The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-30

We find in the Courier of sSatarda,


the following statemept;
I'VE deeply regretted the necessity
/ that compelled rs to notice the cor
ruptions " hieh have prevailed among
a portion of our county officers for
some time. The task was literally
4 forced upon US by prominent and re-
81 ectable and as strong Republicans
as there are In the County of Wander
burgh. These gentlemen had appealed
to the editors of the JOURNAL, as we
have statediu4snether article, to max
/ this exposition, last Fall, when no
election was pending. but after prom
Using. they failed to do so. They felt
..hha 2 I satEag slu pgp, thsp snd
las most damaging to their party, to
permit a continuance of this state OF
affairs, and they called upon US, ex7
plaiBed fhe whoIe ma tter, and as ked
US if we would make the exposition. !"
In another article in the same issue
of the Courier occurs the following:
We havefbeen told bys respetta Bile
land prominent Republican gentlemen
fsof this city, that this matter of the
pluudksr Of the County Treasury has
been Known TO them and to the JOUR
NAL for some time-and that the ed
itors of that paper promised to have
this matter investigated aud. publish
ed after last years election? Bat
fromIsome cause, they failed to do so;
and these gentlemen, after waiting. in
vain for them to expose the swindle,
and finding that they did not intend
to do so, thenegaHa 10 sDenocFats the
Information which they had previous
lyimparted to tster JOURNAL These
gentlemen, as strong Republicans as
there are in Evansville, were unwill-
ing to let this LAUNDERING scheme go
on, and as they could hot rely upon
the JOURNAL to expose the fraud and
protect the County Treasury from
Ihe hungry crew of cormorants,, who
have fastened upsns 1T, they called on
US TO do so.
We have here the statement made
public that the editor of the Evans
vile Ccurisr has been told by
prominent and respectable and as
strong Republicans as there are in
the county Of Vanderburgh that they
had appealed to the editors of the
JOURNAL to- make this exposition,
last Fall, when no.election was pend
ing; but after promising they failed
to do So" hzs
&; If any gentlemen have made such
statements TO the. editorH1of the
, Csurisr. andehe has seen ftto make
them public che csn, of course. estab-
lish the truth of It by these. gentle
men themselves. we most positively
and unequivocally deny the truth of
the statements as far as they relateeto
us; and We challenge the editor
of the Coaier to- the proof. No
Republican or any other person ever
Appealed to" or requested US to
make an exposition of the matter re
ferred to, either before or after the
1ast Fall election; and consequently
we did not make or fail to perform
any such promise as stated. We
do not believe that any respectable
Republican " ever told the editor of
the Courier any SUCH thing. q ISsuch
statement was made to the editor, it
was totallysfakea I1ke pro prietdsssofll
che JoERFfNT efper WeEs Pppr9aafThed /
by any one with "a request to expose
the .hzinai7 aoritd ma I:e pu tlieiGh areas /
againstthei County Officers; and we
are disposed atoi believe that no Rel
publican has been in conference with
the ediit98r, Of the organ Of the Demo i
crazy. ~ z,,4,
:. IF any g9GAatle83euz 6B il the Ri RstbbdIbli-
can party have BEEN in conference
with him, and have made the state
ment he alleges, there ought to be |
under tAs cirHahseah ces 10 foubls !
in procuring thefftWfitten z certificate
to that, effect. Wa deny the. aIlegaz
ton, and challenges him to the pr Of. !
And the only proof which will satisfy |
the public is the written statement of |
those prominent and respectable
Republicans under their own sigma
lures. We have had enough. ofthese
vague and irres possible charges Let
Us have them backed up By indubitTI
able proofa5yIses1. s.aH I'D +