Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-04-28
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FORMER PRESIDENT TELLS OF
- WAR AND POLITICS IN
LIBEL SUIT. A..
COLONEL RIPS OFF THE LID
Says Many Knew Of Boss Control In
New YorIs-Testimony Given to
Show Barnes and Murphy Acted
Together. ,f.--4%s,a!5,,e N%

Syracuse, ". r., April Zl.-Wltn VIII
liam Barnes resting his case with
the examination of one witness, last
ing seven minutes, and Theodore
Roosevelt, former president Of the
United States, taking up almost the
entire afternoon relating as much
New York state Republican history
rs Justice William S., Andrews would
allow, the Barnes Roosevelt $4,000
libel suit was well under way when
court recessed. ."s{ 3
Soon after court reconvened5 Colonel
Roosevelt was called to the stand. In
reply to the first question asked he
said he was "ffty-eight years old and
had a wife and six children" 81
Roosevelt then went into details
about the public offices he has held,
relating how! he became lieutenant
colonel of the Rough Riders during
the Spanish..American war, and de-
tailed the fighting in Cuba. 81 /.
Mr.. Barnes rested his case against
Colonel Roosevelt after only five min
utes of direct testimony. .sSl &:%S Va
When Justice Andrews reconvened
William NJ. WINS, chief counsel for
William Barnes, delivered the open
ing speech for the plaintiff. .-
Mr.. Twins in opening the case laid
especial stress on two points.
First, that not until Barnes opposed;
him politically did the colonel ever
Rllude to him as boss; second, that
Mr.. Roosevelt's tremendous import
lance made his attack upon Mr.. Barnes
far more dangerous than had it been
put out by another man.
NJ The address was full Of elaborate
compliment to Roosevelt. to whom
Twins frequently bowed with great
Difference. s% Is, e~ I. s.;.@ 4: & q
William H. Van Benschoten In open.
ing for the defense reviewed the his
tory OF both litigants. Mr.. Van Ben
schoten's chief contention was that
/ Mr.. Roosevelt in making his charge
was actuated by no malice whatever.
Continuing Wednesday, the former;
president explained in four hours Of
stormy testimony that he 4 had been
moved to brand William Barnes as q
link between crooked business and.
crooked politics only after upright SEN
ators and honorable gentlemen had
.confided to him some amazing politi-
cal secrets. S;5l3 ,i5,s
They were all honorable men,, said
the colonel, and he believed them i'm
plicitly. These names dotted his ex-
traortinary testimony: Senator Daven-
port, Senator Newcomb, Senator Hin
man. Senator Wainwright, William
Loeb, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John a.,
EHennessy, the late James Creelman,
Charles B. Connolly, and Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Ex-Governor Sui
ger, too, was in the list, but the col
onel failed to state that he had such
unhesitating belief in Suffers tales Of.
evil bosses as he had I'M the stories
brought him by, the. others. 81:
"a Even though he told the jury at the
close of the direct examination that. he
had never meant to say that Mr..
Barnes was corrupt personally, he i'm n
mediately added that he was con-
WINGED he was uttering the truth when
he charged that corruption and rot;
tenness in the state government was
due to the influence exerted by Barnes
and Murphy. 81 tsi /. IN " :;;.S