The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-11

~ Va 'ne machines upon state Sena-
tors.
Mr.: wolff repeated his contention tina,
MT harness personal dlctation or in
huence had not been shown and thar no
corruption had been proved In connec-
'ion with the bipartisan charge.
feel that ] can deny the notion"
ruled Justice Andrews
Col, Roosevelt had won four points
out OF fve relating TO the political side
of his case
tomorrow morning It will BE- deter
mined whether or not Justice Andrews
heUeves that sufficient evidence, direct
or circunstartial. has been produced to
snow that Mr. Barnes used his political
influence TO benefit financially from
fraudulent public printing contracts
some degree OF improper political
domination appears 20 have been shown
me question now is can the Roosevelt
counsel INK improper political domina-
Uon WIN Mr.. Bdrnes's bank account?
The Roosevelt Counsel vii! contend
'hat Mr. harness letters TO Col Roose-
welt and To Senator platt reveal his de-
sire to contro. public printing profits
ana TO bar competitors that the letters
reveal his personal interest in the for
tunes OF j. IL. Lyon and the j II. Lyon
company that he received $4,000 a
year from j. II. Lyon without rendering
any service for the money In the two
years when Mr. Lyon personally held
state printing contracts ;ha, h. got a
fourth OF the stock OF the j Il Lyon
company subsequently, when the Lyon
company took over contracts from Mr..
Lyon that the Lyon company paid to
Mr. harness journal company many
thousands of dollars in trSde discount
or commissions for merely the privile &c
OF taking over printing contracts which
the journal had received from the state
or the county or city OF Albany.
The Coloncl's lawyers will further
contend that Mr.. Barnes dominated Of
hcials who awarded printing contracts !;
mat the big part of the commissions
went TO MIR. Barnes personally because
he held four iifths of the stock of the
journal company and that the records
and the testimony OF printing cx-
pert show that the State. county and
city were greatly ovcrcharged in many
large contracts
This. in IA nutshell. is the Roosevelt
argument that there was direct con-
hection between political pull and pri-
waite profits
Barnes Side Opens To-day.
1t is expected that the Barnes side
Will begin to call witnesses and intro
duce evidence tomorrow afternoon after
| the Justice rules upon the competency
OF the printing testimony and evidence.
Among the witnesses subppnac.i by
Mr. Barnes is August Belmont who is
expected to arrive tomorrow morning
from his stock farm at Lexington. MIR.
Belmont viii be called to testify as
regards Mr.. Bdrnes's attitude and Pres
ident Roosevelt's attitude toward the
| Agnew-Hart anti-gambling bill.
Among others who are waiting to be
called are Ex-Governor pdell. Harold l..
/ Human, John W. Hutchinson and sew
eral former legislators and state Of
1cals.
Ex-Governor Glynn is expected to-
morrow. The Barnes counsel expect to
( hnish the presentation of their case by
1 the end Of the week.
Thv first business this morning. when
the sixteenth trial day began. was the
explanation OF Charles NJ. Winchester,
i vie, president and general manager OF
the j. Il. Lyon Company. who was re-
/ called Tor the ninth time since the case
ucgau
lie was questioned closely by MIR.
/ Bowers abou; the business arrange
IN nts between the journal Company
and 'he J. b. Lyon Company. lie ad-
united that much of the legislative
ililllllS uOHe DN lnr j. IS Lyon tOm-
pauy bore the imprint of the journal
Company.
Mr.. Winchester said that the work
was ordered by the Clerk o: the senate
ana Assembly ana that the transcript
which ne mad brought with HIM would
: ow the cost OF the books and to whom
billed
When gross charges ar" made to the
journal Company can YOU tell how
much p"rCcntaG, you paid it, asked
Mr.. Bowers.
There is the not chargo and the
gross Charge-that oug IT to show" re-
| Piled Mr.. Winchester
II was found that IN 1900 the book
was chargr ii at sl.0I a copy. while the
net charge was 80 nts 4 trade dis
count OF $3.50 was given to the Journal
/ Company. The amount OF these dis
counts was given Tor several years
Nr. WINS Objects.