The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-07-27
Damaging Revelations.
Mr.. MOCKLER STILL FURTHER IN
vOLyED.
How lie IL Getting out OF the Frying Pan
into the FIRE.

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proper officers 10 issue to laborers and
other creditors Of the city orders on the
treasury for their several bills. The book
| containing the blank orders is locked up
4 I'm the city safe, and Patrick Mockler is
the only man in the city who can open
that safe. This he refuses to do; and,
therefore, orders on the treasury cannot
be issued. The laborers must await the
| pleasure OF Mr.. Mockler, and crafty his
stubbornness at the expense of their
comfort and convenience.
| This conduct on the part OF Mr.. Mock
Ter has put many persons upon inquiry:
Why Is he so anxious to have the coun-
Gil act in reference to his proposed expul-
sion from Office before he will allow the
Mayor or any member of the city coun-
ell to examine the contents of the safe?
II there is not something In the safe he
! wishes nobody TO see, or something out Of
the safe phich should be in Il, why so care
| fully prohibit any person from opening
its door? II he Is the honest, upright
man he processes 20 be, why does
he not throw open the safe,
saying: "Gentlemen, look and exam
ine; / have nothing to conceal; ! court
investigation OF my record as a servant
Of the public" This would be the lam
guage OF conscious innocence; IL would
raise him up friends where enemies now
stand; IL would dun bfound SANDER, and
be eapon In his hand, formidable, the
blows OF which could only be warded off
by those skillful Of fence But what Is
his language but that Of q man who has
something to conceal? what is his con-
duct but that Of q man who fears investi-
gation--who breads 10 come up and stand
face to face with truth?
But, II may be asked, what can he
have TO conceal? The safe contains
the record ofthe licenses he has issued to
draymen and teamsters. Is IL forced
conclusion that this book may contain
the record OF Licenses issued by him, the
money for which he has not given an
account OF? We do not assert this, but
may II not be the truth? IfitIs, OF course
Mr.. Mockler does not wish the fact to be
known before the vote upon his expul-
sion. II reinstated he can then doctor
the books and hide the fact; but IL ex-
PEELED, the exposure can injure him In no
imaginable way. This Is the manner in
which some people talk about this mat
ter. Mr.. Mockler, 10 he has n clean
record, can silence them by opening the
safe.
Again. The safe contains the scrip
books-the new book and several old
ones. In these books are orders filled
up, duly signed, which have never been
called for. Who can say that the old
scrip has not been issued? No one but
Mr.. Mockler. Ifhe issued 1t except to
the persons In whose favor il was drawn,
or on their order, or IL he took il himself,
the fact would greatly damage his chan
ces OF returning to the Office Of clerk, If
II became public before the vote on his
that this suspicion is fact, butw are cred
IDLY informed, that, without Mr.
Joseph McKenzie's consent or
knowledge. Mr.. Clerk Mockler tore
out OF the scrip book an order of his and
used 1t. IA II forced conclusion, that
some other PERSONS script without that
other persons knowledge or consent?
But II the safe were opened, whether
the SUSPECT on Is fact or not could soon he
determined. IL 1t is fact, OF course Mr..
Mockler does not wish II made public be-
fore the vote upon his expulsion. IL he
should be reinstated, he could then con-
ceal 1t; but II expelled the exposure could
injure him In no imaginable way. This
Is the manner in which some people talk
about this matter. Mr.. Mockler il he
has a clean record, can silence them by
opening the safe.
Agaiu. The clerk has no right to carry |
the scrip book about town, or take it out |
of his Office to his own private residence.
Who dare assert that the old scrip books |
are In the safe: II they are not, and Mr.. |
Mockler has concealed the fact, the ex-
posure would damage him at this time;
and, of course, he would therefore de-
sire TO suppress the fact until after vote
had been taken on his expulsion. If re-
instated, he could replace the books; but !
IL expelled, the exposure could then in
jure him in no imaginable way. This il
the manner in which some people talk
about this matter. Mr. Mockler, II he
has a clean record, can silence them by
opening the safe.
But have people any good, substantial
grounds for entertaining such suspicious
as these? Let facts answer,
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