Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 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 runntn* along on the old" "lines ever since.**