Arizona republican., 1922-05-31
HIGH PATRIOTIC RESOLVES
EVOKED BY MEMORIAL DAY.
OBSERVANCE IN PHOENIX.
IDEALS FOR WHICH
HEROESFOUCHT ARE
URGED |NSPEECHES
Large Audience At Library
Park Listens To Tributes
Paid By Speakers At
Memorial Day Exercises

Olu 10y
Memorial Day Exercises
Heroes of our wars fought for the
ideal of democracy which guarantees
equal rights to every man, and any
man or body of men that attempts
to rise above the constitution ana
the laws of this nation and become
iniperialistic is doomed to failure and
determination.
This thought was the keynote or the
beautiful Memorial day service held
in. Library park yesterday morning.
BY two speakers the sentiment was
stressed as a thinly veiled attack
upon the Ku Klux klan.
Ernest Hall,~secretary of state, ere.
ated a sensation in the large audi
ence gathered for the impressive oc-
casion when the practically admitted
former membership in the khan and
then denounced the Organization as
anpatriotlc
Sets Itself Above Law
"a certain organization was pro-
noted in this community for the
svowed and express purpose or aiding
in the enforcement of law and or
der.'' he said, land a number of good
citizens, including myself, Joined the
organization. But when over jealous
members took the law into their own
hands we objected and handed in our
designations as members, for We be-
lieyed that the fundamental prln-
siples of our constitution, for which
Dlir comrades fought and died to pre-
serve. were being violated. No man
Or body of men can set themselves
above the law"
George w. Barrows, representing
the veterans of the Civil war on the
speakers program, reiterated Ine
same thought in the statement:
LET no man or groap OF men at
tempt TO rise above the laws OF the
nation, or they will meet the fate
accorded all such-justice and ex-
termination
More than $500 were present when
the exercises were opened with a
prayer by Rev. H. w. Burton, fol-
lowing which James Brown assumed
charge of the program as master OF
ceremonies
Secretary Hall. the first speaker.
appeared as a. representative of the
veterans of the last great war. He
pointed out that there are three days
in the year in which ex-service men
of the nation are especially interest
ed in observing: Memorial day, lnde-
pendence day and Armistice day. The
last two days named, he said. should
always be regarded as days OF re-
joicing.
"The first independence day was a
day of rejoicing for our forefathers,
he said. land the day the Armistice
was signed was indeed day of re-
ioicing not only for the people OF
this country, but for all the world,
with the exception of the war lords
of Germany; but especially was it
day of rejoicing for those of US who
were in The army, navy and marines.
Time for Solemn Thought
Memorial day, or Decoration day.
however. is not a day of rejoicing,
he continued, "but a day that mas
been set apart by law for solemn
service to the memory of those who
died that we and our. posterity might
enjoy the blessings of liberty, aqual-
ity and justice upon which our gov
ernment is founded. The custom has
grown so that now the day is set
aside to the memory of all those OF
our loved ones who have passed away
Surely we can lay aside our worldly
affairs and amusements for at least
one day in the year and appropri /
ately observe this day with the rev.
erence deserving the debt we owe
those who gave up their lives in the
sacred cause of preserving for pos
teritv those principles embodied II
the Declaration of independence. ano
show by our acts that we still re-
alize the debt we owe by reverently
paving homage and tribute to the
memory Of our departed comrades.
The speaker then referred to the
first order for Memorial day ISSUED
BY General Logan as commander In
chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. May 5. 1868, and brought hi:
hearers down to the present time witt
statistics from the late war.
There We're 77,110 of our comrade:
gave up their lives in France, fight
ing for righteous cause and a bet
ter world" he said. "Tne bodies o
46,0S1 were returned to be inferred II
American soil; others were sent t,
various foreign countries for burial
and 30,353 bodies of our departe'
comrades lie buried in eight oil
ferent cemeteries in France. The lit
sle white crosses are being replace'
BY headstones standing 24x13 inche
above the ground, bearing the fallel
soldiers name. his state, his ram
md regiment, division, and the DAT
Of his death
In speech FlN1u with pdliioli
sentiment former Governor Barrow
declared that the nation stands toda
= credit to its heroes.
Asks for Averted War
UNFORTUNATELY war has been tn
arbiter of mems differences throug
many ages" he said, and followin
his line of thought from the earl
ages until more recent history cam
10 the War of the Rebellion which
he declared, had established the tru
principles of equality which is tn
foundation of this country. He pause
TO sketch the Spanish American wa
which he said proved no notion ca
.rample upon and oppress any peopl
without our interference; that is tru
Americanism," and came to the pres
mt time when he declared:
"We are teaching the lesson thu
war is a great calamity, despite I
few redaening qualities and shoul
be eliminated Let us continue
teach the doctrine of peace until II
coming generations will become
inculcated with its purport that II
ture wals viii be ayerted."
James LAWN, local attorney spoil