Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-15
S. C. Huber and Harry E. Mur-
ray Pay Eloquent Tributes
to Stars and Stripes

stars and stripes characterized tRe
Flag Day" services held from the
steps of the Capitol building last night
by the local lodge of Elks.
Several thousand persons we're seat,
ed in front of the platform. which was
gay with the national colors and
which held the officers of the Elks'
lodge and several invited guests in,
Guiding Mayor John c. Lane, Capt.
George R. Clark. L. S. n; Lieut.. B. F.
Tilley, L. S. ~; Col. Curtis P. Iaukea,
secretary of the territory; Past Exalt-
ed Rulers Harry E. Murray and Lor-
rim Andrews, and Mai Laurence Red
ington, y. G. H.
Following the 'Star-Spangled Ban
ner" by the Hawaiian band the exalt-
ed ruler and officers carried out the
Elks' ritual denoting the significance
Of the Flag. This was accompanied
by the erection of huge floral bell,
roses representing the red, lilies the
white and violets the blue.
Record of the Flag
The record Of the American Flag
was read by Lorrin Andrews, the
speaker tracing the history from 1920
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exercises was the "Elks' Tribute to
the Flag" by Harry E Murray, which
was inspiring and eloquent and
which brought forth much patriotic
applause from the big audience.
The program was as follows:
Musie-"Star-Spang Banner" -.
AAudience Standing). .Haw'n Band
Introductory Exercises ......
...... Exalted Ruler and Officers
Prayer NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Chaplain
Music-"Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean" .,......... Hawaiian Band
Altar Services-"Building the Floral
Reading-"Flag Record" ......
.......... Hon. Lorrin Andrews
Song-"Auld Lang Syne" .....
..... Officers and Lodge Members
Grafton lks' Tribute to the Flag"
.................H Harry E. Murray
Music-'Medley Of Patriotic Airs
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Hawaiian Band
Patriotic Address. ....S. {. HUBER
Music-"America" ....... Audience
Mr.. Huber said, in part
The services you have just obserV-
ed in the building of this beautiful
floral bell, in hearing the history OF
our nations flag and that most elo-
quent tribute to Old Glory, does hon
or to the order which instituted and
which annually observes these exer-
cises; and there is not person here
tonight, even those WHO wear the uni
form of the soldier, who will not leave
a prouder and q more devoted Amer
lean citizen.
Our Serious Duties
To-day we are confronted by seri-
Gus duties Less than three years
ago cloud appeared over one of the
smaller countries o. Europe And
the cloud that appeared over Serbia
concealed Mars, the God Of War, and
within a week all Of the mighty ma
tons Of Europe were engaged in a
gigantic struggle.
TN announcing our entry into the
war President Wilson characterized
It as war for Democracy and hu-
man rights, and said that America
must help to make the world safe for
Democracy.
"And what did he mean by that
language? Let US glance briefly at
history's pages. We find all govern
ments divided into two classes; first,
those of which the source of power
came from that doctrine known as the
divine right Of kings; second, those
that recognize the sovereignty of citi.
zenship.
"a few years ago Democracy light
ed its fires on the mountains of Swift
zerland and has continued to burn
until this day. It is the only guiding
star in all the. world. They were
those who sought the right of free
worship who landed at Plymouth
Rock, who followed the French HUI
guenots into Georgia, and William
Penn into Pennsylvania. These men,
inspired by such motives, increased
until, in 1776, the world was startled
by the expression I'VE hold these
are created equal" This was nothing
less than the voice Of American lib
erty, declared in the words of Thomas
Jefferson in that wonderful Declare
ton of Independence.
And what has been the result?
The independence that came with the
Revolution set an example which, a
few years later, was followed by the
French revolution, and it is now firm
ly established in the Republic of
France. There are now monarchies
that are ruled by kings and queens,
but with laws enacted by a popular
assembly and which are governed by
the people with the same spirit as IS
our own.
in this great contest between mon
archy and Democracy, we hold that
the right is On the side of Democracy.
When President Wilson said we were
engaged in a war of Democracy, tina:
is what he meant, and the war in Eu-
rope today is to determine whether
the people shall be governed by
themselves or by monarchs whose
word is law.
Its duty was plain when our coun
try, the leader among the free people,
when our rites were violated in the
sinking of the Lusitania and the Sus.
sex, and of the Aztec, in which brave
sons of Hawaii died, entered this
great war.