The Copyright Cases.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 498, 26 August 1890, Page 2

The Copyright Cases.

TRUTHFUL HERALD 1 Examples are hardly required to give an idea of the length to which our local contemporary will go in its reckless endeavors to get at individuals who will not bow tho knee to the shabby idol. In its Saturday's issue the Herald states that a second conviction was, by consent, entered up in tho action W. H. Atack v. H. T. Jones (publisher of the Standard). Now, it is an ahsalute falsehood that suoh a case was decided on Saturday, or has yef oome before the Court, That an amicable arrangement has been made by which it will oome on—probably to day—is perfectly correct, but we leave the public to judge of the Herald's motives in circulating suoh untruths as those published by it. The posi ion < f the affair is as f >llows; It will be remembered that at the bearing two informations were beard, and the third remained in abeyance. It was understood that the first case should decide ths second, except so far as the facts were different. As we stated at the time, the points raised were of infinite importance to the Association, a fact which they have—now that they have bad time to consider the matter—been forced to acknowledge, and they are anxious that the points should be fully argued and discussed. They see the position that the impetuosity and illiberal rivalry of the Herald has placed them in, and, as we have all along stated, we on our si 1e believe that ths law is in our favor, and have over and over again stated we were willing that the matter should ba fought out in a friendly spirit. Counsel for the Association at Wallington find that owing to technical points occurring, the Supreme Court might not decide the whole of the matters involved, which would leave the Association in an unsatisfactory position, and consequently our counsel has arranged that to meet the wishes of tbe Association a conviction should be recorded on admitted facts in the second case, and then the whole matter may be threshed out. By doing tfi's of course we place ourselves in a worse position than before, but as the whole question from beginning to end—except where our contemporary has allowed its malevolent feelings to get the better of it—has been a question of law, we are just as anxious as the Association that a proper and useful decision should be given, and with that, whichever way it goes, we will be content. These necessary arrangements have somewhat delayed the hearing of the appeal, hut wheta such great interests are involved it is right that there should not be too muoh hurry,