The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-03-16
THAT LIBEL CASE.

conditions of settlement can he com
plied with II will he dismissed from
the docket II will not come up for
trial at the April term of court In
this county and the county as well as
the parties to the suit. will be saved
n needless bin of expense. The set
Element was sought by the defendant
for reasons which he considered SUI
fcient. and the negotiations with the
plaintiff and the plaintiffs attorney
were conducted by a friend of the de-
fendant In Sioux City this week. The
terms OF the settlement are that the
defendant shall pay the costs that
have been incurred in the district and
supreme courts and other expenses
of the plaintiff In the case, The de-
fendant believes that he Is but paying
a fair penalty for being guilty of sup
porting j ]. Mccarthy for congress
The foundation for the suit against
w. N. Huse, which was for the sum
of $4,000, was laid during the clos
Ing uUNb VI Nuo campaign VI ''NSi
when ]. j. Mccarthy was for the first
time the republican candidate for
congress from this district The pub
llcation complained of appeared in
The News on November |. the Satur'
day before election. consisting of two
clippings, one from Ponca paper
and the other from Newcastle paper,
and a statement signed by f. u. Fales,
chairman of Mr.. McCarthy's central
committee, that certain stories con.
cerning the character Of Mr.. Mccarthy
were being circulated by Mr.. Sheibley
and that they were malicious and
false, prepared for their supposed po.
litical effect"
When these articles were sent to
The News with the request that they
he given publication. | questioned
very much the propriety of printing
them Having lived in the town of
Ponca in my younger days, | person
ally knew Mr.. Sheibley, and knew
him to be an honorable, upright gen
tleman with good family; | knew
that he was SO popular in Dixon coun
ty that he had several times been
elected to hll one of the best offices
in the gift of the people; | knew that
he wore the Grand Army button; |
knew of the close friendship that had
existed for years between Mr.. Shei'
bley and my father, the two having
been such congenial comrades that
they planned and took a trip to Cali.
fornia together; knew that l was
under personal obligations to Mr., Shei
bley for loyal assistance given at a
time when II was needed and when
II would count; and did not honestly
an attempt to blacken a mans charac
ter for the sake Of trying to defeat
him for office; hence there were many
reasons why did not relish the idea
of publishing the articles furnished
by McCarthy's chairman. In this
frame of mind | called upon Mr.
Fales and protested against printing
the articles. | was met by the assur
ance that the statement Of the centra
committee was positively true, tina
the stories in circulation were false II
every particular. was accused o
not having given very cordial supper
to Mccarthy during the campaign an
It was stated to me that the way 70
me to retain my position in the reput
iican party was to come to the rescu
of Mccarthy. The articles were o
fered Friday and published Saturda!
the demand being that they must b
published at once to do any good, b,
ton. Thus under the pressure brougf
-by the chairman of McCarthy's con
mittee and the persuasion of local pc
iticians that it was the thing to d
with neither time nor opportunity
further investigate the truth or falsit
of the signed statement of the cor
mittee, the articles were published.
believed at the time that II was
doubtful tnlnS 10 40, because naVll
known Mr.. Sheibley in an earlier dG
Il had great confidence in his integrit
but because of political pressure, t
..gether with the fact that l had nev,
been friendly to Mccarthy as a ca
didate before the convention whiC
. nominated him, believing him col
selfish, ungrateful, ready to use h
friends and then toss them aside whit
they could no longer be of service
him, but when the matter was p
upon the ground of loyalty to the !
publican party l consented to ma
the publications named.
urithin the next wear MI Sheibl