The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-28
a0[0NEL A MODEL
! FOR TEMPERANCE,
So He DECLARES
Doesn't Drink High Balls,
Cocktails. Beer, Red Wine
or Use Tobacco
CHAMPAGNE ONLY AS
COURTESY TO HOSTS
Michigan Society Crowds the
Court Room to Hear Him
Tell of Milk and
Brandy Drink

MARQUETTE. MICH, NAV
27.-What r. X. drinks and what
he swears he lets alone entirely:
Not used by colonel at all:
Highballs. cocktails, beer, red
wine, tobacco.
With three exceptions used
sparfDyly only on doctors pre-
scription. in heavy campaigning
or after exposure: Whiskey.
brandy.
Used occasionally as courtesy
to hostS--White wine, sherry,
champagne.
q How often he drinks: Cham
pagnc, glass or two once a month.
Hasn't used whiskey or brandy
after exposure In past fifteen
years. Madeira wine often at
dinner. Half dozen mint juleps
n year in White House. Whiskey.
half dozen times In fourteen
years. LATHE brandy with milk
lip Africa and In hard campaigns.
Miscellaneous points: Don't like
beer. whiskey or. brandy. Has
not pafronized saloons for TWEEN
ty years. Hasn't carried a flask
for twenty years. Has not been
drunk since he came of age.
On Job Early.
Colonel Roosevelt Was on the Job
ahead Of time this morning Ia his
$40 600 suit for libel against George
A. Newett. editor of the Ispheming
Iron Ore. He exhibited frequent out
bursts of pleasure as he chatted with
Clifford Pinchot DR.. Lawrence Alb
bolt, T. f. Newberry and James Gar
fleld who accompanied him. The
~hailiff of the court Is seeing to II that
the dignity Of the court is maintained.
When the trial began he eyed with
manifest uneasiuess the army of cor
respondents. and laying down his
gavel Just before he was about TO
say: Hear We. hear we. hear We! and
g SNOW. mind yez boys. shtand oop
when hit three times"
Court opened promptly AZ o'clock,
The clerk called the case OF Theodore
Roosevelt VS.. George a. Newett, and
also called the jury roll.
Society Is There.
Society from all the north penin-
sula- dressed mp in party clothes.
came to court 10 hear the colonel tes-
ttfy Workers and owners of the
great iron mines brought wives and
daughters Some could not get IN.
for when the seats were filled, doors
were barred and guarded
Editor Ncwett. in better physical
trim than Yesterday, sat near enough
to the ex-president TO touch him on
the knee. but did not look ST him.
James r. Garfield. ex-seeretary Of
the interior, acted as a sort of court
secretary 10 his former chief. sdvis-
ing with lawyers and handling papers
and notes.
Judge Flanagan announced that
all witnesses for both sides In the case
would he excluded from the court
room. and all of Colonel Roosevelt
party Of distinguished men were
forced to move out. Four or the wit
nesses, Curtis and o'Loughlin. news
paper correspondents. and James
Hloan and Frank Tyree, secret ser
vice men, were permitted to return,
Opening Statement Causes Objection.
James RI, Pound. attorney for Col
onel Roosevelt, made brief open
lng statement to the jury. He traced
the history of Roosevelt's life COM
menting especially ON the great num-
Der of public trusts he had held.
Attorney Reldon. for Mr.. Newett.
objected to Mr.. Pounds speech. We
object to this form of statement. We
1 believe that the law calls for plain,
nnvarnsshed statement of the evil
dence the complainant proposes TO
offer" he said.
Judge Flanagan sustained Mr.,
, Pound. but the Roosevelt counsel had
scarcely SpNStsa oNhAei w
fore Mr. Andrews. another of New
ett's lawyers. protested vigorously.
Again the court permitted Mr.. Pound
to proceed on his way.
Mr.. Pound started to recite the
fact that ss president, Colonel Roose-
Welt had appointed Mr.. Newett post
master. and again Mr.. Andrews OBJ
jecfed. Mr.. Pound stopped his line
1 Of Argument but concluded, Il con-
hat acted he did
& without the fear of God or the sacra-
ment before his eyes"
Mr.. Andrews objected holly and
Judge Flanagan ruled out the state
ment or Mr.. Pound, and admonished
him TO keep within the law.
Colonel Tells or Hts Life.
During direct examination by MS
} counsel. Mr.. Pound. Colonel Roose-
Welt related briefly the history of his
life. and then in detail related his
daily mode of living and habits for
y many years past. He declared. that
he Ia not an Incorporate user or In
toxicating liquors.: that he does not
like the taste 81 most liquors ana abb
stained almost entirely from their
use. He emphasically stated that not
since he had become OF age had ne
ever been in the slightest degree un-
der the influence OF Intoxicating
liquors.
Severe cross examination of an hour
failed to shake his direct statement
as to the extent of his drinking,
The colonel was the first witness
X called after the opening of court. He
was cross-examined by Horace N.
Andrews, of Cleveland, who approach
"a his task with decided adroitness.
The ex-president seemed to fathom
M. Andrews clever and soft spok-
ttYe.--sfyse
b framed. Invariably he turned Mr..
- nircws' insinuating thrusts with
Hort. crisp sentences that made men,
kK1rs OF the jury smile in sympathy