The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-22
WIIlfuI FaIsehoOds,

Wlllful FalsehOOds.
The following appeared in the
Courier of yesterday. as a double
loaded paragraph. 1t is only import
ant in demonstrating to what length
that paper is willing to go in its ef-
forts to deceive the people. with ref
erence to the Water Works contract
SMITH CoHooTs WITH THE MoNoP.
oLIsTs-READ THIS.
The JOURNAL of the 18th stated
that . private telegram from Mr..
Smith had been received the day be-
fore, (July 15). saying that he would
be here on the 10th to close with
Weir's proposition. We call the
attention Of the public to the fact that
Smiths dispatch was sent on the Uery
dag that henlet Mr.. Weir at LOckport,
Net0 York, and positively refused to
accept has prOpositioni Why should
he telegraph to one of the monopo-
lists that he would be here to make
a contract with Weir, a1hen at the Uery
time the dispatch t0ds sent. he ards en-
phGtically declining to close l1ith
Weir's offer? Is it not clear that the
whole affair is a put. up job between
Smith and the monopolists?
On Wednesday Mr.. Whittlesey ad-
dressed note to our Office. as fol-
lows:
would like copy of the Jour-
NAL, I believe of the 10Th inst, or at
any rate the one in which you select
from the Courier Mr.. Weir's accept
ance of Mr.. Smiths original PROPOSE
tiOn concerning Water Works, to
which you append a statement that
Mr.. Smith had sent a private tele-
gram to Evansville, saying that he
would meet Mr.. Weir in Evansville,
according to that gentleman's wishes.
The editorial is a short one. closing
with the statement that Mr.. Smith
meant business.
Yours, A. 7. WHITTLEsEY.
COURIER OFFICE, July 20, 1870.
Mr.. Tabor promptly complied with
the request, and sent the gentleman
the number of the JOURNAL desired.
Therefore. he had before him the
eract language Of the JOURNAL
when he wrote the above staten ent,
which language is as follows:
"A private dispatch received yes
terday, states that EIr. William Smith
will be in the city in ample time, and
we venture the assertion, that he
means business
The wording of this paragraph
plainly shows that the private dis
patch was not from Mr.. William
Smith. Yet the Courier deliberately
perverts the plain language of said
paragraph 10 order to make what it
eonceives to be a point against that
gentleman. It says he stands before
this community in the attitude of a
swindler.
The above fact places that paper
before this community in the attitude
of recklessly false and libellous pub
LEGATION. 1t not only is full of false
hoods with regard to Mr.. Smith. but
it asserts an equally willful falsehood |
when it says, 1.-THE Evansville jour
NAL, a day or two ago, Osoned that its
motives in attacking the integrity Of
the members of the committee and
Mr.. Weir were unworthy of defense"
The JOURNAL has attacked the writ
ten contract entered into by the
Water Works Committee with Will
liam C.Wier, by which the city will he
compelled to pay from twenty to forty
thousand dollars more money for
Water Works than it could have Sc
cured them for, had it not been
for the folly. to use no harsher word.
of said Committee. It never owned
that its motives were unUorthy of de-
fense. We simply said I'VE do not
propose to defend our motives" be-
cause our motives have nothing to do
with the controversy, any more than
Mr.. Smiths motives, Mr.. Weir's, or
the Comier's The point is, has the
city been swindled? IF so, how?
That is the point we design holding
before the people, and the Courier,
with all its falseboods and ranting,
cannot divert US from our purpose.