Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1909 — CITY ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY. [ARTICLE]

CITY ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY.

Rensselaer Will Choose Officials For Next Four Years. A REAL CHANGE IS NEEDED la the Administration, and the Democrats Have Nominated a Ticket That Deserves the Support of All Citizens Who Have the Best Interests of the City at Heart.

On next Tuesday the voters of Rensselaer will choose a city administration to serve for four years from January 1, 1910. There is to be elected a Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer, two Councilmen-at-large, and one Councilman from each of the three wards of the city. Below we give the ticket of each party: DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Mayor—William H. Beam. Clerk—N. Littlefield. Treasurer—Earl Duvall. Counrilmen-at-Large— Wm. Washburn 7 John C. Carmichael. Councilman First Ward—Thomas A. Crockett. Councilman Second Ward—D. M. Woriand. Councilman Third Ward—Henry Grow.

REPUBLICAN TICKET. For Mayor—Geo. I. Meyers. Clerk—Charles Morlan. Treasurer—Ray D. Thompson. Co uncllmen-at-Large—C. J. Dean and A. G. Catt. Councilman, First Ward—George Hopkins. •" Councilman, Second Ward—Elzie GrowCouncilman, Third Ward—Frank Krealer. The Ward lines are as follows: All the terretoryJying south of McCoy avenue, Washington and Cedar streets is in the First Ward, and the voting place for said Ward will be in the engine house of the city hall. AH the territory north of Washington street and McCoy avenue on a straight line west, and of Cullen and Forest streets, is in'the Second Ward, and the voting place for said Ward will be in the former Michael Eger shop, one door north of Worland’s furniture store, on Van Rensselaer street. . All the territory north of Washington and Cedar streets and east of Cullen and Forest (southeast corner at Makeever House) is in the Third Ward, and the voting place for said Ward will be in the Makeever House sample room. The polls will be open from 6 a. m., to 6 p. m., and any citizen over the age of 21 years who has resided six months* in the state, 60 days in the township and 30 days in the Ward is eligible to vote. If you have moved from one ward to another in the last 30 days, or since October 2, you have no right to vote. Remember this. Without any disrespect to the young men who compose nearly all the candidates on the republican ticket, yet the fact remains that they are a lot of Inexperienced boys, young in years and little or no experience in business affairs for themselves or acquainted with the needs and responsibilities of managing the affairs of a city. “Good fellows,” it is true', but some more qualifications than this ought to be required. Two of the candidates for councilman on the democratic ticket have had experience heretofore on the council and made good records there. Wm. Washburn, Tom Crockett and Dave Worland are as good careful business men as can be found Jp Jasper county, and that they/ will, if elected, make good councilrfnen is an assured fact. That our city needs a genuine business administration, practically all admit. For several years now almost every order issued in some of the funds have been protested as soon as- issued, because there Were no founds to pay them, and they at, once bfgun to draw interest at 6 per cent per annum. Whenever the city received a “draw” from the county treasurer for taxes the money hltd been spent before it was received, find practically all (in these overdrawn fuflds) went to pay protested city orders. This is poor business methods, and, notwithstanding the fact that the city had no money, the council has gpne right ahead spending money, boos{lng salaries, etc., Just as if they had dray logds of cash In the treasury. Now, arter milking the treasury dry, for campaign purposes, they are talking about econora/! The people no assurance that any economy wll be -practiced

as long as the old crowd is behind the gun, and only a complete turnover in the administration will give -the relief s 6 sadly needed. Come out to the polls Tuesday and vote for a change that will mean something.