The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-28
RONBERFUE BIsCLOUREs BIZ PETER
SPEECH BIZ VIZ 4. WALKER
A TREACHEROUs MEMORY.

CAOWu VI utl-pJ DOgS 10 tue market
house on Fourth Street, between
Locust and Walnut, last night. After
waiting till about half after eight
o'clock, at which time quite a number
of voters had arrived, the meeting
was Sailed to order BY Mr.. George
Stackhouse, who moved that Peter
Maier be chosen to preside over the
meeting and that Mr.. Rafner act as
Secretary. FsrsrE
Peter at once mounted The meat
block, and stated the object of the
meeting to be to give the Democratic
candidates chance to tell the people
why they ought to be elected instead
of their opponents, but as the eandi-
dates had not yet arrived, he would
make a few remarks, or-as it was IN
derstood-in the language of Mr..
K--n, he wanted the boys to have
some fun with him" First, he urged
that each man attend to registering
his name; that in order to be entitled
to vote, the provisions of the registry
law should be complied with. He
told the people how they should pro-
coed to have their names registered,
and again urged all who had not SO
done, to do SO before the election.
He next exhorted his hearers to
pay their city taxes, as that was made
necessary before a man was entitled
to vote for city officers. It might be
that a man was qualified to vote in
every other respect, but if he failed
to pay his city tax, the answer would
be, one thing lackest thou yet,
when he went to the polls to vote.
He was particular in stating that if
no taxes were charged on the City As
SCISSORS books against a man, he could
vote.
He then made somewhat startling
announcement that there were too
sets of candidates to be voted for at
the city election, and that Mr.. VIII
liam Baker headed the ticket on one
sido, and Mr.. VIM. II. Walker on
the other side. He then passed an
euology on Mr.. Walker, and con
cluded that he was the man for the
times, and if elected he would treat
all men, Republicans and Democrats,
alike, and not treat them as Mayor
Baker had himself and other gen.
tlemen in the city.
Peter then said he would undertake
a review of some of the official acts
oe Mayor Baker and certain mem
bers Of the City Council. He stated
that certain citizens had presented. a
petition to the Council, asking that a
certain school house be removed, and
charged that the request was treated
with contempt by the Mayor and those
certain members of the Council.
About two years ago, he said, GER
tain parties were DESTROYS 0 securing
charter for street railroad. The
request 10 grant the charter was
made one night at a Council meeting,
and was granted that very night or
at the next meeting Of the Council
thereafter, he was not sure which,
before the people had chance to
give a voice in the matter. THIS,
said he, the right to build and to use
i for forty years, a Street Railroad,
was granted to company, while the
people knew nothing Of what was go
on. 1.-THE readers of the JOURNAL
viii no doubt conclude that Peter 5
memory Is a little at fault, and viii
recolleet that the Street Railroad
question was discussed night after
night. before the Council He then
proceeded to charge Mr.. VIM. He'll
man, whom he chose TO call " Phi
4eilman, with having an eye to his
own interest when he voted for the
granting al the charter, and spoke in
no very catering terms Of that gen
tleman.
H Next, Peter alleged that a fund Of
/ $4,000 had been raised to secure the
reelection Of Mayor Baker, and said
it was currently reported that the
Liant Bros. had given $1,000 Of that
amount. He referred to the Syca-
more Street sewer, and stated that
the first contract was let TO the Liant
Bros, and that it extended to Sixth st.
The said Liant Bros. being the lowest
hiddars- TIT nart Of the contracI was