Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-06
'. .,.s'.'Ce '',;e Mccormick
 Sued by O'Leary
TRUTH SOCIETYS
 HEAD RESENTS CRITICISM
SEEKS $5O,OoO BALM
Suit is Based on Statement Concerninq President Wilson's Recent Messaqe Rebuking o'Leary for Charging Pro- British Tendencies.

New York. Oct. 5.-Vance c. Me Cormick, chairman of the democratic national committee, announced late to- day that he had been served with a summons in a suit for $50.000 brought against him by Jeremiah A. O'Leary, president of the American Truth So- ciety." MT. Mccormick said he had not been appraised, however, of the charges upon which the suit was based. MT. O'Leary. in a statement issued soon afterWard, declared that his purpose in instituting the action was ito find out first. whether hy- phenism, so-called is Ebelous and second, whether it is inconsistent with Americanism.'
 Resented McCormick's Criticism
 MT. OLeary said he resented a statement attributed to MT. McCor- mick, criticizing him for sending "an insulting message" to President Will son. In that message MT. OLeary cri- ticised the president for not enforc- ing American rights against Great that he would not vote for the re- election of the president. MT. Will son replied that he would feel deep ly mortified to have you (Mr. O'Leary) or anybody like you vote for me-" add ing:
 Since you have access to many dis loyal Americans and 1 have not. will ask you to convey this message ~sto them.'
 In the statement attributed to Mir Mccormick appearing October 1 and upon which MT. O'Leary said he based his suit for libel, the chairman of the democratic national committee was quoted as having commented upon the presence of Charles E. Hughes at the Union League club reception Tuesday night concluding with the statement that there could be no doubt about MT. Hughes position because Of his silence on the message sent to the president by MT. O'Leary.
 MT. O'Leary's Statement.
 MT. O'Leary gave out tonight the following:
 My purpose in suing Mir Cormick is to find out first, whether hyphen- ism, so-calIed, is libelCus, and second, whether it is inconsistent with Amer icanism. 1 also sue him as a chal- lenge to him to let an American jury decide whether a protest to the presi- dent because he has not enforced ain is disloyalty. I also resent the hideous imputation contained in his statement that any man running for a public office could repudiate my vote, or the votes of millions of my fellow citizens who think as l do.
 "A citizens loyalty to his country is not proper part of a political cam paign, and, therefore, 1 feel tsat it is wrong to assert it politically, because it strikes at the fundamentals of our citizenship.
 What right would Charles E. Hughes have to repudiate me? What right has he to repudiate any voter who would vote for him ? I yield to MT. Mccormick his right to support MT. Wilson and to vote for MT. Will son and no matter how faithless I be- lieve MT. Wilson has been in protect ing American lives, property and commerce, I would never assert that he was disloyal because he supported MT. Wilson and differed from MT. Hughes"
 May Sue Newspapers.
 John R. Jones, attorney sor Mir. O'Leary, declared that MT. O'Leary "alsO intends to begin other libel siuts against newspapers throughout the country who have questioned his right and abused him for sending what he considered to be a perfectly proper telegram to the president of the Unit ed States