Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1898 — THE POLITICAL BOSS. [ARTICLE]

THE POLITICAL BOSS.

His brain is alive with political tricks. He makes wily, traps in his dreams. He loads his sly servants with party gold bricks . To forward his buncoing schemes. He’ll smile upon any political bum Who’ll help him bear obloquy’s cross. He’ll sacrifice honor to capture his plum The lordly political boss. He cares not a rap for the land he should love. Its welfare is nothing to him. His own selfish interests tower above All else when he gets in the swim. The country at large to the limitless fires Of hades he’d speedily toss If that would insure his ambitious desires The wolfish political boss. He hasn’t a principle worthy the name His conscience is senseless as wood. His heart never glows with a generous flame. Or beats with an impulse that's good. His nature seems dead as a sun-seasoned log. Is covered with selfishness moss. His instincts are leveled to those of th® hog. The bosA When hoisted to power his slaves are but trash Unworthy a grip of his hand; He serves his constituents only for cash, And oft wears the bribery brand. He’ll scheme and he’ll plot to the end of the race Then o’er the dark river he'll cross. And try to scheme Belzebub out of his place. The shy old political bossi —Denver Post. We challenge the republican organs here to make public a full, true and honest statement of that temporary loan; The stenographer’s report of the conversation between the county commissioners and the furniture contractors held at Chicago; The number and names of the people who accompanied said commissioners down to Milwaukee on the lake steamer when they went to buy that $2,300 clock; About “Honest Abe’s” court house yard campaign thunder; , Why those pages were really cut fromthe commissioners record; Why the entry as first made of interest paid on that $4,000 loan was erased from both the commissioners docket and record; if the loan has ever really been paid, and why the warrant issued for this loan was not included in the outstanding warrants as published by the auditor in his annual reports; If this loan has not been paid, why was the tax levies reduced, unless for political purposes? The law under which the county pay for affidavits attached to county bills; The amoun the auditor’s office as at present conducted pays the auditor; All about that last year’s contract for furnishing books and stationery for the county. If these are fully explained we will next week propound a few more questions in which taxpayers are deeply interested in knowing the truth of. Type-writer paper, either blank or printed, at The Democrat office.