Evansville Journal, Volume 19, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 3 April 1868 — Page 4

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PCBLISHKD DAILY BY The .Evansville JoaraJ. Company. So. 6 Locust Street, Fvansvllle, Ind. VBSCKIPTIONTEIiMS. IN ADVANCE. Daily Joorunl. One year, by mal! 10 lx m out tin, by mall li 5 ftuee moDitu. by mail - -. 8 By the week, ttavable to carrier Tri-We-ekly JaarnM. One year 7 o Kit uentha. OQ Weekly Journal. One eopy, oae year J ............. I 00 J"lye copies, one year Ten copies, one year ........... 13 OO CITY TICKET. rOK MAYOR, WILLIAM BAKER. FOR RECORDER, COL. ED. WEHLER. FOR CLERK, A. M. McGRIFF. FOR TREASURER, SAUNDERS B. SANSOM. FOR COLLECTOR, W. G, IIAZELRIGG. FOR MARSHAL, ALEXANDER DARLING. FOR SURVEYOR, CHARLES B. BATEMAN. FOR CITT ASSESSORS. CnAS. McCUTCIIEN, OTTO DDRRE, SAM'L WTTTENBACII. FOB COUXCtLXKN. 1st Ward WILLIAM HUNNELL. 2d " JAMES STEELE. 8d " JAMES DAVIDSON. 4th " FRED. W. COOK. 6th WILLIAM HFILMAN. th " CHARLES 8C1IAUM. 7th WILLIAM KOLLE. 8th " JOHN H. ROELKER. th " ROBERT RUST O.N. TOUXSIIII OI'FICERS. FOR TOWNSHIP TKUnTEE, ALANSON W. CHUTE. FOR CONSTABLES. GEORGE ROBINSON, SAM'L DAY, DAN'L B. GRAHAM, ORRIN B. CLARK. Undeb the city law, all voters will be required to produce at the pulls, next Monday, their tax receipts or a certificate of the Collector that there are no taxes charged against them. Let the tax receipts be hunted up, the delinquent taxes paid, cr a certificate obtained. This matter should receive attention. Oar Election Abroad. So absorbed have been our citizens in the contest for the municipal officers for the - ensuing, year , that they have, to a considerable extent, overlooked the fact' that the content is also attracting attention in other portions of the country. 1 The Cincinnati papers have already contained notices of the animated character of the controversy. The Henderson paper has announced the fact that their .people, too, have an interest in the result of our election, and all over our own State politicians are anxiously awaiting the result of the canvass.. . As the home of Governor Conrad Baker, with his brother as candidate for Mayor, the issue is regarded iu some degree, as a test, not only of the popularity of Mayor Baker, but of Governor Baker, as well. Republicaas ought to bear this fact in mind, and it ought to stimulate them to put forth yet greater exertions to win the victory. Evansville is the first city ,in Indiana to leal off in the great Presidential campaign of 1S63. While the importance of local issues overshadow all other topics, yet Republicans ought not altogether to forget that their votes will have a moral effect upon the State and Presidential canvass now coming on. The defeat of Mayor Baker by a few votes, because some Republicans entertain for him a personal dislike, and because others think he ought to have doue something different from what he did, may have a harmful effect upon the Fail elections, that all the efforts of these same Republicans may be unable to remove. There is not an intelligent man in the city of Evansville but what believes Mayor Baker is able to manage the municipal affairs as well as, or even better, than Mr. Walker. Those, therefore, who vote against him, do so on personal or political grounds. Those who agree with him politically, but oppose him from personal considerations, strike a blow at their party which will cripple it during the entire canvass. On the other hand, should the Republicans succeed in electing their ticket, they will virtually have decided the contest in ti e JP

Iu view of these facts, there! ore. we urge every Republican to make some sacrifice of" time in order to serartr the ucccs.r'5r-rncTr".T' few hours, pntlial faitlifullv' and energetically between now and the city election, will do more to achieve success next October, than twice that amount of work will accomplish if we are defeated next Monday. The.se are plain aul practical suxiestions for the consideration of thinking men. Will they be heeded? The result on Monday next will determine.

