The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-12
DOUGHTY.
A First Class Animal Show at tbs
CGIrt ROuSe.
II. Z. READ IN THE ROLE OF
WHAEGDOODLE.

The Court House was well filed
last night with the pure and unde-
filed. over whom, at III. E. Reads
motion, DR.. Dewitt c. Keller pre-
sided.
Within the bar of the Court, beside
the band, the President and reporters,
were Captain George f. Cochran,
Judge Parrett. George Stackhouse.
Alex. Wilson, George Bingham. FL.
f. Read, L. q. Stinson, w. B. Meni-
fee. Peter Maier. Peter Racine. A. T.
Whit;lesey. Capt. w. B. McLain. DR..
Muhlhausen. Jas. D. Saunders, and a
number of others whom the writer
did not know.
Hi. Read was called for. and came,
eagerly and willingly. He said be
was like an umbrella. He couldn't
keep his mouth shut. He was going
to put his veto on the Republican
party. He endorsed Doughty as a
man of sound mind. (Can any truth
full person do as much for himO He
had a good English education, and
could make a fluid extract of the
square root of a hypopotamus, feat
that he declared no JOURNAL editor
could accomplish. from Foster to
Ryan. He declared that Doughty
cozld read and write, and could read
his own writing.
Mr.. Read said great deal more,
and in his speech developed a good
deal of low comedy talent of the un-
derground concert saloon, or cafe
chantant. order, that made it evident
to all that his proper place was in the
beer jerking" concert saloon bust
ness.
Judge Parrett was next called, and
addressed the meeting as the conserv-
alive Republican and Democratic
citizens of Evansville. He said that
some men had had the audacity to
ask him to vote for Baker as a no.
party man, but he was the man of all
others for whom he could not vote
on that ground. Mr.. Baker was
brought forward by men who were
not identified with the progress and
enterprise of the city or with the
white race. and all those who had the
least respect for wife or mother
should 20 to the poll and vote for
Doughty.
He declared that Evansville never
had Council more efficient, disinter-
ested, or energetic Council than the
present, and he knew they could not
make a single charge of corruption or
Extravaganza against them. The tax
levy was Eve cents less this year than
ever before. (This assertion is
proved false by the records.) The
Judge made most virulent speech
against negro rufrage and the disfran-
chisement OF the rebels. and showed
himself to be such a violent
and unfair partizan that the
people of this country may lift
up their hearts in gratitude
to Divine Providence for the result of
the late election which saved them
the great misfortune of having him
to preside over the Criminal Court.
Having finished on the subject of re-
construction, he attacked plebescite,
and in demoiishiDg this already ex-
ploded act. showed as great skill as
does the clown in the circus, in kill
ing an already dead coon. He told
as rare and remarkable instance in
tho history of the Democratic party,
that Governor Wright left the Guber-
national Chair poor. He did not be-
lieve Governor Morton went out poor.
daughter by Whit.) He charged
that Governor Baker paid 81 800 rent,
and drew 5000 from the Treasury
for that rent. he did not say that
Mayor Baker was one of those who do
such things. but he told story of a
man who was in the habit of pulling
wool from his neighbor's sheep. and
after stripping the sheep cried poor
sheep This he told as an illustra-
ton of the present contest.
After a good deal more nonsense,
the Judge stepped down and the
band played.
Mr.. Peter Maier being called for,
made violent and vindictive speech.
DIR. Morgan would not "infict them
with speech" he went on to speak
in low tone, when man called ont,
"a little louder, Mr.. Van Ripper.
The crowd laughed several times
while the Doctor was speaking, appa-
rently expecting him to say some
thing funny, but they were disappoint-
ed several times, so that when he re-
ally did say some very funny things
their laugh was exhausted.
Mr.. Doughty would make no re-
marks after the speeches already
made. He had a record which they
knew Is we'll as his good qualities and
his faults. He believed himself COM
petent, and he left it to them to say
whether they would support him or
not.
Whittlesey being called, wound up |
the show by reading ''Chas. w Dough