The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-03-30

had the case been tried on It's merits
| went TO Norfolk TO see you that night
but was told over the telephone that
you were sick MIR. Robertson 'phoncd
YOU that was there to see you, and
told him to tell you not to worry, that
| would protect you in every way.
most cmphatically deny having
used the language ascribed TO me in
your article, in regard to yourself or
the newspaper fratcrnity-l never said
that YOU were damn fool" or any
thing to that effect ! never said 81
am not responsible for the vaporing OF
the damn fool editors" and never en-.
ployed language Of similar import.
have always entertained the highest
regard for the newspaper fraternity,
which has always given me "a square
deal" and your present unreasonable
and uncalled for treatment shall not
cause me to forfeit my respect and
admiration for that profession.
understand from the best Of author
| ity. that prior to the last election, you
demanded money and threatened to
| fight me In the event II was not fur
nishcd Inasmuch as | had paid all
bills presented in connection with your
trial, | can hardly understand why, in
the midst of campaign, you should
be paid money in order to secure your
support of the republican ticket. The
chairman of the committee told me af-
ter election, that at the time you made
this demand he paid you 5000.
Your statement that have refused
to testify I'm these cases Is absolutely
untrue In the Falos case which in.
wolves the same issues as are involved
I'm your case, went on the witness
stand and testified, and | expect to do
so again when the case comes to trial.
| would have done the same In your
case had II been tried on its merits.
| have taken care of all these cases so
far and expect to continue to do so
to the end. In the Fales case, when
the supreme court reversed it, we
waived time for filing n motion for a
rehearing and asked that the case be
remanded Immediately so that 1t could
be tried at the spring term of court.
The attorney for Mr.. Sheibley object
ed If the trial of this case is delayed
1t Is apparent that It is through no
fault of mine, The Fales case Is going
to be tried and will not be settled for
the stipulated sum of one cent. All
that | ask is, that the public patiently
await the final adjudication.
You complain in your article that |
did not call to see you during my last
visit to Norfolk. AS matter of fact
| attempted to see you while there.
called at your office. but found the
door locked.
certainly think that you ought to
have consulted with me or with some
of the attorneys in the case, before
taking the course adopted by you. If
the case was really mine, as you claim,
then you ought to have at least extend
ed the courtesy of consulting with me
regarding It before stipulating to dis
miss 1t. 1t Is very probable that your
conduct can be explained from state
ments contained in your own article,
when you say. "There was close
| friendship between myself and Shei-
bley and | was personally under
obligations to him for loyal assistance
given at a time when 1t would count y
together with the fact that had
never been favorable to Mccarthy as
n candidate before the convention, be-
| lieving him to be cold, selfish. migrate
ful, ready to use his friends and then
toss them aside when they could no
longer be of service to him"
Could 1t be possible that your
Friendship" for Sheibley and your
obligations to him for loyal assist
ance given at a time when it would
count" together with your dislike for
Mccarthy, have influenced your con-
duct In this matter, and caused you
| tn hA f,,l
and dismiss the case without my
knowledge or consent?
| sincerely believe that You are
wrong in your estimate of me. hope
never to prove disloyal or ungrateful,
and never have nor will ever aban-
don friend, | have always paid every
cent of your expense, and expected to
do so. You were not to blame and
ought not to have been sued. wish
| had been sued instead of you, then
at least, there would have been no dan
ger of a cold, selfish and ungrateful"
compromise. Up to the time of the
dismissal of the case, do not think
you had been to any personal expense
whatever, at least II you were you
never apprised me of the fact. Had
you done so, you would have been
promptly and cheerfully reimbursed.
Yours truly,
j. j. Mccarthy.
Congressman Mccarthy seems to
want to carry the impression in this
letter that he is really an abused man
He has always treated the editor of
The News fairly, has promptly and
cheerfully" paid the attorneys and all
the costs in the case and it was an act
of ingratitude for the editor to settle
without consulting him! From the
widely liverging statements of the two
parties to this controversy the gen
eral public will have to form an opin,
ion as to whether he is abused or not
The fact is that Congressman McCar-
thy not only did not mention the Shei