The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-14
A DEMOCRATIC BEAUTY!
The Chairman of the Copperhead
State Convention on Ex-
.2O 81 hibitiOn.
A PERFECT PINK OF PROpRTETY.

AS an evidence of the fitness of Mr.
W. i. TALBOT for the position o
Chairman of the Copperhead STATE
Central Committee, we direct the at.
tention of our readers to the followine
letter from the Cincinnati Comm,er.
eial; 81
- .a. INDIANAPOLIS, May 4.
The political canvass is beginning
I to excite some interest, although but
little has been done to shape or mark
party. The eyes of the magnates of
both parties are fixed upon the Fed
eral Capital, and appear to be waiting
for something to turn up.
The Copperheads have, been anx-
iously awaiting the day when the
President shall transfer himself and
his effects into their reasonable or
ganization; but several of them who
have recently visited Washington for
the express purpose of signifying to
the President their willingness to ac-
cept any old clothes or official posi-
tons that he may have lying around
Y loose, have become a little impatient
In waiting for the Inauguration of a
general system of removals, and the
appointment of simon-pure Copper1i
heads in their stead Their zeal for
the President is on the decline, and
predict that in less than two months
they will be denouncing him as vigor-
opsly as they did during the canvass
of 1864. e ~
INDIANA DEMOCRACY. AAfw
Democracy in Indiana is supposed to
be pure and unadulterated, and the
leaders of the party-who are as cor
: rupt as It is possible for such party
to become-have suddenly become
virtuous, and now affect high tone of
morals and religion. This might be
all very we'll, but for the record they
have left behind them. [ have some
knowledge of those gentlemen, and
now propose to give the readers of the
Commercial a history of some of the
leading spirits who now control the
organization of the Democratic party
OF Indiana, with glance at their
records. | will not indulge in vague
and indefinite insinuations, but will
state directly and without equivoca-
ton what 4 mean, and what the
records will show for themselves.
ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The Chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee, Mr.. William
III. Talbot, has recently issued an ad-
dress to the people of Indiana, which
. d TO be used as a campaign document,
and which contains more positive
falseh00ds and dirty misrepresenta-
tons than any single political docu-
rnent ever before issued In Indiana.
No name is signed to this tissue of
falsehoods, but as it is issued by Mr..
Talbot, he may Justly be held respon-
sible for its falsehoods and misrepre-
sensations. They are so silly and
transparent that | will not waste your
space by replying 10 them, but will
proceed to give your readers part of
the history of the gentleman who
issued this magnificent document, in
order that the people of Indiana may
know how much confidence to place
in man who is at the head of the
Democracy of Indiana.
'.n RECORD OF VIM. H. TALBOT, ESQ.
. Mr.. w. III. Talbot Is the President
of the Sinking Fund, and an old res
ident Of Indianapolis. He has long
been politician, and has for many
years enjoyed the reputation of having !
y a hand in many jobs and speculations
by which the National Government
and the State have been feeced out of
q their money; but, for the present. we
shall content ourselves with one or
two operations, reserving others for
future article. 10
When the contract for building the
new penitentiary at Michigan City was
let, it. was obtained by Mr.. Talbots
and Mr.. Costigan, who is now dead, |
= upon terms that were most exhorbi-
tant and unjust toward the State, and
for an aggregate of some $56, 1000 over
propositions offered by other and re-
sponsible bidders. As to the way in |
which this contract was obtained, and |
the extent of the fraud practiced upon
the State, we shall introduce the re-
port of the Joint Committee appoint |
ed by the Legislature in 1861, which |
was adopted and acted upon by the |
Legislature, and was signed by d. r. |
Bearss, Lucius Bingham, Richard M
Haworth, j. Fl. Mellet,M. Jenkinson.
John G. Crane, d. C Anthony, M. c.
Culver, James Burgess, and M. T..
Brett, late Democratic State Treas
urer. The extract which we quote
from the report will tbe found upon
page S57 of the House Journal. regu-
lar session of 1861. The Committee
T says: "a
It is expressly provided in the law,
that neither of the Directors of the
present State Prison, nor any officer.
agent, employee thereof, or person