The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-08
THE MEETING AT TURNER HALL.
The Honest Men and Taxpayers.
TELLING SPEECHES AND GREAT
ENTHUSIASM. tss7sAo


of war, and who had rallied shoulder
to shoulder with Captain Alexander
/ Darling and his brave scompeers ON
many well fought field, were there.
The merchant, whose success in bust
ness was one of the results of crush
ing out the rebellion-the honest
laboring man, who does not begrudge
the pittance he pays annually to sup
port the Government that protects
him, was there to aid in rebuking. the
| demagogues.who eternally howl about
taxes and pay none, or who by false
returns of assessment rolls endeavors
to swindle the county out of the taxes
they justly owe. -, j. 81
The Crescent City Silver Band was
also there and made most charming
music. The meeting was organized
by calling J. p. Elliott to the chair,
and electing E. M. Thayer, Secretary.
Col. Allen having been prevented
from coming, Mr.. Robert A. Hill
was called upon and responded in a
forcible and convincing speech of
nearly an hour, in which he exposed
the cry of the repudiators,. of paying
the bonds in greenbacks. His speech
was often interrupted with deafening
applause. After Mr.. Hill the crowd
persisted in calling out Capt. Reayis,
who in his plain, practical but forci
BILE style urged upon the people the
duty ofelecting to Office men who had
stood by the country in her trying
hour, oand febuking those who had
sympathized with those who sought
to destroy the government. In every
departmental. the government from
the Township Trustee up to the Presi-
dent loyal men and patriots should be
placed in power y naEl
=. After Captain Reavis had closed. a
committee consisting of Colonel, Blu,
chanan, S. .'Sorenson, James Wilt
shire, CLARK Cody, J. H. McNeely
and William Heilman, was appointed
to select rallying and challenging
committees for the election to-day.
Loud and persistent calls were
made for Victor Bisch, who reluc7.
family responded. and administered
such scathing rebuke' to the hypo-
critical calumniators who have been
bounding himself and Captain Oar
ling for the basest of political purpo-
ses and with the most utter disregard
to truth, as we never before heard. 1t
was overwhelming and crushing, and
we regret that the calumniating repu-
diators had not the courage to be pres
ent and see themselves as others see
them. Bisch was warmly applauded
as he overwhelmed his slanderous
foes with facts and figures and crush
ing logic At the close Of his speech
the committee reported the following
names:
UPPER PRECINCT
Challenging Conamittee.-John 5.
McCorkle, Blythe Hynes, Reuben NJ.
Davis, Michael Meier, Ed Tabor,
Henry Habernicht.
Rallying Conamiaee.-Jas. Fl. Nc
Nicely, VIM. Caldwell, VIM Bedford,
Sem, John E. Wheeler, Joseph Cup
Piles, Geo. Liant, Green Bellamy, Emil
Bischof, Peter Zapp.
MIDDLE PRECINCT.
Challenging Committee. IF. NJ.
Thayer, Fred. Decker, Jacob Froelick,
John Griess, Sam'l Orr, Sam'l P.
Havelin.
Rallying Consmittee.-Philip Eu-
Ter, John Rasch, Dan'l Wehrstedt,
Fred. Wahasiedler, Lu. Ewing, Ed
gar Sharpe, Fred. Cook, Christ Beck
er, Robert Maeder. Albert ,Johan,
Chas Reddin, Geo. Euler, VIM. Matt
land, Charles Schraderz -.T.z5dF
Ilioa LOWER PRECINCT.
f. challenging Comaeifee. = Philip
1 Wassem, Thomas Powers, A. J.
T Hutcheson, James Wifshife,s VIM.
I Kolle, and Clark Cody. ... -
D. Rallging Committee. = Thornton
Males, 'Johnr 'Shubert, Jacob K@r-
cher, Christ, ydss, Philip Huber,
! Robert Hornbrook, E. W. Bailey,
III. v. Goaterman, Alex Simpson,
Fred, Ransch. Louis F. Geiss,, Jacob
Schowuer, Henry Huber, and Fred.
Gelgers Z, q. s.sas. -las3t ..sz5cii -