The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-06
FALSE STATEMENTS
/. MADE BY COLONEL
.RET0RTS MR.. BARNES
Roosevelt Guilty of Ethical
Dishonesty" He Says in
Reply to Farewell Speech in
New York
His Speech of Friday Filled
With Incorrect and F allacious
Statements Colored to Give
Them an Appearance of
Truth

NEW YORK, Oct 5.-wtllian Barnes
Jr.. answered today those parts of
Colonel Roosevelt's speech of Friday
night that were aimed at him. He
accused the colonel of ethical dis
honesty" of making absolutely false
statements and of being careless in his
thinking and reasoning.
He said the colonel was guilty Of
wilfui misrepresentation in his dis
cussion of the Ives case and to prove
the colonel wrong. Mr.. Barnes dis
cussed at length the history OF the
workmen's compensation law. He was
more vehement than usual In taking
issue with Colonel Roosevelt on the
recall OF judicial decisions. saying thar
while the Republican party and the
progressive party may not be far apart
on many concrete questions they are as
wide apart as the poles on the recall
! of judicial decisions
irresponsible Teddy.
THE character and the strength OF
the opposition to Mr.. Roosevelt as a
public man." said Mr.. Barnes In his
statement. ARE due to the fact of his
unique mental constitution and to the
/ irresponsibility Of his public utter
ances But that is not now the point.
7 His speech of Friday night is filled
/ with incorrect and fallacious state
ments. eolored to give the appearance
OF truth II relies upon the lack of
/ information of many, the Indifference
I of many and that careiessness in
thinking and reasoning of many. for
which his own public utterances are
very largely the cause.
Il will endeavor to point out the
! faisity and mental, as well as ethical.
dishonesty of his speech.
Ivy II s-r the fsrcts IN the ives ease
/ The legislature of the state of New
! York In 1910 passed law providing
! that In certain hazardous occupations
an Injured empioye, or In case of death.
his heirs. might recover from the en-
1 nioyer regardless Of his own fault"
aaetes Court Decision.
Mr. Barnes then quotes the decision
OF the Court of Appeals in declaring
the Law null and void. In which Judge
Werner. writing the opinion. said rrac-
ticaily that the law was in violation
of the constitution Then Mr.. Barnes
refers TO that part of colonefs speech
I In which Mr.. Roosevelt said he was
/ standing against merely brand new
| constitution formulated in defiance OF
Justice by six worthy elderly men in
the exercise of their function as ire
/ sponstble lawmakers"
THE judges Of the court of ap-
peals." retorts Mr.. Barnes. ''in rem
sponsihie law makers" The legisla-
ture was the irresponsible lawmsker
Mr. Roosevelt is guilty Of wilful mis-
representation when he says that the
! court OF appeals forbade the people Of
the State of New York to do what the
people Of the nation can do, and what
the people of half the other States OF
the Union have already done. in thai
he does not differentiate between the
! constitutional workmens compensation
act passed by the State of New York ir
1910. and the workmens compensa.
tion act recently passed by congress oil
which no one doubts the constitution,
ality. and other workmen's compensa.
ton acts that have been passed By
other States.
The court of appeals Of New York
in rendering its decision, in the I've.
case, went out OF its way 10 point ou'
( to the legislature how II could fran.
an act that was constitutional"
Mr. Barnes next takes up Colone
Roosevelts statement that "at pres
ent. here in this State we are Twins
under the law OF the court of appeals.
and In answer Mr. Barnes says:
An Absolute Falsehood.
That is a deliberate and ahsolut,
falsehood We are living under tn.
law adopted by the people themselve,
at the election of 1894. which tn,
court OF appeals has upheld against II,
violation by the legislature"
Mr.. Barnes then quotes from tn,
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