Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1874 — THERE IS NO RING. [ARTICLE]

THERE IS NO RING.

The fool saith in his heart no God.—Bible. “We can not believe there is a Court House Riug in Jasper county,” say some very good people.— Well, you could not believe us wheiwwe told how corrupt and.pp; scrupulous Jasper Packard was, and kept right along voting for him until he helped to rob the nation of more than a million of dollars. If there is no Ring at the comity seat, how does it come that conventions are invariably managed to benefit a particular class of people? How does it happen that Marion towns nip always manages to absorb the most important county offices ? If there is no Ring m Rensselaer,” bow does it happen that we, who live, here, can, and do predict, with certainty, months*in advance, who are to be nominated for the chief county offices? Since last March i we knew to a certainty, and told l numbers of persons, just whom the Ring decided to put on the ticiet for the

offices. It makes no difference that public improvements are not made in the county, nor how much real estate and personal property increases in value, nor how rapidly the population increases, the rate of taxation is kept np right along at the same old high figures* and will be continued right along that way until the power of the Ring is broken. The'lndependent candidates are pledged tp reduce the expenses of our county if they are elected, Gnd have put that pledge into a. platform-* solemn ° Ration jw hLm they have publishid to the r ywrld—but theßipghave

no platform, and make no pledges. Astaxpayers, having a common interest with other citizens of Jasper county, we call on you to investigate these matters ; look at the condition of your taxes compared with the balance *of the State ; see them looming up above the average elsewhere, see that we have not had any public works of importance for two years past, see that there has been no official record made of any being contemplated ; investigate the nature of the claims allowed against the county, and those presented under oath by its officers? scan these matters closely, and then if you desire the old way to continue, vote the Ring ticket; but if you desire economy, and lower taxes, vote the Independent ticket, for men who pledge themselves for reform. You pay vour money, lake your choice.