The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-23

consult with the governor and TO ar
range all the details OF congregatin-
the ladies VINO were to assist IN
building the official flag which was
to go to Philadelphia. All that work
was well ana promptly done, and II
all part and parcel OF the history OF
your organization, and needs no COM
ment at this time.
| After the official Oklahoma flag
was made the committee was called
to Guthrie by the governor and afte.
an informal breaking out OF the flag
on the flag staff of the Carnegie II
brary, the committee was charged in
an address from Governor Haskell
as to the presentation TO the city Of
philadelphia, with the compliments
and hearty appreciation OF the people
OF the new state, and that committee
started on its journey to the mecca
OF all liberty loving citizens of Amer
ca-lndependenee Hall.
The reception given the commit
tee, and through it to the people it
represented. was most enthusiastic
aud hearty The hospitality Of the
city was theirs; royalty could not
have received more homage; from
/ Mayor Reyburn to the most humble
citizen AL Philadelphia seems to vic
with each other in their attentions to
the Oklahoma committee. Every met
ropolitan paper in and out OF the city
/ had its corps Of reporters and cam
era men constantly in attendance
The hospitality Of even the famous
Union club, the most exclusive pat
riotc organization on the American
continent was urged upon the ndlS-
( idaal members
And thus the glorious Fourth 81
July dawned most auspicously fol
the representatives Of the new state
of oklahoma. \ great amritheatre
had been arranged at one corner OF
the south side OF the old Indepena
ence Hall in which were a thousand
voices Of the larger girls from IND
schools ASA chorus Bands and cr-
chestras were located at many points
\
A stagep royided with a canopy Wa
arranged on the south Of the Hal
where the special guests We're over
6a4 members OF that colonial orgdai
lzaiion known as the Descendants O.
the Signers,' whose grandsircs had
fixed their names to the famous
Declaration of Independence. Each
member Of the committee was made
an honorary member of that cxc.ns'ye
/ organization, and each now possesses
the badge then bestowed upon him
Promptly at III the Phiis solpaia
flag, with the 10th star, was brokea
cut on the flag staff, where Il flut-
tered in the breeze till high II, when
it was lowered and the Oklahoma flag
was unfurled amid the cheers of ten
thousand voices and the booming
OF the National salute. The chill
dren sang The Star Spangled Ban
ner" and the telegraph notified the
waiting people back in Oklahoma OF
the event and the air was filled
with that inspiring national sons
from the classic schulkill to the
western limits Of the Oklahoma
pfairies
Is it to be wondered at that whel
ex- Congressman Reyburn in,ratiu a
to that great throng Of patriotic peo
le our chairman, Comrade Tom So
ward, he WAS filled with ne neces-
sarg inspiration to enable MIN t5 dc
liver before that great assembiage
the most powerful, most thrillna
declarations ever heard from any man
from Oklahoma? His me- sage from
the people OF the new s'ate 10 the
people in that city where Liberty was
Graded was more than g'and. Tt
Made the men from the new state who
neard it feel proud2 n that they wer.
a yalt OF the men Who were formins
developing. shaping n,w empire
and building a great commonN ealh
where Dut few years asohe foamtd
the red men and his Wild buffalo III
is my deep regret thgt words utterly |
fail me in my attempts % give SOU
esen faint idea o. tl,t grant, e.ori- |
Gus, inspiring sc7le And The BURST
v enthusiasm from that almost /
houndless sea OF f5rcs watch bore
evidence Of the mtett de.irs tc hea Il
every word Of tbo great message be-
ng given them from the new state.
During the exercises Mayor Roy II
mn presented to tine committee the II
Philadelphia flag in a very beautiful II
.choiarly euiogy OF the flag and Of the II
rope which his peoeie had that II