Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-05
Fails to Get in His Evidence
After Being on Stand Hour
and Half and viii Start Over
Again Today,
.PLATT'S SON PRODUCES
STILL MORE LETTERS
Franklin D, Roosevelt Tells
About Conversation With
Barnes During Contest for
United States Senate,

tsY Morning JouRNAL spsciAL Lgkssp wiRel
Syracuse, ~ Y. May 4.---Theodore
Roosevelt again went on the witness
stand In the supreme court here to-
day after many witnesses, including
a son and also former secretary of
the late Thomas G. Plat, and Frank
lin ID. Roosevelt. assistant secretary
of the navy, had testified in his be-
half.
The former president intended un-
der new ruling of the court TO Of
fer testimony designed to show that
he harbured no malice for William
G. Barnes. II also was his intention
TO tell about certain things not speci-
fled in the pleadings which, under
the original ruling were excluded.
But errors committed In transcrib-
ing his testimony under direct and
cross exa minati0n were pointed out
So the colonel used up nearly an hour
and half OF the Afternoon session
In correcting them His counsel
planned to have him resume the
stand In the morning.
More Plat Letters.
Edward r. Plat, son Of the form
or senator, who testified. produced
letters that passed between his faith
er and Mr. Barnes In which the
printing business and politics appear
ed to he more or less linked. In
these letters Mr.. Barnes denounced
Lemuel E. Quigg who, he wrote, was
interested in contract for legisln-
tive printing He also wrote that he
was against the establishment OF an
other printing plant in Albany and
complained that Archibald Baxter,
clerk of the assembly In 1894 was
about to deprive him Of legitimate
piece cf patronage'' In the form Of
printing. as punishment for having
supported Levi r. Morton for gov
ernor.
The former secretary Of Senator
Platt was Theodore S. Puff, who
said that during 1901 and 1909 and
1908, he read every letter his em-
ployer mailed or received. The wit
ness said that virtually all the cor
respondence between Mr. Barnes and
his employer was in regard ito Mr.
Barnes printing interests in AL
bany"
New York senate Contest.
Franklin u. Roosevelt was in the
state senate when a deadlock finally
resulted in the election OF James A. |
O'Gorman as United states senator !
He said under oath that he had told
Mr. Barnes of conversation with |
Senator Grady. an organization dem |
ocrat, IN which the senator asserted /
that ne understood Mr. Barnes had |
an agreement with Charles r. Murphy I
of Tammany hall that the repubii- |
cans should hold out for Chauncey
NJ. Depew and thus give the demo- /
fu nj IN 60
r. Shcehan. The witness added that
he had asked Mr.. Barnes whether
the deadlock could not be ended. Mr.. /
Barnes, he said, replied
NO we can't do 1t now"
Contrary TO the expectation Of |
spectators and the original plans Of |
Mr. Barnes did not go upon
he stand
Printing Contracts Taken Up.
state printing contracts were again |
AIKEN up when the court session
opened r. G. Foster. secretary Of
he state printing board, who was
'alled as a witness. was questioned
lbout records Of the printing board
or 1909.
Mr.. Ivins objected to further ques- 4
ions about printing records, on the
ground that the evidence was immn-
eFial. Mr. Bowers called attention to
he fact that MIR. Barnes wrote to
colonel Roosevelt that the establish
nent of a state printing house would
,e disastrous TO him financially and
bat a witness had sworn there was
'nly one job press--and that oporat- /
htf "A nin L. tfsI a ~ 4
# the Journal company. The court Il
uled against WINS and other rec
rds were read showing that succegs-
al bidders for public printing In All \
amy had made a practice of assign Ii
ng their contracts to the larger
rintlng concerns there.
Huge Sums for Printing.
Figures compiled by the witness
howed that for many years since
s99 the state paid for executive and
epartmental work Il total Of more
han $1000,000 annually on contracts ,
nd IA large sum for addition print
ng.
After a brief cross examination the 7,
fitness was excused and Edward 7. |,
1
aid that from 1890 to 1905 his father ,
ppeared to have received 34 letters :
rom Mr. Barnes lie then produced
he letters selected by the Roosevelt
ttorneys to be read There were
even from Mr.. Barnes to Mr.. Platt
nd one from Mr.. Platt to Mr.. Barnes.
he letters were offered In evidence.
n one letter Barnes wrote he was
lclined to be testy about the print {
lg contract under discussion as since I
S9S, when the republican party was |
sstored to power, some friend had
Med against him in the matter Of
warding contracts.
Journal 60 BE Estate Paper"
The next three letters were dated
! 1894 and were from the plaintiff {