Oar Soldier Candidates. In the discussion of the absorbing question of the Mayoralty, the Republicans should no' lose- sighi of the number, of worthy men- on "our City Ticket, for whose -success it is their duty to work;faithfully. Thelsoldier elementon the Ticket is very prominent, and appeals strongly to the support of ever loyal man. Cot. Vehler, the nominee for City Recorder, an educated German gentleman, with four years' experience as a Magistrate, is one of the most gallant soldiers of the late 'war." He" rose' from" a low rank, bjrhis abilities, to' the position of Colonel, aad bears about "on his person honorable wound received in defense "of his country. He is deserving of the hearty support of. every Republican, and wedoubt not will receive it.V V Another worthy- soldier o'a the Ticket id our present popular Collector, who has recently made a complete anJ satisfactory settlement of his extensive year' work to the entire satisfaction ofthe "Council and Mayor, jjnd has thus merited, a reelection. lie was broughi to oar City Hospitals frotn the blo&dy field of Shiloh in April, 18G2, with a terrible wound, from which" he lingered between life; aod'death, for mtny months. Since thit time he has been a resident of this city, and has, by his honest demeanor and business capacity, attached himself strongly to our people. His opponent will hardly m iksj a de cent race against hiui. - Captaia DARLlNQoar nominee for Marshal, is well known to our people as an efficient officer of- the old 23th Indiana, an 1 has earnel the support of all true Union men by" gallant service in some of thermost hotly-con tested battle fields 6f the war." He has proven himselfne of the?,iuot determined and efficient police officers which Evansville has: everTiad.-AVith his known capacity ."and "his gallant war record, his; Copperhead opponent ought to stanl "no chance of election whatever;' ' ?- - Sac.ndCHs li. Sassom, She candidate for Treasurer, was a "member of the "glomus did Fourteenth, "and has lost a" leg "tn fighting the battles of his country. He is an able accountant and ?experienceJ double-entry book-keeper, apd arT honest and deserving young man. JEIis opponent is an able-bodied man tnd a prominent banker, of whose 'v cervices in the late war " ,we have no account. Between two"Vucheandidate how can our poopleAiesitate ? ... : The thfee Republican Candidates for Assessors are atf soldiers, and thoroughly" competent for the duties of their offices. A ticket s.p strong in its soldier'. element was never before presented to therpeople of Evansville for their support. Don't Swap Votes. Despairing of success on the general ticket, the Democracy are now making their arrangements to concentrate their effortson poe or two candidates." Accordingly, they have instructed their men, (or at least their men are so acting,) to approach Republicans and propose to swap votes, the Republicans to vote for some Democrat named and the Democrats in turn voting for some Republican on the ticket whose election is already assured. We warn Republicans to beware of this trap. As the game now stands the Republicans can elect their entire ticket if they will only stand firm. "We urge them to discard all propositions for exchanging votes. In a great majority of instances the men proposing to swap, votes cannot be trusted to carry out their part of the engagement in good faith. The Courier affects to be offended at us for intimating that it is a greater friend to the Straight Line than the Nashville Railroad. The paragraph quoted from the Journal, we think, is literacy true. While we have been a close reader of the Courier recently, we do not now remember having read a single article from it during the present campaign in favor of the Henderson & Nashville Railroad, while its columns have been largely taken up j

with le:ig:hy artieh- in . iV r o: Hie Straight Line j-r jct an iis brukt-o-d w:j" elriiuni m. ' ' '

