The Glenwood post., 1916-10-07
Head Of "American Truth So
ciety' Wants to Know if
"Hyphenism" is oftense
ANSWERS MCCORMICK

New York, Oct 5.-Vance c. McCor
mick eAnirmaa Of the Democratic ma
tip4pl nnittee, announced late today
tSats he had besn served with Q sum
mons in a snit for $4,000 brought
against him by Jeremiah A. o 'Leary
president of the American Trnth socie,
ty- Mr.. Mccormick said he had not
been apprised, however, of the charges
upon whicn the suit was based.
Mr.. O'LeAry declared that he insti.
tuted the action "to find out first
whether hyphenism, so-caIled, is libel
Ions; and second, whether it is incon-
sistent with Amreicanism.
Mr.. O'Leary said he resented state
ment attributed to Mr. Mccormick crit
icising him for sending an insulting
message to President Wilson. In THAI
message Mr.. o 'Leary criticised the
president for not enforcing American
rights against Great Britain, and in
formed Mr.. Wilson that he would not
vote for the reelection of the president.
Mr.. Wilson replied that he would "feel
deeply mortified to have you (Mr.
O'Leary) or anybody like you vote for
me, - adding "since yon have access 10
many disloyal Americans and / have
not, will ask you to convey this mes
sage to Them
In the statement attributed to Mr..
Mccormick, appearing October 4, and
upon which Mr.. 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
Mr.. Hughes position because of his
silence on the message sent to the pres
dent by Mr.. O'Leary'
Mr.. O'Leary gave out the following
tonight
"My purpose in suing Mr.. Mccormick
is to find out first, whether hyphenism
so-called is libellous, and. second wheth-
er it is inconsistent with Americanism
also sue him as a challenge to him to
let an American jury decide whether a
protest to the president because he has
not enforced American rights against
Great Britain is disloyaltv. 7 also re-
sent the hideous imputation contained
in his statement that any man running
for public office could repudiate my
vote, or the votes of millions of my
fellow citizens who think as 7 do.
ga citizen IS loyalty to his country
is not proper part of political cam
paign and, therefore, feel that 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 himi ] yield to Mr..
Mccormick his right TO support Mr..
Wilson and to vote for Mr.. Wilson, and
mo matter how faithless 7 believe Mr..
Wilson has been in protecting American
lives, property and commerce. I would
never assert that he was disloyal be-
cause he supported Mr.. Wilson and
differed from Mr.. Hughcs.'
John R. Jones. an attorney for Mr..
OTeary. declared that Mr.. OLeary
"also intends to begin other libel suits
against newspapers throughout the
country who have questioned his right
and abused him for sending what he.
considered to be a perfectly proper tel
eeram to the president Of the United
States"