Show EVERY little while Liberal I sham patriots point to the half masting of the national flag on the 4th of July 1SS5 as an intentional intention-al indignity to the emblem liberty During the recent campaign one speaker on the opposition seemed to S have no other them This may have proceeded from two causes a characteristic mental sterility or irritation ir-ritation 1 clause his t tlmooya out an alleged flag incident was retire verted by that given by Deputy Harebal Arthur Tratt before Judge Anderson Wo have reference to Judge E D Huge The leading Liberal organ In its Sunday Issue revived the subject sow know that there was nointendul indignity to the flag on the lib of July lbS5 the incident being an expression of sorrow teciuse of a be lief that the liberties of the community were being encroached upon by means of unconstitutional metuoos The opposition do not believe otherwise but insist to the contrary of their own judgment Be that as it may we n Uli it to be distinctly understood that the seventy and seven times hate long iuce been exhausted and we oreno longer bound to refrain from retaliation Consequently from now i onwhen any man shall open his n month insultingly about the flag l balfniastlng incident ic may expect ex-pect to have the empty carpet bag figuratively jammed down his throat T Ou all this continent never wastherea greater insult I offered to the Stars and Stripes than to knock the Amciicin eagle from Its I proud perch abjvo the national 00101 and replace It with tbe carpetbag carpet-bag the emblem political corrup tIes This was persistently and con tinuously done by the Liberals We emphatically protest against such a disgraceful indignity to the standard of the republic and demand the discontinuance r the gross and unpatriotic o ult |