The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-13
To-nAY,s ELECTION.

The attitude of the News in defending Mr..
John P. Frenzel, and advocating his election
to-day as "a rebuke to partisanship is simply
amazing and becomes almost paralyzing in
view Of the columns upon columns Of denun-
citation of Mr. Frenzels methods that appeared
in that paper with respect to his election to
the position he now holds as mem
Der of the School Board three years
ago When the News asserts that the
candidacy of Mrs. Henry Coburn was then
made on Republican party basis, driving
Mr. Frenzel to his partisan course in that
somewhat notorious contest, his election be-
ing deserved 'rebuke, which should be fol-
lowed by similar one to-day, it trifes with
the public fagitiously distorts the facts of
recent history known to everybody, and
fairly gorges itself with its own
words, written in opposition to the
disgraeeful means employed by Mr.. Frenzel
to defeat Mrs. Coburn and to obtrude himself
into the School Board The record Of the
School Board will be searched in vain, from
the date of its formation to the present time,
to find where the Republican party, or a Re-
publican candidate or a Republican commits
sioner ever attempted the introduction of
partisanship into its composition or conduct.
It was left for Mr.. Frenzel to be the first
man to do so, in the canvass he conducted
against Mrs. Coburn, upon whom it is an un
truthful slur for the News to say that her
candidacy was partisan" one. Mr.. Fren
eel rushed into the district as whisky Demo
Graf; the saloons practically closed for the day
of the election, and prop1ietors bartenders
and hangerson rallied unanimously to the sup
port Of this man. whom the News now supports
as an ideal non bipartisan! Ii the issue were not
public schools of the city, the position Of the
News would be screaming farce as it is, it
is, as we have said, simply amazing and mex
plicabe. Let us be understood: The oppo-
sition to Mr.. Frenzel is not partisan" it is
not because he is Democrat; other Demo
Gratis have been elected to the board, and
doubtless will be again, without a thought of
opposition from any Republican. The
opposition to Mr.. Frenzel is simply because
the methods by which he forced his way into
the School Board were such as cannot be toler-
ated with safety or Endorsed with prudence;
of
Influences and elements that are at war with
public order and social welfare, and that
are particularly repugnant to the
educational interests of the city; and that he
is, in and for himself, pushing, active, de-
voted, thorough going partisan, who knows
nothing but himself and his party, and who,
were the Democrats to succeed in their raid
upon the School Board, planned and
carried forward by such eminent educators
and public spirited citizens as stSim" Coy,
would be chosen by them as president of
the board, and would be expected to carry out
the schemes and purposes of the bummers and
scalawags who are attempting to blow their
whisky laden breaths upon the chill
dren's schools, and to prostitute
to their base party uses the most
sacred and important public interest of the
city. These are the reasons why Mr.. Frenzel
should be defeated to-day, and they are the
reasons why "Sim' Coy's man, in the Tenth
district, should be so badly beaten
by Mr. John B. Conner as to
cause the gang of conspirators to
cover before the indignation Of an aroused
public sentiment, which will not compacent-
ly see the public schools of indianapolis sub
jected to the rapine that has overtaken all the
public institutions upon which the Democracy
have been enabled to lay their hands.