The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-25
In.Temnered.

We are somewhat surprised at the
III temper displayed by the Courier
OF yesterday, over the subject of
Water Works. We had supposed
that the pleasure jaunt of its editor
to Co7ingtoIl, Cincinnati, and Dayton,
at q cost to the taxpayers of the city
of over forty three dollars, and during
which he enjoyed the inequalities of
the various Water Works Trustees,
Common Council, ct. az, would have
50 far improved the natural amiability
of his temper as to have restored him
to us trimming over with good-na-
tured jollity. On the contrary. how
ever, the ride and the Inequalities
seem only to have stirred his bile. %
and he manifests more than the usual
amount of editorial grumness, if not
actual anger. Certainly, we had
reason to expect that having spent
two or three days investigating Water
Works and t1ater, that he would take
things more than usually cool. But
we are disappointed; and since pleas
ure excursions prove so disastrous to
his amiability. we think the Council
acted discreetly in not sending him
to Washington to compel the United
States Senate to pass the bill estab-
fishing a branch of the United States
District Court in our city.
1t is very true the Water Works
Committee extended to us an invita-
ton to accompany them on their ex'
cursion, and that we'did not go. But
we must say we can't see why ouI
declination should add to the bitter
ness of the editor. inasmuch as ouK
non-attendance, using his own words
prevented all annoyance from any
person who was determined to make
factious opposition to the Water
Works." to say nothing of the forty
three dollars saved to the tax payers
Our forty-three dollars may be ap-
piled in the construction of the works,
Or paying the expenses of our editorial
cotemporary on his next excursion.
While we regret our neighbor's dis
play of ill-temper, we must notice
some Of his statements. He says:
The difference between the present
Council and its predecessor consists
in the fact that the present board
looks to the building up of city by
l., .lok hn
fion of needed public works, and so
distributing the burthens of taxation
that another generation will have a
part Of it to bear, while the policy Of
the old board was to do nothing II
possible, to create large bank debts
pay enormous rates of interest to be
met every three or four months, and
let the principal run on so as to cal
up the annual revenues Tor the bene-
fit of banks and bankers, without ac-
comprising any benefit TO the peo-
BY this paragraph. one may learn
what confidence to place in the state
ments of the Courier. The bank
debt of the city was actually reduced
by the last Council, Notwithstanding
the enormous liabilities inherited
from its Democratic predecessor,
which came due and had to be pro.
vided for during the year. The Coar-
Ter. Of course. was aware Of this fact,
but, being out of temper, it consid-
cred itself justified in stating exactly
the contrary.
Another interesting paragraph,
clipped from the couple Of columns
Of miscellaneous scolding, in which
our irate neighbor saw proper to 10,
dulge yesterday. reads as follows:
We sympathize with our friends