New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-05-17
FIGHTING AGAIN
The Sage Makes Specific Charges Against
Editor Fish.
He also Invites a Libel Suit to Prove his
Statements.

In his new paper, the Representative,
Iynatius Donnclly rakes together glow
mo mass of rhetorical embors and pro-
,.ccds to roast MI Fish to a very dark
brown turn. He claims that Fish is
either 4 scoundrcl or an honest man,
and dctics him to prove that he is the
latter. Dr. Fish takes exception to the
language employed in calling the ten
ton of the public to himself says
that the article, which follows.1, con-
tlnuOus chain Of falsehood and SANDER.
This is Donclly's roast:
You are either an honest man or a
rascal. Every man is one or the other
If YOU are the former I have done you
an injustice. II you are the latter | have
done you scant justice. If you are an
honest man your charges should have
weight with all honest men. If you are
a scoundrel no one should waste time
noticing YOU. Without any desire, there
fore, to injurc you or insult you, but
with intent to establish in court Of
Justice your real character; whatever it
is, and for the purpose of protecting the
cause of reform in this state from evil
influences, l plainly, distinctly and un-
cuuivocally charge that you, Everett W.
Fish, otherwise known as doctor Fish ,
willie editing and claiming to own a
newspaper called the Great West, an al
lryeI anti-monopoly, reform, Alliance
and Peoples party paper engaged III Il
contest for the rights of the people
against the misgcvernmrnt caused by
the Republican and Democratic parties.
and especially by the former, have at
different times. and especially during
the political campaigns of 1890 and 1892,
while pretending to support the reform
ticket, taken large sums OF money,
amounting in the aggregate to several
thousand dollars, from prominent Re
publican politicians or the officers OF the
Rcpubical, state central committee. |
make this charge deliberately, and | in
vitr YOU to begin proceedings against
me for libel, and make oath, as YOU will
have TO do in such legal proceedings,
that this charge j. not true. You say /
have an income Of 800 week from my
books. You will, therefore, have no
trujl',lr il, collecting whatever damages
the court may award you. II l have
wrnnunl YOU vou will be reimbursed; if
have not Won will take your chances of
going to the pcnitcntiary for perjury.
Let the issue bc sIuarcly joined. and let
the Peoples party ascertain, beyond con-
trovcr<v. whether am a slandercr or
WOW are q dishonest man. DO not re-
ply to this by further abuse. That will
prove nothing. Begin your proceedings
at oncc. and push them to trial.
II YOU do not do SO, you will admit
the truth Of the charges have made.
am sorry to- be driven to this combat a
Ioutruncr, but the safety Of the reform
movement IN this state, and in the Unit
cl States, demands that the truth, and
aIl the truth, be known, and may God
protect tile right.'
TO this DR.. Fish rcplicl 'Ignatius
Donnclly has charged me with receiving
money corru"tly during the late cam
pHl@n, challenging me to the courts to
defend lnySrif. shall promptly accept
the challenge, and institute suit against
Mr.. Donnclly for $50, 900 damages, and
a criminal action against Editor Slough
TOM
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