The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-04

and shall feel satisfied with any meas
ure' that protects the flag from abuse
Therc Is no question of politics in these
bills, and there are no appropriations
asked from the Treasury. There is no
North, no South. mo East. no West, bu,
united country. entreating Congress
for clean flag"
Judge KimballJsaid for the veterans:
Gentlemen, by the direction of the
COMMUNICATIVE Chief of the Grand
Army of the Repablic, and representing.
as do, the 500. Oe0o Id soldiers wearing
this button, come in their name to
ask you to pass bill to protect from
desecration that which we fought for
To the old soldiers the flag means every
thing. 1t means that which they repre-
scented in fighting. and as we grow old
er We love It more, and to us il is a
matter of very great sorrow when we
see dissertations, such as, you-@ see in
that book, of the flag. 1 have but a
word to say, and 1 say it with all the
emphasis that I am capable of; for the
sake of the old soldier, for the sake of
the younger men coming up, the young
er generation, put upon our statute
books law which will stop the desc
Grafton of old Glory I am not argu-
ing in favor of either bill; both bills are
good, altho prefer that, of Past Com
mander-in-Chief Senator Warner to the
other; but what we want is some law
which will stop the Dissertation and put
the flag where we comrades of the
Grand Army left it when we separated
in 1865"
Mrs. Ball was introduced as Presi-
dent of the .Woman's Relief Corps of
the Department of the Potomac.
Mr.. Chairman: l am not President
f.f- fhn LII
Past Department President, Just re-
tired, of the Potomac Woman's Relief
Corps, and Chairman of the National
Committee of the Woman's Relief Corps
on prevention of the dissertation of the
flag. / appear also as the representa-
tive; of the National President of the
Woman's Relief Corps, Mrs. Kate h.
Jones, of lion, n. Y, and of the other
members of my committee, Mrs Hen
rietta ID. Beaver, New York City; the
of my committee present are
Mrs. Annie w. Johnson, Mrs. Emma c.
Littlejohn and Mrs. Ida A. Oldroyd. ii
stand before you to-day representing
! $4,000 women banded together for the
patriotic purpose of teaching love of
the flag and of the Government to the
rising generation. We began this work
in 1889. We adopted it as a special
work in 1892. We are, therefore, the
every other patriotic organization in
desiring that some bill be passed whose |
BILL what bill, We care not, so some bill
hat Will protect the flag from the con-
influences of the CONNER |
,ial interests of the country may be |
passed
. Il shall speak to you in way, per-
1apS, that q woman might not be con-
;fdered to speak to men, and yet it is |
absolutely necessary to bring before this
committee some of the uses TO which
he flag of the country is put For in
;tance, when Gen. Ruggles took charged
If the Soldiers Home in this city he
ound all of the Iavatory arrangements
,earing the British and the American
iags crossed in the bottoms, of the
ini the urinals, and every
hing else in the Soldiers Home. e He
had them torn ont . You
will find over here in Georgetown to-
lay; in a plumbers Substitution, rolls of
oilet paper, every piece, of it with. the
american flag on it. You will find it
sed as elaboration for saloons;r you
will find it on beer bottles named Old
ilory;' you will find it on whisky bot
les named 'Old Glory You will find
used in every way imagina BILE that il
hould not be used. / am afraid that
you will wall1g over to the House of
you will find that to
ct into Ii yer must walk over the great
cal of the United States, and walk upon
! to enter the House. ;
Gentlemen of the committee, I am
ot before you to tell you lawmakers !
hat law is.rI know that the question ,
vested rights has to-day much to do {
18th this. In other words, the COM S
lercial interests of the country are abb
Dlutely. against the passage of such a s
i'll by Congress. But it does not inter- l
ere with your plans, nor the Constitu- t
on. nor your ideas of the police pow /
rs of the States, when railroad cor
orations and other corporate trusts I
ave vested rights in certain things, l
nd certainly the flag of the Govern II
tent. the sign manual OF its freedom !
nd its liberty. as well as its great seal {
Mould be protected from commercial G
ifiuence and interests. ''"'-'fT. t
tfIns1S92 / was i'm theucity of New
ork. and ] had n friend there who S
as interested in the kindergarten, and i