The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-10-08
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EDITOR OF EVANSVILLE JoURNAL.
SIR Permit me to publish few thoughts
through the columns of your paper. am no
politician, nor did | ever have an aspiration Of
the kind. Thus promising, desire to call
the attention o. the voters Of this county to
the contest now being waged by the advocates
of different factions for the offices. | mean
county offices, in which every citizen is inter-
ested; individually and pecuniarily, Offices
with which every citizen, unless debarred by
sickness or absence, has business yearly, or it
may be weekly or daily. The question then
arises, and one which every voter should put
to himself-shall we or shall we not have
proper men to ELL their proper offices | shall
speak Of the offices and candidates for them in
the light each appears to me. If others agree
with me-tis well. If not, no harm done
The first and most lucrative, is the Clerks
Office. l am informed It's emoluments are
ID, 900 per annum the present incumbent is
Jacob Lunkenheimer, from desser Darinatadt
He was capable aid filled the Office well Tor
short time after his election, but he let his
v,
who has filled that Office WELL lie was
Squire before, and | presume chat gave him
peculiar fitness for the office He mas no oppo-
sition.) Now | ask In all candor, is there no
native qualified tor this office, and being for
eigner myself, | should be pleased to have
native as County Clerk. The next and | think
the best office in the county, is that of Record
er. The present incumbent is totally lnetfi-
in DarIu M
1ahn, the people are satisfied. For tins office
the citizens have the choice of two good men,
either OF whom is capable of filling the Office
satisfactorily Both oil them have held Office
heretofore, and 1t is therefore necessary to look
at their record. 1t is true that one held a
government and the other a municipal Office.
Mr. John Farrell was our collector OF city rev.
enue. What is his record The minutes of
the Common Council, will tell week from week
they, the Council called upon hun for report
OF his collectoIship, and whether they have
ever got lC yet or not this deponent knows not,
but they, the Council, passed an order chat if
report was not forthcoming at their next
weekly meeting they should report all deltn-
quents. What report the Ex- City Collector
has made, presume the files of the CITY Clerk
will show. Now for MIR. w. II. ChandIer's
record. He filled the office of Postmaster un-
der Taylor first and Fillmore afterwards, and
the writer asks every business man and pri-
vate individual, if the duties of tae office were
not filled to their entire satisfaction ? Yes,
and the writer will say further that more than
a year after the present incumbent of the
Presidential chair, Mr.. Pierce, took his seat,
one hundred and thirty seven dollars were re-
mtted to Mr. Chandler for amounts he had
over paid. Now 1 ask every candid man to
put the question to himself on the day of cleo
tion-shall it be Farrell or Chandler
Next, and perhaps it ought to be first, is the
Sherittality. Two men are running for that
office, Mr.. Hall and Mr.. Holden. have moth
ing to say prejudicial to the character of MI
Hall. He no doubt would make a good Sher
if but the writer will vote for Mr.. Holden,
the present and courteous Deputy Sheriff.
The office of Treasurer lays between two gen.
tlemen between which the writer desires to
draw no distinction. Both are equally capa-