Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20
COL. ROOSEVELT
/. PUT ON STAND
TH|SA FTERNOON
"Prove Your Charges" Was
Gage of Battle Thrown
Down by Barnes's Attorney.
"NO QUARTER" BATTLE CRY
Hot Shot Poured Into Both
Sides as the Trial Gets Un-
der Actual HeadWay.
LEADERS FOR COMPROMISE
Progressive and Republican
Heads Think it Would be
Good for Parties to Settle.
LEADERS FOR COMPROMISE
Special BY United Press Wire.

| Special By United Press Wire.
Syracuse, N. Y, April 20:-''Prove
| your charges was the gage of battle
thrown down by William Barnes to
| Theodore Roosevelt in Barnes's
$50, 600 libel suit against the former
President. Barness evidence was all
submitted and the plaintiffs case
rested just before the luncheon recess
was taken. Roosevelt's side admit
ted all facts in the publication of the
alleged libel
| 1t was announced that Colonel
Roosevelt would probably be the first
witness for the defense when court
convenes at 2 o'clock. Hot shot was
poured into both sides as the trial
got under actual headway with open
ing statements to the jury from both
sides.
I'VE now call upon this man of
power, this arbiter of nations NOR
ais, to prove this statement" was the
ringing dramatic challenge of
Barness counsel. Roosevelt accept
ed the issue.
"This is a fight for decent govern
ment," retorted the colonePs lawyer.
THE attack was not made against an
| individual, but against system" he
said. Roosevelt listened intently.
/ When his alleged ubelons statement
was read he b01bEd his head c.ntinu-
eusly in emphatic approval. Roose-
velt's private secretary, John w.
| MeGrath, the first witness called by
| Barnes, freely admitted distribution
| of RooseVelt's statement to news
paper reporters.
With the beginning today of
testimony in Barnes $4,000 libel
suit against the Bull Moose leader,
both factions declared the war would
be carried to the bitter end. Promi-
nent Republicans are asking Barnes,
and Republicans and Progressives
suggesting to Roosevelt that COM
promise would be for the good of
both parties. Such suggestions were
firmly rejected by both leaders.
Roosevelt was determined upon his
original plan of attempting proof of
his charges and barring all possible
alleged iniquities, politically, of
Barnes.
The trial was resumed with open
ing statements by William WINS,
chief counsel for Barnes. When court
opened Roosevelt's lawyers complain
ed to Justice Andrews regarding re-
fusal of State Comptroller Travers
to produce legislative and printing
contract records desired by the de-
Tense. The judge did not order their
production, saying copies might be
secured, but said he would grant any
order for state records desired.
Barnes counsel agreed that copies
hn oh cd n
planned the technical effect as like
reputation. He asked for punitive
as well as actual damages for Barnes.
He said Roosevelt exercised a
tremendous and unexampled" in1u-
ence In public opinions. He traced
Roosevelt's old career to show the
force behind the alleged libel. He
told of Barnes opposition to Roose-
welt in the 1912 Republican conven-
tion at Chicago and said Roosevelt's
defeat gave rise to malice of the
colonel toward Barnes.
His political position as well as
personal was brought into contempt
and dishonor by the alleged libel"
Ivins asserted. ''Fhe vital question
in this case for you to decide is if
these statements are true, because
truth is never hbelous, and proved
the plaintiff has no standing in
court" said WINS, excepting Roose-
velt's issue of pleading, justification
and the truth of his charges
seven kepuuncans. three Frogres-
sives and two Democrats constitute the
jury. They will determine If Colonel
Roosevelt In punishment last July to
the effect that Mr. Barnes and Mr..
Murphy were the invisible government
that made for an alliance between
crooked business and crooked politics
meant to say that Mr.. Barnes was per
sonally corrupt or was merely whack-
ing at bad government.
There are the issues OF the case as
simply as they can be put William
M. WINS. senior counsel for Mr.. Barnes,
contended in his opening address to-
day that Colonel Roosevelt's statement
was maliciously personal and that he
must be made to pay in hard cash.
John NJ. Bowers, senior counsel for
the ex-president. barred the Roosevelt
defense when IN q motion to dismiss
the case he argued that Colonel Roose-
velt never declared that either MF.
Barnes or Mr.. Murphy obtained per
sonal gain from their control OF the
invisible government" and the colo
nel's language did not necessarily Inn
port personal corruption.
Ready For Ae&icn-
Mr.. Bowers motion to dismiss on the
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