Show r J HONOBIKG THE FLAG 1 The Speeches and Resolutions of the lUau Meeting Saturday I Night The announcement that the loyal citizens i citi-zens of Salt Lake would hold an indignation indigna-tion meeting at the Federal Court House last Saturday night seemed to send a I spirit of life into all quarters and at 8 oclock the large court room was jammed i with listeners The purpose of the meeting meet-ing was to get the true expression and sentiment of the citizens who denounced the outrage to the Nations flag by the Morons of Salt Lake on the Fourth of July The meeting was called to order about 8 oclock by General Maxwell who set forth the object of the large gathering Parley L Williams Esq was elected chairman and Mr Cook secretary A committee was appointed to construct and present a list of resolutions Prof Ben ner Rev Peebles E D Egan Col Henry Page and Major James Nounan composed the committee who retired and in due time presented the resolutions as instructed by the chair Addresses being in order Mr P L Williams name was called and that gentleman gen-tleman promptly responded in a short terse speech which had the right ring tit < t-it He stated that there had been FEW SUCH INSTANCES OF DISRESPECT In the United States as that enacted here last Saturday and at a time when the peace and prosperity of this nation of over fiftyfive millions were being honored in commemoration of the countrys Independence Inde-pendence Yet under these favorable circumstances with a united country and harmony throughout the land we find Utah attempting insinuations by hanging the flag at halfmast and claiming that liberty is dead I was something there was no reason for He would not have expected any man or set of men of this land to have had a heart so depraved as to have thought of doing such a thing Applause When the ensign of a mans country is insulted he feels it more keenly than when his home is insulted for what is home without a country The speaker continued his remarks and said but one expression and that of indignation prevailed concerning con-cerning the outrage unless it was shown through the whitewashing process of a miserable and contemptible City Council or that expressed through the Deseret News There was one other paper in the city that is a proper apologist for every thing that is bad but it seemed to have no opinion on this question and could be found on every side of a proposition I was difficult for him to meet the man on the street without insulting him who would insult the flag of the United States because of a whim The incident had caused the greatest indignation but he considered the apologies offered far more insulting than the original offense After speaking at length Mr Williams took his seat amid cheers and applause and other speakers were called for by the audience Mr Livingston standing near the door said there were hundreds of people in the street unable to gain admission or hear the speeches he therefore moved that the people repair to the street and the speakers and ladies to the balcony in front of the Wasatch which was carried The meeting was again called to order and GENERAL MAXWELL Was called for His speech was short and characterized by the usual feelings of a soldiers patriotism He said he loved the flag and never again so long as a member of the G A R was alive in Utah would that flag be trailed in the streets of Salt Lake City A I winkling of hoodlums with no respect re-spect for the flag began yelling to the old veteran who addressed them and said that he and every speaker present had been forewarned that it would be made hot for them Take that flag pointing to one of the three stretched across the street thats a Butler flag and it floated overBaltimore Some of you try to take it down i you dare I I c s VAMAN Being called for from all parts of thevas audience responded in his eloquent and effective manner He referred to the flag its significance and the nations honor which would be protected from any outrage out-rage at all hazards The hal mastng of the flag on the City Hall the Court House < and public Mormon buildings was alluded to as not a whim but a mark of the traitor and behind that whim lurked n motive that ought to bring shame to every American citizen I seemed but very little remained to be done other than to signify the feelings of all loyal citizens hj resolutions and protests which would be responded to by the people of this great Republic from ocean to ocean Cheers Cries for General Aeramonte came up from the throng g below and the gentleman gentle-man came forward and began l a spirited speech Some of the salient points were follows Fellow citizens and some of you who are not fellow citizens Some of my blood was shot out of me in defense of that flag and I am willing a great deal more shall be Cheers Last Saturday the American flag waved proudly at the masthead everywhere and not a country on the face of Gods footstool dared to dishonor it Applause But here in Utah a man did it through a mere whim Who is this man Phillips whose whim led him to insult the flag Is he a citizen Shouts of No No i mingled with cries of Yes on the outskirts out-skirts of the crowd Does taking out of II paper make a man a citizen I Somebody cried Yes I Youre a liar I I shouted the speaker I The papers do not make the citizen To ctzen be an American citizen a man must be so I at heart Let me say that he who speaks to ys now does not I 0J f i to express his opinions although a policeman came to my house and told me a few weeks ago that was spotted The speaker then charged that Marshal I Phillips was one of the men concerned in the filth ont ge upon Mr and Mrs Sten It I house on Arsenal Hill several years a > o t and finished by stnting that if the Gentiles Gen-tiles only t knew > it the Jial the POtvcr to j i hold their own against any treasonable j demonstrations Col M M Knights responded to his I name a it was called out from the crowd No speaker of the evening dwelt so fully on the status of affairs of the Mormon I Church here in Utah a did Mr Kaighn He reviewed the tactics of the dominant party here in power showed the lack of I loyal patriotism among the church leaders I lead-ers and in contrast to the situation here held up the perfect and peaceful union of the North and South r I During the evening a notorious young I man of this city who has figured distastefully i dis-tastefully in a great many such public meetings persisted in trying to disturb the speakers by crying out various contradictions i con-tradictions to what was said He alluded i to his father in custody which he seemed to make Ot an incentive for his actions while it was known that his regards for that parent were as foreign as they were I shown to be to the flag and those doing I it honor Here the committee on resolutions resolu-tions appeared and Prof Benner read the j sentiments as follows BESOLtmOXS I WHEBAAP The flag of the United States was placed at halfmast on the Court House I and public bud fBalt Lake City on f 4 July 4th and kept there by threats and arms by the Mormons of th city and this action was afterwards deliberately supported by the City Council formal action Resolved That this desecration of our flag was a deliberate expression of Mormon contempt con-tempt and defiance of the law which that flag represents Resolved That the existence of disloyal Mormonism menacing free institutions a country it does i a standing insult to the flag of our Resolved That this insult to the flag and the nation is i keeping with tho sentiments of representative Mormons as shown by their words and actions during the last thirty years They were then put to a vote by the chairman Mr Williams and a rousing aye went up The meeting then adjourned ad-journed |