Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-20

command OF the GH8uCn Language ana
his experience In politics to make this
attack. With his control OF publica-
cations. 100000 persons and possibly
more had access to the newspapers in
which this statement was printed. He
was able to secure wider circulation of
his remarks than any other citizen
could. Now he u here and will have to
prove his own truthfulness to your
satisfaction. Yesterday. In the motion
to dismiss. counsel for Mr.. Roosevelt
SAID nothing personal was meant to
Mr.. Barnes and Mr.. Murphy. want you
to determine for yourselves whether
anything personal was meant"
Roosevelt on Stand.
1 Theodore Isooss:-.cc!!. :'ssa::. :ia. the
witness stand to defend himself in the
suit When the colonels name was
called he arose from his seat at the
table occupied by his counsel and
smilingly walked around to the witness
chair.
In reply to the question he said he
was the man who made the statement
complained of. He added:
II am 5s years old, and have a wife
and six children"
In reply to question from Mr..
Bowers he told the story of his early
life and then sketched his political
career. He told of his appointment
to the office of police commissioner of
New York and as assistant secretary
Of the navy. He then told of organic
ing with General Woods of the rough
riders in 1898, and Of the subsequent
political campaigns, finally leading up
to the fight against Barnes.
RoossveIt's Offending Statement.
The statement Of Colonel Roosevelt
that stirred the ire Of William Barnes,
Jr and caused him to bring $4,000
libel suit against the former president
was issued on July "a, 1914. Boss
Murphy of Tammany Hall also came
in for criticism. The statement fol-
lows:
"In New York state we see at it's
worst the development Of the system
of bipartisan boss rule.
"In New York state the two political
machines are completely dominated,
the one by Mr.. Barnes. the other by
Mr.. Murphy.
THE state government Is rotten
thruout in almost all it's departments,
and this is directly due to the domi-
nance in politics Of Mr.. Murphy and
his sub bosses, acting thru such en-
tirely subservient agents as Mr.. Dix
and Mr.. Glynn, and aided and abetted
when necessary by Mr.. Barnes and the
sub bosses Of Mr. Barnes.
'tMr Murphy and Mr. Barnes are ex-
actly of the same political type. The
interests of Mr.. Murphy and Mr..
Barnes are fundamentally identical.
and when the issue between popular
rights and corrupt and machine ruled
government is clearly drawn, the two
bosses will always be found fighting
on the same side, openly or covertly
giving one another such support as can
with safety be rendered.
These bosses do not hold public Of
fee Themselves They act thru the
holders Of public nf1ice whom they con-
Yet they really forfH the all-power-
fnl. invisible government sawhieh. Is re-
sponsible for the fnaladministration and
corruption In the public Offices of the
state.
BY means of elected officers. whose
negatively good personal character Of
fers little surface ground for attack,
and whose fundamental weakness or
insincerity and double dealing render
them fit instruments thru whom the
masters of the machine can work. these
machine masters secure the ap-
pointment to Office of the evil men
whose activities so deeply taint and
discredit one whole government system.
1t is idle for q man to pretend that
he is against machine politics unless
he will, with straightforward good
faith. openly and by game, attack Mr..
Barnes and Mr.. Murphy and pledge
himself to do all he can to eliminate
them from the control of political af-
fairs, and. in destroying them, to de-
stroy the system which renders possible
such pernicious activities as theirs"