Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1911 — Reform That Failed. [ARTICLE]

Reform That Failed.

"Has the reform element ever had any success in this town?" “Not to speak of. We elected, a reform constable once, but when he tried to carry out the provisions of his platform the bum element ducked him in a goose pond back of town, so he resigned and we’ve sort of been runnln* along on the old lines ever since." ■v--