The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-08
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Correspondence of the Indianapolis Jour.l
RICHNoxD, Ind, NoY. I, 1873.
In your paper of the 31st ult., a
lengthy Communication on the
county seat controversy in this
[ Wayne coonty, .pieued wv CT
N. appears, which assumes to give
animrR1R-stztenunsu4t ae facts
to dispel the ignorance and dark,
ness 10 which the people outside of
this county are involved. w. g. n.
proceeds, after having heard only
one lde Of this controversy, and
without examini g q record to render
judgment and does great injustice
to Richmond and the County Com
missionsrs. He quotes AZ authori.
ty Judge Kibhey and William A.
Peelle, Of Centerville. We are full
" warranted in saying that he never
learned q word in any material mat,
ter IN controversy in this difficulty
from Judge Kibbsy. and It viii
hardly be pretended that Judge
Peelle Is an impartial and disinter
ested witness, and . correspondent
Of an influential newspaper seeking
the faets and truth IN IN important
matter Of public interest, 90, that
public opinion may be rightly
moulded, ought not TO satisfy him :
self By statements Of Witnesses
warped and biased by prejudice and
interest in favor Of one aide only.
Why didn't no hear the Other, side
and examine the records at Rich
mond, accessible at all times 10, the
public! The statement about the
sis a1coUNff JAN, SIS ~ 1s5is
Erected Il Centerulie, ispartly cor.
rect and partly erroneous. The
mandate process was resorted to,
as our people believe, to enable one
of the Commissioners to do, under
apparent compulsion, what he had
promised not TO do. The mandate
On1v rnduiraN TNaf = nIacn ~ sac,,-
ritv ana hes,th, ,hcr,3 ~ ,ror;aad
for prisoners, but was construed
;ntaresx of Opnterv;yla d ~ -,aan' - :
.nav ;.a j.rd !. Gs,y iii .n5 chsr;rs
re.;jerc. .rd ;,.s.. {e,,ne go $500 sa - :
nnhl;c sonara ware Al = a ,sIe. IN =,
nn,,ns;t;or q, tha ,s,aor -, st-sS ms - !,
tbe naomi. a. 'c,,st - sho.st con =
,00D. sSd o1Is,,;s ,ras 10 sts,,sa H. H.
~ 49, - .rah 80 Ll...s SILs -. .
ato.n.i,L.s. Ts.s..:i III o ''1'-' Y ,' oo"'
'"'-,t'''a 800 '-- ai-d AT &
PETITION FOB REMOVAL AND aENoH-
/ s. 3an7df STRANGE, fnes : .ara
w G.. N. represents that afte,
the complaint for a mandate to com
pei the Commissioners to erect firt
proof vaults had been fled. the at
tornies and Others at Richmond
commenced .industriously circula
ting petitions Gin that section, TO,
a removal Of the county seat, anG
$50 wau did they play their it'll
game" thew succeeded in obtainine
q formidable. petition. This wa1
of presenting the matter ia calcu
lated to create the impression
among those who don't know then
better, that the petition was q loca
affair, gotten up ON thesly. and thu,
the msss Of the GOOD z,eople of th,
county were taken by SURPRISE, ant
never allowed an Opportunity t.
express their sentiments ON the sub
iect, This was far from being tn,
case. The proposition 10 move FL,
county seat WAS never a secret /
WA soitated throu0h Xhe nnbl;
press. Both hides were Aesrd-
public discussiops yepe held: cir
culara issued bv both s;dsa: net;
tions and ,remonstranoes1 carrie,
from house to house. and from ma,
to man. in every township. ,rillaa,
and neiohborhood.- The law re
auires that f;fty.five uer cent. q
the voters of the comfy shall sio,
| the petition. The wAsle nunbe
Of voters il found BY s3dm9 te1
( per can't to the number whs vote,
az the preceding Ooucreus;ens
election. .. The total. yoSs Ct, th
election in 1870 v,s G,2Q0; ten De
cent is 622, which. add 10 Ia
total vote. makes es042. It wa
necessary to obtain {, 761 petition
era The number OF petitioner
was L. 47, which, instead of fit,
five per cent, is seweuty.two pc
cent, and il 1, 1873 names aore tina
was required. The petition We
filed Jxne 8, 1872, and came up fc
hearing June s. 1872 a scontin,
ance was asked until next term |
enable William A. Peelle, the n
monstrant, to see. as he pretended