Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-27
THE DANA LIBEL CASE
More Comments of Editors on the Legal
Proceedings.
The Question as to the Place of Trial
No Constitutional Rights
Invaded.
Must Abide just Consequences.


| Must Abide just Consequences.
| From the Hudson. N. Y. Register
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IN the discussion whcn tne LANA criminal
.ipei Iase mas eaiieu ioi ill., says 'ne rs.
| o1;+o. - - c.. 80 49,, ,,.ero1 nc .rs,,,-
| mani g.inst bo1ding bic tr;,I in Washing
ton Mr. Dana has laid bin,se,f omen to
Indictment for criminauv libeling Mr..
Noy.s and hi. +rial IN that Indictment is
| legally i'm place in Washington, it should
| be held there, although the defendant
were twice as old 1t is evident that delib-
crate assault on persons character
through the medium OF newspaper I'M
| quences.
Fighting on Recommendations
| 80, r-.-..
run Tue ufahu i'apias 'Aicn'' De"'ei"'
The conduct of the defense in the pre-
| liminary examination of Mr.. Dana, on
| charge of uhe1inp Mr. Moves makes IT
- e,+ NV
| manifest that the case Is 10 pe iousn' ny
the New York journalist most bitterly on
| all possible technicalities. According to the
| statements of those who have known Mr..
Moves for many years that gentleman's
renntat ion has heen assaiIed most grossly
| nv Mr. Dana. The latter is old enough
and has sense enough to know that he
has wronged the man who has brought
| him into CONT The proper thing. the
manly thing. for Mr.. Dana to do would be
| to admit his error. That is the way a gen.
| tleman would do in private life. The at
tempt to defeat the processes of law by
| fighting along the line of technicalities
| ought to be beneath Mr.. Dana's dignity.
| ~ r....,,
| ~" "A"i ''"" hF"pei
| From the New York Evening Post.
Mr. Dana ia determined to Drepare Judge
| pra,,,,, o. h,a .o.o ,,,h;o, $3.50. haforo
pio"n ioi ms case WHICH eolhes nelo,e
| MIN IN a week or Two, ana Is accorolhgly
| making that officer fully acquainted with
the reflections upon it of the rural journal
| istic Wind oil o,ar tho oountrv Tod,v
| +haro t. ar.;o,a T., .,,o T.,,:,,,o ~
do,,btedlv fnrnished or insured 'i hW the de-
e ea tule VI lispiieu Wy .ne ue
&c .a i,et' sho"t IiS tus
" VI a ss,,i mn ~ " asn,ils. o - ap
pea ron M, ts T., ar n,tuint ef G INA.
me Jaw VI npei N Tue Dist.ac. oI Coiullipia
e1usy "as s.ai.eu ny Tue anou :.. eou =.
u osar Snai1eI, anu oy I. ,sansilile. s., 70
- noiu rnH,t anu nold Mamsu' VINO u Thet
| IL convicted several estlnlaole men: mat
| Is the law IN the DISTRICT OF Columpla To-
oayi anu consequently numerous ari lie,s
a 49, a., eusai - ISIS, :ti'u 81 On, WILL
ste ,o,,,a AM h roi l;ha1 -, III o1 NE
sla.eS' woulu pe criiHihal lipeI ~ lne LIS
| III. VI Soiulllpia. Sohse!uen.iy' MI.
| Dana De dragged 10 washington we may
any OF US ne oragged ior ia"Iui ana
iasrnins the Iihs ~ NJ w., Luz a,,,d hs
libel In any state in the Union. It was as
| follows:
| l., me orpofa.ion tIhe Assoclateo fress)
and the nrovjs;ons of that stat uta rasnact
| ing the personal uabilitv Of diractors are
| amusing. We commend a careful study of
| tnem TO the unfortunate newspaper man.
sss tha Mio 9,a ,at t neeh ropeo IN. tney may
dishonest dsractor as % Sav.s nv. nf Wsnh
inpton for inst.nca raf,,n5 - 81. -
| amount of the aytra assaSsronts a,,t of
| which thew have been hnncoed oN' "a
| No 81. u,fnI and nronar orItto,.,, h..
There is NO state in Which nano ,.,a,,,d 80
| be indicted for this Hinder the star Char
her. far from being "dra sreei" 10 Wa Shn-
ton IN dinin, rne,,, nar ~, as. .i
reneo chicken5 and ,ins.r I. ie 80 "a ,,s va
| In q hotel he Womb bava hean o n ,vst =,
chains. LODGED in a no;some d,,naao po. -
his care n,o,,Id hove 80, 80 rs seo,l, anu
the head ITnder ord Holt ~ 80 ~ MS $50 ~
field he wouid nrob. h,,, he,. NJ, ma q;
| the niiorv and naItad .;th ro.tn pe. ,I III
stale cabhares and annIs cnras io'. pi esss'
| cons To hehoI5 Tha ~ IA r - sisn. PIT
to nersnade ~ that IN naria hn not ny
| proved IF he should he aamo S NO III
| will he taken down ~ uy.sh;nlto .ea, ne
| and nol;teIv snrronndad nith ~ III ~ seueIy
| fnrts he 20 su,lou 1 WIN an the COM
| vjcted the President ,,;II dnhsi - son-
| his confinement in a cool northern Jail, IF.
| on .he other hand, he should be acquitted.
| on his enemies and how, S Iii, wiz ai squife
,r-,o,, WI.
| >,
~
| Is piopaoiy haturai lot any man, when
| nc 10 aeneo, ~ resort 10 every possible
| " ueiehu himself out some OF
.Aoee iseoi Ecu ~ are So trivial ana puerile
es ~ .ouse III. .ne iilipaience Oh tne most long
| sunei '"s me preliminary ihVesusauon
IN the Dana libel affair in New York was
no exception TO rule which has grown
very common. Mr.. Dana's fashionable
super-serviceaple attorney FOR example.
tI1ed 10 make much OF an effort to show
that Mr.. Dana mas kind OF literary super
VISION over the editorial and other columns
OF the sun, put mas nothing to do with
tne Punhcatlon or sale OF that paper Lit
eraiIy, IN me nalr-spntung sense, this may
| oe true. Neitner mas ne anything TO DO
with the selecung OF the paper on which
.ne pun Is printed. bu1 ne Knows mat It
| VIII oe pLln.eo o, some paper tnat II Will
! pc pubhsneo ana cnered Tor sale. ana he
exercises ms hterary SUPERVISOR In view
OF: anu because OF, tnat kho"ieuge. II ne
dio not know tnese tnmSs ne would exer-
else no superVisloh: 10 interpose sucn
stun as TINS against prosecution LOT an or
| tense Is Simply 10 ieeo the nres OF popu-
laf con.empt . ior e ne lor.iis Sol, OF ieeat pro
| cedure, ana tnose nres are alreaoy at DAN
| SerOuS nerceneSS.