Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-05
|POuT|CS-PR|NT|NG /.
LINKED IN LETTERS
Mr.. Barnes Communications
VIZ, Mr.. PIatt Mixed Busi-
ness and Statecraft.
BOOKS SHOW PLAINTIFF
OWNS ALBANY JOURNAL
Testimony in Libel Suit Against Col.
! Roosevelt Nearing
an End.

the ownership OF majority OF the
stock of the Albany Journal Company.
which did most of the printing for the
state of New York and much city AMI
federal government printing. by Mr..
Barnes. and the fact that big commis-
sions were paid by other printing con-
Germs to the Journal company for public
printing orders were the features In tho
testimony today in the trial Of the suit
of William Barnes against Theodore
Roosevelt for $50, 900 damages for alleged
libel. Letters between Mr.. Barnes ami
the late Senator Plat all linked politics
and printing.
Shows Mr.. Barnes Big Stakeholder.
When court opened John NJ Bowers.
chief counsel for Col. Roosevelt. read
into the record a digest of the stocks
holders of the Albany Journal COM
pany. compiled from the book furnished
by Mr.. Barnes. The digest showed
that Mr.. Barnes held nearly all tn.
common stock and that members OF
his family held the majority of tn.
preferred stock and some of the COM
mon.
Recent digests showed that preferred
stock was also held at different times
by Anthony N. Brady. Levi p. Morton.
J. B. Lyon, the J. b. Lyon Company.
o. A. Quayle. Charles B. Hilles. Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew. Nathaniel Elsberg and
others
William J. Nusbaum. certified pub
lie accountant Of Albany. the first wit
| ness called, was asked to tell about an
| examination he made of the books OF
the Journal company He told that
under the heading Job Printing" en-
| tries on the debit side appeared to be
the cost of Job printing. while on the
credit side appeared the income. Mr.
Bowers said he wanted to show that
| the ]. b. Lyon Company paid sums Of
money, apparently commissions. to the
Journal.
Paid Big Commissions.
| Charles NJ Winchester Of the J. B.
Lyon Company was then recalled. He
said the books of that concern showed
| that there was an account with the
Journay company and there were times
when I'VE paid tho Journal company
| commissions or discounts upon con<
tracts for state. city and Albany counS
Did you ever pay $1,000 con,mis-
sions?"
I'VE may have.
"Did you ever pay commissions -
100000"
II don't remember It."
But you were making large payf
ments to tho Journal company In come
missionsT'
"Oh, yes"
where did the work come from7-
Several places. Part was state. city
and county work"
| Colonel Corrects Record.
I Theodore Roosevelt again went upon
the witness stand in the supreme court
yesterday afternoon after many wits
| nesses, including a son and also fore
| mer secretary of the late Thomas e
Platt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. asa
| sistant secretary OF the navy, had tesA
\ titled in his behalf.
The former President intended under
| a new ruling of the court to offer tess
timony designed to show that he hare
bored no malice for William Barnes.
certain things not specified in the
pleadings, which, under the original
ruling. were excluded. But errors
committed in transcribing his testi-
mony under direct and cross-examina-
ton were pointed out. So the colonel
/ used up nearly an hour and half OF
| the afternoon session in correcting
them.
senator, who testified. produced letters
| that passed between his father and Mr..
| Barnes in which the printing business
| and politics appeared to be more or
| less linked. In nearly every letter poll
i tics or printing, or both, were dis
| cuSsed.
Mr.. Barnes Printing Record.
| The former secretary of Senator
! Platt was Thomas S. HUFF. who said
that during 1901. 1902 and 1908 he
read every letter his employer mailed
4 or received The witness said that
| virtually all the correspondence be-
| tween Mr.. Barnes and his employer
was in regard to Mr.. Barnes printing
i interests iii Albany
| Franklin d. Roosevelt was In tho
| state senate when IA deadlock finally
| resulted in the election of James A.
| OGornran as United States senator. He
| said under oath that he had told MI.
| Barnes of a conversation with Senator
| Grady. organization democrat in which
| the senator asserted that he under
stood Mr.. Barnes had an agreement
with Charles F. Murphy of Tammany
| Hall that the republicans should hold
! out for Chauncey Depew, and thus
| give the democrats an opportunity TO
| elect William +. Sheehan. The witness
| added that he had asked Mr.. Barnes
whether the deadlock would not be-
ended. Mr.. Barnes. he said. replied:
| NO, we can't do ii now
| Contrary to the expectation of spec
| tators and the original plans of couu-
sci. Mr.. Barnes did not go upon the
|