The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-10-01
The County ConnmissIoners.

A large portion of Sheriff Gavitt's pecu-
lations off the County were permitted by
the Board of County Commissioners, who
had to pass on his bills-exeept those for
County services-before he could draw the
money on them. Through favoritism-un-
der the influence of ignorance or COLLISION
they allowed various fraudulent bills, and
thus became the instruments by which the
taxpayers were wronged out of something
like $1,000. Thus the County Commission
ers, who were elected to protect the in
terests Of taxpayers, have actually been
the means of taking from the pockets of
our people money for which no equivalent
was ever given.
The Commissioners now IN office or
such of them as have had hand in allow
ing these wrongful bills for the Sheriff
must bear a share Of the blame attaching to
all who are implicated in despoiling the
treasury. If ignorant, they never ought TO
have been elected; if guilty of collision in
the fraud, they out to go out of Office with
the condemnation of an outraged people.
At the election on Tuesday, the 9Th of
October, two new Commissioners are to
be elected-one in the lst and the other in
the Sd District. The citizens of the whole
county vote for both. There are number
of candidates.
The Gavitt candidates are Daniel Akin of
the lst and John Hogue of the Sd District.
OF Mr.. Akin we have nothing to say fur
Their than this: lie has permitted himself
to be made a cat's-paw against his better
Judgment to haul. Gavitts chestnuts out of
the fire; that is, by means of the large vote
which he controls, to assist the Sheriff in
getting renewal of his lease on Office. If
Mr.. A. will permit himself to be used in
this way, against his first honest impulses,
he will become a mere tool if elected of the
Court House Clique in their corrupt machin-
atoms. If he can be used once, he can a
dozen times
Mr.. Hogue is one of the present comis-
sioners, appointed through the Clique in
fuence, in place of Mr.. Parrett, deceased
He has been one Of the veriest instruments
in the hands of Gavitt, and has had much
to do in allowing the fraudulent bills Elect
him again, tax payers, and your pockets
will suffer, and ought to suffer, few thous-
ands more, from false charges and unjust al
lowances.
Of the independent candidates, brought
ont without the instrumentality of party,
Judge NJ. w. Foster of this city, and JOHN
BUNB German TOW nship,are the prominen,
ones. The former almost every man in the
county knows. He has lived in the county
until he has become thoroughly acquainted
with it and its people. He is a bushes:
man ofoyer thirty years standinQ-in South
ern Indiana-and is emnently qualified tC
attend to the important duties of the Com
missionership with profit to the people ofth'
county. His integrity and regard for the
public welfare are such that under his guar
dianship the public treasury will be as in-
violable as private purse and no hood
winkipg or deceit can induce him 10 relax hi:
vigilance for the peoples interests Hi
business knowledge will enable him to guard
The treasury successfully against ail fraudu
lent attempts against IT.