Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1896 — IS NOT A POLITICAL MACHINE [ARTICLE]

IS NOT A POLITICAL MACHINE

Commander Walker Warns Members of the G. A, R. Commandor-in-Chief Walker, from the headquarters of the national G. A. It., calls attention to the fact that some posts have engaged in political work', and some officers have been using their official positions to further the interests of certain candidates. Among other things thv order sa.Va: “The country is entering upon a season of political excitement, when partisans will try to exert every influence for their friends. Such action and violation qf our rules and regulations, if permitted to go unrebuked, is liable to breed dissensions in our ranks, and the good of the order demands that it be discontinued.’’ ‘ - » ■