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Roosevelt had ever thought of prose-

Roosevelt had ever thought Of prose-
cutting the Harvester trust as vio-
lator Of the Sherman law or for other
substantial reasons, and when the
Colonel could not recall that any such
matter had been discussed between
him and his advisers Mr.. Wins asked
over so sweetly II the Colonel could
remember that Mr.. Perkins had con-
trlbuted to the campaign fund.
Roosevelt Restrained.
II looked for q few minutes. about this
tims Of day. as II the Colonel would
burst all the bounds. smash straight
through the annoying hampcrings OF
court procedure in his fierce desire To
tell the Jurors that he was being put
In . false light. lie did his best. but
most OF his excavations and explana-
tons were swept from the record by
Justice Andrewss calm rulings.
You could see by the CLEAN in 1vins's
eyes and the sardonic twist OF his
mouth as he turned at intervals to the
turors that he considered this was good
hunting and he went back and forth
over the trails that led in and out OF
the Clapp report.
II Is Interesting to note that this part
OF the testimony is the only part against
which John NJ. Bowers. senior counsel
for Col Roosevelt, has made a serious
tight. The Colonel himself up to that
period had displayed the utmost eager
ness TO forestall or rebuke objections
by his counsel.
He had said continually that he
wanted everything TO go in and that
| he didn't approve of Mr.. Bowers's at
\tempting TO restrict Mr.. WINS. His
whole attitude had been. as he beamcd
~ H. - ,t,.
to conceal and that his life was an
open book.
Not 10 this afternoon. He sat dumb
while Bowers struggled and fenced to
prevent WINS from linking up corpora
tion campaign contributions and the
Presidential attitude toward corpora
tons. But Mr.. WINS won In the acrl-
monious argument, for the Justice ruled
that the questions were permissible af-
ter MFR. Twins had stated that the pur-
pose OF the question was a test OF Theo-
dorc Roosevelt's sincerity In his atti-
tude toward the relations OF business
ana politics
The Bales Of Letters.
Letters entertaining. amusing, amaz-
ing have been a feature of the ire
msndous duel OF politics being fought out
In this upstate court room BY subpoena
ana from MS own MES MI Barnes mas
produced stacks and bales of them. all
bearing on Col. Roosevelts one time
friendliness for and association with
bosses and lieutenants OF bosses
To-day two series of letters, all con-
nccted directly with tho run OF cross
examination. were introduced. The first
was series which passed between Col.
Roosevelt and the Easy Boss between
1900 and 1905 the second was series
indicating the jo,al and confidential
relations between Col. Roosevelt and
Mr.. Barnes from 1904 to 1910.
In these letters we're revealed the
Coloners hopes and fears as to his po-
litical future. thoughts that he did not
shout In the street--his reliance upon
Plat for political guidance. his futile
struggle to prevent being nominated for
the Vice Presidency in 1900. his ambi-
ton to gain denomination as Governor
his nice talks with Senator Hanna, his
complaint half humorously telegraphed
that Plat was not an Easy Boss his
discussions with Plat as TO appointees
and so on through the whole chapter OF
his intimacy with the then master OF the
Republican party in New York state.
The testimony served 10 show that the