EDITORIAL

DEPARTMENT

WILLIAM B. ALLISON.

The memorial to Senator Allison is rapidly approaching completion, and in order that the flight of memory may be arrested for a moment as well as that a brief record in the ANNALS may be made of contemporaneous opinion of his accomplishments deemed worthy of commemorating, we publish an article by Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, adapted from an address in the Senate. It is apropos to here present the thought of two others of Senator Allison's colleagues in one paragraph that seems almost precision and in another that was almost prophecy :

He never attempted oratory, but by cool, logical argument he moulded the opinions of legislators. He was one of those eventempered, level-headed, sound, sensible men to whom we naturally turned when there were difficult questions to settle. We all had confidence in his judgment, and his integrity of purpose was never doubted. By his wise conservatism as chairman of the Committee on Appropriations he saved the Government untold millions of dollars. At the same time he was not unreasonably economical. He realized the growth of the nation and its growing necessities, and appropriated accordingly.

Memorial Address in Congress, Shelby M. Cullom, Feb. 6, 1909.

We may not doubt that there will be occasions in the future when the Senate will need the counsel and guidance of Senator Allison. But it is not too much to believe that the lessons of toleration and respect for the opinions of others which are taught in the life of this great American statesman will never lose their influence in the Government of the United States. For, after all, it is not of the exploits of a parliamentary leader, nor the achievements of an experienced legislator, that we are thinking today. It is rather the quiet, courtly life he lived among us, the helpful things he did, the gentle and gracious words he used to speak, which are in our hearts at this hour and will be kept in our memories while we live. Already the Senate, departing from the custom of a long time, has directed that a picture of him shall be hung in a corridor of the Capitol by the side of the favorite statesmen of other generations.

The people of Iowa who followed him with loving confidence for nearly half a century, even down to the valley of the shadow of death, will build a monument to him within the borders of the State which gave him his high commission, and will ask permission to erect a statue here, that the affection and reverence of the Nation which gave a crown of peculiar glory to his old age may have a permanent expression in the Capitol where the great work of his life was done.

Memorial Address in Congress, Jonathan P. Dolliver, Feb. 6, 1909.

PROPOSED ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IOWA.

In 1892 Prof. Frederick Starr published "A Bibliography of Iowa Antiquities"" and in 1895 a "Summary of the Archaeology of Iowa."" He planned the "organization of exploration in every part of the State; collection of data, diagrams, plans; making of a working map, showing the location of mounds, shell-heaps, trails, village-sites, etc.-in other words, field work," and other work. "How far this plan is to be realized remains to be seen" says Professor Starr, and now after a score of years and a little excellent scientific work we do see that the curio hunter has increased; land that bore identifiable prehistoric work in 1892 denuded of forests and increased in value from fifteen and twenty dollars per acre to a hundred and fifty or two hundred; mounds that rose from one to two and a half feet and yielded valuable specimens, leveled till only the memory of them remain.

We feel it to be imperative that some institution or activity in Iowa very soon provide the State with such a survey as Professor Starr proposed, embracing each township in the State and every work reputed to be of prehistoric origin; that the rights of exploration should be secured and preserved to those able and competent to display, record and publish results; there should be encouragement and cooperation with land owners and others interested in the appropriate appreciation of the matter and the whole subject put in the class with bird life and other popular studies. We will assist in such effort or assume the responsibility of leadership if no one else assumes it soon.

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1Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, Vol. VI, Ibid, p. 53.

NOTES.

The Thirty-fifth General Assembly enacted a group of laws which the Historical Department of Iowa joined other patriotic persons and associations in advocating.

House File 669 introduced by the Committee on Appropriations, approved April 10, 1913, as Chapter 14, provides for the appropriate placement of the Allison Memorial and the correction and completion of the capitol grounds.