WALKKK ii 11 r: s IT ill'. Few "Utile Inaccuracies " Corrected. It has been impossible for us to keep up with the glaring falsehoods contained in Mr. Walker's demagogical speeches, with which he has Lbeen nauseating the public nightly. It would occupy too much of our space, and give them more importance than they really deserve. But it has been thought advisable to notice a few of the most palpable of his misrepresentations. FIRST. : He continues to repeat the statement that the Ninth Street School House cost forty thousand dollars, when he knows the published contract price was less than twenty-nine thousand dollars. becond. He is proclaiming that the City Ledger docs not show what the cost of improving the streets, wharf and sewers is, and would have the people believe that owing to the loose and dishonest system of the City officials it is impossible to know how much they have :ost. He te lis his audiences that the Ledger shows the cost to be a certain amount, when he knows it is much greater,' aud with much pomposity askn, ' Where has the money gone?" when some of his claquers cry out, " Baker and IIeilman got.it!" By such tricks he hopes to advance his cause. In answer to his assertion, we give the following brief statement from the City Clirk : ; The Ledger in my office shows the amount of . orders ( issued for . the public City improvements, such as streets wharf and sewers, and the Minute Book, shows the amount of bonds issued for th name. An3 citizen by ail examination of these records can asoertain for himself the cost of any of these improvements. : ... r A. M. McGriff,' April 2, 1SG8. City Clerk. . 'is- third! Mr. Walker alleges that the reason that th new School House was located on Ninth Street was "because Baker ' and Tosf ' Garvi.y owned property in that vicinity." " The facts are, and we are confident Mr. Walker knows it, that William Baker does not own a foot of ground within four 'Vqiiares of the School House, aud -the-only property between Main Street and the canal owned by him in that region i-j one lot recently pur-, chased , of Col. Denbyv- t - fourth. The following Card from Mr. William IIeilman answers another of his baseless assertions w A Card. i I am informed by persons who were S resent, that Mr. Walker, at the ackson Engine Honse-" last, night, told the people that " the Zapp brigade" had done a. large amoiiqt of work, td th cost of l,(KXTort nrbre to the j city, in beautifying Heilman's Grove. . ,lf Mr. Walker meant by this that the city 'hands have done any" work on the property 'I' own' in the Amory Grove. I pronounce it false, and without the shadow of foundation. The Zapp brigade or city hands hive never done a lick of work on my property, or on the ' Amory Grove. I have myself spent a large amouct'bf money in beautifying .my property," and owners of the, grove have done the ' balance. ' The streets and alleys running through it are private and not public, property, and the hands recently engaged iu working upon them were paid by the owners, and not by the city. April 2, 18J8. W.u. IIeilman. . FIFTH. Mr. ;CnA.NDLER8 card, published elsewhere, will illustrate the utter falsity of the insinuation that M iyor Baker has any connection w ii the Gas Conipaoy, or that any other persons than the names heretofore pub-. lished have any interest in Jhat cor poration. Mr. Carpenter and Uu Maywr's time . We rejoice to learn before hand that if Mr. Walker shall he decti-d j Mayor, Mr. Carpenter is to run J the Public Improvement brane'i ot j the office. Nothingso natural as this. ! With that understanding ou the pirt of the people, Baker is good for one thousand majority at least. On Wednesday Mr. Carpenter wrote a -long Walker letter to the Courier. In it he says, when his Straight Line Railroad stopped, his real estate in the city was iaxed at 216,OHX, and in the out townships it was worth quite as much that his real estate was then worth f i3i!,000. This shows that his estimated wealth, real and personal, at $300,000, was not exaggerated. He had lately signed a report of the assets of the Straight

