Evening star., 1915-05-22
Demonstration Is Forbidden.


tors in the crowded courtroom were
be met with severe punishment Except
for the voice of the clerk and jurors.
the room was absolutely quiet. until the
name of Burns was called When he an
nounced that he. too, favored verdict
for the former President. the court
room buzzed like a dynamo with voices.
Several persons In the courtroom
stood up and waved their hands, but
there was no outburst of applause.
After the announcement of the YER
dict. attorneys for Mr. Barnes objected
TO its receipt. The objection was over
ruled. the jury wassthanked by Justice
Andrews for it's services and it then
filed out into the juryroom.
Col Roosevelt broke off shaking
hands with his counsel and several
newspaper men whom he has known
for several years, and hurried to the
juryroom.
Col. Roosevelt Addresses Jury.
There he thanked the jury and shook
hands with each member. and said:
"In my whole life shall work in the
interest of the public and none Of you
gentlemen shall ever have the chance
to say that have done otherwise"
The colonel was then photographed
with the jury.
After the picture had been taken the
colonel turned to the jury and contin-
ued:
IT am more moved by this verdict
than II is possible for me to express.
None Of you. I assure you. will ever
have cause to regret your action.
am especially gratified that such YER
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of every political faith.
At First Members Were Divided.
The foreman Of the jury said that
forty ballots in all were taken before
the verdict was finally agreed upon.
The first ballot, taken more than forty
hours before the jury came in today,
was nine to three in favor of the de-
fendant It remained at that figure for
about Ave hours.
Typical American Verdict"
The colonel left the building In a
crowd. through which were scattered
several Of the jurymen Before he sep
arated from the jury the colonel said
10 its members
Gentlemen. this is certainly typical
American verdict. want to thank
you again.
A crowd gathered at the door Of the
courthouse and cheered Juror Burns as
he left the blilding
The foreman Of the jury in a state
ment said: After the first ballot We
stood IL to / in favor OF the defendant
These figures were never changed. Mr.
Burns refusing to change his vote until
this morning.
Except for Mr. Burns. the Jurors
who voted for the plaintiff on the frst
ballot did SO. they said. because they
did not want it to appear that they
gave insufficient consideration to the
great mass of evidence that was pre-
sented during those five long weeks.
We are all very tired. ] assure you
Statement for Col. Roosevelt.
col Roosevelt declined to make any
oonnant further than that which he
made in the Juryroom He said. how
ever. that his attorney, John NJ.
Bowers, had prepared a statement
which met with his approval Follow
ing is the statement:
The verdict of unanimous jury is
that Theodore Roosevelt had justified
the entire article in suit.
-The victory that Mr.. Roosevelt has
won Is a victory for good government.
Tho issue put to the jury was whether
machine government or government by
,be people should prevail, and the lat
Ter has prevailed. The article in the
anti was held by the court to be
ltbelous in two aspects.
"EYrst Because it charged a corrupt
nolitfcal alliance between William
Rarnes, the republican leader of the
state. and Charles F. Murphy. the demo-
cratic leader of the state. in relation
TO the state government.
,Thts the Judge held was the mean
ing and purport Of the article taken
as a whole).
second. Because the article charged
that the plaintiff had worked through
corrupt alliance between crooked
business and crooked politics. THE jury
were further instructed that they must
render a verdict in favor of the plain
tifr unless they found that the defend
ant established to their satisfaction by
a fair preponderence of evidence that
both charges were true. This burden
was successfully borne by Mr. Roose-
welt.
this time the far-reaching extent OF
this verdict for good government
The verdict certainly assures us
that the Anglo-Saxon system of de-
termining questions between lftigants
is rightly lodged in the hands of a
Jury of twelve men.
Moreover, II determines that Jurors
holding political views opposed to
swayed thereby in determining the
questions submitted to them.
my associates and l have fully ap-
preciated the responsibility we as
sumed in advising the course to be
| taken In defending the action. and II