Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-11
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fitf tTtrrmeH contemporary, the Al
hnqnefaue Morning journal, explains
al some length ~ failure % print the
news IT the state college exposures
until after al other papers had uHed
IT. an the ground that H WIS afraid
III the libei iHw. 1'he journal as
anfen ns lilat II know everything, al
along. anH even mute lhau has set
been revealed perhaps more IMAM
viii peer be known 20 the public -
tuel the Jaufnal hAa heen simply
bursting with il Tor days and days,
but iiN apprehension ut tHe libel law
mas sealed IT'S lipA There i no doubt
81 course. that lhe journal Will ex-
tend this explanation q cnNer all the
rest ~ the legislative news which II
has 80 cautiously RETAINED from pub.
lishine dHfing the part month Santa
~ New Mexirar.
pesMbh il ia worth while. and poa-
sibly il Is MOI. n tahe tie trouble 70
correct nne q The numefous willfnl
niaaiaielnen,s u inc New Mexican.
For esamnle. thr morning following
the elmlns 81 the doors o the First
state bank. the Journal gave exelu-
alyeiy the newa that s1s.o0o of the ag-
rlemitural colleges money Was tied up
IL the failure Two days htcr, the
Journal also published exclusively the
faot that ihe Smith family owed the
bank ss1 900. unsecured that Morgan
q l.lcwellyn owed Il approximately
sfg.9ua. unsecured thst one bond Of
STR Liewellyna as treasurer o. the
hoard 81 regents had been cancelled
aud that the surety company. later on
his heud. had boon trying ever since
March 10 get aff that she travelling
auaitnrs office had checked up the
bank in February and found the smith
family owing Il tsl eco, and had Civ
IN the directors six months 10 straight
IN things up. and had not looked IN
On the hank fram that time until the
dny after the failure
Tho journal wac the only newspa-
per in New Mexico. except the Las
vegas optic which copied the Jour
MATS story, 70 publish even 80 much
II the news until after Mr.. Blood
rnade his statement on the floor Of
the house
AZ fer the New Mexiean's enter
prise Il got from the travelling audi
tors office. douhiiess, the fact that
Some ii the Journals statements
we're not quite accurate Il said AIR.
Aleweilsn'a indebtedness was not
600, thuuah the facts showed lat
81 that hls ohlisattfus Amounted g
about $4,000 and Il said the trav-
cling auditor lid not find that the
smith family owed the hank ssl 0a0
il Developed later that the sum was
$50 900. December .. and 100000 IN
The previous February Al the New
MeKpau did WINS to point out imma-
terai errors II the Journals report
ana Chen read This paper lecture
about the sin 81 hearing false-wit.
ness
The journal had the essentials Of
the statements made by senator Holt
and did moi feel disposed. after con.
suillne one Of the hest lawyers Of the
STATE, to incur The rick Of o half dog
% libe suits FOR publishing natter
privileged after they were stated OF
The flours Of the LEGISLATURE. II tn,
Npw Mexican is so run OF courage
why dA II fail 10 publish any OF tht
essential fAets reearding the matter
ifurshefmore, for the benefit Of our
esteemed contemporary the Journa
Wiil state that Il asks no libel Law
except me that VIII permit the pub.
licailou u facts without malice, and
whom "a tile interest 81 public vel.
fare Tive New Aieylean seems Il
thlnl no lihel law worth anything I'M.
less d will permit false. malicious
ana defamaiafV statements. Also
the New MeSltau seems to think that
when newspaper lies about a per.
son. the why Cor the lhelsd person
60 become gaed sport is 10 see il
he eant ten bigger Ties about tht
other fellow The Journal has diff,
ierent idea of The responsibility Of
The newspaper 70 the public.