Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1920 — COURTHOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURTHOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized — Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. Commissioners’ court meets in regular monthly session Monday. Next Monday is the last day for paying the fall installment of taxes to avoid their going delinquent. And don’t forget Miss Gertrude i Besse for County Recorder when you go into the booth to vote next Tuesday.

For several the windows and corridors of the Jasper county court house have been profusely decorated with pictures of the Republican national and state candidates. Representatives of the Democratic party, feeling that the building belonged to ALL the taxpayers of the county, felt free to place the pictures of their own candidates beside those of their' political opponents, but very much to their surprise and indignation these were removed and destroyed within 24 hours. We have always felt that in local affairs party lines should be Ignored, but 1 when the local representatives of a party so Insult the honest convictions of those who differ politically they are not worthy of a single Democrat vote. We therefore suggest that the Democrats of this county-"how'their resentment by voting a straight ticket. Your taxes are helping to pay the salaries of those who committed this insulting act. I