The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-04
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
 AND BARNES ID TAKE STAND AGAIN TODAY
Colonel Will Seek to Show He Held No Malice at the Time He Made Speeches
 Attacking Barnes

Syracuse, N. Y, May s.-Theodore Roosevelt again will go on the witness stand in supreme court here tomorrow, and the prospects tonight were that Will liam Barnes either would precede or follow him. Plans to these ends were made today by counsel for the respective principals in Barnes s5O0o libel suit. after many witnesses had testified for the de- fense.
 It was believed the testimony of both the former President and the former chairman of the republican state com mittee would be brief.
 Colonel Roosevelt, under q new ruling of the court, will be allowed to testify in regard to facts not set forth in the pleadings in mitigation of damages. And he may produce evidence designed te show that he held no malice for Barnes at the time he delivered speeches in which the plaintiff was named.
 Barnes was called as a witness for the defense today after Franklin Craley. sec retary and treasurer of the Albany Jour- nal company had sworn that books of the corporation which he was asked about were in the possession of the plaintiff Barnes was to testify in regard to how much stock he owned in the Journal com pany and possibly other things He was on his way to the witness chair wher Justice William s. Andrews. presiding suggested that it might be good ides to have Barnes get the books in aues ton. which counsel said were in Syra cuse hotel Attorneys for both side' agreed and Barnes was instructed tt bring the books to the court with him il the morning.
 To Produce Letters More letters that passed between th late Thomas c. Platt. former Unitet States senator, on one hand, and William Barnes and Colonel Roosevelt on th other, also will be produced in court to morrow.
 The testimony given today was of man! kinds. There was evidence regardin' printing in Albany. One witness iden6 fled books. printed for the city of Al bany bearing the line Printed by tn Journal company" and admitted that hi company. the Argus company. actual. | had struck off the book. The same wit ness told of the Journal company beini l paid 15 per cent commission on orders Q. l the Argus company.
 City. officials and former city officia l of Albany also appeared on the stand One identified official records whic showed that the J. B. Lyon company wa given a contract over three other com l panies which bid lower.
 The former city clerk of Albany sal he gave orders to the Journal compan because he knew and was friendly wit !.people there, including Barnes. lf None of the witnesses testified that h N ever had business dealings wit mauues personally. or that Barnes eve hsd solicited printing.
 Reporters Testify
 rwo Sprmer Albany correspondents fc Ns,r vosk newspapers testified to cor .,srs.+ions they said they had wit Rsrnes Th,e first, Jacob J. Dickinson of Wsshtnrtbn, swore that Barnes, S;sc,,.s;rr Gov.ernor Hughes and race trs ct '1esisls lion. Nhad said that Governe 1s.sS ,ssS ts,,l him he favored tn 's" us v. liter of conscience. I'll .s*.s".s .ret.x = Ines as he had told tn ~ssass<,s ss' ssv,i,, that there was no con ss9- --sn.,-s '. ,It.s,.~,, them when the issu s. ,.'9' ssss,ns,, ,,,:ss pnce and votes. Tn Mn, .-s ,.s,,-.scrtedl Barnes as sayin thst th. spccess of lthe republican part was a paramount a. aS',. ~ .,. .s..s.s v ..r...,s,,Srs,1 swore that Barns had told him in 1sl ne hen tece'veo
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