Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-23
H. r. IsAAcs SUES
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the State. Before leaving, IL is said, he
placed with Charles II. Grantland, secrc-
tary Of the Republican State Committee,
letter, which it was thought was nm
apology he had prepared for Mr.. Isancs
When seen at Republican headquarters .
this morning, MIR. Grantland endeavorcd
To evade the iseuc by stating that appli-
cation for Mr.. Warner. apology should be
made to him. When informed that he had
letter from Mr.. Warner, Grantland said
TINT he had the letter. but that he had re-
ceived no orders To deliver it to Mr..
Isaacs. and that in consequence all queries
would have to be made To Mr.. Warner
'erhere'll be no letter today, he shouted
as the Every Evening man left the room i.
STATEMENT ny Nh. rsAAcs.
When eeen at Democratic headquarters
today and asked about the suits Mr.
Isaacs prepared the following statement,
which he made public:
sit in needless for me to review the
events OF the past few days which have
resulted in demand on my part upon Mr..
Charles Warner, the Evening Journal and
Morning News for retraction of what |
hold to be vicious libel perpetrated upon
me by Mr.. Warner and by the two news-.
of has been Of the most malignant type
known 10 the law and has, inconsequence,
been far reaching in it's character.
have been specifically charged, without
warrant or justification, with having
| committed n crime, and in divers other
respects have been dlscredited and de
famed.
'I have been a resident of Wilmington
for approximately ten years, and during
| this time have cultivated n wide rnnge OF
| friendships and as practicinr lawyer
| have developed on extensive clientele, and
| both friends and clients have trusted me
as they would trust their own brother
| These friends and these clients constitute
| all my wealth and frankly such wealth Is
virtually the extent of my hearts desire.
! IL is natural, therefore, that the man, ths
| coterie of men, or the newspaper publisher
who. by wilfuf act, attempt To destroy the
confidence upon which my whole life rests
have thereby undertaken 10 rob me ol
everything.
"If were guilty Of the crime charged
| I should not be worthy Of the confidence
| of anv man. Further, | have aligned
mvself with a great cause, namely tbs
cause Of clean elections In Delaware.
have openly erpoused this cause and have
given my solemn pledge 10 the people o
Delaware that | should exert my utmost
effort 10 make this campaign and th'
| election clean and free Of corrupt practices
of every kind and character But not
withstanding within the last few days
| the Republican State chairman and TIN
two newspapers above mentioned hav'
either specifically or by innuendo charged
bad faith on my part in this meet import
ant matter II were guilty of breacl
of faith. in this connection, and under tn
circumstances set forth, ! should be IN
worthy ~ the respect Of decent Della
wareann and absolutely and unq,iallfie'
" unworthy Of their confidence.
Now. under the facts and circumstance
as they stand, what course could any ma
follow other than the course adopted b.
me. have given Mr. Warner and th
two newspapers an opportunity TO retrhc
and have he'd some indefinite assuranc
from friends Of all three parties ooncerne'
that such retraction would be made durin
the course of yesterday, but such rctrae
tion has not been made.
1T is true that retractlon after noon @
yesterday would have been after the tim
limit set by me in all three cases. bu
notwithstanding, | was inclined 70 mere
and would have accepted the unquaiifie'
retractions during the extended tim
indicated feel have done cverythin
reasonable man could do under the cir
cumstances. but apparent obatinacy he
prevented the amicable solution Of TIN
serious problem.
But one other course has been lef
for me-the course which | clearly out
lined to the editors Of the two newspaper
in question and which | think, by in
ference, stood out in clear relief in m
reply on Wednesday to the letter Of tn
Republican State chairman. / have, thers
fore, directed my attorney to file suits q
law in all three cases, and am sure tha
all thoughtful citizens of Delaware VIII
love truth and justice will approve m
| action -