Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-31
- The egty Election.


We believe onr citizens realize the
importance Of the election" On Monday
next Much has been said 10 misIead
saand deceive them on side issuess The
attempt to afoist men upon the city who
are incompetent to discharge the duties
of the offices fer which they are candi-
dates. because they have for party pur-
poses, connected ihemaelvea with work
ingmenis associations. has been so clear.
ly and completely exposed, that no in.
stelligent working man will be- deceived
hy it, Every working man in the city
who votes for Sergeant White, after the
expositiona of his character which have
been made votssto plaeeincompetencys
vice aud indscency in one Of the most
Irresponsible positions in the city, We
havespot dared to point out one half the
~ lemisheain the character Of the Head Of
the Bogus Workingmen's Ticket Respect
,forithe modesty ofa large portion of Que
readers positively forbids thai wa
should tell the whole truth We have,
however, repeatedly insisted that Mr..
White was incapable Of discharging the
saldalies Of City Clerk This charge has
been met BY the statement that be can
employ an assistant, To this we say
again, that If an assistant 10 to do all
Aifhs work, because Of the incapaciiy Of
the principal, the assistant should have
oil the pay. That Il our idea Of justice
agto workinRmen. From the Good Old
I Book, we have always been taught TO
believe that the iaborer Is worthy of his
hire. Mr.. White seems TO think differ
emily. His idea appears TO be, that
-" bosses should pocket the profits,
while the employees do the work, But
we do not propose % waste many more
awords on the Sergeant, who at the pres
seatjunetdre seems TO be running from,
rather than for the Office of City
sc Clerk. .si'a eiAA s- si.'l i
ai-ssg Capt Redfern, the 30 called Working.
mems candidate for City Collector, has
- been in our city so short Time that be
ef:s hpt little known to our lazgesstax-
payers He claims TO be Union man.
There ian'ha Copperhead within The city
limita that doesn't claim 90 much. He
has produced certificates to show that
he did his duty "a Union soldier. This,
as we have before remarked, we are
grAtiied 60 know. 1t In 10 fact that no
Union man, acquainted with his present
surroundings and associations, would
ever have suspected. But, granting the
Captain all he elaine i'd this respect, we
AJAX the tar payers Of Evansville if they
deem II wise to place duplicate of over
.ds8ln00 900 in.the hands Of a comparative
1aa stranger, in preference to electing an
Ias hnmhla, honest, competent and faithful.
citizen, who has already. n discharg-
I'D the duties of the Office with
q thoruhghness and success that
merits their hearty approval The city
Of Evansville never had q better Col
lector than Mr. Schubert. His skill as
an accountant, and his integrity as q
3 imam, have never been called in question
49, by those who know him, or have any
s. regard for the truth. We would say
Y further, in this connection, that City
Collectors are in the habit Of collecting
much Of the revenues Of the city at
their places Of business. Many OF our
taxpayers who do not indorse Mr.. Red
farms action that saloon keeping 10 fully
as honorable, if not more 80, than
preaching, express themselves as lily
r pleased With the possibility that they
may BIO compelled to visit a saloon and
"a bowling alley in order 10 pay .heir tastes.
Wa do not pretend 10 account for tales,
sh9tthe ruth ~, the visiting Of such 90.
adjustments under the compulsion of |
:. aEx-paying, ID exceedingly obnoxious to
u large number of our best citizens.
HCapts FAzwilliams aud Mr. Tehvoorde
resrp Tbs candidates for Marshal. Mr..
= = Fitzwiiliama, who has never been recog-
- niasd a. working man, in the technical
! meaning Of the term. runs on ithai so
called Wofkingmen's ticket. Mr.. Ten
voorde 10 bricklayer, and worked ins
dustrionsly at his trade until spinal
direction interfared with his labors. he |
s--ie member Of the Eight-hour League, |
and hasshl&ays been Identified with the |
interests Of Workingmen. Mr.. Fitz.
williams hab alaays been regarded as |
. polilician, and hiss spent most Of bis
aOtime. since we became acqnaintea with |
him, except while he was in the army, In
silling or seeking positions about the
80 Courthouse The 6so-called Working
men, then, occupy the very singular posi-
ton of rnuning as their candidate for
Marshal, p man who has never been
u known 70 our people "a q working man,
r Against gentleman who il q good me
asiichanicS'a hardworking hsicklayer, and
who has baen,s besides, a member Of the
- R9rkiH0pse,a'a League Yet, laborers
.saare told that they cannot vote for the
.xslaiter without violating their obligations
s u a. memhars of the Workingmen's Asso-
Citations. Such transparent inconsiaten-
icy mhat disgust every independent me.
chanic In the city, 90 siasa4 ieaa =
The different candidates for assessors
sFa pretty well known to our people, and
rswe need NOT commsnt npoh them at any
isn9thsm ,tAhaAlhs =