The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-22

arrangements were made and the ends
accomplished IN such manner as to
enable the high contracting parties"
TO satisfy everybody but the suspicious,
unreasonable and exacting public
which sullenly foots the bills. The
belief popularity INDUCED that the
it /" is simply ridiculous; particularly
if the supposition has reference to the
character Of the work. Contractors.
as everybody knows, are incapable Of
doing good work unless they conform
strictly to. the rerms Of the contract !;
and even then it>is requisite that that
instrument shall be>carefully drawn.
We simply ask again. who had the
street contracts last year, under Mr..
WALKER? Were the contrats care
fully drawn? Were there, in many
instances, any contracts at all until
the work was about completed?
In the same paper we find the fol-
lowing:
THE COUNCIL OF SIX-The Coun-
Gil, which has served the city partly,
and their own individual interests
altogether, may very appropriately be
styled the Council Of Six" for, al
though we have had three staunch
and true Democrats on the Board,
every measure which the Mayor and
to pass has been passed, without re-
gard to the protest of the Democratic
members. We propose, from time to
time during the present week, to give
the public a view Of the perfect DIS
INTEREsTEDNEss which has character
ized the support of certain measures
by Republican Councilman. We wish
t. vindicate Heilman. Dean aud 9TH
ers on the Board Of Common Council,
as well as Mayor Baker, from the
charges that THEIR OWN PARTIsANS
have been making against them. We
are determined that Virtue -
which finds its synonym in the names
Of Baker, Heilman and others. who
have become bankrupt in their efforts
for the hubble veal" shall have its
reward"
WIS there not a Council of six
during the past year? We, too, pro-
pose from time to time. during the
present week, to give the public a
view Of the perfect disinteresteclness
which has characterized the support
of certain measures by Democratic
Councilmen.
The following from the same paper
is another lick at the imported Street
Contractor:
As to the desp'cable insinuation
that our imported " contractors took
an unrlghteOus advantage of the elias
tic stipulations introduced into the
contracts, THAT is to be repealed o.
course, with scorn and Indignation.
La fact the charge can be repslled in
no other way. 1t was for this reason,
however, that is, in anticipation Of
the absurd calumny-that the worthy
Mayor sought his contractors and
laborers elsewhere than in this city
He did not wish residents of THIS
| place to be assaulted with imputations
20 monstrous and unjust-preierriDg
that he alone should suffer, who.
through nine long years of perjury
and toll had built up the fortunes OF
this city, and assisted many Of her
leading citizens, as we'll as deserving
spectators from other places. to lay
up much goods for many years"
So much for to day. We produce
these extracts for the purpose Of
showing how clearly the Democracy
comprehended the short comings of
the Republicans, and shall then pro-
ceed to exhibit the manner in which
those delinquencies have been repaired
aud how economy and provident man
agement of the city's affairs have in
creased her credit at home aud abroad.
Tomorrow we will copy further from
The (n1Lriel.