Arizona republican., 1915-02-21
State Flower and State Flag Bills Introduced-In Fact, | There Was Lots About l Flags in the House Yes
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Only Error ill Public Well fare Bill Keeps It in Com mittee After a Fierce Wrangle-Colter and Sta plev Disagree

There was little in either house 0t the legislature yesterday to raise in- terest above a dead level. The ground work was laiG for the decoration ca the state. That was accomplished ap- Iropriately by the deft hands o1 the lady members, Mrs. Munds of thc sep ate and Mrs. Berry of the house. Each introduced two bills, one authorizing state colors and the other authoriz ing the selection of d state flower. The colors are to be blue and old gold. the blue of the cerulean hue If the American flag. The flower is 70 he the Indian Flame, or Scarlet Paint Brush.
 Speaking of flags and flowers and such things, Representative Goodwin at the opening of the house rose to question of personal privilege. stat ing that he had been misunderstood by a reporter for The Republican the day before, when he rose to explain his vote on the Brooks flag bill. Mr. Goodwin said that he was not opposed 60 the flag proposed by the speaker, hut that he thought that d more ap- propriate one would he the flag pre- sented tO Company A of the Rough Riders when it left for Cuba. In jus tice to Mir. Goodwin and to all con- cerned, and because of their his toric interest, his remarks are here presented:
 T see by The Republican this morn- ing reference to a bill We voted upon in this house yesterday, which says MT. Goodwin objected to it on the ground that a more fitting state flag would have been that of the Rough Riders, under whose protecting folds he had curried mules at Tampa. de- fying them to kick him so long as that emblem floated over hlm. Now. MT. Speaker, l protest against this in the name of the Rough Riders. who followed this flag and lost their lives in Cuba; | protest in the name of every Rough Rider, and l protest in the name of Arizona. In the first place, Mir. Speaker, this flag I had reference to was not the RougE Riders flag It was not presented to the Rorgh Riders. This flag was
 
 Relief Corps of this state. It was given to fourteen of us on the even ing of the 3rd of May, 1898. while we were leaving this town for Prescott. That flag we took to Prescott and the governor of this territory pre- scnted it to the Arizona column of the Rough Riders.
 AI, hllnnpp1 to the Arizona column O. Rough Riders and not to the Rough Riders. This flag was taken e San Antonio and the Rough Riders. not having a regimental flag. this flag was used as the regimentai flag. When we vent from San Antonio, this flag was taken to Tampa. Fla, and still, not having q regimental flag, this flag was used as the Rough Riders flag. Eight troops were taken out to Cuba. and, not having a regimental flag, this flag was taken to Cuba, and this flag was the first flag landed on the Cuban soil by the American army. This flag was followed in Cuba by many of our boys, and many of OFT boys were killed. anG among those boys that were killed were two of the tovs that helped to carry that flag to Prescott the night of the @rd Of May.
 NOW. Mir. Speaker. this flag was the same flag that Bucky O'Neill. in talking with Col. Woods and Col. Roosevelt and other officers. when they asked him why he. an Arizonian. Of wealth and political distinction, would join and go to Cuba and risk his life for an alien people. he said: Who would not risk his life for an other star ir his flag?
 "Ar Speaker, this flag was brought back to the United States with the Rough Riders This flag, when the Rough Riders dishanded, the Arizona column of the Rough Riders asked for their flag, and ] want to say here that the Arizona column was not the only column of Rough Riders that had a flag--the New Mexico collmn had their flag, Oklahoma and Indian Territory had their flag, and Mi.
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