The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-15

and begin taking it today.
people, by the people, for the people.
Like all human institutions, this gov
! eminent of the United States is far |
from perfect, but it is the best kind
of national government on earth, |
| with high ideals and strong purposes, !
and may we never forget our debt of
gratitude to those who laid the
| foundations of this republic, nor fail
! to remember what has been well ex-
pressed by one of our prominent |
women, That we are as a people, |
what we are, because of our glorious
heritage from our patriotic self sac
! rificing revolutionary ancestors This
is a legacy entrusted to US to be
passed on. Some ideas pertinent to
| the times voiced by one of our daugh- |
tiers, I quote from memory: In view |
OF the vast multitudes Of foreign |
born people in our land, and with so
many children in our public schools
who are foreign born or of foreign |
parentage, is it not a necessity that
they shall be taught that this land is
now their land and that our flag is
| their flag-and that while we appre-
ciate the wisdom of the foreigner,
who Of his own free will, chooses to
come here and adopt this as his
home and country, yet he has no
right to ally himself in his words
and sympathies with the land and
the government which he has left
"A writer on the great war has
said: 1T is likely that in the next
twelve months there will be decided
the question as to whether the Latin
and Anglo-SaXon civilizations are to
survive unmodified and whether the
British and French ideas of liberty
and national life are to persist, vim
dictated by successful resistance to
the gravest peril they have known in
centuries; or whether the German
idea is to establish itself in a posi-
ton that will enable it hereafter to
resume the campaign to dominate
Europe and the world. 1t is this
vision that makes peace talk impos-
sible, all peace unthinkable, until the
German idea is banished. 1t is this,
that the French and British see to
be the issue of the hour
DsloyaIty to Flag.
"In one of the cities of our middle
west some months ago, an American
of German descent was addressing an
audience in a German club house.
He spoke with contempt of the Unit
ed States flag, then threw It down
and stamped on it. Another German
struck him for such disloyalty-but
the loyal German was put out Of the
club and told never to enter there
again.
rs there 200 penalty for such dis
| loyalty to our flag?
| rs there need that our citizens
| shall he taught DatriOtiSm?
| 1T has been said that the great
| work that we Daughters Of the Amer
! lean Revolution must strive to &C
I complish is the keeping alive of the
| love of our glorious country and rev.
erence for our beautiful flag This
| is the great task, a work urgently
needed. How can each Of us do her
part?
| I'VE reverence and love our flag
| the star spangled banner. 1t is not
I the flag of any king or ruler but is
the flag of the people-defended by
| their patriotism and by their lives If
need be- And while men die to pro-
tect it, women must live to teach the
coming generation love and loyalty to
| the red. white and blue.
Let this me our motto:
''In God is our trust.
And the star spangled banner
| In triumph shall wave
| Ger the land of the free
| And the home of the brave"
Secretary's Report.
Madam Regent, and Members of Keo-
| kuk Chapter D. A. f.:
| The secretary's annual report
should begin with Flag day, June IA.
n,- NTy-o
graciously entertained the members of
! the D. A. r. and the S. A. R. chap
| tiers. The evening was delightfully."-
spent and the program included music
and addresses appropriate to the day.
The official record for the year 1916
| 1916 will contain the minutes of the
eight regular meetings; also of one
called meeting held July IS, 1915,
when steps. were taken to secure
Maine memorial tablet for Keokuk.
The literary part of our years work
has conferred about the lives of
number of the women prominent in
the history of our nation.
The social function of the year. the
Washington luncheon at Hotel Iowa,
| was most successful and enjoyable
affair, r~
The year 1s15-1e. in closing, leaves
the chapter in a most satisfactory
condition with an increase in en-
membership.
Respectfully submitted,
ELIZABETH w. DUNLAP,
Secretary.
Report Of Historian.
Madam Regent and Ladies':
The chapter historian respectfully