Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-22
7. R. TELLS Of
BARNES PACT
WITH MURPHY
Colonel Testifies Loeb Asserted
Albany Boss Said He Had Iron
clad Agreement with
Tammany Chief.
TWO MACHINES" Co-oPERATED
Roosevelt Arouses Laughter in De-
scribing How Wigwam Helped
Elect G. 0. P. Leader.
DENIES ANY FEELING OF MALICE

SYRACUSE. N. V, April al
Colonel Roosevelt concluded his di-
rect testimony late today, after stat
ing that the sole purpose of his at
tack on Mr.. Barnes and Mr.. Murphy
was to try TO correct abuses in the
state government. He swore that he
did not mean to make any charge of
corruption against the plaintiff.
When the afternoon session
opened Mr.. Bowers began asking
the witness to continue his testimony
about Aids.
Senator Newcomb told me-" said
Colonel Roosevelt, that the combi-
nation between the machine dem
ocrats and Barnes republicans, which
resulted in Aids nomination, was
held during the early stages of the
Impeachment proceedings against
Senator Aids, which resulted in his
being thrown out of the senate.
Grady Makes speech.
''I was told that after all the other
organization men had abandoned all dis
cussion, Senator Grady made a speech in
his behalf
senator Newcomb informed me later
that the combination between the ma
chine democrats and republicans contin-
ued, and that what the democrats had
done was reciprocated by the machine
republicans at the time of the Stillwell
affair. Stillwen was retained i'm the sem
ate by the machine men. but he was
convicted in the courts and sent to the
penitentiary.'
DO you remember having seen re-
port of the Bane committee?" Mr.. Bow
ers asked.
II saw that" the witness replied. II
know some of the members of that com
mittee. I knew Senators Bane and Burd
as anti-machine democrats
The Bane Report.
The Bane committee Investigated af
fairs in the city and county Of Alban,
ana submitted detailed report Of so
called evils they said they had unearthed
The report was filed as part of Colone
Rocsevelt's answer to Mr.. Barnes com
plsirt.
Mr.. Bowers offered the Bane commit
tees report in evidence. The report con
tains under subheads: The Case OF VIII
liam Barnes" Failure to Suppress
Crime" Gambling" Printing ''Fif
teen Per Cent Paid the Journal Compan!
b. Argus Company to Get City Printing.
Graft and Extravaganee." Padding o
the Public Printing for the Benefit of tn
Journal Company" Duplicate Pa ment
for Public Printing Made to Journal Com
pany," 'seectial Trial Jurors and "rh
Albany Lincoln League"
Justice Andrews ruled he would re
ceive, but not at this time. that part o
he report which relates to printing
Talked to Loeb About 1t.
Colonel Roosevelt then vent on;
After had seen the Bane report.
had conversations with a person in Al
bany about It, i talked to William Loci
about IL.
MIR. Loeb informed me that the com
bination of crooked business and crooke'
bosses extended not only to businesse
like printing, but to businesses of tn
worst type"
"Mr Loeb told me that at one time h
went to Mr. Barnes to ask II the repup
licans in the legislature would supper
an anti-machine democratic candidate
MIR. Barnes told Mr.. Loeb it was impos
sible. as he had an ironclad arrange
ment with Mr.. Murphy and that MI
Murphy was to have free hand to d
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