The Washington herald., 1915-04-28

! ing William Loeb. John Hennessy. former
many State officials returned to Syracuse
today ready TO go to bat for the Colonei
| tomorrow. provided Mr. WINS shall have
! concluded by that time
! Mr. ROosevelt's counsel. while severely
| jolted by the production of the Platt-
| Roosevelt correspondence, are building
/ high hopes on the redirect examination
and the testimony of these witnesses.
Nineteen Letters in Batch.
Nineteen letters. the correspondence
of Roosevelt and Hughes covering the
| period from 1904 to 1910 during which
| Roosevelt was in the White House and
! for two years after he returned to
private life. were read into the record
! by Mr.. WINS at the beginning of the
afternoon session. Patronage was the
principal topic OF discussion. Two.
however. have direct and important
bearing on this case. Barnes counsel
insist they are written justifica ton
by Roosevelt while still President Of
Barnes opposition to the Agnew-Hart
anti-race track gambling bills advocat-
ed by Gov. Hughes.
The Roosevelt letter avoids any men
tion of the subject under discussion
though il refers to Senator Agnew. 1t
was written just AFTER inc APne" Dill
had been killed in the regular session
and just before the extra session for
the purpose of tanning through the
anti gambling bills 1t is:
White House, Washington.
April y, 1898.
PERSONAL
NV Dear Barnes: have received
through Southwick your letter of the
10Th. You need not he the least afraid
f..1
ton. ! am confident that whatever
course you follow is one that you he
lieve to he the wise and proper course
to take. When Agnew sent word to me
requesting me to act in the particular
matters under discussion I sent the an
swer that ] had not attempted to inter-
fore one way or the other regards any
legislation at Albany. When the whole
trouble is over YOU come down here and
let me 60 over the general political sitIa-
ton with you. Good luck always.
Sincerely yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Outlines Political Fight.
Replying to this letter, Barnes wrote
two days later:
Il received your letter of the o2nd
last night. and although | did not ques-
tion that YOU had credited me with
proper discretion. ! felt IL was wise
for ~" 1" write you as ! did. | am
informed that in Niagara Orleans dis
trict a successor of Senator Fran
fLet. the Republicans will nominate a
minister from Niagara
County. and that the Democrats will
nominate and make fight Both the
conventions will take place on Satur-
day although the papers this morning
say the Democrats will not nominate
Il shall try to go to Washington in
the course of fortnight. Mrs. Barnes
is expected from the South and | shall
not leave for little while after her
return.
The governor has called an extra
session OF the legislature for May IL.
which | note is about the date he was
expected to be in Washington for the
forest service conference"
PrOtests Job to Presideut
In May. 1895 Barnes wrote to President
Roosevelt protesting against the removal
OF the postmaster at Albion. He wrote:
Il know nothing of the business and
Of the matter but politically 1t seems
to me that the result will be unfortunate
and will aid the forces which are aiming
to renominate the governor. which. to
my mind. Is all there is to the political
situation.
From newspapers one would get the
impression that there was but one feel
ing among the people. whereas the gov
ernor. by his attitude. has made him. |
self entirely unavailable as a guberna-
tcrial possibility and by proper manage |
ment and selection of the right man a |
new nominee would be strong enough to |
win. Such 6ifficulty as has arisen at |
Albion, however. sets back our work |
very much.
II certainly trust that 1t Is not too |
- AASa A.
The reply. on White House stationery. |