Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Story
December 27, 1899
Akron Daily Democrat
Akron, Summit County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Commentary on farmers who criticize government costs at annual Institutes but fail to act on resolutions by voting for the political machine during elections, achieving no change.
Clipping
OCR Quality
95%
Excellent
Full Text
The season of the Farmers' Institutes is near at hand. About this time of year the farmers get together in their Institutes and discover that the salaries of their county officers are "exorbitant," and that the burdens of government are inequitably distributed among the citizens. But when election time comes around, when these inequities might be remedied, the farmers forget all about their resolutions, and vote their Machine-made tickets as if the very salvation of the country depended upon it. Until the farmers show the Machine politicians that they will vote as they "resolute," they may as well cast their heroic resolutions into the waste basket for all the good they will accomplish.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political Commentary
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Farmers Institutes
Political Resolutions
Voting Hypocrisy
Machine Tickets
What entities or persons were involved?
Farmers
Machine Politicians
Story Details
Key Persons
Farmers
Machine Politicians
Story Details
Farmers gather at Institutes to complain about exorbitant county officer salaries and inequitable government burdens, passing resolutions, but forget them at election time and vote Machine tickets instead, rendering resolutions ineffective until they vote consistently.