The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-31

needed improvement.
4 THE Democratic candidate for
Mayor would have the people of Ev-
ansville return 1.-THE days of log
school houses and the three months
school system in the good old days of
simon-pare Democracy, before the
new-faugled Yankee notions about
Free Schools were introduced.
A Handful OF Cards, but ne Trumps.
Mr.. EDITOR: 1 never just saw
such a lot Of cards as Mr. Walker
has got to play this Mayors game
with. lie has now played six of them,
and not a single trump yet. Still he
1 plays on with all the seriousness of a
knowing one, expecting to win.
+ But / take the usual liberty Of a
loOker-on TO tell him that if he has
any trumps, it is high time he played
them; and If he hasn't got any, he
may as well throw up his hand. He
/ cant win with them cards. The
points made by the adverse party
are already too dead against him.
Let US look at the game as it stands.
| The Courier of Saturday last admits
that Mr.. Walker is the writer of the
y. b. j." articles which appeared
IN that paper in December last. 1t
assigns that fact as the motive" of
I the JOURNAL IN arraigning him for
his conduct while Auditor of the
County. In the extract il gives from
his y. b. j." communication of De-
cember Z3d, merely because sums had
been allowed four Of the County off
GERS, amounting to S33, 600 or there
abouts, he proceeds at once, without
further Investigation, or attempting
to point out a single Illegal or i'm
proper item, to indulge himself in
anonymous, gross and sweeping in-
situations against the honor aud in
tegrity of each of said officers, aud Of
the members Of the County Board
He follows this up by publishing
and industriously circulating an an
onymOus pamphlet, full of the same
sort Of general Instructions; and
again, In his Ninth Ward speech, by
assailing the newspaper editors and
reporters as derelict in their duty,
because they fail TO expose the frauds
and villainy constantly practiced in
the matter Of allowances by the
County Board.
Thus he stands confessed the vol
unteer assaiIant of the official and 7
private character. not only of his sue
ccssor in the Office Of Auditor, but
of the present Clerk, and late Sheriff |
and Treasurer, and Of the Board of |
Commissioners Of the county
Well, to illustrate again the old les
son of the utter folly Of a man who 1
lives in a glass house throwing stones |
in this promiscuous sort of manner, |
his adversaries conclude to look a
little into the way in which these |
things were done in his day and I.
generation. For, he too, although I
(not) young man, has M tde a re-
cord. Well, they look. aud what do
they tnd2 These, among other
things:
l. That he received 500 for seven
years extra services as County Audi
tor, which, according to the plain let
ter of the law, and the decision of
Judge Parrett, he was not entitled to
a cent Of and that he has never re-
funded that sum, or any part Of it.
2. That not content with this, at the
close Of his term Of Office, he attempt
ed to induce the County Board to
allow him the sum Of 81, 838 80 for
the very same extra services for
which, as q till c0muensQti0n, he had !.
already illegally received the 500 as
above stated and that, falling in this
he had the unparalleled
boldness to prosecute a suit against
the County for several years to en-
force the illegal payment a second
time of this uujust claim.
3. That he fled his bill, was allow
ed by the County Board. and received
1896 80, or the clerical labor in max
ing out two Real Estate Registers"
for the use Of the County Board
and the County officers; that upon
retiring from Office. he claimed
these Registers as his private prop
arty, carried them away with him,
and still retains them. /.
4. That he was allowed and received
his full salary and pay, allowed by
law, = for services as Lt5r0ri1n," and
yet for the very same services, and
fone other, tO-Wit: For entering the
books taken out on the library reg
ster. at the December term 1861, of
the County Board. he procured a sec
ond allowance OF S107 As, which be
has never refunded.
These are grave and serious charges
At any time and against any man, /
They are especially so at this time .
against man who IS asking the people =
to turn out a true and faithful officer,
whose services have been of incalcu-
able value to the city, and intrust
heir welfare to him in a position Of