The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-01

Then came the most interesting W.T.
ness of the day. ex-senator Frederick
NJ Davenport. an intimate friend of
col Roosevelt and an independent Re
publican before he entered the Progress
sive party
Hc recalled the defeat OF the Hin
man-,;recn bill. the passage of the
Mcadc-phillps bill and The passage Of
the cobb bill. Regarding the second
of these measures he said that the Re-
publican organization senators and the
Democratic organization Senators con-
terrrd in their own private rooms on
May -. 1919.
The witness said he saw Senator
Grady 20 into the Judiciary chamber
with the Democrats and MIR Barnes go
into the priVat. room OF the clerk Of the
Senate with the Republicans. Then the
Meade Phillips bill was passed by u
vote Of - to 81, with fourteen Repub-
Leans ana fourteen Democrats making
up tho -.
Next h- testified about the special
session IN which the cobb hii was
considered and az =" what happened
on The night OF Jan. 80. 1910. He
was I'm warm debate with senator GRAFT
Ian aad ~ they banged back and forth
1T each other he saw NJ. Barnes stand
ing IN the doorway Of he Senate TAX
ing IN the whole business.
II sail 10 senator GrattRn." said
Mr. Davenport. Lyon are the mouth
Niece Of political Nero who tddlos
lust outside this chamber while Rome
burns particularly remember say
iug that met Barnes after jhe hill
was passed and he said tn ME: SEM
itor YOU see am sim here ian spite
Of all you have to say.
Under cross-eXamlnntion ne admitted
a
after thai occasion. when Mr.. Barnes
was chairman of the Republican state
committee, and that he had talked to
Nj. barnes in the Union League club
! when he. davenport. WAS running for
I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
How do YOU construe that action
I demanded Mr.. Twins, 'u IN" light Of
your own sense of right or in the
light Of the communlty's sense OF right
/ YOU have spoken about"
I II have my own sense OF right" said
! Mr.. Davenport but it IL a minor thing
! try 10 get AT the community's sense OF
right when | can"
Would YOU like mob action against
YOU as an expression OF the community $
sense Of right against your sense Of
right
We'll, there was sweeping over this
country AT the time the great movement
for primaries" replied MIR Davenport.
and ! was guided in my sense of right
by such a community sense OF right as
I saw expressed in this movement"
Newcomb's Charge.
Ex-senator Josiah T. Newcomb testi-
fed that he took part in the debate on
he night OF June 80, 1910, when the
Cobb hll was up.
II made the charge" he told the jury.
that bipartisan combination had been
formed for TIE purpose OF defeating
Gov. IIushess primary legislation. !
charged this TO Senator Grady and
charged It to Senator Grattan. Grady
replied. We will admit II, but you are
only sore because We put II across on
YOU
Mr.. WINS tried to bring out that Mr.,
Ncwcomb also lad consulted with
Barnes after Mr. Newcomh's sense OF
right had been outraged by bipartisan
combinations,
Roscoe Irwin, Democratic office
holder, living In Kingston, and now col
lector of Internal Revenue for tho
Thirteenth district. with headquarters
at Albany, said that he had been active
IN lister county politics and that he
lad known Charles +, Murphy since
1910
Have YOU been to see Mr. Murphy
about political matters, appointments ia
be made 10y a Democratic Governor"
81 have" said Mr.. Irwin.
Mr.. WINS broke into the examination
with objection after objection, saying
that he was not prepared to admit thu
domination OF Murphy in Democratic
affairs.
"Whom are We trying here" inquired
the court.
81 will admit" said Mr.. Wins, "tha
Mr.. Murphy was the dominant inhu
ence except NJ such times rs ne wa,
overcome and dominated by Mr.
Hearst"
well | don't know 50 much nbou
politics myself" smiled Justice An
drews. but | suppose that il can b'
taken for granted that Mr.. Murph,
was thoroughly prominent in the Dem,
ocratic party of this state"
'He was not unknown" said Mr.
WINS dryly.
Mr., Irwin then testified that he hat