The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-06-29

Opposition 10 the Last.
EssnsviHs ceaii4r
ihs- Jasper Courier makes this com
ment on the course OF this paper in
reference 20 the State house matter:
The Evansville Courier finds fault
with Governor Williams ior complying
with the law in reg sgd TO new State
house. We are gisi tile Governor i
law abiding, and believe be has done
right. The respcnS bilify OF the burden
rests upon the Leyi stature, aud ii tic
papers now grnmbEns lad been a. out
spoken when the measure was before
thai body X would not have passed
Car uamesake dos tie Courier IN.
justice lit means t., imply that there
mas ever been q time when we were not
opposed TO the building Of new State
house During the canvass last year.
although IL cannot be said that this qucs-
tion was fairly an issue. the generally
accepted opinion wa that ii Blue Jeans
Williams succeeded the polls the >tate
house project thar ilp indianapolis Ring
have 80 long had ia view would not ~
allowed ito succeed. SO confident did
the people feel that hue Jeans Williams
would oppose the me asure. that ii was
not considered worth while 10 argue The
matter. and hence very little was said
about II one way or the other. Tie
regular session OF til. Legislature last
winter did defeat the lasv. which seemed
satisfactory and. Therefore. still nothing
was said about IL But IL Afforded Gov
ernor Williams prete xt to call AZ extra
session by failing 70 pas the aypropri-
atom bills necessary to carry on the
state government To acted upon IL.
called the extra session and TO the sur
prise Of every body who did not see
that the whole thing was arranged In
advance. the Legislature ia extra session
passed the State house law. Even then.
there were many sta inch friends of
Governor Williams who. while they re-
grcfted that he did moi promptly veto
The Dill, were yet dispo sed 10 stand m
to him. thinking that be saw reason fnr
approving the law whicls were sufficient
but which did net appc. n to those III II
distance. The Courier was among this
number. But when 1t was discovered
whom the Governor IA appointed u.
Commissioners, the who plan appeared
perfectly clear. The nrL wio believes
that Riley Mckeen and iene4al Morris.
with their immense BUS mes relations.
would accept places Oh tie Board Ut
Commission for tic honor ol the
thing. % or of a disint 4 cStel love Tor
the people and their iafri eSts tile man
who can satisfy himself ;hlt tA.s was
their motive hls a degree II cnniilenee
u railroad jo,bers that i Ut o. 1aIIy ac-
curhed to them.
We can assure our name sake that the
Couriers opposition 70 the State house
scheme j. based upon no ami -irndi,
feeling to Governor Wilkins or bi. All
iraiion. Tie Courier dii what II
could 70 assist him TO the D. lie. which
The now holds. and heartily regrets thar
X cannot support every official act OF lii
~ II expected 70 be able 10 do when he
was declared the Governor of Indiana.
But we hold the interests ~ the PEOPLE
and m the Democratic party 10 be dearcr
than any one man. cause. and therefore
our opposition 10 Governor Wilkins
conduct i imperative however much
we NAY regret the necessity that -sm-
pels a. 70 make IL. We believe that the
state house project i something that
will carry sorrow and distress into every
poor mans home in Indiana. We he
ieve that few wealthy men will swell
their fortunes immensely by means OIL
it--that, in fact il j. job that was con-
ceived ~ sin and born ia iniquity. 1t
may be that our opposition comes Tat K,
~ our namcsake says, bat that must %
10 no fauI. Of ours. but to
degree ofconiidence Ia Blue Jeans viii
Iiams which we regret TO say has not
been sustained by Bis conduct. Th q
Courier however. will not cease in it,
efforts 70 defeat the foul job a. long as |
there j. hope left. No greater wrong J
was ever perpetrated upon the people Of
Indiana, and we protest that ii must not
Je fastened upon the Democratic party
simply because a Democratic Governor
signed end approved the outrage.