The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-11-02
THAT CUSTER CARD.


,Euster, in our last issue, at the request
.oi W. 7. Draper. who was uniustly a.
cuscd OF being the author of the state
m~nt alluded to, an error &C urred
which made Rev. custer ssy what he
did not intend to, and in justice TO him
we make the correction. Referring to
the statement which he says was made
to him, the card reading: In which
did concur" the word NOT was uninten.
tionally omitted by the compositor.
That part OF the sentence should have
read: In which l did NOT concur"
This places the matter in different
light before the public, vet We believe
the remarks he made were entirely IN
called for and out Of place in the pulpit.
Whe,er Rev. custer concurred in them
or not, as a stranger in the town, com
ling here for the purpose Of say
ing souls, he displayed poor Judgment
in listening 10 and r, pea;ings staten mt
that reflected so seriously ON the ladies
OF the town. While he said that he did
not believe il, he used il as text for a
long dissertation on the immoral condi
ton of the pla-e Morally, CSeur d.
Alene is the equal Of any other town OF
its size in the northwest; its citizens are
as honest, pure and upright as the aver
age and have very little use for the
unsJisi Of sensational ministers OF the
gospel who seek 70 attain notoriety il
such 4 questionable way. Preachers
who can see none Of the good, but all
of the bad qualiiie. in others, generally
have leaning that way themseiye, and
we doubt ii Rev. Euster is an exception
10 the rule. Ii a minister cannot con
fine himself to talking Of the beauties
ard enjnyEents TO be attained in a
supposed life after we pass from our
earthly existence, and teach morality.
friendship, charity, instead OF eternally
harping upon the f:ailties CT humanity
and making them appear great deal
worse than they are, the sooner he
quits the pulpit, the better il will Re for
the cause he represents. 4 portion o.
the card was omitted by Mr.. Draper
However, Rev. custer insists that
.etou'd be printed in full and we
publish it az follows;
To whom this may conCern.-This i:
to certify that ". T. Draper, Of Cu.ur II
Alene, Idaho, is in no wise implicated
in the fact stated by myself few weeks
ago relative to an opinion expressed tt
me by several. in which did not concur
rs.ia 70 ia L.
prevailing among one sex, and tbs
small number OF clean hearts and mind.
in Ceur d'Alene. | never found an,
statements upon what church member:
say, for the simple reason that thew are
liable to see these things from the mora
side alone. | was simply expressing tbs
belief OF several who are no. church
members and who are considered reli
able by all have conversed with upor
the subject. l knew nothing about til.
truth or falsehnod Of srch statements
but | was certain il true it would cause
lasting and healthy stirring up, and i
not true no attention would he paid Il
il. Yours for c'ein hearts and pu-t
society.
W. T. EUsrEg.
When Rev. Euster say. that he va.
simply expressing the belief OF severa
= who are considered reliable,
he iudorses the statement. at least BY
implication. II true. how did he e1rec
it to cause a lasting and healthy stir
ring mp in a community that containe,
so few respectable women?
The persons who made TIE statement
to Rev. Enster are undoubtedly mora
iepers, too cowar.lly TO make tismselve
known and "a Shiny as the snake tina
crawls upon it's belly. Prom his car,
it seems that he Converscd with sewers
on the subject and went go far az t
"a certain from others the standing OF hi
lformants whom they said were reliable
II he did not believe the accusation VIII
does he consider his authority reliabl 2
From the pulpit he said that one person
had made the statement, now he bring
in several. lie wOuld not dercnd upoi
the statements OF church members ir
such matters, but is willing 10 take TIL
word OF the Immoral"
We have more confidence in church
members than that-hypocrites except
ed-and entertain the highest reyart
for them ard the WORK they are doing
bat they do not belong to the sensation
al c!asS. VIII Eu-.er give his author
iiy?