The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-04-05
Ninth ward.

There are two candidates for Councilman
in this Ward One of them, VIM. Mills, is
an avowed friend and supporter of the Old
Charter. Personally, he will be greatly
affected, as the schools are sustained or de-
stroyed. His pecuniary interests lie most
be likely to advocate only those measures
which are alike beneficial 10 the Ward and
city.
His opponent, Michael Muentzer, is a So
ciable, pleasant old gentleman, of the Rip
Van Wrinkle species, who thinks and acts as
if belonging to past age, and has been
sleeping while the world moved. He has
long been connected with the management
of the affairs of the city and county; and,
so far as our observation extends, the worst
blunders have generally occurred in those
bodies with which he had most influence.
For the past year the old gentleman has not
been go favorable to public improvements
as usual. Some are uneharitable enough
to attribute this to the fact that situations
as superintendent were not accorded him
with the same facility as in former years
when he figured on the Council and County
Boards. If we remember rightly, Main
street was paved all wrong, in his judg-
ment, from not having somebody deqUaint
cd Nth stone s0ork to superintend the job.
experimenting seems to be me old gentle
mans forte. He superintendent the con-
struetion of portion of the Oak street
sewer, and had the whole job cost in pro-
portion to the part constructed under his
supervision, the city would have been
bankrppted in the operation. Mr.. Muent-
ger is New Charter man, as he finds it in
the Revised Statutes of 1852, from which
he gravely quoted for the edi6cation of the
Council on the evening they passed the
resolution ordering a charter election. The
Statutes of 1852 were printed about five
years before the enactment of what is call
ed the New Charter, but in Mr.. Muentzers
opinion that didn't prevent them
from containing the New CHARTER
He is in favor of the Public Schools as they
are managed in cities operating under the
New Charter, whose school houses are
closed from six to eight months in the year.
He is opposed to every species of humbag
but himself He is for the general interest
of the city when it conduces to his indi-
Vidual interest. He is always In his place in
the Council, and, anomalous as it may seem,
in that consists the principal objection to
him. He is a man of the most narrow and
violent prejudices, and of the most unyield-
ing and inflexible stubbornness. Others
may be convinced of error, even after they
have formed their conclusions. Mr.. Muent-
zer is one of those peculiarly constructed
individuals who never commit errors. They
are eternally and everlastingly right, and
whenever they take position, facts, ar
guments and entreaties have no more effect
on them than hail stones upon the sides OF
the Monitor.
These are the two men seeking the SUIT
frsges of the voters Of the 9th Ward. II
seems to us that there ought not to be any
hesitation as to whom they should select
We trust they will rally to the support Of
Wm' Mills, and by the majority they give
him demonstrate their affection for the
schools, and their determination that thew
shall be preserved.