The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-22

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 swers Witness Tells of
 His Activities in New
 York State Politics
 Testimony Proves a Sen
 sation.
 Syracuse, N. Y, April That he was elected governor. of New York, in violation of con- stitutional qualification as to length of residence in the state, was the admission drawn from Former President Theodore Roosevelt, under cross-eNam- ination today in the S50,OOO li- bel suit brought against him by William Barnes, Jr.
 The Colonel admitted that he knew the state constitution pro vides that no man is eligible to the office of governor unless he has been a resident of the state for five years prior, to his election.
 Under questioning 2oy Wil- Ham Wins, chief counsel for Mr. Barnes, the former presi- dent admitted thatshe made an :. affidavit, the year previous to his election as governor, that l he was then and for some time had been q resident of Wash ington.
 Sensation in Courtroom
 MT. Wins question and the CeIo- hneFs answers provoked a sensation in the crowded courtroom. Speaking 1 in a voice that was scarcely audi bIe, MT. Wins relent1essly piled the 4 colonel with questions. Several times the witness started to make explanatory statements. He was cut short by MT. Wins who in- l formed him that f'answers, not sug- l gestions,' were desired
 I The former Presidents counsel made no objections to MT Wins questions relative to MT RooseVelts election. as governor, and his knowl l edge of the constituti ona1 quaifica- tons as to residence. MT. Roosevelt answered MT Wins questions with apparent de1iberation.
 There was delay in opening court today because of a conference be tween attorneys and Justice Andrews in the Iatterss chambers
 When the court was opened a copy of the Bayne report insofar as it re- lated to state printing, was admitted q to the record This had to do vii h contracts let to the Albany Journal, MT Barnes paper, and other con a cerns, and the assignment of certain ] of these contracts,
 MT. Ivans objected to admission of the parts of the report and was l overru1ed He took an exception.
 Excerpts from the reports were then read to the jury. The Baype report~was made in 1911 by a legisla a. tive committee appointed to inyesti- gate alleged corruption in the city and county of Albany.
 The first part of the report read had to do with gambling. disorderly houses and the payment of money to various officials for doing various things.
 The majority of the stock of the Journay company, the report states' was owned by William Barnes; that Ethe contracts let to the Journal com Ipany were farned out to the Argus company and that the Argus com } pany paid the Journal company 5 l per cent. for the contracts The report stated that William | Barnes controlled printing in Albany. practically was owner of once conl- pany and owned one-fourth of anoth- CT company and collected tribute from a third company. The report de- clares that an employe of the Argus scompany testified before the commit tee that the company gave up Is per cent in order to secure printing bust ness It is also pointed out in the . report that the Journal company has the equipment for printing many oi the jobs let to it by contract It was stated that the Argus com pany bid lower than other competi- 7 tors for state work but was unable to get the business because it was a ssoutside the ring"
 ssReckless and mischievous' extra vagance; padding of public printing , for the benefit of the Journal com pany'' and duplicate payments for ? public printing to the Journal com : pany'' were alleged by the report ! One excerpt the jury heard read f was as follows:
 | ''The most conspicuous beneficiary
 of graft public extravagance and raiding of the municipal treasury we find from the evidence to be William : 1 Barnes himself, as the owner of the | majority of the stock of the Journal
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