Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-02
FLAG OF THE FREE
Various Opinions About Its F1y- v = ing at Half Mast.
THE CITY HALL FLAG DOWN.

Was Not Placed at Half Mast Ak
 though Some People Wished It-vas
 rious Comments About the Flag and
 Half Wasting It.
 very little notice was taken in Wa terbury of the fact that the late queeu CT England was buried to-day. Not s ! nag was at half-mast on the business DOCKS about town, and were it not for the presence of small flag that f1ut- tered httully on the breeze from one or the windows of Odd Fellows block there would not have been one reminlf- CT to people about the center that "the
 mother country was in mourning. some of the factories had their fagH at half-mast and here and there on, the outskirts citizens of English birth who stlll retain warm, spot in their hearts for the land of their birth showed signs of mourning by hanging flags rom their windows. There was noth. Ing wonderful about this. In fact, one would expect to see the mourning spirit more general in a town where there are, so many people living who were born in England. But Waterbury IS busy place and the chances are mat the great majority of our people never gave the matter thought Be-
 
 kind enough to speak uncharitably of the good woman whose bones were laid at rest to-day, the number of peo4 Die in our midst who carry about them sad recOllections of their knowledge of British rule may have prompted those who believe the government of Eng land all right not to do anything which would make it appear that their neigh bors desired to weep with them over fhn 6n,+ !, nf II, country under whose rule many of them were born, but in which they found it absolutely impossible to earn enough to keep body and soul togeth- CT. This morning General Kellogg called at the office of Mayor kilduff and inquired why the flag was not at half mast on the City hall building. Janitor Loughln informed him that he had not heard anything about it, and as the mayor was not in tue office at the time that was the last heard differ as to whether the flag should be at half mast or not. A few opin- ions follow:
 The desire is quite general that the flag on the City hall be put at half mast tomorrow out of respect for Queen Victoria, whose funeral takes place then. In view of her public ex- pression of grief and sympathy on the occasion of President Garfield's death, and of her friendship for America and Americans all during her reign, this is very little for us to do in reciprocation of her good Will.-American.
 It has been suggested that the flag on the City hall be lowered to-day out of respect to Queen Victoria, whose remains will be borne to-day to their last resting place. The lowering of the flag need not be taken as an approval of England's policies, but as grace full acknowledgement of the late queens friendship for America. and of her lowering the British flag on the occasion of President Garfield's death< Republican.
 Australian newspaper correspond- 1 ent, in describing the naval pageant | in honor of the queen, says: II saw I the flag of Spain dropping in honor t. our sovereign lady and then looked atield for the flag that of all flags 1 thought to see hard up against our oMn-the star spangled banner of | America-and I saw that it was not. Has memory so soon outrun her race | that they who live beneath that flag can now forget the debts they owe to us? We stood between them and A l frowning world but yesterday l The loyal London correspondent of the New York Evening Post says: A little unreported incident of Wednes- day may be noted here: On his return 1 to Portsmouth from London, where he had attended his first privy council. | the king noticed that the flags at the station and through the town were | still at half-mast. He called Admiral l Sir Charles Hotham to his side. Why are the flags at half-mast?" he asked. The admiral hesitated and suffered: Mourning, sir," he replied at last ''Of | course" replied King Edward, ''bur you should know that the kings acs cession is a subject for national res l inininor', !