Show in the name of loyalty webster says one who Is loyal 1 is or true to one ones country or friend no doubt thia this general central definition will admit of considerable liberty in interpretation it might portray the attitude ol 01 the the blind obel ent or ignorant follower again it might describe the willingness ol 01 the hallow shallow minded individual to follow the crowd regardless regard lem ol 01 where the croad Is going on the other hand it may bo be applied to the free agency citizen who Is cling a ing in to principles of truth and jus tice as he understands them the man trIbU tri butt titS to ton turn the thoughts of many of us to that high type of loyalty lived by abraham lincoln among other touching stories we recall that of the soldiers re prelve here the life of an innocent sentinel was spared the hert of I 1 atle detty w waa u healed and the of a moth er was stilled for justice justices arke da do we alao 1190 recall reull that in UK height of the ui civil war toed loce n flose at tta tt A ham ct of a tt 14 ettre pt ew net having wavered prom more modem before the advent of electricity ve we have a tragic yet humorous example from the native side aide the ne town hall was the scene of a meeting of the citizens to consider the installing of electric lights in the group were election electioneers cers or mental twisters or shall we say leaders these few leaders chose to oppose the question om and how did they set about to do it why in the name of loyalty to their town they orated and argued and evaded the real issue until most of the audience of course relatives often hang together were ready to follow and denounce such an unwise and unsound innovation as that of electrical power and who cre ere these leader leaders who thus swayed sayed too large a part of the public mind on tills this occasion why they were the undertaker the liquor dealer and the man who sold coal oil one declared that electricity was vas dangerous another that light poles were ere and would sadly mar the beauty of tho the streets the other made use of similar double dealing and for final effect got out his box of tear water and captured his victims ills trade had been studies like wise this speech had been duly prepared even eien to the sympathy stait yes they ore wore the gulso guise of loyalty to their town calling something loyalty t make it that A small group of people once came to the office of president lincoln in seemingly important haste they presented a certain measure which they urged should shortly become a law lincoln deliberately libera tely asked it if you call a lambs iamb 3 til a leg bow how many lens legs does the lamb have I 1 five promptly chorused the group no added the executive calling A limb lamb a e tall a le leg doean t make it one n w the e group filed out silently it if any ideas of political debt or bribery vere ere in the mirds of tre tle members of this delag dele won they chose not to reveal them to a man of this type give us lincoln loyalty or non at it all PATIENCE |