New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-15
No Letter Sent by Him
to Colonel Roosevelt,
Says Prosecutor.
T. r. SILENT WHEN
ASKED ABOUT NOTE
District Attorney Asserts Cam.
paign Will Not Be Man.
aged by Barnes.

District Attorney whitman yester.
day again denied that he had written
letter attacking william Barnes, jr,
which, it was reported from Oyster
Bay, had been submitted to Colonel
Roosevelt by Charles II. Duell, jr.
who, acting on his own initiative, tried
to obtain the ColonePs endorsements Of
Mr.. Whitman's candidacy for the nom.
ination for Governor.
The District Attorney further as.
serted that he never had drafted any
thing like the letter in question or
knew of the existence Of any such
draft.
Colonel Roosevelt's only reply 70
Mr.. Whitman's repeated denial last
night was a refusal to discuss the
matter in any way.
Incidentally, Mr.. Whitman said he
would go into the Republican pri-
maries regardless of what Mr.. Barnes
thought of it, and added that If 1900
Progressives announced themselves ad-
vocates of him in the race for Gov
ernor he would probably go into the
Progressive primaries as well.
Whitman Fresh and Smiling.
The District Attorney was in perfect
health after a week end at Newport.
He was smiling when the newspaper
men called upon him at his Office.
"Have you ever written anything in
the way of a statement, letter or
other document that might be con-
strued as being of the nature de-
scribed in the recent reports?" he was
asked.
The reply was emphatic and defiant
II have not. You may make that as
complete and as broad as you wish.
| have never written anything that
might be so construed. / have not
written to Mr.. Duell in three months.
did not see Mr.. Duell in Newport"
"Did you ever write anything to the
Whitman Non-Partisan League"
81 did not. I have never heard Of
that league. Hence / could not have
written to it. | repeat there Is
nothing from me that any one can
give out. Progressives nor any one
else have anything from me. | do not
deny that they may have received
something, but whatever they had is
not from me, and / had no hand in
its preparation, and know nothing
about 1t. think that ought to be
final"
"Do you think that there may be
something from Mr.. Duell that caused
this discussion?
81 do not Mr.. Duell does not repre-
sent me. | speak for myself"
Barnes Story Denied.
A story in an evening paper init
mating that the District Attorney had
asked Mr.. Barnes TO manage his cam
paign was called to his attention.
"Mr. Barnes" said Mr.. Whitman en-
phatically, Twill not manage my cam
paign. | have not asked him and do
not intend to do So"
"The story says you dined with him
recently at the Union League Club"
81 have never dined with Mr.. Barnes
| in my life. | repeat what / have said
a thousand times on the platform, that
am not subservient to Mr.. Barnes and
never will be. | am going into the
primaries, and | believe ] am likely TO
/ get the nomination. Mr.. Barnes cannot
| give me the nomination and he cannot
/ stop me from getting it. The people
/ have that TO say. And if 5000 Progress
| sives say they want me | shall probs-
bly, go into the Progressive primaries
as WE'LL"
Oyster Bay, July 14.-When Colonel
Roosevelt's attention was called TO Dis
! triet Attorney Whitman's denial to-
! day that he wrote letter, or draft OF
a letter, attacking William Barnes, jr.,
the Colonel declined to discuss the
matter. 1t is understood that IN
/ short time friends of Colonel Roose-
welt intend to make the letter public.
1t was pointed out that District At
| torney Whitman, though he had pre-
vious opportunity to deny that Charles
II. Duell, jr., represented him on any
of his trips to Sycamore Hill, did not
90 so until recently, when the exist
ence of the Barnes letter was made
known publicly. This is considered
significant by some of the Colonels
friends.
E Colonel Roosevelt interrupted his
rest cure for several hours to-day TO
arrange a celebration in honor Of the
arrival at Sycamore Hill Of his son,
and his bride. They will arrive to-
morrow evening and meet Colonel
Roosevelt after he returns from New
York.
Colonel Roosevelt will 90 into the
city tomorrow and confer with some
of the state leaders at Progressive ma
tional headquarters concerning the re-
quest Of the New York leaders that he
run for Governor this fall. He may
meet Progressive leaders from other
states. After the conference he eI-
poets to take luncheon at the Colony
Club with some of the women inter
ested in the social service work Of the
| Progressive party.
GIRLS IMAGINATION BIG