The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-04

Banner at the top of the pole took place
this morning at 10 o'clock, IN the pres
ence OF a large crowd of old soldiers
and others ana while the regulation
thirteen gun salute was booming forth
The pole was donated by the Mis-
souri, and Kansas Telephone company,
borne by c. O. Knowles, owner of the
block in which Lincoln Post hall is To-
Gated.
CAPTAIN WATERS SPEECH.
Captain waters speech had charac-
teristic poesy and sentiment. He said:
The glory of a flag is in the people
which it represents. 1t takes on beauty
or LONELINESS from the things for
which it stands. No art can beautify
the symbol of oppression, no con-
queror's chrtsm can give 1t grace. No
rainbow of color can adorn the flag of
tyranny with grandeur, and no wizard
can enchant it into the secret chamber
of the hearts of men-the Valhalla, of
the soul, where they keep the curly
locks lovingly taken from the sunlit
broWs of children and store kisses
seized in WantOn ecstacy from a sweet
hearts lips.
There is no hue so SON Der that can
not be embelIished by the touch of Lib
erty. Liberty Is the sweetest and ten
derest sentiment of the human race It
is a passion that must be shared to be
enjoyed It's greed is in giving. To
give is to get, and to bestoW is to re-
ceive- The more we squander it with
spendthrift hands the more and richer
il remains in our possession. 1t Is the
unselfsh thread the shuttles fly to
vein the sordid cloth of gold. It has
a heart that harDors no winter, an arm
that Is powerful to strike and a soul
that never felt the trennor Of fear.
Tt recognizes sacrifice as duty, and in
the great triumvfrate duty is chief Of
love and joy It endures letters that
another may go free; it bears agony
that some soul may escape sigh. 1t
- TIKI
Atlas. that Cuba might stand erect and
proud and free 1t dfsturbs the dream
Of the I0wly and oppressed with visions
of heaven, IN the very selfsan1e hour
Of the night that the king startles from
sleep and flies the ugly nightn are with
its prophetic portends Of disaster.
Liberty was free to choose a flag
Tt had unvexed choice in the selection
of an emblem 1t could sweep through
the Fiot0us bloom of flowers. 1t could
parade the bright plunage of birds: it
could pluck the delicate traceFy of the
orchid. 1t could seize the treasury Of
the great woods; it could appropriate
the changing beauty of cloud and sky,
the opals of morning, the Fernailions
of sunset the bow in the cloud: it
could take the oceans 6tfu1 moods. and
invade the charmed night to create
a banner for the free It was guilty Of
no sin that prevented it from reaching
upward for a star. It lifted no iupiOus
hand to grasp the nnsUllied armament
anu Silt It's azure on It's stainless I04US.
Reminded OF the smoking affairs Of the
revolution, il blended the sunrise and
sunset IN sacrificiaI crimson, that
Redeemed through the great rebellion
and grew a deeper hue UP the heights
of san Juan, in the valleys of L.uzon
and over the topping Chinese wall
1T chose an emblem. Washington
himself devised it. and q woman fash
toned liz into shape. The voice fitted
the lips of the angel who sang the song
The father of his country was the in
spired apostle Of Liberty It's eoIors
and form came to him as benIgnly and
naturally as sunrise meets the hills