The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-22
FROM THE PEOPLE.
The monitor Journal,s SANDER.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
In the last issue of the Monitor-Journa the ed
itor intimates that Mr.. Calkins is not guilty of
the charges he has alleged against him. This, af-
ter the editor, Nj. E Shiel, has for months sland
cred Mr.. Calkins and told many falsehoods on
him, ready to insult any person that would say a
word in his favor or intimate that the charges
might be untrue. MI. Shiel repeated these
charges week after week, when he knew there
was no evidence that they were true.
Now the Monitor Journal is free for any ex-
tremist or ignoramus to SANDER any gentleman
whose good sense may lead him to take a differ
emit view of the temperance question than that
advocated by Mr.. Shiel, and none of the narrow
minded correspondents can surpass the editor in
falsehoods and Misrepresentation about oppo-
nents. Some time ago Mr.. Shiel could say moth
ing too mean of the Hon. Will Cumback, and
permitted every third-class crank to SANDER and
insult Mr.. Cumback through the imbecile col
umns of the Monitor-Journa but now that
same organ wants Cumback for Governor on the
Shiel faction ticket.
just now e. B. Reynolds and DIR. j. A. Houser
are the objects of Shells strong hate and bad
grammar. These gentlemen are called all kinds
of mean names because they won't follow the
lead of Shiel to the damage of the cause of pro-
nlDlIl0n ana the shame OF every true ana wise
prohibitionist. Nothing betrays a mans mental
and moral weakness so quickly as to answer
reason and honesty b. insult and Islander. This
has been the course of Mr.. Shiel through the
columns of his paper.
During all the years Of Mr.. Shells inebrity, in
Seymour, the Hon. Will Cumback, E. B.
Reynolds and DIR. J. A. Houser were faithful
advocates of prohibition, and likely will be after
his cunning designs, planned, likely, by his
brother-inlaw, Jason B. Brown, of Seymour,
to aid the Democratic party by getting a few
misguided Republicans to vote the prohibition
ticket, has utterly failed, and he consigned to
the contempt of all friends of the cause.
Mr.. Shiel claims to have 81, 900 names signed
to a call for a convention, and has claimed that
times without number, and led people to believe
it, when he knows it is not true. He has moth
ing like that number, and, excluding the forged
names, there are not one-ifth that number.
understand Mr.. Shiel is a member of church,
and processes to be a Christian, as well as an adj
vocate of a great moral reform. Now, the ques-
ton is, how can he reconcile his profession of
morality and Christianity with his unfair and
untruthful course?
Reformers are made out of better stuff; they
are men of big heads and good hearts. The
writer has been a prohibitionist many years;
but, if such men as Shiel dictate the
course we must take, and that
course means aid to the Dem
ocrats, and vengeance to the Republicans, and
profit to him, then l have done with it. Moth
ing can do the cause of prohibition so much
harm as to make it a political move and nom
mate a ticket. As soon as that is done every
church door is closed against our meetings, and
we can have no just claims on Christian people
for aid, for the object will not be prohibition,
but office. y
LAFAYETTE, July 20.