Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1905 — COMING CITY ELECTION. [ARTICLE]

COMING CITY ELECTION.

It is time that some thought and attention should be paid to the question of selecting men for the various city offices to be voted for next November. Under the new law the city officers to be voted for at the coming election will serve four years. The power of councilmen have been enlarged and this fact coupled with the longer tenure of office, should have some weight in the careful •and prudent section of nominees. They should not be selected bebause they are good men, or hail fellows well met, but should be chosen for their special fitness, business acumen and judgment, upright integrity and honesty. We need such a man at the head of affairs in Rensselaer and all petty jealousies, animosities and strife should be laid aside in the interest of sound and economic muncipal government. The question of an axe to grind should be relegated to the rear, and the quicker it is done the better it will be for Rensselaer and her taxpayers. t./'