The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-01


Eegst.szis, gs4as as1 Tsl. Sod .Azss
hitherto hed tho reputation Of being
men OF honor. Why soil that reputa
tion now2 Mayor Walker had char
acter established In the city before I
one Of your number was horn, and
long years before two of you were |
known in Evansville at all Be as
sured that you cannot injure him. Be /
careful that you do net injure yoWr-
seiUeS.
During the day, Mayor WALKER
received several notes from the gen.
Item composing the committee,
asking for a MEMORANDUM BOOK Of
his, which they supposed would assist
them 10 their efforts" By referring
to the report OF the committee, it will
be seen that the Memorandum
Book called for by the committee
was the City Register Of Bonds, and
the book containing the Account of
the Street improvements. Does Mr..
WALKER intend appropriating these
books to his own private use? It
would seem so, if we are to believe
the SHANKLIN Boys. It we remem-
Der rightly, the Mayor has established
a precedent for himself Ia appropria
ting official books for private use.
We published, our readers will recol-
lect, several months ago, some facts
showing that His Honor on Que occa-
sion. after being paid by the county
| for making out Real Estate Regis
ter, at the expiration of bis term of
Office appropriated it to his own pri-
vate use as real estate agent and
dealer. It would seem from the
statement Of the SHANKLIN Boys that
His Honor regards the Register
of the City Bonds and Street I'm
provements as private memorandum
books" which DC not belong to the
public. Indeed, the SHANKLIN
Boys boldly assert that these
books do not belong to the public
records. Is it not alarming, when a
city Official decides that the public
records are his private memora nda
books, and refuses to let the people
see them? These books, which, the
SHANKLIN Boys say, are Mr.. WALK
Ea's private memoranda books, were
ii the Office of the City Clerk, among
the other records of the city, when
Mr.. WALKER was elected Mayor. By
what right has he distracted them
from their proper place? Does hs
intend to restore them to the city. or
is it his Intention to file them with
the County Register of Real Estate
as valuable additions to his private
Library? This is a serious matter
The tax paying voters will do we'll tc
inquire into and think about it.
The SHANKLIN Boys inform Messrs
| HoLLINGsWORTH, LEMCKE and DECK
En-, that they are comparatively
young men, yet, and have hitherto
had the reputation Of being men o.
honor" and exhorts them not to soil
shat reputation now. The SHANKLIr
Boys furthermore inform these gen
tlemea that they cannot injure Mayer
WALKER, but may injure themselves
We know that it has been fartAes
from the intentions of the gentlemen
comp osing the investigating com
mittee to injure Mayor WALK
Err We also know that they
were utterly astounded at his
refusal to let them see the Records Of
he City, which he had carried off tt
his private Office Up to that tim
they Lad oyer5 confidence in his in
tegrity, and thought if there was any
thing wrong it was to be attributed t.
Ills inexperiance in the management
of corporation as large as our own
Mayor WALKERS conduct is, how
ever, calculated to arouse the graves
sus picions as to his integrity as
public officer. If his transactions ar
all straightforward and honest, VIII
should he shrink from most rigi
Investigation? THE righteous are boil
as a lion" It is the wicked that flee
We think the SHANKLIN Boy
ought to commit that little verse il
Proverbs for their next Sunda
School lesson. We fear, however
that they have long since discardo
Sunday School instructions, or the
would not be so reckless and regard
less of truth in their assertions.
We presume, Notwithstanding tn
ominous warning of the SHANKLI,
Boys, that the Investigating Com
mittee will go on with its work, an
hew to the line, let the chips fal
where they may.