The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-23
EXECUTIVE UoMMITTl
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We cannot, for the life of US, un-
derstand what political capital can be
made out Of such foolish paragraphs
as the following, which We clip from
the columns Of yesterdays Courier:
The Republicans were out In full force
on Saturday night in all the Wards except
the mir and Seventh.-J01trnGt.
indeed At the Second Ward
meeting there were just eight Repub-
licans! Is that the full force" of
the Second Ward2 If so, amiable
"friend OF other days." Alvah John
son, Esq, may as well hang his harp
on the willows"
IT is noticed, as a curious (?) fact.
that Mr, Internal Revenue Inspector
McNeely appointed the only set of
delegates to the Republican City Con
gentionl All the Wards, except the
Second Ward, permitted all Repub-
licans to act as delegates who saw fit
to do sol But Mack had the right
to judge of his own friends; and, as
he had only eight Of them present, he
undertook, In his quiet way, to run
all the machinery. And he did it
successfully
Elk MAYOR, [now Councilman
John s. Hopkins. presided Owe the
Second Ward Convention last Satur-
day night, and made O speech-t0
eiqht meni He wanted the Ward
represented by a man who would be a
suitable representative of-the Ward,
probably ~ but they selected Mr..
Hopkins's brother in-law, Alvah
johnson, Esq. who will be pretty
certain to represent-b1t Mr., Hop
kinsl
THE Radicals of the Second Ward
appointed regular delegates to their
City Convention. No other Ward
came to timel And this Convention
consisted of eight delegates only The
delegation is composed of thirty nine
names-the exact number of stripes
laid upon American sailors backs, by
the old cat O. nine tail system. OF the
thirty-nine delegates, one is a Demo-
crat, who will have to bear all the
stripes in this instance. We suppose
he was chosen for that purpose.
Here, in FIVE distinct articles, the
editor of the Courier asserts that
there we're only eight Republicans
present at the Second Ward meeting
on Saturday night last.
We are able to give the names Of
the following gentlemen who were
present at that meeting, among
others:
Gen. j. M. ShackeIford, John S.
Hopkins. Matthew Henning, Reuben
Davis, Henry Habenicht, John w.
& foster, Thomas, McCorkle. Peter
Zapp, John b. Young, VIM. E.
Hollingsworth, James IL. McNee-
", John s. Goodge. Capt. VIM.
Reavis, james D.. Riggs, Joseph
Turnoek, VIM. @, Turnock. Barnabas
Perkins, DR.. s. w. Thompson, Reub-
en- A. Hart, Henry NJ. Sweetser. E.
s. Babcoek, DR.. Winans. Henry
Adams, Edward Tabor. Thomas @.
Smith, A. M. McGrif. j. j. Marlett,
Marcus Sherwood, John FL. MoNeely.
In addition to the above named
Republicans were several others, and
some Democrats. The Courier could
not be ignorant of the attendance.
We confess we are pleased rather
than otherwise, with the tactics Of
that paper. No greater political
blunder can ever be made than tc
underestimate tho strength of a polit-
zeal opponent, and we hope the
Courier will always report the Repub.
lican meetings precisely as it reported
the Second Ward meeting. We ap
prehend that the Courier and Mr.
Van Ripper will find those eight Re
publicans strongly magnifed at the
close Of the polls on the evening o
April 4th.