Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1916 — Is Politics Being Played? [ARTICLE]

Is Politics Being Played?

There was som-> discussion ag*>in by city council at it* meeting Monday night regarding the fi rchase of signs fo.--treet names lut nothing definite vas done, before we can get free mail delivery’ it is necessary that signs be placed at street corners bearing the names of the streets and also that the houses be numbered. It is intimated • hat the council is delaying this matter for political reasons; that it d r es not want Jq, give the present cational admi’iistrrtion credit so- «iablishing fr< e mail delivery in R'-nsselaer ’.id is therefore dilly-dallying along about the street signs that free mail delivery cannot poss’bly be installed before the November election. Tn any event, th council has lad this matter f or a ''mg enough -..'me tn hav'- done som thing before th’S if’t desired to. If ' is p’ayinf peanut politics, as many seem to think, it will probably not redound to the credit of the coun' ,i ‘ or assist any of the members to re-election.