i --np o.i o! City o VJ i'-Viii .J))0 0; 1 i ni isco I .?."(! HO. t "an Is Tit s!i. Viiiue. . xjJ.UUvi j :iti i i :d vido tl cash at $:"t:fMtO. 'IVa!, (Sl.Oo'O.OOO) one million and sixty thousand dollars. The Engineer's Reports, over and over, have shown that all the work done on the line, from fir-t to last, was about, by their own s-howing,, $186,000. Now, Mr. Carpenter, in his AMrer-Walker letter, says he and his Road failed because the City of Evansville would not isbue on his guaranty the second hundred thousand dollars of ' its bonds just when he wanted them. His etory is eimply this: The Road had a million and sixty thousand good cash bond and land subscriptions, and he himself was worth about half a million. It is all under his own hand ; and that after doing less than $200,000 worth ' of grad:ng before buying any rails, or rolling stock, or anything else, he and his company individuals, contractors," and Railroad Company and all failed ignominionsly; " weBt up," as the boys say, " as high as a kite;" put all the property out of the hands of all of them Mayor Walker, that '.sn't to be, being assignee and have ever ince been lawing in all the courts and howling in the wards and streets, to divert attention from the assets, which have been rather troublesome to hide. In his CWter-Walker letter, Mr. Carpenter charges Mayor Baker with settling the last $100,000 city bond suit for $96,000, and then foots up the whole loss to the city, by this bond subscription to his road, at $322,500, just as innocently as if the whole of it had not been brought on the city by Carpenter himself, aud as if all of it except the attorney's fees, had not gone into- the hands of Carpenter himself and his creditors. Nobody knows so well where all these bonds and this money have gone and are now as Mr. Carpenter; and that Mayor' BaKER 'and the Council settled this last plundering suit by Mr. Carpenter's creditors, by the advice of Senator' Hendricks and Governor Baker, both counsel for the city, and both ranking with the ablest counsel in the State, as the only way ; to prevent, a judgment against the city, for the whole claim of principal and interest, amounting to $160,000 and upwards. ' , W. II. Walker; as we have said, was selected by Mr. Carpenter as his assignee, when he made that most singular failure in company with the Straight Line Railroad. Carpenter rn,ade out the programme, and, of course, Mr.. Walker obediently followed it, else where would be the advantage of a failing debtor appointing his own assignee.5 We wilL. today, pay a suitable reward to any one who shall show that he ever got anything, the $432 000 of real estate and large personal property, besides the railroad assets to the contrary, out f I that assignment, except at the end of a lawsuit,' which charged and proved all sorts of fraud. j yA.'V.-r.'l i Being no railroad men, we venture to ask Mrv Walker" the"' following j nuMtirthV Tf.'rinder ' the'manairernent f of his Chief of Public Improvements it costs the city $322,500 to build no railroad at all, how much, under the same management, might a whole railroad be expected to cost ? The City ha.?, by vote of the peo m ., 0 ple, adopted a lailroad programme, j which Is the Jwansville, Henderson and Nashville Road first, and whatever railroad shall appear to them' the most necessary,' next. They will not vary this programme by voting for Mr. Walker or any other man, however good he may be, in opposition to Mayor Baker, who has the unquestionable confidence of all concerned, at home and abroad. Our mother Eve wa3 an honest woman enough, but fell by sore temptation. Walker may be a good man enough, but he has not yet been tried in a Mayor's office, where to EvVs one tempting devil he would encounter a hundred; and with our old friend WlLLARD CARPENTER, who already has his ear, to play the devil t his Eve, it is impossible to foretell the catastrophe. ... The Democracy are foiled on every hand. They had hoped to manufacture a little capital with the Germins against Mayor Baker, but it will be seen by the resolutions of the " Turn Vereiu," published elsewhere, that their " cannon is spiked " again. The proprietor of the Courier continues to permit his political and local editors, in a cowardly and disingenuous spirit, to make insinuations against the integrity of the proprietors of the

