The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-03-16


not using Mr. shoihloy right, subse.
Qucnt investigation into the merits of
the case have convinced me that ]
did him positive injustice, and as II
has always been the policy Of The
News to be fair to the limit of It's in.
formation, this statement Is made as
an apology, and | hereby express my
regret that | was contributing cause
of any pain or unplcasnntncss TO Mr..
Sheiblcy or his family.
Perhaps It may be Of interest to
know what kind of treatment The
News has received from Congressman
Mccarthy since this suit was brought
agninst the editor. Remember ! be.
came involved In this trouble to help
elect Mccarthy, because the tide Of
rumors that was being circulated
around the district would overwhelm
him II not checked The News, with
other republican papers in the dis
trict, came to the defense of the can
dldate. not because II was Mccarthy
out because they were loyal to the re.
publican party and wanted to see the
district represented by n republican
in congress. As to whether these pa
pcrs were of service to him may be
Judged from the fact that he Is now
serving his second term In congress.
The suit against me was commenced
in 1903, and since that time the hon
orable Mccarthy has not had the de-
cency to utter one word to me con.
ccrning the case: he has never been
courteous enough to call upon The
News but once. and that during his
second campaign. and when he found
| was engaged his time was too val.
liable to wait Ave minutes as request
ed to do,
Most any man of ordinary human
instincts, in n case where some one
else became involved in his defense,
would have at once gone to the de-
fendant and expressed regret that he
was to be made trouble, and the ordi-
nary man would have offered to stand
between the defendant and financial
loss
Did he? See:
In the first place. Mccarthy has
never mentioned the libel suit to me
In all the years II has been pending
The first time | met him after the
suit was started was at the republican
convention In Lincoln and when he
saw me he quickly lost himself in the
crowd and was not seen again.
When preparations were being made
for the trial of this case in the dis
trict court Of Madison county two
years ago, 1t was discovered ny my at
! torneys that the only way | could bC
protected from financial loss was tt
prove that the charges which 1t was
claimed Mr.. Sheibley had made
against Mccarthy were malicious
and false" and that the only way thi'
could be done was through the posi-
tive testimony of Mr.. Mccarthy. II,
neys were asked If he would volur
tarily come from Washington to ties
tify in the case. His attorneys ut frs
said that he would not. that his test
mony was not necessary. But afte
a pretty sharp controversy, 1t wa
agreed that Mccarthy would be o
hand, and he did actually come, arriN
ing in Madison after the case was dis
posed of. From the language used b
the honorable gentleman 1t Is fair I
presume that he came with creates
reluctance Whether he was afrai
to go on the stand and swear that tn
statements were false, or whether
was absolutely Indifferent to the on
come of case into which had bee
plunged by his committee In his d.
fense, Is not known. 1t Is charitabl
to presume that It was the latter, b.
, cause such action would but harmon
lie with his selfishness as | unde
stand It,
[ At the time the case was taken
I the supreme court by the plaintiff
r was suggested to Mccarthy by son
= of my friends that in fairness al
Q right he ought to pay the bills tn
+ had been accumulated up to that tim
;. as it was generally conceded that
o would be as little as he could do und
= the circumstances. Eye witnesses
y the scene which followed this su
Il gestion describe II as being dramat
l. in the extreme. The Hon. Nc. has
l. good command of language and I
}, manner in which he heaped abu
o upon and hurled profanity at me
y said to have been genuinely artist
a, He is quoted as saving that he I'd