National Republican., 1886-08-24
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An Authorizes Defeated in n Suit Against
Her PublIshera.


Judge Butler, in the criminal court Of tho
United States, at Philadelphia, Pa, last
Monday heard the argument Of counsel
upon theappllcation OF Laura @. Holloway
against Bradley & Co., for an injunction to
restrain the publication Of a book known as
Ladies' of the White House, or in the
Home OF the Presidents" 1t appeared u a.
Mrs. Holloway having written an account
OF the wives OF the Presidents from Wash
ington TO Garfield, obtained copyright for
her book. subsequently she placed It's pub
lieation In tho hands Of Bradley & Co. In
March, 1886, however, by new arrange
ment made between them, Bradley g. Co.
gave up the right Of further publication, re-
serving only the privilege OF printing an
edition Of 500 copies of the book.
In the plaintlfr's affidavit, which was
made the ground for the Injunction, she
charged that Bradley & Co. had caused TO
be written an account of the life OF Miss
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, and Of the life
and marriage Of Miss Frances Folsom,
which accounts were TO be published as
part Of Mrs. Holloway's book, to which act
she objected, as tending TO misead the pub
lie by the publication OF the writing OF
some other person as her work, and also in
fraud Of her rights as the owner Of the copy
right.
At the hearing an affidavit OF Arthur
Bradley, one OF the defendants, was read on
behalf Of the defendants, in which they ex-
pressly dlsclaimed any intent to publish
any new matter or accounts Of Mrs. and
Miss Cleveland as part Of Mrs. Holloway's
book, but stated that they had caused TO
be written book OF some thirty odd pages,
entitled "The Bride Of the White House,n
by Francis Howard Williams, well-known
newspaper. correspondent and poet, OF
Philadelphia, upon which book they had
taken out the separate copyright, and were
Offering for sale TO the public at 25 cents
copy, and they also offered, in cafes where
customers so ordered to bind this new pub
licatlon Of Mr.. WillIams's under the same
cover with "The Ladies' OF the White
House," proposing to stamp the covers with
thetitles Of both books and the names OF
both authors, under their respective titles;
that instead OF misleading the public into
the belief that the new publication was the
work Of Mrs. Holloway they had taken spe-
cial pains TO represent that the new work was
the. work OF separate author, and that all
their circulars TO their agents called special
attention to the distinct character OF the
books.
Judge Butler in refusing the application
said that the complainant had not estab-
liehed such clear and satisfactory case as
In his judgment entitled her to the injunc-
tion asked for, and therefore he resused the
motion, but as to what disposition might be
made Of the cause when 1t came up for final
hearing upon the testimony could not then
be decided.
Mr.. Arthur Bradley's affidavit In the case
furnishes some interesting reading. After
giving the story Of the case he speaks OF the
new book, saying ~ assert that the facts
on which our book Is founded are matters
of history which we obtained from the very
u n ~ hf
Grover Cleveland, Mrs. Frances Cleveland,
and Is, Rose FL zabeth Cleveland ian | that
they are all the more valuable In histori-
cal sense from the manner OF their procura-
tion.
"We were unable TO obtain facts directly
from the family ~ because the former
friendly relations existing between Miss
been broken of, through no fault OF my
owD, but by a letter written TO that lady
during the month Of July, 1886, by Mrs.
Holloway, and that II, was under the circumi
stances Incompatible with dignity and self
respect for me TO seek or ask any favors
from her or her brother.
"(2.) That l knew Of the friendly busl-
ness relations existing between Miss Rose
Elizabeth Cleveland and Mrs. Holloway,
to wit, the latter lady having enjoyed some
OF the profits derived from the sale Of
George Eliot,s Poetry and other Essays
written by Miss Cleveland; and she also
having received information of the Presi-
dents intended marriage long before that
intention was announced to the public, and
had thereby profited to the extent Of OBJ
tanning Ladies' OF the White House from
us at price much lower than we would
have demanded had We known the facts.
(3.) That had received letter from Miss
Cleveland, informing me that Mrs. Hollo-
way is my only medium of communication
with the business managers Of the book In
which am concerned
SIT had been our intentionto send copy
OF THE Bride Of the White House In sheets
to Mrs. Frances Cleveland, and to make
any corrections she should suggest; that,
as matter Of fact, l had obtained sheets
from the bindery for that purpose, when
was served with notice OF this suit and very
properly desisted, but that we stand ready
to make even now any proper corrections
that may be suggested. / would add that
1t has been our Intention to do honor to his
excellency Grover Cleveland, his wife, Mrs,
Frances Cleveland, and Miss Rose Eliza
beth Cleveland in the publication OF this
book; that nothing Objectionable has been
written, as is shown by the book itself
offered In evidence; that the portrait Of
Mrs. Cleveland Is obtained from q photo
graph duly approved by her, and is repro
duced at an expense far above any portrait
In Ladies Of the White House, and as a
work OF art is far superior to many OF them.
That In type, paper, and binding, the book
is all that could be desired, and will through
association rather increase than diminish
Mrs. Holloway's fame as an author.n