Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-03
BIG GIFT Flag
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FEDERAL COURT
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Murphy, Deputy clerks Foster Davis
and W. Ladd Rosa, Deputy MarshaIs
( Albert Harris and Otto Heine, Mrs
/ Edith Strader, Assistant District At
torney J. Wesley Thompson. Judge
Stanley, o. p Soares. b. l.. Marx, E..
II. Mcbride, former Governor Walter
Fl r. Frear, Bailiff Sidney Smith. Mes.
senger Lau Wah, Judge Quarles.
Judge Watson. G.. IL French. r. B.
Anderson, A ID. Larnach and Godfrey
! Offonso
IN che corner CT the flag is tie fol-
lowing inscription:
Presented to the Federal Court
--....:. .... Honolulu
r. 49,. by
Ill.,. Hawaiian Society
Sons of the American Revolution
.-s.: June II. 1915.
- ''Libertas ct Patria"
The opening address was delivered
by Judge Dole. He said:
1st AID BIG ;. .6yd1gfF
1T is the pleasant and responsible
duty OF this court to open the gates
Of citizenship to those aliens who. hay-
ing qualified by residence and nCtiCe
and on examination showing their aC-
quaintaince with the principles &C he
American system OF government; and
their attachment thereto, and admit
them as citizens. II is very fitting
that on such occasions the flag of our
country should be before them, as IN
inspiration and as a reminder of The
high position which one takes in be-
coming citizen of the United States.
"The design of the American flag
grew out of a most tense political con
dition. A community struggling for
the right of self-government, against
one Of the great powers of the world,
1t would seem as if the design of the
flag was perfected by those circum-
stances: the stars on the blue field
denoting or symbolizing the political
night, which at that time enveloped the
world; the hues of dawn in the stripes
fcretelling the coming of a better
time. -. ..... 1853 -.
This flag for long time was one
rather of promise than of accomplish
ment. The seven states represented
by the seven stars made the initiative
movement for freedom and equality
and yet, as the nation grew, as the
constellation increased, there was still
a large portion Of the community of
the United States who were not free,
who had no civil rights. The flag to
them may be said to have been iron
ical, and still it was to them flag of
hope; it flew over them during con-
ditions which permitted the parting of
husbands from wives and children
from parents; still it was flag of
promise to them, and for generations
they waited, and in time, at a great
sacrifice, the stigma was re-
moved and the flag in that particular
attitude came into its own and slavery,
was no longer possible in the United
States, or anywhere under the folds of
the American flag. i. H.. = X
"And. with this great accomplish
nent the flag is still symbolic to my
mind Of hope and promise. There is
much more to be done. The principle
Of equality has to be made real, to .
De perfected, SO that there shall be a |
real equality among citizens of the
United States. real equality between
men and women, protection to child
EN-, freedom from oppression and ey-
,rything which pertains to slavery.
There is need of progress in the way
If freedom of action, so that every
nan in the United States, citizen or
lien, may carry on his own business
awfully, without Interference of any
,ower, competitor, company or cor
,oration freedom of action. :."& 4
THE flag is promise of progress.
[ has a great record. and yet there
s much to be done before its ideal is
cached. II is blazing the pathway
through the twilight of political night,
ihieh is diminishing. The great con-
Of stars is giving more light
nd the world is receiving it's influ-
nee. Already, and for long time
asst its influence on other nations