Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1902 — OLD SETTLERS A FROST. [ARTICLE]

OLD SETTLERS A FROST.

The “old settlers” meeting last Saturday was, in slang parlance, a decided frost, the attendance and program both being mighty slim. The Democrat would suggest that everything of a political nature be keptjout of these gatherings, and that the matter of arranging a program and advertising the annual meetings be taken up earlier in the season and kept before the public. Put no candidates of any party on the program for speeches. Let all come who desire to, but let none address the assemblage nor allow anything that coukl be construed in any way as tending to advance the political fortunes of any candidate or party If this were done there is no reason why “Old Settlers’’ should not be in Jasper what it is in neighboring counties, the biggest day of the year.