Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-12-09
NinuIcated.

It would be a silly affacistion, which
would deceive no one, for EVERY EVENING
to pretend that it does not regard as a
great triumph for itself the result OF the
long and exciting libel trial against its
editor, which was concluded Monday
Years ago It attacked the Delaware State
Fire and Marine Insurance Company as
fraud, and that company promptly sued
it for libel. This suit compelled
far more searching Investigation
into the aft airs of the insurance company
than the paper would otherwise have
thought OF making, and the Information
gained convinced Us that the concern was
far worse than We had originally declared.
Step by step We traced the history of tue
company, aud Of those then managing it, /
until we knew every fact brought out in
the recent trial concerning its affairs.
Then it moved to W Wilmington, and with Its
libel suit still pending against this paper,
II sant us, as an advertisement, state /
ment of it's assets and business.
men Tho had come into the management
was not such that their names lent much
strength 10 The company, in our opinion
we nevertheless felt that the company Was
entitled to the credit for any change fo'
the better made in It's affairs and we called
attention to It's new statement but assured
the new managers that a simple statement
Of assets in bulk would not give the publ c
any sufficient assurance of the soundne's
of the company and Il red the c5lumusoi
EVERY EVENING to it, free of charge.
for detained exhibit OF Its assets sucn
as would enable Us to judge intelligenty
of their character and value, aud wheth'r
or not the old assets Of the company's
earlier days still figured among them.
Offer is certain, FIR they Immediately
d.red out the advertisement they had
sent IN showing the company's alleg. d
assets. and took no advantage of the
opportunity oil red fee Of charge for a
more detailed statement of them.
With the subs qusut proceedings most
Of our readers are familiar. The insur-
aucs company after vain Efforts TO with.
draw the FIRST libel suit on conditions,
withdrew it Internationally, and then a
card appeared in two Newspapers OF the
city making furious and indecent attack
on the private character Of the editor OF
Every EVENING, aud purporliug TO be
sigusd by four officers Of the com-
pany. MIR. Croasdale promptly sued the
alleged authors Of this card FOR libel The
evidence brought forth on the trial showed
that DR.. Tantun, vice president of the
company, had alone written aud published
the card signing, according to his owl
confession, the names al Others wlthou
their authority or consent, and he Wal
accordingly muic'sd by Jury 70
damages At about the same time th'
insurance company instituted suits agAins
Every EvESlN5 ard lis editor for libel
The latter suit wss tried first, aud it ha
ended il verdict for The defendant, whcl
is at once a ytndication AID triumph f.
the paper.
EVERY EgEsIyG has always been note
for saying what i. believed to be true /
language when is easily understood su
with a yigor which left 10 one in doubt a
to the esraestpess Of its purpose an
the posi,ivsu-ss Of It's convictions. N
paper Can pursue such a course wlthou
creating many auimo,ites aud caualn
many to bitterly condemn it without q
idea gu tleir part Of the evidence Q
which il may Ua7o It's declarations, Sue
people, while copd=mLiug ueWspsp'
for uJteIalgea concerning the truth {
which they have no means
Judging, do not themselves he-ita
to libel it il tAe.r daily spsech by aeeu-n
il Of f.!sehood aud reckless abuse, AID
was to vildiaay. usli from his sort
gross slaldcr thet tue paper welcomed Il
libel sur waicn you'd enapl- It to go il
cour. sud sLpS tLa peuFls the Kind
facts IN IFS Possession on when It b
based the most Gou=picuOu-, pelplsle
aud, as the phrase goes, "DiJter' attack
hal ever made ia tue whole course Of
existence. The truI it7gI d. wei. Us
jesuit has lsudet our ogpectauoi
Al vino Lag1 food thu tesf.luu
ia the caA4 Ltys sula.t.d fr,
day to Gag ~ tle cJup.-tcua-s If /
p4pets knowledge VI every detail If {
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