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Libel on the Government

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 24, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 12.

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Libel on the Government

Referring to the libel case which President Roosevelt brought against the New York World and the Indianapolis News, the Springfield Republican asks the question: “What is the government?” And it reminds us that the executive is but one branch of this government; that the legislative and judicial are coordinate branches, and that the doctrine of “libel on the government” is antagonistic to both the form and the spirit of American institutions.