Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-04-02

A Word 10 Business Men.
Our mrrchants are proverbialIy care
less about oi eIssc:tionlss.' Thss realize the
MISUNDERSTANDING competent, faithful
and honaat .ailg .0fioiala, yai they are TOO
much disposed toIsave the election Of
these officers to those who are not no
much interested ID securing the right
kind Of men. WshARe pretty completely
demonstrated the fact that the so called
Workingmdnts ticket 10 largely composed
of men who cannot discharge the duties
Of the positions for which they are aspi-
rants They propose to perform their
duties through assistants. Others ex-
pect to employ assistants from wealthy
families in order % got aureties on their
required bonds in csae they should hap
pen to be elected We have proven
and most Of our merchants who have
lived in the city for angIength Of time,
know for thsnselses-that nearly all
the candidates for Council on the so
called Workingmsn's Ticket, have al
ways been paraenelly and politically
hostile TO our public schools. We have
demonstrated by facts and figures that
during ihe past year The dabt Of our city
has been largely reduced besides-com-
plotting SONS very necessary and costly
public improvements, and that our taxes
all the timghay been less than in al
most any other city of the size and com
msrcial impoEianrs. pi Ours in the United
States Wills pthercities have been plnng-
ed in debt to raise their quota Of troops,
Evansville has, BY the prudent manage.
ment of her Mayor and Council, paid all
her bountiss, carried on her system Of
improvements, and greatly reduced The
debt acc,s sulatsd by Democratic adRin-
istratioms precious 10 The s0ar. We are
quite confident shai no other city in the
West can make an equally creditable
financial ekhibit. We are Absolutely
certain that no city whose affairs are
administered bg GoPperhsads can pro-
duce as good O record.
The above facts are worthy the con-
sidsration Of tar nayera The question
with them today is, have the present
city officers done their whole duty; are
their acta 7eprthz Of approvalG- If go,
they ought 70 receive an Endorsement
chat will stinnlats officials in the years,
10 come TO do their duty Hilh equal faith
fulness Nf5s4sfM J.
Ii isnot enough that business men go
to the polls and vote. JThey should
manifest their interest in q moro sig
nifcsnt and Impressive way. They
ought to inaicats BY. their conversation
and acts what they think, and how they
feel with regard to who shall fill the
various city Offices. We have nothing
to say in regard to the cpntamptib bic and
disgusting efforts that have been made
to compel them 10 elect incompetent
and dishonest men, lest they should lose
Southern trades Nobody bat knave
or fool, or both, cwoul& 6Psuls an inteIli-
gent businsaai community i'm such @ ri-i
diculously insolent manner. Oar mer.
chants have goods 70 sell, not principles,
and the men who think that in buying
their goods fsiheiples win b. lhrownin,
insult them withent STRENGTHENING thsir
cause. II 10 despicabls cause, and the
party that has 10 resortto such base
thiRga to see1semsucceas. sia7l u
But will our merchants manifest any
interest in the election to.day1 win they
cheer with their presence, the friends Of
morality, law, order and dscency, in their
u
struggle with vice and it's affiliations2
III they do nothing more than to stand
at the polls, and by their presence aid
in preserving order. they win have done
something towards securing the victory
on the aide Of Right. They win then feel
the consciantionsness Of having done
their duty. But should they neglect
this, and the people DO made 10 mourn
because of the ineficiency or meanness
OF their officers, upon the merchants
will the responsibility to considerable
extent DO laid.
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