| Show THE FIELD OF TUB flatt FLAG the san ban francisco chronicle Chron iole points dumbat hat the forty four store stara now tn in the be field of the american flag amt pmt a very Jagged appearance and suggests that does not seem beem to too be any wy way w y to arrange wain them to la equal row nor will there be any uniform arrange went meet while there in ia the expectation thattie that abe number cumber will be shortly increased in ablo connection it instated i bated that no change can be wade made until 1898 1896 as a the law lav requires anat additional stars stare shall ball be addea only on the fourth of july succeeding the ati admission of er new late lo in all probability utah and perhaps new mexico will be ad bitted next winter which will increase the stare in the field to orty forty six ax but even then iben there will be almost the same irregularity thorah the field will be mire nearly filled up and will a appear a R r lus loog jagged than now afa the b e suggestion la in made that forty eight stare atara could be arranged so BO as aft pro pre rent font a perfectly regular appearance and this number will be reached when ari zoos and oklahoma are adm tied the ideal number bumber however hy wever la Is placed rt at orty forty cioe stars in the field then up down anu anti alago there would be rows row of aten the mystic number PO to complete thin arrange ment it is in stated that an aa alaska hardly barmy can be considered a p prible nobble state it 11 might be added to washington or nr even to california and with the indian territory admitted the whole affair could be satisfactorily arranged and the limit of states atea in the union be definitely fixed at forty nine liae it if hawaii hould be receiver the he number could be retained by a proper partition of ibe indian Teat territory tory 1 the saig arrangement and limit appear to in be very good provided wore is i not dot much increase in the area of the united states beyond its it present prospect but bat the possibilities in ID connection with cuba canada and central aleoa that may cirise within the be next halt half century render it improbable that the government of the united will agree to any uniform arrangement ran gement of states and stare which even by implication may be interpreted to mean that it ties haa fixed the me boundo of its it babi habitation tation |
