The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-15

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washington, DayIas5 County, Saturday,
Tbs ArEful Dodgers Cornered.
In the City Council-sometimes
designated as the 'Bunkum Museum"
I'VE find the following IS having oe-
CURED:
Mr.. Heilrnan onsred q resolution that
Messrs. j Ohm A. Roifz, Dr. me-. u, Bray and
Samuel Rayard be constituted nDmmIt-
tee 10 take charge or the $4,000 Water
Works bonds, negotiate the same. and pay
checks or orders TO w. Q. Wfer & Co. and
the Holly Misunderstanding Company, for
the building OF the works.
Mr.. Carpenter moved to lay TIE resoiu-
ton On the table.
Mr.. schnum moved the adoption Of the
resolution. A
MT. Muhlhausenh dew into . passion. He
was An honest man. and the resolution in-
tmated the contrary. The bonds were in
the hands OF Mr.. Bayard already. He
wanted no man TO insinuate against his
honesty.
Mr.. Schaum, while Intimatsalg nothing
against any ones honesty advised the
gentleman not 10 n y OF the handle
He Imagined himself honest. too, but
didn't propose TO domineer over people on
that account.
The object Mr.. Heilman had in
view was very apparent. IL was to
place the bonds in the hands Of men
who would be responsible to the city
for their safe keeping and delivery
whom called FOR. Mr.. MuhIhausen
evidently saw the point. for the report
informs Us that he few into a passion
and proclaimed most vociferously that
he was an honest man. Indeed. he
did protest overmueh. Nobody had
called his honesty 10 question. But
no one viii pretend say that Eessrs.
Van Ripper aud Muhlhaasen are
responsible to the city for the
amount Of the bonds, in. case
they should be lost or sfolen.
It was Just this kind of mishap that
Mr.. Heilman was anxious to guard
against when he offered his resolu-
ton. Dir. Muhlhausen had right
to get indignant and protest his HON
esty. but he had no right to state what
was not strictly correct in order to
gain his point. He stated that the
bonds were already in Mr.. Bayard's
hands. The Courier reiterates the
same statements In its issue of yes
terday il says on this point:
The Radl1 u leaders should fnstruot their
representatives on the City Council TO
heed the excellent advice or the renown-
ed David Cr0cxett-"6e sure Boat're rfohf,
then 60 eEhoad.v The ridiculous position
in which Mr. HeiIman found himself on
Monday night illustrates this necessity.
He was dreadfully anxions to have the
Water Works bonds placed In the custody
of Mr.. Samuel 3ayard, sUAsa they haze
been IN his hands eUer since tbey a0ere ON
cfalEy stgnedg HOW easy It is for a sens1-
BILE man to make an ass OF himself, as in
this instance.
Mr.. Bsyard informs us that the
bonds are not in has hands, and have
not been. Mr.. Van Ripper has tin
box which he places in the vault of
the bank. as a special deposit. which
may contain bonds or brick bats, for
all he knows. The bank Is not respon-
sible in any particular for the box or
its contents. Mr.. Van Ripper can take
out or put into the box whatever he
wishes, and Mr.. Bayard be none the
wiser for it. Should the box be
stolen, neither Mr.. Bayard nor the
bank would be responsible. The box
is Mr.. Van Riper's. Whatever
is in the box is yn his hands and
has alone. Therefore, when Mr..
Muhlhausen said that the bonds
- had been In Mr.. Bayard's hands
ever since they were officially signed, +"
he tOld-well-he wandered extern
sively into the domain Of fiction--ho
attempted to deceive-he didn't stick
close to the exact facts in the case.
There is perhaps a shorter word that
expresses the exact state Of the case,
but we might be regarded as impolite
if we made use Of it. Moreover it
has been monopolized by the Courier.
But what think the people Of the
wisdom of having three hundred
thousand dollars Of bonds signed, and
placed in the hands of committee
not Individually responsible. with all
the liabilities Of loss by accident or
theft, when they could just al we'll
have been signed officially. and issued
as It was necessary to use them2 We
think the thing is inexcusable, and
Mr.. Muhlhausen virtually confessed
the folly of the act By attempting to
create the impression that the bonds
were In the hands of Mr.. BaSard.