The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-16
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acknowledgement" Answer
nHJ j. Snively's Suit.
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RI. suit of Henry ]. Snively, Of North
v.s;ua. late candidate for governor OF
- ,tate of Washington on the DEM
..,.tic ticket, against the Post-Intel-
Nrncer Company, to recover 100000
8, alleged damage to his reputation. was
"a IN October a. The answer to Mr..
e.;veiv,s complaint was filed in the supe-
=, court Yesterday by Andrew +. Bur-
r;sh and s. II. Piles, attorneys for the
acknowledgement Company, and is as fol-
bss:
s1pasint Of the plaintiff,
ADMITS paragraph L thereof.
n,c;ss each and every allegation contained In
.s,srraph IL thereof, except that 1t admits the
,uhIIcssion OF the matter therein set out
H.
n.cies each and every allegation contained In
,.,.srsph III. of said complaint.
And for a further separate and drst Affirmative
asisoss TO the cause of action in the com plant
=, on, the defendant alleges:
rius-Tha. the charges and supposed de-
,.mstory words In the complaint set forth are
aacn and all Of them true.
seeoud-For o second affirmative defense to
she eause OF action in the complaint set out the
Segrndsnt alleges:
rhst on. to-wit. the I'D day of October, 1892,
4 he time of the publication of the supposed
aessnstory matter In the complaint set out
. these vas pending In the stale OF Washington
N slectton for the Office OF governor of aaid
sscs for the term OF four years from and after
fhe Wednesday after the second Monday in
lamar, 1898, which election was to occur on the
~ dsy Of November. 1892 :or which Office of gov
waoe the plaintiff in this action had been by q
t1s convention on the 18th day of August,
NJ uominated, and was then and there q can.
dlaa,e seeking election thereto by the people at
he soils, and that this defendant did then and
hNssth time OF said publication believe aud
Ian inst reason to believe that the matters and
abp h said publication contained were true,
uash defendant further AYERS the fact to be
sAa uamatters and things, If true, had a di-
,satsGdag upon the fitnes, of said plaintiff to
q tMsd office Of governor, aud that this de-
kadanfsss protected and privileged in making
disqualification for the information of the
sxxsuf the state OF Washington who were to
ne ia the candidates for the aforesaid office of
epsanor 1t the polls on the Sth day of Novem.
ID, 1872. and that this defendant In its
pubiesnon thereof had no other mo i've than
inform the electors of said state of the
hscr, character and qualifications Of the said
Hufy ]. suively, candidate a. aforesaid for
nd once OF governor, to the end that they
night intelligentiy, from such knowledge, de-
iernins for themselves his fitness for said high
shss and that the electors aforesaid, having
auiy considered of the premises and all other
matters and things entering into the aforesaid
political contest, did on the sth day OF Novem-
h. lss2, solemnly decide that the said Henry
J. sniveiy was not fitted to become the gov
eaor Of said state for the term Of four years
tcm the Wednesday after the second Monday
b January, 1893, and accordingly did not elect
hin 10 said Office.
fhird-And this defendant further alleges by
way Of mitigation OF the damages alleged in the
complaint to have been sustained by the plain
"a. that on the 22d dav OF October, 1892, at the
dmsof the publication OF the matters In the CON-
PAINT set out, the plaintiff, Henry J. Snively.
NJ thsa and there q can iidate Tor the office
ex-governor Of the state of Washington, having
been nominated for such ONCE at political
esavsntion held in said state on the 18th day of
August, lss2, and that this defendant, being the
proprietor and publisher Of . newspaper circu-
hting more or less generally throughout the
state OF Washington, and to which the electors
OF said state look Tor the news and for discus
sion Of the candidates and questions pre-
scented 10 said electors for determination
as the polls, did receive certified cop
les OF the records OF the judicial
courts Of West Virginia and of affidavits
Of divers and sundry persons living in said
state Of West Virginia, containing and setting
forth under oath all and singular the facts and
circumstances In said publication contained:
snd that this defendant did then and there,
fully believing and relying upon the truth
Of said matters and things % set forth In said
court records in said sffidavits, and relying aud
believing in the truth thereof, and believing
thst the people should be advised OF the mat
kFs and things therein contained, TO the end
ass they might intelligentiy pass upon the
saAincafions OF said Snively TO be governor Of
nssate, and believing that said matters and
suin bad Q direct bearing upon the fitness OF
saa savely to fill the high office OF governor in
adsnse, publish the same without wickedness,
saaoot malice and without knowing or having
Nsson TO believe that the same or any part
usisot was false or untrue, II the same was not
|, Tact true
sasreiore defendant prays that the plaintiff
~ nothing by his said action and for his costs
UNPAID STOCK LIABLE.