New Britain herald., 1916-10-06
M'CORMICk SUEDE BY
 TRUTH SOCIETY HEAD
Jeremiah A. 0'Leary Asks $25,.
 900 for Alleged Libel

New York, Oct. 6.-Vance c. Me- 1 Cormick, chairman of the democratic | national committee announced at New York late yesterday that he had been i served with summons in a suit for $50, 1000 brought against him by Jere- miah A. O'Leary, president of the 1 American truth society,"" MT. Me- l Cormck said he had not been ap- praised, however, of the charges upon which the suit was based. Mr. l O'Leary, in a statement isued soon ] afterward, declared that his purpose i in instituting the action was ito find 1 out first, whether hypheniSm so 1 called, is libeilous, and second, Wheth- ! CT it is inconsistent with American ism.'
 Mir. O'Leary said he resented a statement attributed to Mr. McCor | mick, criticizing him for sending an Insulting message" to President Will son. Tn that message MT. O'Leary criticized the president for mot en- forcing American rights against Great Britain" and informed Mr. Wilson that he would not vote for the re- election of the president. MT. Will son said that he would feel deeply mortified to have you (O'Leary) or anybody like you vote for me-" ada ing, 'since you have access to many l dislOyal Americans and I have not, I will ask you to convey this message to them.'
 In the statement attributed to M-. Mccormick, appearing Wednesday | io1, based his suit for libel, the chair man of the democratic national conn., mittee was quoted as having con- mented 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 posi- tion because of his silence on the message sent to the president by Mr. O'Leary.
 MT. O'Leary gave out last night the following: My purpose in suing Mr. Mccormick is to find out, first, whether hyphenism so called is libel lous and second, whether it is in- consistent with Americanism. I also sue him as 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 disloyalty. also resent the hideous imputation l contained in his statement that any man runing for a public office could | repudiate my vote, or the votes of millions of my fellow citizens who think as I do. A citizens loyalty to his country is not a proper part of political campaign, and there- fore l 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 1 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 Mr. Will son, and no matter how faithless believe MT. Wilson has been in pro- tecting American lives property and l commerce, I would never assert that he was disloyaI because he supported MT. Wilson and differed from Mr. 1 Hughes,"
 John R. Jones, counsel for MT. l OLeary, declared that MT. O'Learv ''also intends to begin other libel suits against newspapers throughout the country which have questioned his l right and abused him for sendinr what he considered to be perfect l ly proper telegram to the president of the United States"