The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-04-09
The Election

the city election. There were some errors IN.
figure almost unavoidable under the circhmSg
stances, but the details as given were generally
correct. o4T The principal bone of contention,
and insfact the-only office which drew forth
newspaper discussion, was thesGity Clerkship. !
Very little was said Of Mayor or any of the
other officers with the exception of members
of the Ct ty Council. 1t is Unnecessary now
to review the circumstances which made this
Office, in itself comparatively unimportant, the
most prominent in the community. Suffice it
to say, that the Americans gave Walker, the
present incumbent. the great mass Of their
votes, in opposition-to the gentleman who had
bean nominated by a packed conVention--and
Walker was triumphantly elected. This is no.
triumph over Mr.. Seymour, who is entirely
unobjectionable as to character and ability,
but it is triumph oyersas striking a specimen
of one man despotism as eyergt the history Of
politics in this region developed. Those Ger
mans who would not sacrifice their indepen-
dence at the feet ofethis one man dictation
and become his fayorite tools, vote 4 for Walker
anu lHuS SCIuCh lhe olie Alih pon01 d olO" ~
must feel to its heart. Otherwise they voted
very generally the whole Old Line ticket.
Mr.. Hewson, Democrat, was elected Mayor
by an inconsiderable majority lie has not
the ability nor the adaptation to the office ofhis
opponent, but he will no doubt cndeavor TO
perform his duty fully and we hope impartial
ly. The other Offices are principally filed ly
Democrats. In the City Council, however,
about which there was more feeling, and gem
eral and Individual excitement, than relative to
any thing else except the Clerkship, the Amer
leans have majority, without counting Messrs.
Orr and Cook, who have no sympathy with the
Democratic party. 1t appears that the people,
feeling themselves more directly interested in
the Council than any other position to be filled,
went earnestly to work upon the merits of the
men. The prosperity ofEyansyillc was never
reposed in more able hands than the newly
elected City Council. We never before had 9
Council comprising more business experience
andmore real interest in the prosperity Of The
city, than this. When we mention to those
acquainted with the names of the gentlemen
thaton the new Board are Messrs. III. ". Eos
ter, SamuebO Fielding Johnson. Geo. w
Rathbone Geo. Venneman. &c, it is needles:
to say that the interestsofthe city are in com
petent hands. 3Kor as assz asis
The only members of the old Council re
elected are James Scantlin ard VIM. Hunnel
both Americans. Mr.. Mentzer was the onl,
other old member who was candidate. Mi
Mentzer is a German Democrat, and was de
feated by Mr.. Kinney, an Irish Democrat
This is no compliment TO the paper which ha
been SO sedulously abusing the Americans o
the late or present Council. Two of thes
Americans, and the only ones who run, werg
elected by their lellow-citizens by heavy ma
jorities, while the only man of opposition pol
itics who run was defeated The American
achieved signal triumph in this Council cleo
ton. Every candidate of the eleven the,
endorsed, eight in all, were elected In til
18th ward the Old Liners had it all to them
selves. The new members of the Council az
as follows LIST ward, M. W. Foster; I'd ware
Jas. Scantlin; Sd ward. 6. w. Rathbone; At
ward, Yarnee Satterlee; 9Th ward, Fred Cool
9th ward, Saml Orr; Z tn ward j os.i Setchel
9th ward, Geo. Venneman; 9th ward, F. Johr
son; 10th ward, VIM Hunnell; 11th ware
Dennis Kinney. srs.e s.fs. 49, s.sauE85r
We give to-day the official returns OFT
city election, to which we refer readers for de
tails of figures. ~ 5o5 p
Qz-The organ Of the Sheriff must reall
excuse us paying it further attention. ID
ring the late city election canvass we assste
its master in using the Enquireras poll
ical tool. We are now done with it, havin
in a great measure accomplished the good wor
we designed by its use. In pitching dung
is generally best to use dung-fork. On thi
principle we have been using the Enquirer I
properly handle the Sheriff. The organ
this county officer yesterday alluded to an il
terview between him and the editor of thi
paper. Whether the falsehoods it uttered t
place us in false and coaoardly position, pc
sition in which no man can place us BY threat
or bullying, belong to the editor of the Enqui
ger, or Mr.. Gayitt, they are equally contempt
ible ies-mere helpless malice if uttered b
Hall, and the most absurd Falstaffian bragea
docia, if uttered by Gavitt. There were for
tunately witnesses to that interview, the gen
temen being mutual friends They can prob
ably best say whether the Sheriff succeeded i
his attempts at bullying US. Mr. G. is yer,
poor authority on any subject of this kind