Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 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 ot bls platform the bum element ducked him in a goose pond back of town, so he resigned and we’ve sort ot been runnln’ along on the old lines ever since.”