Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1918 — REASON FOR DEMOCRATIC DEFEAT [ARTICLE]

REASON FOR DEMOCRATIC DEFEAT

A very prominent south end Democratic physician is reported to have given as his explanation for the late Republics nlandslide, that all the Germans and pro-Germans voted the Republics nticket. There as a world of difference between the loyal citiizens in this county' who may be of German descent and anyone who is proGerman. It was such remarks as this that helped very materially in driving votes from the Democratic party. . » All the Republicans ask of the Democrats is the same loyal support as they were given when in control of the United States congress. j

J. T. Rizer, a competent printer at Crown Point, recently bought the Kirlin Journal, moved there and em- ' barked on the stormy sea of country journalism. The venture proved disappointing apd last week he suspended operations and moved back to Crown Point. To show his utter con- ( tempt for the situation, before leaving Kirklin he pounded his machinery. into scrap iron, improvised a big hell j box into which he emptied all the: type, and then disposed of the outfit for junk. In this way he realized I about 3150 on an investment a few months earlier of SI2OO. . •