The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-23
Colonel Has a Five Hour
Battle of Wits With
Wins.
MADE NO BID FOR
THE GOvERNORSHIP
He Told Party Leaders That
He Must Obey His
Conscience.
FOLLOWED LAWYERS
ADVICE on TAXES
Jurors Smile as Colonel
Jurors Smile as Colonel
Parties the Thrusts of
Barnps'S Counsel. E.

SYRACUSE. April Civilian ".
WINS. senior counsel for william
Barnes Of Albany. made tremendous
effort to-day to ruin the credibility ~
Theodore Roosevelt
With little more Difference than he
would have displayed toward the most
obscure person accused Of SHINING
against the law and the standards NJ
frank dealing. Mr.. WINS in five hours
and a half e subtle and thorough
REORGANIZATION did his capable
best to make the Jurors believe that
Col. Roosevelt has lived in a house u
glass.
He charged the Colonel with having
been a frequenter OF bosses and re-
specter OF the boss system with hav-
ing been tax dodger with having
run for Governor in 1898 while doubt
full of eligibility. And he insinuated
throughout the cross-examination
that the ex.President had set himself
up as a superman. a final Judge Of
the morals, actions and rood faith n;
other men.
4 Battle OF wits.
The way Of Mr.. WINS was the way
Of a serpent on the rock. None bu,
himself knew v n he began each line
OF examination what traps he was set
ting for the Colonel It was thrilling
contest Of wits.
In the eN-President Mr.. WINS found
an adversary worthy OF his skin. 4
lesser man than Roosevelt might hay.
been carried away by tho sheer cum
ming Of Ivins's les but the Colo.
mel exchanged blow for blow, capped
every sardonic comment Ivinss
with some chara teristic. ingenious
epGram of his own, or seized the op-
portunity TO wheel around to the Jury
and Justify himself with voice hands
and cleaning teeth.
No forethuueht %, wins. could
forcstall or block tros. speeches 10
the jury. Very octcn--or 80 i, seemed
they buried r disposed the points
that Mr.. WINS had So shrcwdly and
/ lahoriously brought out
When Wins accused Tin" Colonel II
being tax dodgpr he :. achrd into an
ins!d" breast pocket Iu' trough
forth shcaf Il taN receipts covering
III" period at issue; and right here ia
told the Jurors ever 50 conhdcntia'ly
that it was only because hc had to 90
and fight for his country that there
had ever been any question of delay N
tax paymentS--that and the fact that
he felt he was being unjustly treated
ny the tax appraisers.
Wen WINS charged him with ha.-
ing been ineligible FIR Governor be
cause hc had sworn he was "A residan,
Of Washington IN 1897 he fell back
upon his one time friend and adviser
Elihu Root. and showed that NJ.
Roots advice to him WAS that a DON'T
cile was not Il residence and that ae
had only sworn To baing a resident II
Washington, whilN preserving HI,
legal voting. taxable domicile in the
State OF New York.
Why lie Dealt with Bosses
Nten MIR. WINS charged him with be
ms friendly enough TO bosses when tAe!r
assistance or cooperation was OF benent
10 him the Colonel fairly revelled IN his
/ opportunity to tell the Jury that he had
dealt with bosses not only for the
peoples good but for tho salvation OF the
. soul OF the bosses themselves
! And when WINS put it 10 him na,ly As
. To- whether or not he considered himself
/ the Anal judge OF other mems morals
/ ana deeds no was back at WINS like
/ lightning with the FIAT dictum that there
! We're times when he had TO be-.
Entirely apart from tn" intensely
4 dramatic character Of Mr.. 1viUs's search
ing into tho character Of Theodore
Roosevelt was tho immensely intcrcst!na
. array Of political secrets revealed old
intrigu,s and chickering's and intimate
arrangements majority Of these
came to light in lettcrs-letters written
/ ny Lonurl l., Quigg and the late senator
Thomas G platt to Air, Roosc Welt when
the Colonel WAS picked for Governor ana
after h, became Governor ot this STATE,
Probably the most absorbing of All
thcs. letters was the 'Ntraord!nartiH
frank misslve which Quigg sent to the
Colonel when Roosevelt Was being
groomed for Governor and was stu AZ
, Northumberland back from fighting tne
I Spanisrds
In this letter Quiag told col Roosevelt
exactly what the Easy Boss Plat, 80
would expect OF him II no wers nom.