The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-10-04


MH- EDiToI.--l see in Your issue of
the 2Oth, thu John H. Gohman made an
attempt TO answer my inicrrogatorics.
which pr"poun,lcd to him through the
medium OF your paper OF September the
18th. lie starts out with evasions and
ends in ialschoods. Ire says that he
resigned the position as Post master.
Why did he not 20 on and tell that he
recommended and got his wife appoint
ed 10 nil the vacancy which was made
by his resignation, thereby securing 10
himself the profits Of the Office! / sup
pose he thinks that he has PLAYED of a
very sharp thing by ccaling around and
getting thc profits of two Offices. sup
pose that the trainers OF the Constitution
Of Indiana did not think at the time
they framed the Constitution of The
State that any man would degrade him.
sell az this way, or they would have had
u Migrated ia the Constitution that a
man and his wife should moi hold two
Offices al time. Goldman knew that he
stated falsehcod when lie said that
there was competent man appointed
by the Board 20 make survey and csti-
mates Of the keIso bridge before the
orler was made to build IL, as the law
requires there should be. He makes
very light OF the idea that the bridge
could nave been repaired for SIS. Il
suppose the people will take the word
Of such men as James Stewart. WIN. II.
Rose and others, men who are bridge.
builders, rather than the word OF Cob
man. who knows nothing about bridge
building. Goldman knows that he stated
= positive falschood when he said that
The bridge cost only $500. / suppose
that was about the cost Of tile wood
work. The authority have for saving
that IL cost about $1,000 was derived
from the County Auditor. understood
him 10 say that amount included the
earth-work and superintend-
ing. was very reliably informed that
iIiaiority Of the Board agreed to give a
certain scaliswag and carpct-bagger by
the name OF Dare $40 10 supcrintcnd
The sionc-work Of the bridge. a man
who knew nothing about such work.
with the understanding that he was TO
divide II with the balance OF the com
pany who built the woodwork or the
bridge. Dare got the 800 order and
put Is in his pocket and would not d.
vide with his partners; the consequence
was, that the other partners got a little
rilcd over the matter aud divulgcd the
secret II was fact which was noticed
ny all who kept an eye 10 the proceed
ings Of the Board, after Goldman came
on the Board, that there was a great in
crease In the amount OF bridge building
the county. In their great
rage Foe building, they could not wait
until some bridges were sufY;cientiv Ia
cayed 10 be dangerous, until thew werc
ordered 10 be rebuilt, and new bridges
We're ordered built where there never
had been any, some were built on roads
which were OF no public utility and In
other places costly bridges were ordered
built GA dry branches and places where
y was not necessary for bridges at ali.
This increase In bridge building In
creased our county taxes up TO 81 cents
on the hundred dollars worth Of proper-
~, = higher ratio of taxes than two
thirds Of the counties had in the State.
Each Commissioner superintendent the
bridges In his district aud sometimes
with substitute at y high pricc-thcy
allowed themselves 81 per day and IN
some cases the Notwithstanding or al.
bridge would cost the county one fifth
- mnch as the building OF IL; IN most
cases they could have got man close 10 Y
me bridge for - per day that would \
have been as competent - themselves,
who perhaps would have been glad 10
yct the job. The more bridge building. |,
me more experimenting, consequently !,
more money IN the Commissionors
pocket. In conclusion, 4 will saw "a
John y. Goldman, that there are few
things for him 20 learn vet, one OF which |,
=, that ne lives under . republican gov
where IN officer Il the servant
a ne people, instead Of being their
IEsstcr. Ixo,,Irrp
FERDINAND, IND. Sent. 1879.