The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-19
D. E. Lesh Calls 1t Symbol Of
Anarchy IN Address to Elks
and Their Guests
LODGE ENTERTAINS IN =
HONOR OF FLAG DAY
Band Concert From z to g. Ad-
dress and Informal Reception
Are Enjoyed by a Number of
Members and Others


mutiny. anarchy and rebellion, and
should have no place in this country
was the statement of ID. E. Lesh Fri
day night in his address before the Elks
lodge and their guests at an informal
reception and musical program in
honor of .g Day. Mr.. Lesh empha-
sized the principles of the Elks as
being the principles for which the flag
stands, calling attention to the fact
that no one not in sympathy with
zen of the United States, can become
a member of the lodge 81
Mr.. Lesh's address was given before
a good sized crowd of Elks and others,
who gathered on the broad veranda
of the club house and on the side
walk in front. After the address the
Star Bangled Banner" was sung by
everyone, with the band accompany
ing, and an informal reception was
held in the club rooms, George Vance
acted as master of ceremonies during
the evening.
Among the guests at the clubrooms
during the reception was Federal
Judge Frank H. Rudkin, who just
concluded a session of court in the
city Friday, and who took advantage
of the gathering to renew many &C.
quaintances with Yakima friends.
Every Day flag Day With Elks
Following is the address of Mr..
Lesh:
Brother Elks, ladies and gentlemen:
| We, as Elks, are here tonight to
join with all other good citizens in
Lob finn
Adoption of our National Flag.
In Elkdom as you perhaps know,
every day is Flag Day. The principles
for which the Flag stands are our
principles; it is the emblem of our
Order, hence we could not exist with
out it. The Flag stands for religious,
political and personal liberty; so does
| all Elkdom.
No one, who is not in full accord
with all of the principles of which the
old Flag is emblematic, or who IS
not citizen of the United States, can
become an Elk; so you see it is pure
ly an American Order, and must of
necessity stand by "Old Glory in all
things it represents.
| Flags have been used as symbols
i since about the 18th century BY com
mon consent of nations, flags have
come to have a certain meaning. The
white flag is flag of truce, and when
held aloft signifies that hostilities
cease for the present. The black flag
means pirate-no quarter, no rights
recognized, might must prevail.
Red Flag Means Anarchy
There is another flag of equal sig
Inifcance and danger; / refer to the
red flag, whose symbol is mutiny,
anarchy, and rebellion. This is the
flag that should have no place or part
in this great and God-favored land Ut
ours. 1 have heard a few deluded in
dividuals have attempted to carry 1t
in this country. If so, it should be
for the last time. / believe it should
be, and will be, an unwritten law in
this country that no order, political
or social. shall carry or unfurl any
1 flag or banner unless the Stars and
Stripes are carried so much higher
that the Impractical eye can take it
in without measurement.
I'VE have many vexed questions
now, and no doubt will have many
more to work out and solve in this
country, but they must be worked out
and Blue, and no other
/ Would Keep Out Undesirables
There is yet another flag of which
I have not spoken; | refer to the yell
low flag Its significance is to keep off
or away. 1t has never had national
use in this country, and we hope and
trust that it may never have; but. if
it is ever raised it will not be against
} the man who comes here to share and
uphold our common country, but
against the poor deluded wretch, who
comes here to carry a red flag
I'VE have in this country two clas-
Uses that tend toward national dsin-
tegration. One is the man that thinks
that God spent a good deal of extra
time in making him, and the other
is the man who gets all he can, and
what he don't get thinks he ought to
J get.
No Caste System
Il have no sympathy for the man
who would do aught to foster or en-
courage a caste system in this coun-
try God created man free and equal.
In the eye of God the borne king is
no better than the born beggar. Ever
since the dawn of history the Devil
has been working over time to sub
vert this fact. Caste, or the belief in
a caste system, has been the one
great wall that has and is barring
h man PROCESS. If this one great fact
of God-given equality were universal
ly believed and understood. the Mil
lenium would be here tomorrow. No
one, who is fully conscious of his
God given rights. and uses them
Alright, ever failed or can fail of sue
cess
The power of love alone the world
i can sway;
Il Good must prevail:
iilr naugnt bat love dwell IN my heart
this day.
/ Nothing / do can fail.
i The country that is most class
ridden is where you find that cholera,
bubonic plague and anarchists multi
ply and thrive. Let us frown upon any