The Washington herald., 1915-05-20
PAINTS Colonel
AS man MARVEL
Bowers Sums Up for 7. R.
Barnes Case to Jury
Today.
AGAINST COMPROMISE
Says No Damages Is What His Client
Desires-Compares Both Men
on Witness Stand.
BY JAMES j. MONTAGUE.

!: by JAMES J.. MONTAGUE.
Syracuse. May 19.-Nodding in graft
fled appreciation. Theodore Roosevelt
today listened eagerly while his coun-
sci. John NJ. Bowers. placed the name
of Roosevelt beside those of Washing
ton and LincSln in his last appeal to
the jury which will determine whether
Mr.. Roosevelt libelled William Barnes,
| jr.. to the extent of $4,000.
! Tomorrow, after Mr.. WINS, for
Barnes. shall have put Mr. RooseveIt-in
| an entirely different category. the
case will go to the jury.
Against Compromise.
Mr.. Bowers last words before clos
ing with Lincoln's Gettysburg address.
was against compromise.
NO 6-cent verdict. no compromising
verdict of any kind" cried Bowers.
rs asked by this defendant. We want
this jury to return a verdict of no
cause of action"
Mr.. Bowers began speaking in the
morning and concluded just as the
chimes on the cathedrals across the
way were ringing in the hour of 4.
Before he began. the last hope of the
plaintiff that the court would direct
a verdict had been shattered.
Henry F. Wolff, for Barnes, had moved
that this course be taken, urging that
there was not enough left in the case
for a jury to consider.
The justice denied the motion gently
but firmly. He held that if any alliance
between Barnes and Murphy existed it
was corrupt alliance and must be SO
regarded. Also that if the jury believes
such a combination had been proven 1t
must regard it as justification of the
Colonels attack on Barnes.
sketches +. RS Career.
He ruled further that the jury INDY not
consider Mr.. Barnes connection with
State printing matters as justifying what
the Colonel has said.
Mr.. Bowers talk covered all the SUBJ
ject matter wh6h remains at issue.
Without emotion. and with no effort
at dramatic effect. the slight, gray
bearded lawyer sketched the career of
his distinguished client from his early
entrance in politics up to the present
time. He dwelt on the blood stained bat
tlefields o. er which the Colonel pursued
the fleeing Spaniards. He dilated upon
his client services to his country as
governor and President.
He is a nervy man." said Mr.. Bowers.
indicating Col Roosevelt with a sweep
of his hand When in Milwaukee a bull
iSt was hIeu lltO his DFedSt-a bullet
which might, but for the intervention of
have snatched him from life
then and there. Did he finch; did he fall
ter: No. He went on. He made the
speech he was determined to make. He
did his duty as he has done it from the
first and will do it TO the last
Says Barnes Hesitated.
Mr.. Bowers compared the attitude Of
the Colonel on the stand to that of |
Earnes to the great disadvantage Of the !!
latter.
He pointed out that Mr.. Roosevelt had |
answered all questions readily and eager
~. while Mr.. Barnes had hesitated, and |
insisted on knowing exactly what the |
questions implied before he would an
swer them.
Although carefully avoiding any direct |
attack on Barnes. he intimated that there
could be no doubt as to which of the |
men was telling the whole truth on the |
witness stand.
He holly defended the testimony of
Mr.. Loeb and pointed out that the men
who disputed it were, first. Barnes bro
ter. and. second. his political associate,
Lafayette B. Gleason, who all his life /
had held Office under the Republican
party.
AS to Barnes. Mr. Bowers said: THE
plaintiff in this case as State chairman
# the Republican party. did acts and
them over his own sigma
ure which no man in his position had
Yer performed before. This showed be-
'ond question his dominance over the
'eople in the party
The speaker bore down hard on this
dominance. He made the keynote Of hiS
emarks for the next hour the difference
etween popular government as repre-
6 fa1 nv nj h<vo 4
nent as represented by Barnes making
lain the inference that Roosevelt is the
ope of the people. In conclusion. he
poke of the declaration of independence
nd its claim of life. liberty and the
ursuit OF happiness as the heritage of |,
mankind. II
Holds Colonel as Example.
Then. citing first Washington and after
ard Lincoln. he breezed down through
'merican history until he came to the
lie and performances of the Colonel
nom he held up as an example to the
Try and to all mankind.
incidentally he threw a bouquet at the ,
urymen as fine. representative body
men-the flower of Syracuse business
nd social life. and even had a kind word
D say for the newspaper men who have
eported the trial from the beginning.
mple proof of a bargain with Murphy
yer the Senatorship, and of Barnes po-
Ition in regard to campaign contribu-
ons from both Democrats and Republi-
ans.
In conclusion he said: There Is no
pom for compromise. The defendant is
ntitled to a verdict. The only question
lis he right or wrong? The whole
latter now passes into your hands,
And with an earnest reading Of the
gettysburg address. in which special
mphasis was placed on the sentence
government SO conceived t.
nd dedicated can long endure" Mr.. ,
overs closed the case of the defense.
Col. Roosevelt rushed over to his law
er when the latter had ceased speaking
I'D swung his hand Fine, Fine,
ully!" he said.
Mr.. WINS will make his address in the
orning. Justice Andrews will consume q
1t more than an hour in his charge, and
le momentous question Of whether or
1t William Barnes had been libeled to {
le extent Of $4,000. cents. any inter-
ediate sum or not at all will so to the b
ny early in the afternoon.