The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
ROOSEVELT ADMITS
 HE CONSULTED BOSS
 OF NEW YORK STATE
Former President on Wit ness Stand at Barnes Libel Suit Hiaring at
 Syracuse

Syracuse, April 26.-Theodore Roose- welt admitted under cross examinations today in the trial of William Barnes
 suit for alleged libel that while gov | ornor he had freely consulted the
 boss of the republican party in New
 York state In reference to the ap- rointment of officials and on various
 legislative and political matters. The
 boss named was Thomas c. Plat.
 who at that time represented New
 York in the United States Senate. The former President said he took the advice of the senator In many mat | ters, among them appointing a dem
 ocrat to the office of tax commissioner to please Grady whom the colonel described as a lieutenant boss of Richard Croker. then leader of Tam many Hall.
 The testimony resulted from qucs- tons asked after letters of series that passed between Colonel Roosevelt and Senator Platt had been read to the jury. In these letters both writers dis cussed all manner of political and leg islative affairs. In one Colonel Roose- welt asked the senator's advice about | making speeches. In another Senator Platt told the colonel he had received copy of a bill introduced by Grady in which the senator said he considered 1t inadvisable to give Tammany from
 s3, 900, 900 to SIP, 2,000.000 on an appropri- alton to expend upon the water front of New York "as it would simply be putting an unnecessary club in the hands Of those people with which to knock our brains out"
 With another letter the colonel sent the senator a proof of his message to the legislature, which dealt with, among
 other things, public utilities the fran chise tax. the trusts, industrial condi- tons and labor The part dealing with the trusts, the colonel wrote, had been submitted to several experts" including
 Elihu Root President Hadey of Yale,
 Professor Jenks of Cornell and James A. Dill. described in the letter "as big corporation lawyer
 And in the last letter read, which was
 dated in 1901, Colonel Roosevelt told the senator that he did not want to be vice president of the United States as it was not an office in which he could do anything. The coloDel said he should like to be governor for another term, and that in spite of all the work and
 worry-and very largely because of your constant courtesy and consideration. my dear senator--I have thoroughly enjoyed being governor
 The colonel added that. not being a money maker he felt fin honor bound to leave his children the equivalent in a way of a substantial sum of actual achievement in politics or letters The colonel did little talking today. For the most part he sat in the witness chair and listened to counsel Tor William
 Barnes read the letters. which it was
 said, were furnished by son of Mir.
 Patt, When the colonel did talk it was to identify the letters or answer ques- tlons concerning them.
 The reading of additional. corrcspond- ence that passed between Colonel Roose- welt and MT. Platt will begin tomorrow.
 A letter from Senator Platt to Col
 oncl Roosevelt then governor of New York, containing the following was
 read ii
 "Glen Shannon Is a first class man in every respect and I should think would be as acceptable as anybody. As democratic appointed. think it would be well, morever. to please Grady"
 "Do you remember the letterY' asked Mir. Barnum.
 q do not" replied the colonel . "Do you remember that MT Glen shannon was proposed by Mir. Grady?'
 1T think SO remember Mir. Grady Eproposed someone"
 "rhat answers 1t. Who was the Grady
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