Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-14
Greeted With Cheers.


the sailor boys. who were followed by
seven khaki-clad marines with bugles.
1t was evident the audience had not for
gotten the work of the marines and sail
or boys at Vera Cruz, because a mighty
cheer rent the air.
The three sailors took station on the
rostrum. the color bearer came to pre-
sent" as did the rif1emen and the
marines blew "colors." the salute of the
service to the flag. When the last note
died away. the men executed about face
and marched from the platform.
The only reference made to the Mexi-
can situation by Vice President Marshall
in the course of his speech was when
he said that the Stars and Stripes would
not again be carried to Chapultepec by
the American soldiery.
He declared that young men Of any
country must have something to wor-
ship that they know exists. and that
the flag furnished this for them. He
said the children of Israel could not ap-
prehend a God because they could not
see Him. They wanted something that
they could see to worship. he said,
"Ail of us know for what America has
stood in the past and what America
stands for now, and all of US hope and
pray alike for the years that are to
of the good things. But all of this does
not deprive US of some symbol of
the years to come, and so We worship
thine flag. not in the sense that We bow
down before it in idolatrous alteration.
but in the sense that it is a symbol of
government.
1.-THE flag of ours is cyclorama. which
one of these moving picture machines
can take" he said, glancing at the pic
ture machine, which was fast clicking off
the yards of film showing the Vice Presi-
dent in the act of delivering his speech.
No Mere Piece of Bunting.
This flag speaks to men in different
languages. If you look into its folds
YOU will see that it is no mere piece of
bunting. In it you may see the heroes
of the country. AS 1 look across this
courtyard at it I can see Warren at
diers at Valley Forge. Grant at Apo
mattox: / can see it being carried to the
heights of Chapuletpec, but let me make
it plain right here that no American
soldier will scale Chapultepec again car
rying the stars and Stripes.
IF you think of the man who stands
for America then out of the flag VIII
stand the features of Washington, JEFF
ferson. Monroe. Jackson. Webster, Abra-
ham Lincoln-so I might go on callnS
history and statecraft. But the flag Is
more than a cyclorama. 1t is an lnstru-
rnent of music-a musical instrument on
which any American citizen can play any
tune
..Some men believe in associating the
flag and an appropriation. They thlnk
that they can march down the halls OF
Congress under the flag and in its name
secure an appropriation for almost any
thing Many believe that 1t can De
raised over institutions and deprive men
of their rights 1t cannot be done. The
flag is not only inclusive, but exclusive.
What the Flag Stands For.
He said the flag stands for eternity and
equality In olden times. he said. 1t was
political eternity and equality. but the
times have changed and the flag must
float over a people who believe In social
eternity and social equality.
There cannot be liberty and eternity
until you have equality he said. Il
mean the equality which teaches me that
while I can discharge the duties Of an
ONCE am also fit to be clerk in the
Interior Department. Equality is the
equality of service in the United States
Of America"
was an emblem of statecraft Christian
ity. He said he was believer in socia
reform in so far as 1t permitted gov
eminent employe to express his opinion
He declared that If any government en-
ploye was a good bull mooser or a good
republican he wanted him TO feel Just az
free to express his opinion as If he was
a democrat.
He said he does not believe the ma,
tority always is correct, no matter who
the majority happens to be. He sale
he couldn't believe it. for he had beer
voting the democratic ticket since he
was twenty-one years old. and saw the
party come into power when he was
sixty, and no one could make him be
iieve that the majority during these
intervening years was always correct.
Address by Secretary Bryan.
Secretary Bryan in his address at tn.
Flag day exercises IN the Post Office De
partment yesterday afternoon made l
clear that whatever had been the ideal.
of the past. or whatever those of tn,
future might be. the American flag nov
stood for and represented the ideals O