The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-16
A Personal STATEMENT.

1t is on rare occasions that the Journal
intrudes the personal affairs of its publish
ers upon its readers, but at this time it
begs their indulgence for a personal state
ment from Mr.. Harry S. New. one of the
proprietors of the paper.
On the eve of the recent city election,
what purported to be an epitomized edition
of Truth, the campaign paper issued in the
interest of Mr.. C. F. Smith, an independent
candidate for mayor, was scattered broad
cast over the city The sheet was devoted
to what essayed to be an exposure of
an alleged deal between the Citizens Street
railroad Company and the City Railway
Company, and contains a statement to the
effect that Director Mckee had said to
Mr. Smith that there was in existence an
agreement that would prove that Mr. New,
in company with the editors or proprietors
of other newspapers OF this city, was in
volved in a scheme to hold up the Citizens
Street-railroad Company. 1t was added
that three copies of this agreement
were In existence, one of which
was in possession of Mr.. Ferdinand
Winter, one in the hands of Mr..
Werner and one held by other parties not
named. Also, that Mr.. Mckee had said to
Mr. Smith that he had himself held $4,000
in escrow for Mr.. New in connection with
this scheme The paper-if a handful of it's
character can be dignified with the name
proceeds to say, presumably upon the au-
thority of Mr.. Smith, that Harry New was
one Of the conspirators who was to get rich
out of the City Railway hold-up' and lone
of the largest sharers in the expected
DOODLE"
To dispose of these statements as they
should be requires very brief space, but to
properly characterize the man or men who
gave them birth and currency cannot be
done without exhausting the vocabulary.
So far as Mr.. McKee's alleged statements
to Mr. Smith are concerned, the Journal
has no means at hand of knowing whether
he made them or not, but from what it
knows of the reputation in this community
of Fl. Sellers Mckee as a BLACKBOARD, beod
Ter and drunkard it presumes that he did.
If he ever made any such statement Mr..
Mckee is greater liar than even he has
reputation for being hereabouts. The man
community, a fact which must be as well
known to Mr.. Smith as it is to every one
who knows Mckee at all. There is abso-
lutely not one word of truth in the state
ment attributed to him.
AS to the other charges-those purporting
to emanate from Mr. Smith-they are the
BLACKLIST, most baseless of lies-"false-
hoods or 'intruths' does not meet the
case at all. If Mr.. Smith had consulted Mr..
Ferdinand Winter before circulating his
false and defamatory charges. he would
have been informed by that gem
tleman that they were false. Mr..
Winter authorizes the statement that
he never saw or heard of any such agree
ment as Mr.. Mckee and Mr.. Smith de-
scribe Mr.. New is not now and never was
a stakeholder in or member of any street.
railway company. He does not believe that
there have ever been negotiations between
the gentlemen comprising the City Railway
Company and ally other company that
could reflect discredit upon them if the
truth were known; nor does he believe for
an instant that DR.. Henry Jameson, whom
Smith assails in this connection, has ever
done anything in that or any other matter
that was dishonorable in the slightest de-
gree, and it will take better man than
Mr. Smith ever was or will be to make the
Indianapolis public think so. But these
other gentlemen are fully capable of taking
care of their own affairs. with which Mr..
New has not now nor ever had anything
whatever to do The journal speaks for
Mr.. New, and with a full appreciation of
the responsibility that it entails, it charges
in the most direct, positive and unsquivo-
cal way that in SO far as his remarks apply
to that gentleman Mr.. Smith lied The man
who deliberately and willfully circulates
stories of such a character is liar and
scandal monger, unworthy of belief, and
not entitled to the respect of any honest
man.