The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-09
PasDIsHED RY THE
&c 20 d Ihe PeopLe -

the yoIee,of the PEOPLE Stlfed
The BOARD Of Commissioners OF
VsDderburph County has refused the
annIicafi-n for an election 20 take
AZ sense az the people, Of Pigeon
Townsbin upon the subj ct OF an ap
nIication II behalf of tie hvansvnle
f1d Indianapolis Railroad
let the friends Of the road sue out
a mandamus without delay; and l0he8
The election comes. the unjust COnlDllS-
siouers a0iU Be consigned 10 O n1erltee.1
Ob6Ui0n f7r all time TO come, as 1)a6ttG
serUqats lnUOrthy Of the coaJsae51ce y
their masters, THE PEOpLE--CoaTtsf'
A more unealled for and menda-
cious statement was never printed.
The voice or the people was not
stifed. The Commissioners are ready
to order All election at any time when
il IS aseertained that they can do so
la,ofully. TO order an election for
the purpose Of assessing an illegal
tax would be the most miserable
farce. even should a majority Of the
voters decide in favor Of that tax. As
we have demonstrated. time and
again, the people have DO desire to
levy an unlawful tax.
We presume the friends Of the
Straight Line Road viii d. as the
Conier now advises aud as We urged
them to do several days ago Let the
legality Of the assessment be settled
by the courts before the expense q
an election is incurred. In the mean
time, as the people, according to the
Courier, are 50 unanimously in favor
of the road, Why can't its officers 90
ahead with the work and complete
the road SO IS to ontitle them to the
donation when it IS made?
We notice that while Commissioner
Bowers was thoroughly convinced
that the tax levy in behalf of The
Western Road was all Illegal and
wrong. and did his best TO defeat thu
donation, he has no such misgiviDg
with reference 10 the Straight Line
Now, if Mr.. BowERs is so warm
friend of that enterprise, why don
he petition the Commissioners f
authorize an election IN his own
Scott, Township ia its behalf? Mr.
Bowers IS evidently warmly in favo
of railroads when somebody else vii
pay for them, but exceedingly hostile
when called on to pay taxes himsel
to aid in their construction. By al
means let the Commissioned fix up
reasonable levy for Scott Township
and We viii see how active Ny
Bowers will be in securing a vote il
its favor
Mr.. Bowers and tie Courier charge
that Pigeon Township n leyyiEg tht
same tax upon the country townships
which is impo ed on her own people
is unjust, and they seek to re
taliate by placing additional burdens
upon Pigeon Township, Of which tn
country townships shall not bear an.
portion The Scott Township Com
missioner's disinterestedness is Ger
tainly most noticeable, yet not yer.
praiseworthy.
Two Of tie County Commissioner
have done their duty Il tie peopl
of the county censure them FOR doini
so, it will not be the first time tia
public officials have been found laul
with for acting in conformity TO law
We presume. however, chat Nessrs
DECKER and Barker can well affor.
to disregard the assaults Of a papei
whose lawlessre5s is so well under
stood by the whole community. The
statements Of the Couri,r that The
citizens Of this township desire thc
Commissioners to take steps &c i'm
pose on them q ak sgdie6 ctnaot b.
collected are SO absurd that it is no
worth while to give them aa5 further
consideration. They are an insult tc
the intelligence OF the taxpayers, and
can be regarded in no other light.