Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-04-14

AIS W. ExPEafED. - ght before last
he worhingmen Of Evansville had .
meeting At the Court House, which was
we'll attended BY the sonsof toll. There
was something q little peculiar about
tbe meeting, quite notable feature,
which was this: Not one Of those most.
active political demagogues, who were I
so loudmouthed about the interests of |
the workingmen q few weeks ago, were |
present. Jas. d. Saunders, the former
Secretary Of all public meetings held by
workiDgmen in the city, was elected Sec.
rotary that night, but he was not there.
Mr.. A. I. Whittlesey was not there, end
though an invitation wac extended to
reporters for the daily papers, the inim-
liable Kierolf, the self-constituted
champion of the workingmen's rights
before she election, was not there, and
more, although be had published the
notice for the meeting in his own paper,
not q line Of notice was made By BIN of
the fact that such meeting had ever
been held. he was not there, himself,
nor did he'ssnd reporter We looked
over bis paper in vain the following
morning for flaming head lines, such as
Enthusiastic meeting of the sons Of
TOLL" &C., but 30 far from finding sensa-
.tion beads, followed by q long-windsd
article, we could not find even the
slightest alIusion to the meeting
---not an ordinary local notice The
election was over, aud be was not
80 enthusiastic in the interests Of the
workingmen a. he was. Those other
deIectable political demagogues that
sought TO use the honest laborers of our
city, had hung their harps on the viii
lows, and were resting from their labors.
The election was over, and they, too, did
| not care so much for the workingman.
If this meeting had taken place before
the election, the Courier would have
been filed with nothing bat laudati0na
OF the speech, and articles in yindication
ofthe rights of the workingmeD. Some
time previous to the election, be pro.
claimed that his paper was the organ O
the workingmen and liquor dealers of tbs
city. We have seen how be has proven
bis paper to be the organ Of the working.
men before the election, and we presume
that this class Of gentlemen viii have |
proper appreciation Of bis hypocritica
cant about "eight hours" the "hOnes
sons of toll" &c, in future
Those gentlemen were told, before tn
| aeIeetion, that set Of political dema
gogues were attempting to make th
Workingmen's Association available il
the election Of a lot Of Copperheads
and that so soon as the election wa
over, if they were not successful, the
would give the Workingmen the coll
shoulder, and in case of success, woul'
claim it as great Democratic victory
| 0ttht pkcYuE astVLla "cAc ApoNc w SoAOIt O.
the supposed victory, and to proclaim t
the world that Evansville had fallen int
1.-THE hands of Democratic rulers, but tina
little rejoicing was suddenly nipped il
the bud. Too many Of the honest sons Q
toll had found out the trick, and Ia
dashed the fond expectations Of Kierol
and his co-laboring political dema
gogues to the ground.
This being the case, the Courier q
: once drops the workingm en-, and cease
to advocate their cause. By bis reticene
be doubtless intends 10 hold out tn
olive branch Of peace to capitalists, an
} at once place himself in that marke
with the hope that his paper may be
come The organ of that class of mer
but bis attempts at black-mailing tn
merchants Of our city, we fear, will pr'
vent his receiving much encouragement
in that direction.
Of late, he 10 not 90 enthusiastic i
the interests Of the liquor dealers, sn
in fact, just now, he seems to be in th
market for any one who may wish
buy We conclude the stock ia not wort
as much as 7-30 United States bonds, !
this market.