The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02
BARNES PLANS
SENSATIONS IN
HIS TESTIMONY
Political Secrets That Will
stir the Entire Country
Are Promised.
TRIAL ENTERS UPON
MORE SERIOUS STAGE

SYRACUSE, May 1.-Two weeks or the
trial OF Mr. Barnes's libel suit against
col. Roosevelt have passed in strife and
laughter. Some skeletons escaped from
noorly locked closets and danced to the
ineling OF Mr.. Ivins's tambourine.
Dr.. Jekyll. Mr. Hyde. Job. Moses.
Julius Cesar. Nero. Napoleon and
Thomas Beckett have been SUBJ
ppnaed from literature OF the past to
sneak for or against the Colonel. 1t
has been vaudeville in Tipperary
Now. however. the time for real. seri-
Gus business has arrived.
n comes straight from the Barnes
counsel that a few sensations will be
exploded and that Mr.. Barnes will re-
veal political secrets that will stir the
country.
The anger which impelled him to dis
regard the advice of Republican leaders.
rational and state, and TO have the
l,w on the Colonel. las by no means
abatcd. on the contrary. it seems TO
fare higher every day.
Mr. Barnes may not get $4,000 dam
AGES or any great part of It. but his
!cok and bes-ing are those OF man
who is going to let Nv at Roosevelt
JUS, as bard as he can. \ good deal
more than a libel suit is being tried IN
this case.
In the next two weeks the case is
certain to have much less flavor of the
varieties and of rough and tumble
aght
The Colonel must produce facts to
prove that Mr. Barnes was link be-
tween crooked business and crooked
politics. His own probity. his relations
with Plat his campaign fund. have
little 10 do with the case.
He must hook Mr.. Barnes up def
uilely with the printing scandal at AL
bany and he must show definitely that
Mr.. Barnes traded back and forth with
Mr.. Murphy 10 defeat the popular will.
Production of Facts.
The all absorbing topic springing
from the court sessions Of the past two
n whole or in part the attack made
against Mr.. Barnes by col. Roosevelt
iast july be brought 10 light So as TO
permit justice Andrews 10 give the
Jury a free hand?
u they are not, the court. in the
opinion OF the lawyers who have studied
ne ease, can merely ALLOW the jury 10
determine how far the offence charged
ras been mitigIted 10y the Colonies de-
fence. In othe. words, It will devolve
upon tho jury then 10 say what amount
nom six cents to $4,000 Mr. Barnes Is
Untitled TO.
The Colonel advisers are positive
hat they have already partly justified
h.s V.saEreeable CONGRATULATIONS of
Mr. Barnes and are confident that the
,om'ns week win produce other strong
pgoof in Justification.
They are sduguiu", therefore that the
jny will he permitted to decide fatty,
ne VS." ~ another. whether the Colo
Il WAS truthful or rntru,hful. They
seem 10 think that their case Is strong
'Houeh 10 di-suade th" court from u
summary roWyr against their client.
IL IS gong 10 be 4 long and uphlll
Oh The witnesses next TO be Ques-
.oned have been and are Mr. harness
trends O. business associates. What
DNer is extracted from them about
HTlntlur graft viii have 10 be drawn
with foicep~. 1t Is no secret at all
lat til" Coloucts advisers are hope
vi that the case will get before the
lITy IN il entirety and without hamper
ng Instructions from the court.
They look at 1t this way Aside
ON their notion Of the business OF
me defence they don't believe that any
'ury composed OF seven Republicans,
'hr.c Progrossives and two Democrats
would agree hat the earth is round,
much les, come TO harmony on the
tvs'ruSe points Of the law OF libel
md Ia" vast confusion Of issues and
personalities ia the evidence.
Moreover. IN" advisers bank little
IN tho Io'OuelS forCetul pei Sonality,
Tho genera. rlcLrness Of his reputation
lyd 'Nc fact that he was formerly
President Of the United States. Hut
'ne' realize acutely the size of the
ask confronting them in the diff
gIItN OF correlatinE certain bits Of in
'ornaruu in the reluctance of witnesses
l"1 ia ihn person ot a very able and
.dst thinking lawyer whose periscope is
ae.dpm seen until the torpedo has eX-
plodcd.