Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1913 — Governor Ralston’s 1914 Resolutions Are Made. [ARTICLE]

Governor Ralston’s 1914 Resolutions Are Made.

In response to a request for a public statement of his New Year’s resolutions, Governor Samuel M. Ralston has written the following: “It is my resolution for 1914 to stand officially for better sanitary Conditions; for a cleaner citizen? ship; for a stronger bond of fellowship between men; for the preservation of the rights of organized society at any cost; for a greater -fflciency in the public service, and for a higher conception of the possibilities of Amrican citizenship. These things are essential to the happiness of the people. And the great function of government is to promote the happiness of the people.”