Show I 1 SHADES OF OUR forefathers 1 I cansay that I 1 have no other i ambition so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men by rendering myself worthy of their esl teem thus did abraham lincoln I 1 two years after he came of age set t forth the principles upon which his political lif ewas founded the oci cailoa basius wa sIus announcement of can didace for the legislature of illinois well lincoln lived up to that ideal needs no recounting here i every person of grade school age on the twelfth day of 1 this month a e commemorated hia natal day anddie honor to the one hundred I 1 ant twenty first anniversary of the 1 bertly ol 01 i great man 1 George washington whose vision and courage were lodestars lode stars to the revolutionary fathers who found 1 aved up to came 1 ho recounting on bonor ahe one hundred 1 anniversary of his birth but th shades of our illustrious rest ill at ease at the wholesale charges of looting which retail in the chief city of utah today whatever disposition the courts 1 cases now pending ope thing Is certain there has been ayal of public trust it on all aubur officers it the confidence of people in representative government sooner or later whether the courts function or not punishment for public crime comes home to those who are guilty and instead of a proud and honored I 1 name there is disgrace and shame II 11 the responsibility in the end bow ever rests squarely on the citizens it we are to have illustrious leaders 1 we must select illustrious men for public office and take an intelligent ail interest in their functions |