| Show THE TRIBUNE RECANTS THE long pending libel suit of attorney jesse B barton against the salt like tribune appears to have been withdrawn by stipulation and agreement of the plaintiff tiff the case was wa on saturday without costs costa the explanation to thle this wa 1 s aff afforded aided in the columna of the tribune oil oh sunday that paper acknowledges led gee its error as to the character and reputation of mr barton relates how the mistakes mistaken concerning him were made claims that its information now admitted to be false in relation to that gentleman was obtained apparently from most reliable sources 11 and also that the truth of the charges was then established beyond a doubt to the minds of the manager of the papered pap ernd a number of other gentlemen sf 91 and that in consequence mr barton was handled without gloves in the columns of the tribune mr barton was accused of all kin is of things no epithet was too vile to be applied to him some artices anthe on abo utah situation appeared in the chicago herald they exposed the course taken by the liberals at the time which was during the heated campaign for the city election of 1890 the triune tribune jumped to the conclusion that they were written by mr barton and refused to be convinced of the contrary mr barton came here under the direction of captain bonfield and that was enough for borgal it continued to abuse mr barton long after the election was over and the gentleman decided to plant his suit for 11 libel be the tribune now says saye in due course the case was brought to issue and he be took depositions in chicago which were returned here in september last and were from men of such much eminence and character and were so positive that they established shed beyond a doubt that during a residence of over fifteen years in chicago mr barton had acquired an exceptionally high reputation as an able lawyer and a gentleman and the incongruity between such a reputation untarnished during such a period and that which had been given him by the e tribunes informants prompted a more thorough invest investigation with the following results which are cheerfully published in the hope that every impression against mr barton made by the previous charges will be thoroughly eradicated and that he will be put pus upon that standing which we believe he is entitled to before any of the charges against him were published he moved his family here and we are satisfied that he intended taking up his residence and practicing law here and conducted himself in such manner as would if all the truth were known cast no reflection on his previous character in reference to the articles in the chicago herald the tribune pays we have before us an affidavit of charles E chapin now on the editorial staff of the new york world which positively ively and unequivocally exonerates pa mr barton from any complicity whatever in the authorship of the chicago herald articles and places it on chapin this is the squarest and apology the tribune was ever known to mike make we have no doubt that its publishers found they were in a financial hole from which there was only que one way of escape mr barton had a clear case for damages hence this acknowledgment with which we hope that gentleman will feel satisfied but we will say here that credentials like these which the tribune now says are entirely satisfactory actori were presented by mr barton when became he came to the territory some of them were published in the DESERET NEWS in vindication of the gentleman who had come here to stay atay brin bringing gini his family with bub they were from some of the best and most moat influential men in illinois including judges lawyers and others in high standing the tribune simply cast ridicule upon them were also offered that mr barton was not the author of the chicago herald correspondence but they were treated in a similar manner no man need tc be ashamed of their authorship thor ship for they were well written and minus a few technical blunders which any newcomer new comer might have made they told a straight story which was not pleasing to the liberal conspirators spira tors of that time mcbarton mr barton has vindicated himself by his gentlemanly and consistent course from the day of his arrival here the tribune will now probably let him alone it never had bad the slightest actual reason for assailing him the attacks upon him were most brutal and abusive in fact they were in true tribune style its falsehoods as usual came from most reliable sources their truth was established beyond a doubt therefore mr barton was handled bandied without gloves this is the history of numberless attacks upon persons as honorable hono hon orabe rab e as mr barton made with as little coupe caupe and therefore quite as libelous as am in this case but not prosecuted as 88 it has been A few more experiences of this kind will perhaps tend to make the be ellb liberal organ more cautious in assailing per onal character and we hope that IL ii time it will be brought within the jnes of journalistic decency and be ready rc ady to acknowledge other errors as frankly as it has confessed to having li belled mr barton |
