Show A TARDY SUIT FOR LIBEL THAT THAI is a pretty heavy libel suit which was entered january in the third district court against the salt lake tribune the particulars will be found in another column they recall some interesting incidents of the last municipal election the cent gentleman leman who has planted this suit in which he be will appear as his 0 an v n attorney to is at present engaged in the practice of law at ogden he came to this city from chicago a little more than a year ago with the intention of making his home here he brought his family with him and had no idea that such obstructions would be placed in his bis way as those that were manufactured by the libel lous sheet which has slandered so 80 many persons with impunity mr barton brought with him credentials from eminent lawyers judges and other public functionaries function aries in the kaat east acted as became a gentleman and so far as we knew did nothing to excuse the scurrilous attacks which were mode made upon him by the vilest caper paper under the sun true he be worked with and for the peoples peopled party during the municipal campaign but did so go as a law lawyer and was not employed to do anything morally socially or professionally improper we are of the opinion that the charges so recklessly made against him in the columns of the liberal organ were entirely without foundation conclusions were jumped at that were rot not warranted by any substantial premises and even it the surmise that mr barton wrote certain articles that appeared in the chicago herald were correct it would have formed formea no justification for the shameful vilification to which he was subjected by the blackguards black guards who assailed him the refusal of the scrub registrar abo set met himself up above all courts and redde dents to permit mr barton to practice before his buncombe amigh mightiness ti was prompted by the falsehoods of the tribune and one Is at a loss to decide whether grotesque impudence or impotent malignity predominated in the action of the liberal Liber alJ tool of the liberal organ it may te be objected that the gentleman is tardy in bringing this action against his libelers it does look as an if a year is a long time to wait before vindicating his character in this legal lega 1 manner but there may have been good reasons for this delay it is well known that there was considerable excitement just after the election and that party feeling ran very high it was also well understood that there would be small chance for any person attached to the peopled people party to obtain justice in such a cause as this it was believed that the peculiar constitution of the jury list v vas as a party movement boasts were freely made that no one engaged in the frauds by which the election was secured to the liberals could be punished it was a fact that such attempts as were made to vindicate the law enacted to secure the purity of elections failed because of the kind of grand and petit jurors that were em paneled so it may be that the present plaintiff was justified in delaying his complaint we advance this opinion not knowing what mr bartons motives were for this delay he has commenced suit within the statutory time however and so no legal objection can be offered as to his apparent tardiness there are some other affairs connected with that election that ought to be ventilated there are some rogues who ought to be exposed there are criminals who ought to be prosecuted the time has not expired within which legal action may be taken and though justice has been put oly off w we e hope it is not nol in these cases entirely defeated it would have been worse than useless to attempt anything in its cause some mouths months ago there may be some prospects now we would like to see the matter tried even if no rascal was punished much corruption and several scoundrels would be exposed and that would be of some benefit to the cm immunity and might hinder binder if not prevent a repetition of similar frauds in future we hope this libel suit will develop the facts in the case the parties defendant will have ample opportunity to show whether they had any justification for th the attacks on the complainant and he be will be permitted to vindicate himself before the public particularly the people of this city among whom he expected to make his bis home and many of whom were prejudiced against him by the attacks of which he complains so that he felt compelled to move to another place let truth triumph and let justice pre prevail |