The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-11-04
BOROUGH ITEMS !
GLEANINGS BY THE LOCAL
CORPS OF REPORTERS.
WHAT THE SCRIBES SEE AND HEAR
Justice" Again Pays His Respects
to the Editors of the "S'news,"
in a Manner That Ought to
be Convincing.
WHAT THE SCRIBES SEE AND HEAR

DO OOuNluCluBs
EDITOR HERALD Il must beg your in
du.gence to once more pay my respects to
the bl ckmailing triumvirs of that sheet
known as the Sunday Nelcs l should not
recognize them again we're it not that
desire t. place certain organizations right
fully before the public My previous COM
munication must have touched tender
spot and contained more than one truth,
Judging from last Sundays issue of their
paper. Their endesvor to place the au-
thorship Of my Ietter upon the HERALD is
absurd, and is only done to draw attention
from the subject of the communication.
Mr.. Editor, | think you will bear me out
in the statement that the HERALD had no
more TO do with writing my preyiois letter
than did Mickey Doyle; and when
call upon Mickey" or "Dinuey' for as
sistsnce will only be for want of Billings
gate to blacken the character of an OPP
ponent In that position the trumvirs are
supreme.
| am pleased to notice that Councilman
Belteridge has learned lesson TO not
again allow tho DoYles to use him as n tool
by which to aszpil certain organizations and
individuals for whom their hatred is so
great that they nnot at times, cuntr j it,
They say l attacked Mr. b atteridge | did
nothing of the kind Tns fact Of the mt
ter is, l ignored the gentleman entirely
knowing full well the author Of the le.ter
and merely called his attention to an error
which the triumvirs ma e him father My
feelings toward the gentleman were more
of pity than anything else, Furthermore,
l am firmly convinced that he is sorry
he allowed his name to appear in the Netos,
for he he must now be satisfied that their
only obj lct was to strike blow from am
bush at cer,ain organizations, and cause an
unfrieadly fee.ing to exist between per-
sons of different religious belief. 1t was
for the latter reason, MIR. Editor, that l
hesitated in writing this communication;
but l cannot see certain misstatements APP
pear without correction.
In the late issue of the Sunday Nelos the
Doyles have tried their utmost to cate the
impression that the petition that was pre-
sented to the Borough CounciI had for its
obj4c the stopping of the religious cere-
monies of the Lithuanian portion of our
population, p They also teIegraphed this
misslatement all over the state. "Mickeys"
letters to the Pottsville Chronicle we're also
brought into play in order to give wider
circulation, and we're as unfair a presentu-
tion of th9 facts as it were possible to be-
1t was done for no other purpose than to
work upon the prejudces of the ignorant
classes Of our citizens, to incte them to
deeds of lawlessness. l have no respect
Tor the person, or persons, who would stoop
so low as to use mans religious belief for
his own ,lf n aims. He is unfit to bear the
title of an American citizen. He has out
lived his time and uselulness-he belongs to
the dark ages, when superstition and out
iawry were recognized.
Now, Mr.. Eiitor, the societies in ques-
tion did not prop )se to stop the dedication
of the Lithuanian church. They merely
petitioned counci to prohibit the decoration
of the American Sabbath, by the playing
of bands of music on our Streets and in
that respect they have the sympathy of
every aw-abiding and intelligent citizen OF
he town, excepting of course, the Doyles
The scenes enacted on October 2j.h were
contrary to both civil and moral law, and
was not part of the religious worship of
hese people. Ii is merely a foreign Gus
ON, Not like the triumvirs Of The Ne'0s
| believe in American customs and insti'
tutons and we have no room nor desire
| for anything else. While the law grant
certain privileges it does not permit you tC
encroach upon the guaranteed rights o.
others; and that is certainly what was done
on this occasion.
This attack by the Ne,os upon the p. o
S. of A. and Jr, o. U, A. M. was to hav,
been expected, judging from the past recorC
of that sheet They never let an oppor
tunity pass to ridicule the objects and aim
of these societies. But, Mr., Editor, W,
cannot peet anything else from tina
source, when only last week one of III
triumvirs publicly said he would prefer /,
carry a flag that represents no nation at al
than the American flag.
Trusting that the blnckmailiug propen
stiles of the triumvirs of the NelOs will nc
be again directed against the societies i
question leave the subject, without ful
ther comment JUsTICE.
Shenandoah, Nov 3, 1891.