The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-24
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I statement LnaG o prominent banker
and an ex-member of Congress from
this State was in Washington, who
predicted thatMr. PENDLEToN would
be so badly beaten that he would not
know that he was a candidate. We
suggested that, so far as we knew, the
only prominent Democratic banker in
this State, who was an ex.member Of
Congress, and who was-at, that time
in Washington, was Senator HEN
bricks, Democratic candidate for
Governor. The indianapolis Herald
says that Mr.. HENDRIcks is not the
man. That the prominent Democrat
referred to is the Hon. WILLIAM II.
ENGLISH, President Of the First Ma
.tional Bank at indianapolis, and
President, if we mistake not, of an
Association Of National Bankers. We
are surprised to learn that so many
distinguished Democrats are mixed
mp in this bank business. That the
leaders of an anti-bank party, should
so deile themselves by touching,
tasting and handling the unclean
thing, must be very discouraging
to the great mass Of the party
who are religiously hostile to
the institution. We have Dir. Pm
DLETON, their candidate for President,
bank director and resisting the pay
ment of taxes on his investments in
the banks. Then we find Mr.. HEN
DRIcKs operating pretty considerably
in banks. Next comes Mr.. EDGER-
TON with his $4,000 in Government
bonds, on which he has never paid
any taxes; and now we find, in addi
ton to all these, that the Hon. VIII
LIAM II. ENGLISH, most distin-
guished Democrat, born, bred and
educated in the old Second District
a pharisee of the pharisess-is the
head of an association Of National
bankers. How strange, that party,
all of whose preteuses are hostility to
banks, should choose as its leaders,
men who are largely interested in
them. It seems to us that practice
ought TO go hand in hand with pre-
cept. If banks are bad. monopolies
and an imposition upon the people,
Democrats ought to keep away from,
and have nothing TO do with, them.
Unless that party expects the peo-
pie to regard its righteousness on
the bank question as filthy |
rags" it had better discard those
leaders who have so sadly eOmprol |
missed il in this particular. Il must |
be evident to the people, under these
circumstances, aud in view OF these
facts, that the leaders of the Demo
cratic party are attempting to amnse
them with words aud phrases. in or
der TO obtain their votes, while. at
the same time, they reap all the ad-
vantages growing out Of a connection
with the offending and offensive banks.
The indianapolis Herald does not de-
ny that Messrs. PENDLEToN and HEN
BRICKS are both, practically. bank
men. Yet it seeks to impose upon
ihe people the falsehood that both
these gentlemen are opposed to banks.
II opposed to them, why strengthen
them2
As an early and avowed advocate Of
Mr.. PENDLEToN's nomination by the
National Convention, we
ire gratifed that Senator HEN
BRICKS does not think he viii be de-
eated. This will be discouraging
news to Mr.. HENDRICKs' friends "a
his part of the State, NhO
rave been laboring, and boping
md Declaring that he would
% beaten. The truth is, they
viii support the candidate the New
ork Bankers and Bondholders com
nand them to. We have repeatedly
,iven the Herald warning on this
POINT. If it will not heed, the re-
can not be laid at our