Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-11-21

standing he put every obstacle in the way
that lay in his power. and he has the un
blushing impudsnce to ssy that if his ad-
ice had been followed, we would have had
the schools opened to our children, three
years ago. Pray where would you have
opened them. in the streets. in the through
fairs, aud without the means TO carry
them on when opened. Such lwaddle is dis
gushing to every man who is acquainted
with the school affairs of the city. He
boasts thst in July 1859, the Council turn
ed out all the old board who were acquain
ted with all the school matters, and cleo
ted a partizan board who knew nothing
about the matter entrusted to them, and he
nov says they have established on a firm
basis free schools, with $50 children in
school, with money enough to keep
the schools open during the winter. (that's
very firm basis.) Now Elk Mayor you
did not tell the people IN that high toned
address, that the Common Council with
out authority of law, grabbed the school
fund placed it in the hands of the city of
fetal, the Council using the funds, deple-
ing the Treasury rObbiDg the children Of the
city of the per cent for receiving and dis
bursting when you had no more right tc
touch it than had the Directors of the
Bank of the State This is your love for
the free schools, use the funds for the bene.
fit of partizans and turn out of office, men
who had the nerve TO resist the wrong and
maintain the right. He claims the credit OF
lighting the city with Gas, now that is
about as truthful as the school matters, the
contract with the Gas company was made
in 1855 and the gas works about compile
ted before his tx-honor was elected and be
had but to carry out what was already ar
raDged--so much for that. The Fire De-
psrtment was organized in April 1855, (ses
Ordinances page 40 one year before he was
elected, TRY again Mr.. Mayor. DE further
misrepresents BY saying that The take,
have been legally assessed 50 that the
| Treasurer has been enabled to collect by
law. Now the facts are directly the oPpo
site The tax law in 1856 did not pre-
tend TO enforce collection, but begged ou
of the people what they could and let tn,
| balance slide.
If he will show one single instance wher,
tax was collected where the collection
was resisted legally we will give him cred
it for grading of streets and making othe
improvements. de does not state how they
have bled the people with taxes to do thos,
things, he does not tell them that as soor
as he aud his party came into power how
they doubled the city expenses in the way
of salaries, de-, all those things he can full
ly avoid, but exultiug tells US that We vii
have on the first of January SO 900 an,
not owe one cent, who did he expect voul,
believe such statement as that, certainl
no person at all acquainted with city af
fairs, why sir, where is the amount that th
city owes for the new engines, the amour
owing to the grave yard fund that 20
have been using without interest, tn
amount you owe the school fund, sue
statement is unworthy braggadocio pc
house politician let alone the should
dignified head of city of 10000 inhabi
tants. More anon from an
EX -COUN GILMAN.