Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-22


| davit in 1898 about your New York tax
assessment?
"Yes. I made it in Washington"
You made an interlineation In this
afiidavit?"
| yes"
| The affidavit was identified by Col
! Roosevelt and read. In it Col Roose-
Welt said that since 1897 he had not
| lived in New York and that he was
then resident of Washington.
Mr.. Wins then read section 2. article 4.
OF the state constitution, which provides
ernorship unless he for five years con-
tinuously had been resident of New
| York state.
Col. Roosevelt said he first saw that
part OF the constitution after his return
from the Spanish war.
| now call your attention Mr.. WINS
continued. ito a paper signed by Score
tary of War Alger 1t is a commission
of lieutenant colonel of volunteers given
to you in 1898. In this Col Roosevelt is
described as resident of Washington. !"
| At that point a recess was taken
Tells Of Race Track Vote.
Despite the ruling of the court. Justice
Andrews yesterday allowed Col Roosevelt
to tell Of conversations with some sena-
tors. Human. Davenport, Newcomb and
others, about race track and other leg
islation. Some of these men told him
| that Mr.. Barnes at first had no oppo-
ksition to race track legisla tion, but
that later opposition developed.
| 1t was at that time I learned that
Senator Grattan had expressed his OPP
position Of the legislation, but that he
changed his mind after talking with
Mr.. Barnes. Mr.; Grattan pleaded with
1 I(,v Hove IL
wanted. but i was told he said Mr..
Barnes ordered him to vote oppositely
and he was forced to do so. Senator
Grattan's one vote defeated the bill.
Senator Grattan represented Mr..
Barnes district"
Direct Primary Action.
| Col. Roosevelt told the story of his
conversation with Senators Human
and Davenport II was told that on
| one occasion. when the question Of d.
rect primaries came up in the state
senate, the republican leader asked for
an adjournment. He asked the repub-
lican senators to go into a nearby room
| for conference. The democratic lead
| er then told the democratic senators to
meet in an adjoining room. Senator
| Davenport said he looked in the room
occupied by the republicans and saw
| Mr.. Barnes there in conference with
| the senator's, although ne was not a
member of the legislature. Later the
democrats and republicans came out
and went into the senate chamber
| Fourteen democrats and fourteen re-
! publicans voted for the measure and
| it went through. The measure had been
| opposed by Gov. Hughes
Grady, Democratic Leader.
| Col. Roosevelt said: 'The Murphy
democrats who were in the next room
to the Barnes republicans. were under
the leadership of Senator Grady
Did you talk to Senator Davenport,
about Senator lothian p. Alldso"
YES" replied the witness
Aids resigned from the Senate after
he had been charged with accepting
| brides.
Mr. Newcomb or Mr.. Davenport" said
Col. Roosevelt, told me that Senator
Aids had been selected for president
pro tenn. OF the senate by the machine
| republicans.
other republicans. SO the machine repub-
licans were unable to control sufficient
vote to elect Aids. Then Senator New
comb told me the machine democrats CO.
operated with the machine republicans in
order to elect Aids
And In the position Aids was elected
to by Tammany he was the official leader
Of the republican party in this state"
While Col. Roosevelt gave his testimony
he slapped one hand upon tho other every
second or SO and leaned far forward in
his chair toward the jury box. The spec
tatora, jury and lawyers roared with
laughter when Col. Roosevelt said Tam
many men had helped elect the official
republican leader
1 Combination Continued.
Senator Newcomb told me- said Col
Roosevelt, that the com animation be-
tween the machine democrats ant
Barnes republicans. which resulted III
Aids nomination. was continued dur
ing early stages of the Impeachment,
proceedings against Senator Aids
which resulted in his being thrown out
of the senate.
IT was told that after all the other
| organization men had abandoned Aids
Senator Grady made speech in his
behalf"
Mr.. WINS again was overruled when
he objected to this line of questioning
and Col. Roosevelt continued:
Senator Newcomb Informed me later
that the combination between machine
democrats and republicans continued
| and that what the democrats had done
| was reciprocated by the machine re-
publicans at the time of the Stilwell
| aNd1r. Stll"eH was retained In the
| senate by tho machine men. but he was
convicted in the courts and sent to the
penitentiary."
Saw the Bayne Report.
DO you remember having seen q re-
port Of the Bayne scommittee?' Mr..
| Bowers asked.
II saw that" the witness replied. Il
| knew some of the members of that
committee. / knew Senators Bayne and
Burd as anti-machine democrats"
Mr.. Bowers offered the Bayne COM
mittee's report in evidence. Mr.. WINS
objected strenuously. but Justice An
drews said he WAS inclined to receive
that part of the report which deals
with printing contracts in Albany.
Col. Roosevelt then went on:
After l had seen the Bayne report ]
had conversations with a person in AL
bany about it. l talked to William
| Loeb about it.
"Mr. Loeb informed me that the COM
bination of crooked business and
! crooked bosses extended not only to
business like printing. but to business
of the worst type.
Mr.. Loeb told me at one time he
went to Mr.. Barnes to ask II the repub-