Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-29

In the future progress of the hearing. II
| was explained in court, person who has
| travelled extensively with the forme,
| President or who has been associated
| with him with any degree of constancy
may testify as to his reputation But g
litical speech or saw him for only a few
moments in a crowd may not testify as
| to his general reputation. although he
may tell how the colonel acted or ap-
peared at tina particular time.
Satisfactory to Counsel.
James II. Pound and William II. Van
said the ruling was agreeable to their ar
| gument. Horace Andrews. one of MIR.
| Newett's counsel. described the present
| civil action as "a semi-criminal case,
! and pleaded for an unrestricted ruling on
| the admission of evidence by the defense.
Almost every phase of Col Roosevelt $
public life was touched upon by yester-
days witnesses. All of them spoke with
emphasis when they expressed personal
knowledge in denying. as the editorial
charges. that the colonel gets drunk and
that not infrequently. and all his init
mate friends know it, II was asserted
that whenever Col Roosevelt drank
champagne or wine or mint julep. 1t was
out of courtesy to his host at some pub
! lie function. that he often only took a
mouthful from Wineglass and that on
one occasion he ordered a railroad COM
pany not to place I'm his special car the
supply Of liquors usually placed in such
cars.
Repeatedly and In varied phrases the
The question was put to each witness:
Have you ever known Mr.. Roosevelt
to he under the influence of liquor?" or
Have you ever smelt liquor ON Mr..
Roosevelts BREATH" and the answer in
variably was negative.
Just as often questions were put as to
whether the colonel was in the habit of
quantities. and the answer again was
negative.
Mr.. Bacon on Stand.
Robert Bacon. former Secretary Of
State, and former ambassador to France,
was one of the days witnesses.
II have known Theodore Roosevelt in
timately for about thirty-six years." he
said. having been a classmate of his at
Harvard College. where We graduated in
1880. At college he was one of the clean
est-minded most fearless boys that !
have ever known. He was always In the
best of training physically. one of his
chief recreations being wrestling and
boxing. He was good fighter. and |
think the fairest fighter that l have ever
known.
VI IcAl lCu We "SAS oosaA
so busy that / was not brought into
close daily contact with him. but con-
tinued our intimate association. During
the four years that l was In the State
Department under Mr.. Roosevelt's adj
ministration / saw him constantly, al
most every day. at all times of the day
and night. officially and unof1cially. and
frequently lunched or dined at the White
House. The President was always In the
best Of physical training. reserving sew
orol for different kinds
Of hard exercise-long walks or rides
boxing and in other ways. Some of US
who were his most intimate friends in
the government always accompanied
him.
ION his return from Africa Mr.. Roose-
welt spent week at my house in Paris.
where / was with him every moment of
the day or night except when he was
sleeping, and since my return l have
often seen him either at his own house
or mine. for we lived near each other
in the country on Long Island.
During all my lifelong association
with Mr.. Roosevelt and especially in the
four years of my closest personal daily
was impossible for him to have been a
drinking man without my knowledge
He is not and never has been.
Few Men So Temperate.
81 know very few men who have been
so abstemious and temperate. His whole
life. both public and private. has been
clean and decent in thought. speech. &C
ton. and any suggestion or statement
that he has ever been anything but alb
stemious and temperate to the highest
degree Is unqualifedly false.
"Of this all his friends and intimates
are absolutely sure. and I have never
heard from any one OF them the least
c,,n ~ 70 fhn ~V
Truman H. Newberry. formerly Secre-
tary % the Navy, told OF his relations
with the plaintiff since 1885, when they
first met. and through the period when
witness was assistant secretary OF the
navy.
Mr.. Newberry considered Col Roose-
welt a man Of good habits.
did you. at Washington, become ac-
quainted with his intimate friends?" ask
ed Mr.. Pound.
II did"
Ibid you become acquainted with Jo-
se r1. Cannon
Were you at Mr.. Cannon's reception in
honor of his SEVENTEEN birthday"
II was"
. you see the plaintiff there7"
May Bare His Life.
At this point Mr.. Andrews objected, but
the court ruled that inasmuch as the al
legged libel charged the plaintiff with
drunkenness. the latter was entitled 10
open up his whole life for the purpose OF
refutation.
Pound next asked If at the reception
Mr. Roosevelt drank any liquor.
Not that saw" was the response of
the witness. who did not see the plaintiff
leaving the function.
What did you see as to whether he
was, or was not, under influence of
liquor?" pursued the lawyer
HE was perfectly sober
Attorney Andrews. on cross-examina-
ton, asked: How far were you from
Col. Roosevelt when he greeted the host
Of the EVENING""
About ten feet"
You did not see him leave"