Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1909 — Lively Times In Politics Over at Frankfort. [ARTICLE]

Lively Times In Politics Over at Frankfort.

The political pot is boiling over at Frankfort and the election of city officers in the coming campaign promises to be one of the greatest struggles that has ever been pulled off in Indiana, outside of an arena. About two years ago a movement was started for a clean city government. Ministers neglected their churches and pulled off their coats and entered the fight to rid the city of saloons by remonstrance. The campaign was a bitter one and the remonstrance won. An election under the county option was since held and carried by a majority of nearly 2,500. The two political parties have now locked horns and charges are made pro and con about the moral standing of the candidates chosen to engineer tha city government for the next few years. Both parties have selected good men and the contest will go down in history as one of the greatest / political events known to the quiet people of that community. Regardless of the. outcome of the election the cause that the people have expressed themselves for will probably move on, but neighbor is being arrayed against neighbor, and before the close of the campaign a feeling is sure to be aroused that will take years to overcome, and will naturally jeopardize the city’s interests in a great many ways. Frankfo-t is a city of about 10.000 inhabitants and surrounded by one of the richest farming countries in the central states. The Clover Leaf ru’.’road shops is the only source of employment for working people, although there has been a continued movement for several years to secure industries of various kinds. Time after time, the securing of a great industry seemed inevitable but before ti e matter was brought to a successful end, the monied interests of the city would permit their little jealosies and selfishnesses to crop out and months of work would be overturned and consequently the city today is drifting along just as it did ten years ago. You will still hdar factory talk now and then but the general opinion prevails that each effort will fail, simply because men of affairs will not merge their interests and good will. V The condition of affairs at Frankfort Jis the greatest lesson in the state of failure, when men will not labor side-by-side for the best interests of the city and for a moment forget their own shortcomings. Rensselaer has the factory fever, but to succeed there must be a united effort of its citizens. T Fancy mixed spices for picklingsixteen varieties. Pure apple vinegar, at C. 0. Btafrr & Co’s.