Senate File 80, introduced by Senator Chase, approved April 9, 1913, as Chapter 348, provides for a pension of $20.00 per month for the survivors of the Spirit Lake Expedition of 1857. The survivors availing themselves of this statute are D. H. Baker, Tiskilwa, Illinois; Daniel Morrissey, Hamilton, Montana; Albert H. Johnson, Monrovia, California; Charles B. Richards, San Diego, California, and the following residents of Iowa: Thomas B. Bonebright, Webster City; James Hickey, Emmetsburg; A. H. Malcolm, Rolfe; John N. Maxwell, Webster City; Guernsey Smith, Hawkeye, and Roderick A. Smith, Okoboji.

House File 323, introduced by Representative Grout, approved April 14, 1913, as Chapter 308, repeals section 5028-a of the Supplement to the Code of 1907 and makes the using of the National or State flag for purposes tending to produce contempt, a misdemeanor. This statute has been adopted by many of our sister states, and was brought to the attention of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly through the activities of the Iowa officials and members of G. A. R., S. A. R. and D. A. R.

A concurrent resolution was offered by Senator Larrabee and adopted as follows:

Whereas, our state has no flag known as the official flag of Iowa, Resolved by the Senate, the House concurring, that the governor, the adjutant general, and the curator of historical collections be and they are hereby created a commission to inquire into and report

to the Thirty-sixth General Assembly upon the expediency of the adoption of an official state flag and upon the appropriateness of the design therefor if they approve of the same.

A concurrent resolution was offered by Senator DeWolf and adopted as follows:

Concurrent Resolution Relative to the Participation of the State Historical Department in the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition at San Francisco, California.

Whereas, the people of Iowa are conscious of the tender ties of blood and sentiment that bind them to the people of California, and, Whereas, in any participation of the people of Iowa with the people of California in the opening and commercial use of the Panama canal it may be desirable to stimulate interest in the history and traditions of our state, and

Whereas, the historical collections of the state have never been allowed to be carried outside the state without express authority from the General Assembly, therefore

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House concurring that the curator of historical collections be and he is hereby authorized and directed, by and with the consent of the board of trustees of the state historical department to prepare and ship a suitable collection of portraits, documents and object materials for use and display in connection with any exhibition or participation by or on behalf of the state of Iowa that may be made at the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition at San Francisco.

A NEW FLAG PROTECTION LAW.

The Thirty-fifth General Assembly enacted as Chapter 308 of its laws, House File 323, introduced by Representative Grout at the instance of Iowa patriotic organizations and individuals. It is a statute uniform, if not identical, with those of many of our sister states. The text of the law is as follows:

AN ACT to repeal section five thousand twenty-eight-a (5028-a) of the supplement to the code, 1907, and to enact a substitute therefor, relative to the prevention and punishment of the desecration, mutilation or improper use of the flag of the United States of America and the flag of the state of Iowa.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Repeal-desecration defined. That section five thousand twenty-eight-a (5028-a) of the supplement to the code, 1907, be and the same is hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof:

Any person, who in any manner, for exhibition, or display, shall place or cause to be placed, any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature, upon any flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States or state flag of this state, or ensign, or shall expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, color or ensign, upon which shall have been printed, painted or otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed, or annexed, any word, figure, mark, picture, design, or drawing, or any advertisement of any nature, or who shall expose to public view, manufacture, sell, expose for sale, give away, or have in possession for sale, or to give away, or for use for any purpose, any article, or substance, being an article of merchandise, or a receptacle of merchandise or article or thing for carrying or transporting merchandise, upon which shall have been printed, painted, attached or otherwise placed, a representation of any such flag, standard, color or ensign, to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark, or distinguish, the article, or substance, on which so placed, or who shall publicly mutilate, deface, defile, or defy, trample upon, or cast contempt, either by words or act, upon any such flag, standard, color or ensign, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days; and shall also forfeit a penalty of fifty dollars for each such offense, to be recovered with costs in a civil action, or suit, in any court having jurisdiction, and such action or suit may be brought by and in the name of any citizen of this state, and such penalty when collected, less the reasonable cost and expense of action or suit and recovery, to be certified by the clerk of the district court of the county in which the offense is committed, shall be paid into the county treasury for the benefit of the school fund, and two or more penalties may be