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i that they eanrut be answered, and yet i i i !. t . . .i. . .i 1 it is. lioijckl Ltv iufcir authors that tfcevt .!tn.. it i . i i will accomplish the ba?e Tnroses dc sired. v E have heard it assert i ublicdy that the Democratic nominee for Marshal don't like the Germ-ins aay to speak of. The story is told ou him, that shortly after his defeat last Spring by Phil. Klein, he paid a visit to Henderson, Kentucky. Some of his friends there inquired of him hew he happened to be defeated. His reply was, "Well, the White Men of the city generally voted for me, but the Black Dutch of Lunasco all went against me, and consequently I was beaten" Probably Ed. at that time didn't expect to be a candidate again this Spring. ' . V . , The nigh School Building Contract. A Statement of the Facts. Who Is Responsible Who Is Injured. In December last, the School Board having procured the necessary plans and specifications, advertised the letting of a building for a High School on Seventh Street, and having obtained the best estimates they could, among which was an informal statement from Mr. L. S. Clarke, then acting as Superintendent of the NinthIStreet Building, were led to believe that they could contract at a little over $40,000, and reserved the right to reject all the bids, with a view to protect themselves against extortion, in case of lack of competition. When the bids were opened, it was determined at once that the lowest bid was above what ought to be paid, and the bids were returned to the bid ders, and the Board concluded not to let the contract until further inquiry was made as to the cost and as to the possibility of getting a better con tract. But as it was too late t ) ad vertise again and let a contract to be completed in time to moet the press ing demands for, a house for next year, the Board determined to act promptly about the mattery and if, by possibility, they could- conclude i contract with; any responsible con tractor, lor such .a sum as corres ponded with their views of the value, thev would let the contract at once. Forthe purpose o"fdeterminTng the matter, the members of the Board spent two or three days investigating the Question, and were convinced that the contract could not be let at that time for les than $15,000. They then determined to give the lowest bidders, Mr. F. D. Allen and Lant Brothers, an opportunity of. competing .for . tho contract privately, and did so, and to this end asked those gentlemen to reiew their proposals. Mr. Allen gave as his ultimatum $40,000. Messrs Lant offered to do it for $500 less3 and every effort having failed to get either or the builders to go lower, the contract was : let, ahd at the lowest bid which could bi obtained. All this, was done ly the School Board, anil Mayor Baker had nothing to do with it. : i s f . In short, the School Board let a contract privately for $1,000 less than they could at a public letting They let i a contract to La n ttr $500 lower than the lowest ;pfFer t,hey could get public or private. They let the contract iust as they would haveiloneif ? been their own ; sought to do l - . . i. . , . the very best the could for the city. witBourpartiauly or favor. Who is injured? Not . the people; they save money. If Mr. Allen is injured, the B lard are responsible to him.,.-.! -?.!i I ' . ' ' - ! - '-'- -Who is responsible? , Not Mayor Baker; he had nothing to do with it! .The 8c hoot Bo'ird are reptjnrib(et but tfiey" are Hot running for office; then call (Jvmto qccntnt. '. .. The insinuations of the ,Cbirter about ' rings," and the charges of any responsibility of any one except the School Board, or any motive on their pnrt other than the be-t interests of the city, irrespective of the ,interexts of any one ehe, are utterly false, aud no honest or candid man would make such charges if he knew the facts as they exist. A.3A lOLEIIEART. Another Card from the Gas Office. Evansville, April 2, 1SCS. Editors Journal : I was not at all surprised when I saw it stated in the Courier of the 2!th ult. that, "this Gas Commny is represented, according to Mr. Chandler's Card, as consisting of himself, Wm. IIeilman and Mr.Wm.Cjpelle;" for, I flatter myself, I showed in that same card my full appreciation of the able mmner in which that paper is conducted. I am too well aware that "it touches no subject it does not adorn" with a lie, to be astonished at anything it can do in that line. I confess, however, that I was surprised at finding Mr. Wni. H. Walker reported in this morning's Journal as making the same statement in a speech at the Jackson Engine House. I could not but believe that the reporter had committed an error, until assured to the' contrary by himself and others who were present. It is impossible that he should have Elis

I can't ii'iairine b to his iu- - t - - - - ?'...".-"--- c.-r.ut iu-j . What r M" yriln . 'mtfer. a:d in fic" : ruMi Lard front- th (ras ())- htd jjft one week a.v. was1 th it M I (t-i' man. Cat'cU'' and niv-elf, (st :ter and directors.) with the Kecrvtiry, fort m in and six or eiirht laboring hands, "iwrr tli only prrviHS IV EVANSVILLE, who had any p' cuiiiiry interest in the Can Company." Upon what principle (except the Courier's) can Mr. Walker make this nlain statement the foundation for liis assertion that "Mr. J. J. Chandler had published a card to the effect that he and two other gentlemen composed the Gas Company?" v;' I can't conceive why Mr. Walker should seek to draw the Gas Company and myself into his canvass for the Mayoralty, unless it is for the purpose of intimating (as the Journal reporter understood him,) that his opponent has some secret interest in the Company. If that be his purpose, I feel tree to say he knows the intimation to be false. And while I confess my surprise that Wm. II. Walker should stoop to such an act, I see in it nothingbut the customary demoralization of candidacy for office, and ' the natural consequences of his present associations, The whole stock in trade of his party in this canvass, consist.syof low, sneaking, cowardly insinuations, without a single direct : charge that anv man can put his finger on. Mr. Walker knows that, in the Summer of 1866. the Gas Company Appealed from Mayor Baker's unjust exactions in favor of the city and citizens, to himself and tour , other jreutlemen. arbitrator. chosen by the Council, and agreed to by us, notwithstanding they were mferested against the Company as gas consumers, and that it was through him and them that we were relieved from some of the troubles in which

