes time the bill was put
on its third reading and passed Una1-
imously.
In She council the bill met with
some opposition. President Goldwater
took the floor and made a vehement
attack upon the measure, claiming
that it might interfere with the dry
goods trade, and saying, as he was
in The Republican, that if he
wished to blow his nose on a hand
kerch.ef representing the American
flag he had a right TO do 50. But his
opposition was Of no avail Hon. G.
W. P. Hunt. VINO had the bill in
charge. carried il through the counui /
handsomely. the opposition being able
to muster only four votes. The COM /
m.ttee was indebted n the house 10, |
among others. Hon. Mr.. Evans and |
Hon. Mr. Williams, both CT whom /
were ready 10 aid in putting the bill /
through. It was considered carefully |
by its friends in the house, who made /
one or two verbal changes 10 insure /
las passage and had it re-engrOssed |
for the third or fourth time.
The Dill was at once signed by Gov /
srn0r Murphy, and so became part Of /
the statute law of the territory. The
aw reads as follows, No. 81:
An Act for the Protection of ths
American Flag.
BE it enacted by the legislative as
5embly of the territory OF Arizona:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for
any person, persons or firm or cOrpo-
alton Cdeface, or in any other way
show disrespect to the American flag:
II to make, display or exhibit for any
1urpse, an American flag or pictorial
representation of the same, upon
which there is printed or written any
word or words for advertising or COM
nercial purposes.
Sec. ?. Any person violating the
PROVISIONS Of the foregoing section
hall be punished by fine not more
han one hundred dollars. nor less
han five dollars. or By imprisonment
4 the county jail no.5 exceeding six
months, or by both such fine and i'm
,risOnment.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect
nd~be in force from and after its
,assage.
Approved March i, 1899"
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