We went straight back to The Press office. The principle for which we were fighting was that of justice. We made our comment in what we thought was the furtherance of justice, not its hindrance. We have made no retraction or apologies. We intend to make none.
Journalism is still a profession.
Considerations of right and honor make it that. There comes a time when a word of common honesty, without consideration of hazard, is the greatest contribution a newspaper can make to its community. That editorial, no matter what the outcome of the contempt case, was our position. The case went to the higher court, and in a scathing reversal of Judge Walther his verdict of guilty against Page 202 us was set aside. We think that the court erred in sitting in this case and in hearing the evidence.