Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1908 — AND THEY ARE ALL REPUBLICANS [ARTICLE]

AND THEY ARE ALL REPUBLICANS

Jasper County Democrat Staggers on to One Truth in Colunn of Bombast . . In the response to the article in the Republican denying that there was any one-man or machine control to the Jasper county republican organization, the Jasper County Democrat lapses but once to serious thought, and when in that strain gives expression to one truth, and, coming; as it does from such unexpected source, we here reproduce It, and the lines should burn such holes of significance into the memories of all voters of all parties that they will never be forgotten. Here they are: Seriously, though, The Democrat agrees with the Republican that Jasper County has at the present time the cleanest set of county officers she ever had—Jasper County Democrat. And now, the Democrat editor comes out of his spell of momentary seriousness and sails off into as diplomatic and mischief-making an effort to deceive the .voters and to cause distrust inrihe party, as ever a demagogue gave utterance to. The Republicans of Carpenter township have no fight with Mr. Halleck and none with Mr. Leopold. They have no fight with any man nor with any set of men. If their admiration of Mr. Leatherman led them to vote for him for chairman, there was no criticism of the act and it was entirely proper. Why should Carpenter township have reason for complaint? During the time Mr. Halleck and Mr. Leopold have taken an interest In “poll Lies, - that township has furnished three county officers, all of whom are now holding office, viz., County Surveyor Myrt B. Price,County Commissioner Chas. T. Denham and County Treasurer Jesse D. Allman, and none of them ran across machine or other organized opposition, nor had any of them the personal opposition of Mr. Halleck. It Is never safe tor republicans to accept a democratic charge that has such evident mischief-makini incubation. The county superintendent's fight was an open one last year, and all the republican trustees but one voted for Mr. Hamilton, and every democrat voted against him and for Mr. Lamson. Does the Democrat go so fair' as to say that the republican machine is so powerful that it can control all democratic trustees? As always results from any fight that involves a remunerative office there was some little disruption and dissatisfaction about the result, but there is no reason to permit this to have a permanent effect and it will not have, for republicans are not going to let a disgruntled democratic newspaper stir up a fuss in their ranks, where there is no room for one, and where there is no possibility of one. If our brother will confine his efforts to builuing up a demcratic machine the republicans, all of them, not a part of them, 4111 try to keep the “very best’ 1 men In . the court house, and will doubtless succeed.