Show A PUBLIC SERVANT A man who serves the public silently it if in no other way agrees to do as the public desires him to do but this does docs not compel him to always conform to public opinion in his official acts aati tor for every man has his tree free agency a and n d may do as lie he pleases and suffer the consequences the only way the public has of enforcing its mandates Is to see to it that the individual w who he refuses to carry thorn them out it Is not h hon 0 ored with any more public trusts a and nd that Is not infrequently done we have in mind a certain gentleman who was holding a high position of 0 trust in the state legislature a few years ago and a certain measure of reform was under consideration the legislators constituency at home sent him numerously signed petitions calling upon him to support the measure and work tor for its passage the legislator politely told the committee he would attend to the business of making the laws and they could return home and attend to their own business the measure before the lawmaking body was lost and so was this lar legislator tor for from that lay day to this he has never been elected to public office though he has aspired several times A public office is a public trust and a public officer is a public servant while mille it may be a tact fact that the public is a most ungrateful employer yet it Js Is also a tact fact that the public certainly has a right to express its is views and give instructions to its servants the people ot of this great nation are the sovereign we must not forget that and whatever the people want they can get it not at one time at another for or in the end the public will not be denied every man elected to public office Is highly complimented by his constituents and he ought to appreciate the compliment to the extent that lie he would always desire to be guided lu in his official actions by the wishes 0 this constituents every public officer must be true to his oath which requires that he will stand tor for law and order and the right in all things anait Is assumed that his constituency would never ask him to do otherwise it Is a mistaken notion for any public official omelah elected to represent an entire county to hold that lie he serves but that section of the county in which he resides in this great democracy the majority rules and when a man Is elected to office he represents all the people not not just those who may have voted tor for him and any public official who thinks only of his neighbors and close associates and forgets the whole Is recreant to the trust reposed in him and prostitutes his office to that extent in order to get the very best results from public service the officer and the people should always be in each others confidences thereby maintaining a spirit ot of cooperation which could not do otherwise than bring about the result desired |