South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-16

ann always ready 20 heed every sine
.ere request for consideration OF
people interests BY counsel and
advice Z am guided 90 pc a repre-
sentative o. our districts best inter
-sts out the politician or The selfish
Interest partisan who seefs go
-verre me from what believe 10
be- the best interest OF public well
laIe might as well save his time his
printers ink and mis- letter wrIlin-.
4 Or such want a representative 10 do
/ their bidding or 20 play politics u
/ this national peril OF 90 autasOnize
I the administration Joe its heroic Ell
forts 20 save our country and pro-
| tect our people they should not
ote for me This Is time 10
rally round ne Flag BOYS and
/ ann working with the win-the-var
| legions regardless Of political des-
I tiny or personal fortunes My
/ time ms money. ana ms boys are
( in this struggle TO win the war and
/ cod help me 90 follow our Flag
wherever our great leader carries
I 10 i'm behalf of freedom for all man
kind
And what j. this Flag Ve fol-
Iow written ali through its preci-
ous folds there are lessons which
we cannot AFFORD TO forget there are
memories which we cannot AFFORD 90
dim. and there arc hopes which SIC
cannot darken without shutting out
the ,erv sunlight of our future. This
I
must ever be held nigh above pri-
I late gain. that American heroes
must hasten 10 surrender and 20
sacrifc position. place property
reputation. and life itself for the
public good. and that we must
never he seen rushing with open
hands into the treasury when llb-
erty and justice are i'm peril.
Tribute TO Flag.
And no further discussion oil
argument IS needed for all that
have said or could say is more beau
tfuly and eloquently written and
expressed i'm the precious folds of
our glorious Flag. The white
stripes. said to be bleached with the
nations tears. teach mankind that
peace on earth and good viii 20 all
men is the policy of our govern
ment The red bars are the sacred
emblem of the heroic blood which
/ the fathers OF the revolution shed
/ from Canada to Mexico as the pur-
chase price of our liberties and hap
piness And the stars mark the
number OF sovereign states and give
MS the assurance that the people of
I any community IN our country shall
never be deprived of the blessing of
self-government. while their cluster
i'm the corner Of our Emblem Of Lib
| ertv teaches the lesson that the
/ american states are bound together
/ in a union established for the pre-
/ serraUon OF liberty And If YOU
want 10 know how long those stars
viii continue 10 shine with the
stars of heaven and how long that
union viii nm the object of its for
nation. the Flag answers back that
those stars are clustered together
i'm the background of blue which
never changes It is eloquently said
that the tints Of the cheeks of the
| now tI~ lSdDpedt IN the WlLneIln-
! Of the petals the crimson glow of
/ the sunlight on the frowniug cloud
| is neeting and short the beautiful
/ green with which nature robes her
/ leaves and grasses must soon change
! 20 the colors of decay and death.
/ but God created the heavens He
/ painted the sky with His own fade
! less blue and the paint brush. drop
ping into the deep. wide sea. gave
I il the same immortal hue. and the
J blessed song of the Flag is that so
long as the skies above MS and the
I seas around us do not change their
/ color So long will the Stars and
7 Stripes wave i'm triumph over the
/ land of the brave and the home of
the free So let as set up this En-
! blem of Liberty ON the sky line of
/ the world for then. and not until
then the kingdom of righteous
ness for which we pray I'M word and
thought and act will have come ON
/ earth.