Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1917 — “NOT A TIME FOR POLITICS" [ARTICLE]

“NOT A TIME FOR POLITICS"

Is Republican’s Cry, Yet They Play Such Every Day. The Republican laments the- fact that we referred to Keener township as the strongest Republican township in the county in connec tion with the fact that Keener did not see fit to respond to the Red Cross appeal in the same manner as the other townships of the county. And perhaps it is a trifle humiliating to the self-respecting Republicans of Jasper county to see the township wkjdi has always been their bulwark bfStrength in time of election and the recipient of their praises for “patriotic and loyal devotion to the flag,” turn down such *a universally approved project as the Red Cross. Even the Republican censured them for this. •

But when election time comes around again and the Republican hosts in this county see defeat staring them in the face, they can dbmplacently sit back and smile for on the morrow Keener township will come in with belated returns that will make all things right. The reference to Keener township being the strongest Republican township in the country was merely a matter of’news that had a direct bearing on the matter in hand, and The Democrat does not seek to cover up any of the details of any case.

The Republican says it has purposely avoided the discussion of politics until the time is proper for such discussion. But have the Republicans of Jasper county avoided PLAYING politics in the matters in connection with our part in the world war? Who is responsible for the fact that Jasper county is the only county in Indiana that had a full Republican registration board and a like exemption board —the only county in Indiana to have such? There is politics in that—politics of the deepest, rankest kind. If the- Republicans refrain from discussing politics why can’t they refrain from playing politics?