Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-06
New York Leader Bitter
in Answering Charges
of the Colonel.
FACTS ARE DISTORTED
Alleged Bull Moose Chief lug
gled Actual Conditions to
MisIead People.

new lOrk, Oct b.-Nill aEl Barnes,
Jr, has answered parts of Colonel
Roosevelts speech of Friday D'ght
that were aiped at him He accused
the colonel OF "e.hicar disl onesty. Of
making absolutely false statements.
and OF being careless in hiE linking
and reasoning.
He said the colonel was guilty OF
wilful Misrepresentation in his discus
sion Of the Ives case and to prove .hat
the colonel was 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 Col. Roosevelt on
the recall of judicial decisions, saying
that while the republican party and
the progressive party may not b. Jar
apart on many concrete questions,
they are as wide apart as the poles on
the recall of judicial decisions.
The character and the strength of
the opposition to Mr.. Roosevelt as a
public man." Mr.. Barnes said in his
statement, ARE due TO the fact of his
unique mental constitution and TO the
responsibility of public utterances.
But that Is not now the point.
MANY INCORRECT STATEMENTS.
His speech of Friday night is filled
with incorrect and fallacious state
ments. colored TO give the appearance
OF truth. II relies on the lack of in
formation Of many, the indifference Of
many. and that carelessness in think
ing and reasoning of many, for which
state OF affairs Shfs-own prbfic utter.
ances are largely the cause.
IL will endeavor TO point out the
falsity and mental as well as ethical
dishonesty of his speech, believing that
the public does not desire TO be ignor-
ant. that II does not wish to be indif-
erent, and that II does not wish to be
careless in its thinking and reasoning.
What are the facts in the Ives
case? The legislature OF the state OF
New York in 1910 passed a law pro.
viding that in certain hazardous oc
cupations an injured employe, or in
case OF death. his heirs, might recover
from the employer, regardless OF his
fault"
Quotes WORDS OF HUGHES.
Mr.. Barnes then quotes Governor
Hughes comment on the bill, in which
he said that the question raised as tC
the validity of certain features OF II
should be left to the determination oi
the courts. He then quotes the de
cision OF the court Of appeals in de
claring the law null and void. in which
Judge Werner. writing the opinion
said practically that the law was il
violation OF the constitution.
Then Mr. Barnes refers TO that par
OF the coloners speech in which Mr.
Roosevelt said he was standing
against merely a brand new constitu
tion. formulated in defiance OF justice
by six worthy elderly men in the exer
else OF their function as irresponsible
lawmakers"
The judges OF the court OF appeals,
Mr.. Barnes retorts, ''in giving that de
cision we're not irresponsible law
makers The legislature was the IL
responsible lawmakers. The judges o
the court OF appeals would have beei
irresponsible lawmakers had they per
mitted the legislature to violate an.
provision OF the fundamental Law
which Is the directly expressed will o
the people.
SEP WnFUI. NISREPRESENTATIo
"Mr. Roosevelt is guilty of wilfu
misrepresentation when he says tha
the court OF appeals forbade the pee
pie Of the state OF New York TO d
what the people OF the nation can dc
and what the people Of half the othe
states of the union have already don'
IN that he does not differentiate b'
tween the unconstitutional workmen'
compensation act passed by the stat
of New York in 1910 and the worl
mems compensation act recent
passed by congress. of which no on
doubts the constitutionality. and othe
workEen's compensation acts tha
have been passed by other states"
Mr.. Barnes next takes up Colon'
Roosevelt's statement that at preser
here in this state we are living unde
the law OF the court OF appeals" an
IN answer says:
That is a deliberate and absolui
falsehood. We are living under II
law adopted by the people themselv'
al the election OF 1924 by a vote {
4iO,6s7 to S2O.4O2. which the court
appeals has upheld against its viol
ton by the legislature.
1914 Conference to Austin.
Freenort III Oct. 6-The Rot