The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-05-29
STORY WAS BASED
ON GENERAL TALK



asmuch as 1t brought out no damaging
admission. Colonel Roosevelt not only
held his own, but seized every oppor
tunity of saying things that strength
ened his direct examination and un
doubtedly produced as good an effect
on the jury as it seemed to do on the
people in the courtroom.
The defense decided In 20 minutes
that it had no wish to cross-examine
Colonel Roosevelt further and, after
few more questions from his own
counsel, he left the stand.
The other witnesses examined dur.
ing the day were men of national
prominence who have been intimate
with Colonel Roosevelt for years and
who testified they had never seen him
UNDER the influence of liquor and that
he only drank champagne at state ban,
quets, white wine to the extent of one
glass at formal dinners, and no alco-
holics of any kind at his own table.
Jacob RIis Testlfies.
These witnesses were Jacob Riis OF
we" n. vi INV thC oNuCA
Half Lives" and prominent as so.
biologist and reformer: DR.. Alexander
Lambert. famous authority on alec.
holic and drug diseases and physician
to the Roosevelt family; DR.. p. NJ.
Rixey. surgeon general Of the United
States army, retired, and personal ply
stefan to Colonel Roosevelt while the
latter was president. and H. ellison
Gardner Washington newspaper man
who had been with Mr.. Roosevelt on
almost all of his campaign trips.
The witnesses agreed, in the main.
but Jacob Riis, who in common with
the other witnesses, were excluded
from the courtroom while Colonel
Roosevelt was on the stand, stoutly in
sisted that he knew absolutely that
Colonel Roosevelt never tasted whisky
or brandy and that he would not be-
lieve any man who said that he did.
The cross-examination of the witnesses
were not long in any case, or brought
out much of comfort to the defense.
Tells of Cannon Dinner.
When Mr.. Gardner was on the stand
Attorney Andrews uncovered what
may turn out TO be something that the
defense has regarded as its trump
card.
Were you at the dinner at the Ar
lington hotel in Washington given TO
Joseph G. Cannon, at which Colonel
Roosevelt, then president of the Uni
ted States, was present." asked At
torney Andrews.
Il attended dinner to Senator
Cannon" testified Mr.. Gardner, but II
was at the New Willard. There was
reception to Mr.. Cannon at the Ar
lington, but i didn't 60"
But you heard. Mr.. Gardner" in
sisted Mr.. Andrews. 1T was talked
around Washington, wasn't it, that the
party at the Arlington was quite gay,
and that Colonel Roosevelt drank a
great deal there?",
Il never heard any such thing" de-
clared Mr.. Gardner.
Society Out in Force.
All the society and fashion of Mar.
quette turned out to see the trial, and
the highly-decoratiye courtroom OF
Marquette county looked like the first
night of the opera at the Auditorium.
The women were mostly "Moosettes
in sympathy, for they swayed with sup.
pressed emotion while Colonel Roose.
welt was on the stand, and only by the
sternest self-control did they manage
to make their hands behave and not
destroy the sacred dignity of the court
by applauding, Once, two or three wo-
men did applaud, but the court
scowled SO fiercely and said that any
further demonstrations would compel
him to order the bailiffs to remove the
offenders from the courtroom, and sub.
sequent remarks from the colonel and
his character witnesses were not en-.
cored
The hand.clapping came when the
colonel, in response to a question in
his direct examination by Colonel
Pound as TO whether he had ever been
under FIRE in Cuba, grinned fiercely
and, displaying every molar in his
jaws, Kissed out: Il was under every
fire there was in the Cuban campaign"