Good Old Days March 9

8 years ago

The Commoner

March 4, 1892

J. E. Nessly, editor of the Oakesdale Alliance Advocate, has filed a suit for libel against the Gazette Publishing Co., of Colfax, fixing his damages at $10,000.

The suit is based on an article in the Gazette, which charged that Nessly, at the time of his bargaining for the Advocate, had appealed to Congresswoman Wilson’s friends for aid, promising to swing the influence of the Advocate to their political support if they would loan him the amount necessary to consummate the bargain; that they refused, whereupon Mr. Nessly went to Tacoma and got the mone...