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Mr. Bakers one-sided view of the matters in controversy had involved us. He knows that the arbitrators had possession of the Company's journal, stock and general ledger, and the opportunity of wooing fust who ) were our stockholders, what were their profits, and everything else pertaining to the Company. If he looked at them he saw that Mr. Baker was not a stockholder, and had no interest, and, that Capelle and IIeilman became so in June, 1863, one of them investing $4,000 and the other less ' than $2,000, and that they had never received one cent of return from those investments, as they have not " even ' : unto this day." - Id conclusion I would say, that if Mr. Walker's assertion that he knew that there were more than the three named who were members of the company, did 'not mean to int invite what the reporter understood it to intimate, it was neither a f cry wise s or very deep remark. The humes of the stockhollers of the company were published ia the Journa1. in August last, in connection with the new ar-. tides of ai'.suciat.iou of the company, as follows: George Peabody, J. . , t Morifan, C. Goode, of London ; Geo. P. Morgan. E. D. Morgan, and E J) Morgan, Jr , of New York; John A." Brown and Mrs. Mary Colton. of Philadelphia; William.fapelle, William IIeilman, Herman Junker, and J. J. Chandler, of Evansville., . t '

I republish the names for the bene-'' 1 : fit of the ihurier. It will! see that !! most of s the stockholders are nonresidents, , So it. can pitch in, and

hit ,'eiu, . again;,, ihev've Kot no friends. 1 Ui T ITT,fc.Tr,,' 1IKI. BOtCOURT At the Sherwood House, at 8 o clock oit Tljuidny luornlnn, April 'Ml, after prnu-ctHi timeiiM, of ranwiupllon, w K, ii, tfv'OUHT, lu the ZSUi year of tim Brief funeral servk will ho held, at tho' (Sherwood House at quarter pfore eight' o'clock thin (Friday) niornlii!f, after which' the rem s l ii will t takn to Prlncetoa for SEW ADVKRTISEUEXIS.:- ! ' K SMM & EROy". TJ ii l o t o, It o r 141 MAIN NT., bet. Fourth arut Fifth, Kp cMintwntly on hunt a large utook of MfXvlllC Laws aim i.iiMKfis, nun whiijui. CoffltiH. Particular attention. pld to J.uylns Out anil I'mniu , ai d im . , .fire Liraits. . TVfOTirK I.H HEKKKY UiVEX, tl.t AM I lie. uudniKiii wH uppiy lo Ui Common Councilor the city of Kvan-viil'5 for ix-rinllon to Mw.t a frame butlrflnv, IS hy i. and 12 feil lilli.ori the allt-y ou ISIH li Kir-et lei ween Main and Locust. Mp2 dl!W ntKilKKHK UlCllAltDT. Til T- Rl UKUJKTOtOHK cm ltn'tf ! uniler llio Oiineof Ij. Kcfulerwih bt outinoed from thin dat under the firm of C A. KKSHLKIl r CO.. by the uaderslnsned, who have associated igeiner. a. k f.si-ui-.u. LOUIS X. KoLLENTBEKO. EvuiiHVllIe. April l.ljS. lapd t UHLHORM &. BRINKMAI Hnccessors to M. A. Lawrence, .. (Ktbllshd In IK..) W Julemle and Retail Dealcrt in " AMKRICAXJIXD ITALIAN MAKltLl aad a superior quality of Limestone fo buijdinij put poses, window dills capM, froiita. door aWH, &o., - " .Vos. 100, 102, and 10 Main Street Next tu'oHi v Jtoue, - -; "-" u'. a ii- villi'," IikIIhuh. mcn!4 v - Iiiio Lumber I. ; 100,000 fi:ki-. . , WK 1H.S I UK TO CAtli TIIK V.H I'EClAL atU'iitlon of ail thohe lateudliiK to build 10 the luot 1 liat we have on baud a laKslU P'y t choluo HcaHoned yellow pine Bi'Oiii);. which we will positively mH al lower flxurcH thau H cau be bought for anwbere els lit the city. When It Is preferred, we will furnish the dreMHed flooring at merely the additional expenae lucldeutal to drmc-ini ft. Jau24tf J. C. ZJU'SOUCUET & CO.

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