The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-25
Joint Discussion Of Captain GOOdIng
and Judge Niblack % kOekpOrIs
! Spencer comfy. Aug. az, 1870.

Spencer comfy, Aug. ~, 1870.
Editors journal:
The joint discussion, which took
place here to-day, between the oppos-
ing candidates for Congress in the
First District. Capt. Ell. Clay Gooding
and the Hon. VIM. e. Niblack, WIS
an occasion OF which every Repub-
lican, who was present. might feel
proud. The mastery manner in which
Capt. Gooding discussed the issues of
the day was a surprise to those who
did not know the stuff of which he
is made. .
The Captain led off in a speech of
one hour In length, in the course of
which he contrasted the financial
management OF the two parties, show
ing conclusively by the facts and
figures that the debt OF Indiana under
Democratic management had IN
creased to over ten millions of dollars,
which was leftas legacy to the Repub-
lican party when they came into power
in 1861, aud that now by their skillful
management and honest appropria-
ton Of the State funds, the debt was
so nearly extinguished that Governor
Baker had given notice to the holders
of the last remnant of the State
Bonds that he had the money to pay
| them all, and that If they did not
present them for payment by the 1st
of September next, that from and at
ter that date interest would cease on
said bonds.
In the course of the discussion,
Gooding charged home upon Niblack,
that he had voted against the Fund
ing Bill. which, by reducing the rate
of interest on the national debt,
would save the tax payers of the
country twenty seven millions of an
nual interest. He also charged that
Niblsck had voted against the income
tax of q per cent. on all incomes of
over g, 900. claiming at the same time
to be the peculiar and exclusive
friend to the poor laboring man,
and refusing to vote for a tax
on the income of the millionaire,
which would go far to relieve the bur
dens of the poor. The Judge ad-
mitted the charges were true, and his
lame attempt at defense only sunk
him further into the slough, where
Gooding had placed him. Gooding
also showed up the record of Judge
Niblack and other leading Demo-
Gratis, on the bill to increase the zum-
Der of Congressman, which would
have given to Indiana at least two ad-
ditional memb ers in the next Con-
gress, and showed that they. while
protesting to be devoted to Western
interests, united with Eastern mem
bers and defeated the bill by two
votes, thus showing the hollow pre-
tense of their loud professions.
Judge Niblack. in his closing speech,
tried to laugh off the effect of the
telling hits Cooling had made, but
the effort was failure; and the gem
eral expression among Republicans is
that they are more than satisfied with
the gallant champion of their princi-
pies, Captain III. Clay Gooding, while
Democrats, who came prepared to
crow over the crushing defeat that
Gooding would meet at the hands of
Judge Niblack, went away choEfallen.
.Niblaok and Gooding go to Perry
County tomorrow, and return to
Spencer next week, speaking at
GrandvieW on Monday, the 18th, at
one O'Clock; at Eureka on Tuesday
afternoon; and at Yankeetown, In
Warrick County, Tuesday evening. at
seven O'clock.
Our County Convention will be held
at Newtonville, on Saturday, Septem-
Der 10th. when you will probably hear
again from SPENCER.