Show THE LAW OF LIBEL lile alio libel laws of oilier states that ui is unsatisfactory and an effort is being made in the legislature now in session t pass a bill which ahall haie an justice to newspapers the bill was draft n byan able itnyer and adopted by atie stata tion it n such a radical departure dc from ordinary on alie aub jett eliat we reproduce its chief provi biona 1 pat in actions air libel there ahall tic no cither actual or malice rom the anore tart of abc of the libel sal nt aroot on llie qu lloil joalice be on af in actions if there id no proof nl malice or the court M iry hall find ra no such alx u DO or pun be aart leil bor snail any lo 10 awarded arc not actual and real KLI 3 no action for libel ahall be brought or unless alie ball before i request abode lUli the and allew to alio llio a lune la which lo 10 publish such retraction bail to mako M ara ies ie s anil osibe be ol 01 the cc aud proof of the of any such or coric atou shall I 1 e lu under the ine I ne it the good 0 alie an I 1 in and rc proof of the failure or neglect of be to comply with of sec ilou given in evid coci nailer the lu lar of the rt r t ait bleill not be lawful for any attorney nl lo 10 belnie or conduct luy action of libel for fee or ou any or implied tant be lii to aay portion ur all of the amaie dm aie recovered aj for bla services nor hall any attorney at law advance any money or incur any liability lor the purpose ol 01 defraying tho of the action if thia bill shall law baits lor libel will at bouce materially de creace iti michigan it lias been alleged and it is probably arne that the great majority of libel bikit j are inett cited by last 5 ear a little bholi was published in deft york in which it was asserted alia there were lauyer s in that and other cities nho regularly and carefully read alie newspapers n of matter which could be into li belons finding it aliey KO in of the party labeled libeled libe led and kofl er to bring suit for a percentage of what they can recover going so far as to pay the court ex after the suit they oner to compromise and not infrequently succeed the finding it clie aper to submit to to a moderate extent than tight alio llio case in the coulta the ijima encourage shysters shy to la elih und of disreputable practice beine framed in the interest of the laaura and against bo despoiled alip proposed law above noted seems to have been gotten ap with alio idea in view klinl the newspapers were entitled to some confider aaion and protection fyie aale herald the above quotation 0 law and comments thereon are worthy of aeri oua consideration from who frame or interpret or leave in any manner to do with the laws in most of alie elates the statutes in reference to libel are little more than invitations to low grade attorneys to attempt to levy this is more from the neglect of tha than from intention it is rarely that a newspaper responsibly managed a willful libel upon any buo ouo whose re in the community is above reproach usually injure those alio attar those about whom they arc uttered on the other hand it happens elal the truth is painful to many persona about w horn it is told and alie looseness of the laws on libel places in their hande a weapon which la not the less annoying eliat it ta never very dangerous no one stands out for the license of aitio hut all who its power want it to protected from petty and useless annoyance and in the lett arpa THE lait evening came out black inside patent red outside et scarcely able or worthy to be read it locked as though its spilt finish up with tomato joke it did not appear till after dark however lindsay loina loin 8 will have to step down lower in alie anth class he figured on hepding seven li undred torches for the liberals but alie voters EO curiously that he laj barely oca tinli for each liberal and a balf |