Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1915 — A GOODRICH BOOSTER VISITS RENSSELAER [ARTICLE]

A GOODRICH BOOSTER VISITS RENSSELAER

“Jinks” Brenner From Winchester Says He is a Good Man at Home and Worthy of Support. A. J. Brenner, of Winch ester,.proprietor of the Randolph hotel in that city since he left Rensselaer some four years ago, came Friday for a brief visit. Mrs. Brenner had been spending about two weeks with relatives at Morocco, Mt. Ayr and the family of A. J. Keeney, west of town, and Mr. Brenner came to accompany her home. He reports success <as proprietor of the hotel and says that Will Brenner and wife are fine and their 4-year-old boy a wonder. This youngest Brenner is now attending kindergarten and Jinks is of the opinion will some time be as smart as his grandfather. Mr. Brenner was not here very long but he devoted a good part of his time to boosting the candidacy of James P. Goodrich for governor. Mr. Goodrich is a resident of Winchester, although he has an office in Indianapolis and spends much of his time there. Mr. Brenner says that he is one of the best men and best business men in Indiana and that a great mistake will be made by the people of the state if he is not nominated for governor. He says that Mr. Goodrich’s goodness is not assured by any showiness but by a condition of his heart and that for years he has been in the habit of taking poor boys in Winchester and giving them an education and staying with them until they were through college and on their way to success. He says that Mr. Goodrich’s Presbyterian Sunday school class is one of the finest in the state and that down around Winchester the way to be sure of getting yourself permanently disliked is to say a word against Jim Goodrich. He has been identified with many business successes, has held important receiverships and whatever he gets behind goes forward. That Jim Goodrich is a real forward-looking and for-ward-planning citizen and there is no retrogression nor stagnation about him. In this connection The Republican wishes to say that in a few days it will present a part of a speech Mr. Goodrich made recently in which he set out some views he has on tax legislation, a matter of great importance in this state. Jinks Brenner comes here so infrequently that he hardly knows the old town because of its rapid progress. Since he was here two years ago there have been fifty fine new houses erected, Washington street has been paved, the new boulevard lights have been installed and Billy Frye has put in an auto bus. By the time he gets back again we are apt to be riding in streetcars and have a dozen or so new business buildings. >We are going some, that’s true, but we never want to get so fast that we can’t take t:me to enjoy a half hour with our old friend, Jinks Brenner.