The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-21
AN uNLUCKY NEWSPAPER.
The PIumed knight After the Indiana
polls Sentinel

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 14.-HarrisoD,
Miller s. Elan, attorneys, this evening
filed the following compliant with the
clerk of the United States circuit court:
James G. Blaine, plaintiff, VS.. the Indl-
annapolis Sentinel company and John
Shoemaker, defendants, for libel. James
e.. Blaine, plaintiff. is q citizen Of the
state of Maine. The complaint is that
said defendants, the Indianapolis Sentl-
mel company, corporation created BY
aud under the laws OF the stale OF Indi-
ana, and q citizen of said state, and john
e. Shoemaker, who is also citizen OF
the state OF Indiana, and ssys that the
company as owner and publisher OF 9
daily neWspaper called the Indian
apOIls Daily Sentinel, which is printed
and published in the city of Indlsnapo-
lis, IN said state of Indiana, that defend
ant Jno. G. shoemaker. is presldent and
business N mayer of said company, and
as such directs and contTOlls the publl-
cation OF said newspaper; that on the
eighth day of August, A d. 1884, said
defendants wickedly, int ENDING TO in
jure, defame and scandalize plaintiff. DID
mallciOuslY print and publish 10 the
regular daily issue of said paper for that
dsy, of and Concerning plaintiff, certain
false, scAndalOus and detanatoTy
articles In the words following:
"Can Blaine afford II?
The campaign war against Mr.. Cleve-
| land is to ssy the least an indecent one
Finding no vulnerable yOint in his pub
| lac record the enemy have asSalied .
supposed irregularity in bis private con
duct. They have dressed and redressed
the sffsir until the naked facts OF II are
| but small part of the fuTbeiow, frIiied
and Euffled figure waltzing in the Blame
| Republican prints. This besmiTch1Dg OF
| private character is the stock in trade OF
the Blame folks. It is ell they have TO
offer against the Democratic candidate.
But can James @ Blaine afford this plan
of battle If his own ranks are uDprac-
ticed as they currently under
| stood to beS Is he not pro
| vokiDg q scathiDg fire by permitting
these assaults on Governor Cleveland?
The Democrats will hardly remain
quiet upon BlaIne's inner life when his
supporters are resOrting TO .7 scandal
moDgeriDg against their candidate.
The charges of seduction made upon
Mr.. Cleveland, and which are false
upon their very face, cab, It appears, be
turned on Blame and made to stick
there. Hardly an intelligent man in
this country. who, has not heard that
James G.. Blaine betrayed the girl
whom he married. and only married
her at the muzzle of shot gun. 1hE
Democratic press had the mag
! nanImity not TO put forth thess
reports, which must cause pain &c
! members of Blaine's family. Tit
Republican papers have long, know
. OF them. and have allowed them
, to go uDdenied. If Blaine was scoun
dEel enough to betTsy an in1occnt girl
if after deserving her he WAS crayeI
enough to refuse her legal redress. giving
Legitimacy to her child. until loaded
shot gun stimulated his cOnscif nee, 1heI
, then there = blot on his private char
: acier more foul, if possible, than any q
the counties stains on his political rec
, ord His conduct diselOses moral ofliq
ui'y, rendering him undeserVing OF SO
cial confidence and an unfit nan to b
president. 4 candidate with such q rec
. ord cannot afford 70 assail bis opponents
As between Cleveland and Blaine Wha
fair mindeded voter can hesitate TO pro
: Eounce the former the better and pure
Z tman. hsfsfs sE
That large number of copies of ssiC
| Newspaper. tO.Wis: 5000. were upon xsl
here by defendants, and we're caused 4
be distributed in said city Of Indianapo
lis and through the state of Indisna; tina
by reason Of said implication plaintiff
! has been damaged in the sum OF $4,000
for which sum he demands Judgment
This evenaDg II il understood that TO
: morrow proceedings will be begal
| against Shoemaker and the auilaor of tn
article under the GKubbs libel lsw in tn
. state courts. This will compel MI
: BIaine's attendance as witness. In
+ attorneys say the suit and criminal pro
: Greetings viii be pushed with all posi-
BILE dispatch. s.lsl j. ~ sass ssfa