The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-06-18
VOL. XXI.

defense. displays such az anonnt Of
petifogging impudenee OF stupendous
stupidity, that VIC hardly know how
to.denounce it in terms commensurate
with it's merit. The Courier says:
And the further statement that Mr..
Van RiDer protested against the
Council fixing any limis below which
the Water Works bonds should not
be sold' is an untruth, the refutation
of which is furnished By the JOURNAL
itself. In its report Of the Council
meeting Of last Monday night. ne find
the following proceedings with refer
ence to Mr.. Van Riper's resolution
to authorize the issue Of $500 600
bonds m#
"Mr. Carpenter moved to amend the
resolut on, by making Il read. before
the Committee close any contracts, they
should submit them 20 the Council Tor
k1elr approval. Ine resoi i1tlon a. u u tl1- III
ed, was then put upon us passage. ana car
rted unanimously.
Here it appears, by the JOURNALS
own showing, that the Council kept.
the supreme control Ia its own hands.
fbus af0rding az needed limits and
conditions and prooiding for the Gerry
safest checks and balances!
What greater security could rea-
s0uable men ask2 The proposition
was 90 fair and honorable that IL re
ceived the un0niDl0us vote of the
Council, Including Mr.. William He'll
man. And yet the JOURNAL holds
ont the idea that Van Ripper and
Muhlhausen intend to rob the cityl
How can they do it? ~
After reading the above, can it be
believed that the Coa1iey deliberately
eonfounds two distiacts meetings of
the Council. and action taken on two
different propositions At these two dif-
ferent meetings? Yet that is pre-
eisely what il has done. and it de-
pends upon the gross ignorance Of its
readers to escape from the conse-
qnences Gifts fraud. At the meeting
of the Council, June 6. as given
above, the whole question of issuing
and negotiating the bonds was dis
posed Of By placing the whole power
Ia the hands Of the committee. At
the meeting of june 18th, on pgeek
later, Mr. Van Ripper. in behalf Of the
eommittee, asked for power to con,
tract for Water Works. But we pre-
fer to give the language Of Mr.. Van
Riper's resolution as follows:
Res0lUed, That the Committee on
Water Works are hereby authorized
and empowered TO make all necessary
and needful contracts touching the
censtruetion Of Water Works, includ.
ing contracts for preliminary surveys
and examinations; for the perform
ance of labor and the purchase Of ma
chinery and materials, and all other
matters and things appertaiuing to
Water Works. and dy such contracts
TO bind me city of EUaaSUille as fully
as IL MAY be done; and said Eonlnait-
tee are hereby a1th0rtzed and enspoiC-
cred to use and apply. Sa The pdunleat
and satisfaction of nT such contracts,
any sum or sums of money that n1ay be
raised by the sale Of the Water Works
bonds. 10 be hereafter issued by the city
of EuansUille. and said sums of money
mag be drnUR on he check Of ne
/ Chairman of sGid Contnlittee.
tChes the drol0ing thereof shall be
authorized by The resolution Of said
\ Committee; and said Committee shall
report weekly ia writing. to the Com
mon COuucil for their approval, an
exhibit Of said fund. with q state
ment of the amounts used and ex-
pended, aud the specific items thereof (;
and said COMMITTEES is further author
lied and empowered to procure and
rent a suitable Office for the transac-
| tion of business arpertainiug to the
construction of Water Works, and to
employ, at a reasonable salary. to
be fixed by said Committee, a super
intendent Of the construction o!
Water Works, and such other assist
ance as may be deemed necessary
the said salary and compensation to
be paid out of the Water Works
fund.
1t was the above resolution. and
not the resolution authorizing the is
sue of the bonds, that Mr.. Carpenter
amended. The Camier's statement
therefore, that Mr.. Carpenters
amendment was with reference to Mr.
/ Van Riper's resolution authorizing
the issue o: 100000 bonds, was
palpabIe falsehood, easily detected
by any tax payer who will take the
trouble to look over the proceeding.
| of the Coune;l and comnara the two
resolutions and the action thereon. a.
the two meetings Il is useless to
waste words on newspaper that at
tamn4a "a c.rrv On controversv u
ter that s,vIa and hers we d;sm;s,
his nsrt .of tba dsfsrs. of ,be cor,
u