The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-01
Railroad Meetings Saturday Night.
Sound Arguments for the Subscrip-
ton.
sAT,THE CEN TRALMARKET HOUSE.


+ The crowd at the Central Market
House, where Mr.. Carpenter was an
Hnounced to speak, was not immense.
When We arrived there Mr.. Carpen-
ter was speaking to about fifty people,
majority of whom we recognized as
the answering friends of the Evans
vile, Henderson & Nashville r. r.
The speech was the same as usual.
He was the friend of the E.. HI. & n.
r. R., but the Straight Line Road
| was the penecea for all the ills the
city could ever be afflicted with. He
had the thing all fixed, but John In
gle unfxed it. The only difference
between this speech and the one of
the night previous, was greater reck-
lessness in. his assertions, some of
which were so glazing that they were
corrected while he was speaking, and
when he finished, Mr.. William Troupe
arose, and in a. plain, straight
forward honest manner exposed the fall
laeies of his assertion and the sophis-
tries of his arguments, and was greet
ed with loud applause by the whole
crowd except three or four, who, ac-
knowledging the great benefit to be
derived from the E., I'll. & ~ Road,
make some paltry excuse for opposing
it. =
After Mr.. Troupe, Mr.. Samuel Orr
made brief but scathing review of
Mr.. Carpenters speech, denying most
pointedly many of his assertions and
exposing the motives that melted to
the feeble opposition manifested on
the part of a few who are interested
in having the city pay 100000 for
lifeless franchise that was purchased
for S. 900 or $4,000.
Among other assertions by Mr.
Carpenter was one, that freights laid
for weeks upon the wharf here, where
as it was shown that although 5000
of tobacco had been re-
ceived here last week, of which over
400 hogsheads arrived In the after
noon on Saturday, yet at shutdown
night there were remaining |
on the wharf less than 300 hogsheads.
The triumph of the railroad men at
the Central Market House was signal |
and unequivocal.
TURNER HALL MEETING.
The crowd at Turner Hall was
quite large, and embraced principally |
those who will be most effected by the
proposed subscription-the heavy
A most stirring and eloquent speech,
in favor of the subscription, was made
by Mr. Robert A Hill, whose earnest
and impassioned eloquence and clear,
logical arguments, carried conviction
% all. He was followed by brief but
oithy and effective speeches, by Gen.
Shackelford, John j. Chandler, A. T..
Whittlesey, Sam Orr and Colonel
The friends of the subscription
we're greatly encouraged. 1t was
hown copclusively that it was the
rue interests of the laboring men, es-
,ecially of the draymen, who have
)een melted against the subscription,
o vote for it.
Colonel Cheathams remarks were
effective, as they showed
# what vital Importance to the future
# this city, the vote of to-day would
,rove. At the close of the speaking,
committee of three was appointed
o select rallying committees to bring
tut the voters to-day.
We neglected to mention in its ap-
'ropriate place, that Mr.. John Ca :
'isk was appointed President of the
Meeting, and Pat Burke was chosen
'ecretary.
The committee appointed for the
selected the following rally
ng committees:
Upper Engine House.-William e.
french. j. W. Richardson. DIR. Mat.
Jacob H. Miller, VIM. Fl.
CALDWELL, W. F. Nesbit, W. B. Meni-
se. Henry Lutz, VIM. [. P. Mills,
ohm T. Glover, Patrick Burke,
'harles Long, Victor Bisch, John S.
hopkins, Charles Viele, Edward S. /
Tartin Rlythe Hynes. John T Cband