Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23


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acton. ln making h.s dee.--oa Judge
Grove sad.
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pAl>I "As -ii ts.tt tl- e4 ih
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not N".Di' il .fcHre - ihc laf,- Al
on iheAAi y itiiu .ations o- eaAi. late
10y amy "-.i'. i'l ti- glt ~ iae people.
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su,l'-AtA ut llr a0iDHfii
IN support ~ h..7op-n-oo Judge Grove
c.tcs AI cohs.detapie ienEt Etit-cl .l. cases
repos Y 81 ia lh' BOOKS. u "e-t \r-
slnia ',e uie lu@fe n.id ift tep a.
newspaper asserted oi thc l.a taat
ne WAS confess igaot.t lp
argues 'hdi ln.. Se1ce should ni
the tlttNoli ihcrc y mc1a t3
charGe lAal ne was puo.c.r c9l-
ie''eIiy known u be rlt1 81 great
Shoiahce' ana the court SAID. 'Sach
,n7uase may snow ill-w.il on the part
pt lhe p,'ni .sntt, DAt slch publication
peihg an>olutely privileged, rs beng
inserted IN newspaper maacousiy
0oeS not q render II legal bass for @
Ipel stlt. Ana agtin: ANY aloea-
tiohs Nhicn referred 10 las htnes, for
the once ne sought, mentally or phy-
slcaily were privileged publications.
ana couid not Toe tn bass OF libel
suit, nor any other allegators which
uld not IcIeT 10 ms moral character,
though they were ever SO harsh and
IN a Mlchlgan case Justice Champlin
Sald; The TACT that one IS candidate
Tor once IN the git of the people af-
lords IN many instances, legal excuse
lot puoASinng language concerning
him as such candidate, Tor which pub
icaton there would be no legal excuse
il ne ana not occupy the position OF
sucn candidate, ana ms talents and
quall lhcatlons, mentally and physically.
lor the once he asks at the hands Of
the people may he freely commented
on IN PubllcauoEs III newspaper, and
thougn such comments be harsh and
UNJUST, no malice Will be implied, for
these are matters Of opinion of which
thG voters are the only Judges.
IN an lllinois case IL was held that ut
IS no lipcl upon man VINO has entered
the heId OIL authorShpt to underratc hls
ttlents; that 10 call person "crank ~
doeH not import that ne has been guilty
OF crime, or expose hlm to hatred,
contempt; riulcuie or oohquy, or tend
10 lhJure nm IN ms trade or profession.
continuing, judge rrove says; In
t'Ic Casc 10 pdI the puplcatons charge
no crime, mlsdemeanor, nor any kind
ol wrong or misconduct. They CON
tam no lmputauon upon the moral
character. II lIDeious at all, it must
ne because ol ther tendency to expose
tile plalhtlh 10 puolc hatred, contempt
o. rldlcule, tor they DO not fall within
any other branch or the rule OF our
supreme court stated ~ People vs.. Je-
rome, VIZ W mere thcrc IS no olmputa-
uon upon the moral character, no
words OF rdlcule or contempt, and
nothing when can affect the party
reputation in NE, II Is no libel.
Inc punllcauons mad no reference
10 any profession, trade or employment
Ql inc plalhtll' but to ms candidacy
Ior once.
Inc article OF october ., 1883, IS
criticism OF speech delivered by the
plantiii at public meeting held on
the evening OF October 26, and unless II
criticism promoted by the occasion. il