Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1916 — Mercenary Motive. [ARTICLE]

Mercenary Motive.

"I understand you are ambitious to hold office.” “You had better say I’m strongly desirous of holding office* answered the candidate, thoughtfully! “But, what’s the difference?” “There’s a great deal In my case. My ambition was to become a successful lawyer, and I have merely gone into politics In an effort to make both ends meet."