The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-04
sHANKLIN AND THE SHIELDS CLUB.

Members Not Tickied at His Effort to Whip
Them In-His slurs Upon Egan.
John Gilbert Shanklln. whom the Irish
Democrats of this city endeavored to nomi-
nate for Governor last April. will address q
meeting tomorrow night under the auspices
of the Shields Club. at the invitation
of the State central committee.
Chairman Tageart entertained grave
fears about Mr.. Shanklin accepting the in
vitation. and it was only within the last
few days that il leaked out that the van
quished candidate of the Shields Club had
at last condescended to make an effort to
get the Irish Democrats into line."
HE might as we'll etay in Evansville"
said q prominent Shields Club man last
night; we're fighting our own fight. and it
is not Mr.. Shanklin's by any means.
The farmer Democracy nominated Mat
thews and walked all over us. Let
.~Ocratic party have fixed things mp
with Shanklin, that's no concern of ours.
We put Shanklin up in order to down the
State.house element. He DOESN'T elevate
here to tell US what we should do in Marion
county. His remarks won't alter the situ-
alton much, any how"
This Is the general view expressed by the
members of the Shields Club MP to date.
and it doesn't look like many or those who
have wandered away from the Democratic
fold will be- induced to return by Mr..
S~henklin's orators tomorrow night.
How the Irish-Americans of this city be-
came mt of S%banklin is q my stery TO
every one who recollects the envenomed
attacks which the Evansville Courier,
Shanklin's paper. has been continually
making on Instantaneous generally. and
particularly the vile epIthets it has hurled
ot ITnita1 SYafaa Nintafar Datriek Enan
When all the Democratic organs of the
country were assailing the character of the
minister TO Chilli the Couriers howl was
heard above all the tumult, and shank
lin earned the reputation of being one
of the greatest calumniators of Minister
Egan, and those who dared TO raise their
voices in his defense had 60 take their share
of the 'Courier's scurrilous TRADE. Editor
McEnnis. of the Evansville Standard. was
one OF those who in the columns of his
paper defended the character of Minister
Egan and other Irish-Americans, and. as
will be seen from tho extracts published
herewith, In that interesting controversy
MIR. Shanklin distinguished himself as the
most unscrupulous yilitier of the Irish
race in this section of the United States.
The following extracts from the Cour-
iers editorials will prove interesting read
ing for oil those self-respecting Irish Dem.
ocrats who are TO be whipped into fine by
Mr.. Shanklln tomorrow night. All these ar
ticles were written by Mr.. Shanklin. In the
Evansville Courier of Sept. 2, 1881, he said:
1t is not difficult TO understand how our min
lister To Chilli, Pat" Egan, sympathized with
Balmaceda. Egan Is a "Clan-na-Gael." and the
world has no greater despotism than this infa-
nous society. There Is no doubt that he will DO
recalled instantly at the request OF the new gov
eminent of Chill
On Sept. - the Courier said:
The Chicago irreconcilables who do not like
Egan' Is the way the Standard characterizes the
"antidynamiters' OF CHICAGO. The irreconcila-
bles are also those who do not like the gang who
murdered DIR. CrOnin. 1t Is not aston
ishing that the open sympathizer and defender
F, of tho Clan-na-Gael Irish Republicans, who were
under suspicion for the murder OF Cronin. should
now be advising the people OF Evansville to dis
obey the tax law of Indiana.
Sept. II, 1891: at Is a strangely incongruous
thing that our good Presbyterian fellow-citizen
of Irish decent, Mr.. James L. Orr. should be one
of the hackers of a paper whose editor is cheek
by.jowl with Finerty, Alex. Sullivan. Pat Egan.
and oil the other noted dynamiters In the United
| States"
On Sept. Is the Courier copied this para
graph from the Standard:
Democratic officials. the city of Evansville has
been brought closely 70 the verge or municipal
reputation.
To this the Courier responded:
This is n Clan-na-Gael lie. The danger OF re-
pudiati0n was that the efforts OF the imported
dynamiter to prevail upon Republicans To with
hold their taxes might succeed.
On Sept. II, in IN article headed. THE
Company He Keeps" the Courier said:
Nh. McEnnis the editor of the Standard, de-
MES that he Is q member OF the infamous ssClan-
na-Gael," although he Is very willing TO be called