New-York tribune., 1903-03-10
4 PLEA FOR THE FLAG.
D. Il. r. Protest Earnestly against
Its DefEement in Any Way.

The preservation Of the American nag from desc
Grafton was the last subject taken up oy the re-
cent Continental Congress Of the Daughters OF the
American Revolution. the report OF the commit
tee having the matter IN charge having been
adopted lust before sine die adjournment, after
most Of the delegates had left the conVenuon
This report presented. by Mrs. Frances saunders
Ke7npster. of Milwaukee showed most Satisfactory
results from the efforts of the society along this
line
For three years said Mrs kempster, we
struggled alone to rescue the flag from the con-
tarninatioa OF trade from shameful street oraWis
and riots, and from the insults OF the vicious and
depraved. We were met at every step oy crltl-
cisns from our fellow workers Of the sterner sex
Our plan was 100 drastic an impossibidty. a
hindrance to ali flag legislation Now. members OF
various organizations to the number OF hunoreos
of thousands, unite in absolute accord, urging
Congress to enact a law substantially that pro-
posed by the Daughters of the American Revou-
ton six years ago. Statutes enacted by twenty
two States conform generally to the provsdons OF OF
AL bills presented for enactment 10 either State or
three proVisions for WHICH We asked. namely the
pTohboE Of the use Of the flag for =. sdyeTse y IT de
vices or inscriptiqns and the Furnishing OF these
or destroy it All previous bills provided only
Regarding the effect of such legislation Mrs
KePser sziS that the stts5 Sas not S1s OF
bad its inauence On the charncter as might be
by the ardent loyalty to the flag engendered
self IS counted as nothing compared with the honor
OF the fag and in the reports OF the color guards
Three color bearers killed and several wounded;
colors kept aloft
raised" Every sinking Of the colors meant man
The guard of eight men killed defending their
several privates killed in rescuing it,
% 9r sga5a ed bg 5n 6eS set Its
Members Of regiments color guard killed
a maimed and bleeding color bearer crawling
tie holds up the flag to his rescueEs with wavering
arm and crying. 1t has not touched the ground"
When such a passion of devotion can be inspired
M 81 the to tram oF evsn5 CT
The time for argument. she urged was past7 ps5
sense and right feeling. for there was some truth
In the words Of an English editor regarding the use
great Republic not very delicate in their feel
inrs on this matter"
when a publication" said Mrs Kempster. ''n
the empire city of the great Empire state-de-
family facing the State law and It's penalty
national flag in advertisement. surely some pres
sure is needed more potent than argument he
editor of a well known Eastern magazine who
expresses In several columns Of ridicule. his dis
app7ovaI ot the effort TO save the standard OF the
Fuuent. The will of the nation manifested in
federal law would discourage such mischievous
editorials
"Educa ton, by campaign or otherwise, is sdmtr-
able: but do not forget that within forty years
bE he hands Of men born in free America, and
Once again, not only in the name Of the
Daughters of the American Revolution, but for the
hundreds Of thousands OF Americans whose appeals
have already been presented: once again, the
da lighters petition the Congress Of the United
Do not let the women Of your land longer plead
not make us as a nation stand shamefaced befoFe
the worlds contempt