Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-31
ONE GREAT FE-IzzLE
s4 atNsA aa1
's Great Cry and Little
W Wool"

the foiioWlng.
FAILURE.-Only two members of the
investigating committee answered the
chairman's call, for a meeting at the
Council chamber yesterday afternoons-
Those two gentlemen waited some time
and finally left, refnsing 10 go into the
investigation without the presence Of
men more deeply Interested And 50,
the,attempt has fallen through, not suf-
feient interest being eyinced by those
appointed By both parties to perform the
service. There has been good deal
of talk on this subject" great cry aud
little wool" If the accounts Of the
public functionafies are correct, and the
means at their hand properly used, they
should have the benefit of that fact; if
otherwise, the public should be apprised
Of the fact. Besides, the appointment of
such committee is a good precedent for
the future, If they would act However,
whether right or wrong" we hope
thete will be 20 more charges of cor.
ruption mads~in the fu.urel Where
there Is SO nuchsfalk, there ought 20 be
some performance.
Tie history Of the abOvs1s failurep is
worth repeating. The Courier, for sew
sral days, contained call for a public
meetiug Ao take into censideration grave
charges against the City Council which
called loudly for explanationS That
paper affirmed that q gentleman scho
as Gmember of tie City C0unci6 had
boldly stared that thspubiic funds had
been shamefulIy squandered and the
interests of the Taxpayers disregarded,
"in violation of all las0," in hundreds
Of instances. BY the present Council
1'he Coancilman aforesaid, according to
the Courier, was Of the opinion that the
books of the Council would not bear an
examination. = s.
The above charges are all that have
been heard Of in any quarter. The
Courier alone is responsible for them
unless Il gives its authority, and thereby
placest responsibility where it belongs
Well, the investigating meeting was
called, A crowded Court House anx.
iously listened for the startling devel-
opments" that were to be made. To
the surprise, however. Of nearly every
one ID the room. nobody seemed to know
the object of the meeting. The editor
Of the Courier himself-who was SO CON
| ident that something ubiquitous had
transpired while he was down South. or
other business-couldn't tell why the
meeting had been called. He was very
desirous that somebody who knew some,
thing should come forward and tell whai
he knew, but nobody responded. JUS
then, why didn't Mr.. Kierolf, Ikea man
force the skunk, who had been filing BIZ
ears with misrepresentation and false
J hoods, TO come out and make good hi
! statements. As be did not do so, be i
} legitimateIy responsible for manufactur
ing statement that he seeks to plae'
D upon anonymous shoulders. Dodginl
: won't do. The Courier will please tro
out its witnesses, or be branded will
having originated falsehood for part
effect, and been detected and convicte,
of the petty meanness. 5sel9 I
Rather than have the meeting adjourn
without action Of any kind Mayor Be
: ker insisted that Arrangements be mad
: for rigid investigation Of the books {
9 the city and the action OF its publ
servants. A COMMITTEES was then chose
who announced that they would dil
charge their duty on Thursday last. A
: the appointed hour Messrs Rchar
!. Raleigh, A. T. Whittlesey and Pete
:, Maier, reported at the Council Chambs
:. and found the Mayor and other oflicel
: ready for the investigation. No mot
!, of the Committee came. Mr.. BakI
i. then insisted that the gentlemen preser
proceed and discharge the duties Of th
!, whole Committee. This the gentlems
present, refused 10 do, alleging that th'
were unwilling to do the work assignt
= to others. After chatting awile they 9
la joarned without acti on, nolwithstandir
p the repeated statements on the Mayor
2 part that the books were all ready al
pr he1was willing for them to- examine Il
u same, and report for the entire Cor
10 mittee. ~
. Now, why didn't the Courier have
informant present to assist the Commi
ot tee in its invsstigations2 Was s.it
h. cause there was no informant, and Il
i. whole cry Of fraud and wastefpEexpe
bf diture was the coinage of its own .imae
) nation2 The people hold the conri
d responsible until il gives the names
4. its informants. We are not surpris
that the Courier is disgusted, '
would feel so. too, if we had beencaug
e in so contemplate trick. 81
" The truth is, the city Of Evansvi
y never had its affairs managed mo
io' prudently and skillfully than during t
= past year. We challenge investigate
r. and dare an examination of the offic
NV records.
= The Courier, as it has frequently do
mo be fore, in the above instance bit a {
nu and got its teeth set on edge.