The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-13
LINCOLN BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATION IS SUCCESS
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fire company, which could be on hand
in sixty seconds to put out a flame,
were one to start He said that it re-
CURED three months training to put
each man in condition to cooperate
effectively with the other seven men,
bers of the team. 1t would take a
year to make a man truly effective a
soldier.
Rev. c. L. Bent spoke of the char
acter of Lincoln. He was a thorough
ly prepared man. The first great char
acteristic of Lincoln was his honesty
Honest Abe Lincoln" was a homely
phrase, but it fitted the character of
the man exactly The next great
characteristic was tenderness Last
lv he possessed the characteristic
OF firmness He also possessed the
ability to rise above personal pref
udices. He raised up Chase and Stan
ton to the positions of chief justice
and secretary of war. respectively, al
though they had treated him unjustly,
because he saw in them the elements
of greatness needed by his country
The crying need of the country today
is an ability to see greatness in the
other fellow of different views.
The chairman, after paying tribute
to the boy scouts, the Ladies of the
G. A. R., the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution and American women
in general, threw the meeting open to.
discussion.
Mr.. f. S. Bell here arose to offer
some resolutions, and, being invited
to the platform, read the following,
concluding by moving their adoption
as the sense of the meeting:
Whereas, we as citizens of the city
and the county of Twin Falls, Idaho
have this day assembled to pay trib
ute to the memory of Abraham Lin
coin. And believing as we do that all
men are borne to be free and equal
with certain civil and political rights
and obligations; that only by reason
of participation in the benefits of gov
eminent as well as in shouldering the
burdens and obligations of govern
ment can a true an American spirit be
kept a live, we do hereby resolve as
follows:
First: That we declare ourselves as
firmly standing for the constitutional
rights and the principles of free gov
eminent; that for the purpose of per-
petuating and defending the same we
UCliCNC IlleiJ thNh iiiolO NAblICh ONCA
the age of nineteen years should as
sumo the burden of undertaking mill
tary training for a period of time suf-
ficient to obtain efficiency.
Resolved, further; that we favor a
standing army in the time of peace
of not less than two hundred and
fifty thousand men.
That we favor more liberal COM
pensation for enlisted men.
That we favor more liberal laws
for the promotion of the private SOL
der and sailor to official standing in
our regular army and navy, in order
that merit and ambition shall receive
it's just reward.
That we declare ourselves for a
navy second to none; a navy that is
adequate in strength, training and
discipline, to protect our commerce
and enforce the American rights on
the high seas--which sears the AL
mighty created as a common heritage
for all mankind.
Whereas; tie senator's and con-
gresham are the public servants of
the people and as such are their rep
resentatives in national affairs,
Therefore, be it further resolved that
the chairman of this meeting forward
copies of these resolutions to each
senator and representative of this
state, requesting them to advocate
and vote for such laws as will carry
out the foregoing declarations.
Upon invitation by the chair, the
motion to adopt the resolution receiV-
ed a second from all parts of the
room, and was unanimously carried
with applause.
The meeting closed by the singing
of America" by the audience, led by
the quartette.