Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-22
"Loaded" for the Colonel.
Printing Report Admitted.

There was some delay in opening
court because of conference between
attorneys and Justice Andrews in the
latter's chambers. When the confer
ence was over court was opened. A
copy of the report of the Bayne COM
mittee. which investigated Albany
county affairs. in so far it related to
printing, was admitted to the record
This had to do with contracts for state
printing let to the Albany Journal Mr.
Barnes paper, and other concerns, and
the assignment of certain of these con-
tracts.
Excerpts from the report were read
The first part had to do with gambling,
dtsorderly houses and the payment of
money to various officials for doing va
rious things. The report Of the COM
mittee was made in 1911.
The majority Of the stock Of the AL
pointed out. was owned by William
Barnes: that contracts let to the Jour
nal Company were farmed out to the
Argus Company. which paid the Journal
Company Is per cent.
In Control of Printing.
The report stated William Barnes
controlled printing in Albany practi-
cally was owner of one company
owned one fourth of another company
and collected tribute from the third
company. The report declared that an
employe of the Argus company testi-
fled before the committee that the com
pany gave up - per cent in order to
obtain printing business
1t was stated that the Argus companv
bid lower than other competitors for
state work, but was unable to get the
business because it was outside the
ring, 1t was said, further. that public
printed by the Journal company and
bearing that concerns imprint actually
were printed by the Argus company.
Padding of public printing for the
benefit of the Journal company" was
described by the report. Another part
read: duplicate payments for public
printing made to the Journal com
pany.
A Beneficiary of Graft"
One excerpt was: "The most con-
spicuous beneficiary of graft, public
extravaganza and raiding of the mu-
nicipal treasury we find from the evil
dence. to be William Barnes, himself
/ as the owner of the majority of the
stock Of the journal company How
much more than the majority of its
stock he owned he refused to disclose
| Another excerpt read: "Mr. Barnes
dictated where the printing goes and
the Argus gives up to the Journal in
| order to obtain printing"
The par value OF Mr.. Barnes stock
| in the Lyon concern was $4,000, the
report stated, with the comment that
| Mr.. Barnes would not say how he
got It,
Articles which appeared in the New
| York magazines and newspapers about
| Albany politics We're then admitted to
| the record. Theterms "machine nol,
ties. Boss Barnes and Boss Piatt"
| appeared repeatedly in these articles.
Sought Wide Publicity.
| THE Murphy Barnes conspiracy" was
also mentioned in the articles. After
the articles were read, Col Roosevelt
resumed the stand and explained how
he gave out the offending statement
| Il dictated the statement and gave II
to Mr.. McGrath. my secretary. and to,d
MN 10 give II 70 newspaper correspond
ents at Oyster Bay. l desired the state
ment to be published in full throuahe,,.
| New York state. ] believed If wo,,Id -
ceive some publicity outside the stats
| Il wanted to reach the voters. knew
| of no other means except the nanrs
| papers"
| The cross examination then began
| Mr.. WINS began by asking Col Roos.
Welt about his early life
Did you ever study the constitu-
"I did while I was studv,nr T.,
| Columbia University. Later. ho~eva, ~
! l became author
Have you always been an authorov
Author and Naturalist.
II have been naturalist, an author
and public official Sometimes 7 b.,.
followed all three pursuits sm,,l,. :
neously."
The cro"d III the courtroom laughed.
What district were you elected to
| the assembly from?'
THE twenty first
"Mr. Hesse. boss. was the leader
wasn't he"
| Yes. We. beat Hesse,' replied the
| colonel, with a smile.
Mr. Wins was sitting in chair directlv
in front of the witness stand
when you read the constitution of
| Continued on Second payeO