Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1894 — This is Unkind. [ARTICLE]

This is Unkind.

Lafayette Call The nomination of Valentine Zimmerman by the democrats of the Tenth district as their candidate for congress, should, mske it po.-sible and very easy for the republicans to elect in that district. Judge Winfield and Charley, PollarcL both of whom are possessed of some brains and ability, were candidates, but laid aside for Zimmerman, in much the same way that many another bright and capable man has been ditched for some backwoods ignoramus who happened to reap the benefit of local prejudice and .that-unaccountable propensity of men which so often leads the mediocre to combine and prevent the man of real talent from taking the station to which his genius entitles him.