Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1914 — Have Pulled Down the Bonus Vote Offer. [ARTICLE]

Have Pulled Down the Bonus Vote Offer.

It is reported that the postoffice department has shut off the Rensselaer Republican’s voting contest so far as its offering or giving bonus votes is concerned, although it had the nerve to go ahead and publisn its offer of bonus votes even after it had been notified by the local postoffice that the department had held such propositions as illegal and against the rules of the department, and the "contest manager" is reported to have bombastically offered to bet one of the postoffice employes, when his attention was called to the prohibitive feature of the contest, SSO that he could not stop it. It is noted, however, that the last issues of the Republican contains no mention whatever of any more bonus votes, but it is possible that it has laid itself liable to prosecution for persisting in going ahead with the offer after knowing the department’s previous ruling in the matter.