The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-21

Police Commissioner Of New York
city. his work as Assistant Secretary
Of the Navy. and finally came to his
association with General Wood as uu
organizer and commander Of Rough
Rider. He got the first volunteer
cavalry from San Antonio to Sibouey
before MIR. WINS. keenly alert to fore
stall heroic revelations. objected that
the operations OF the Rough Riders in
Cuba were scarcely relevant to the
case at trial. Mr.. Bowers, shrewdly
pressing for more Rough Rider tales
came to the battle Of San Juan Hill
We moved forward" said the
Colonel, with blazing eakerness, Yor
here was a topic dear TO his heart
I TO hit the Spanish line at Qua sirnas
Our regiment moved along the Ridge
Road and the regular regiments along
/ the valley roads
"oh, object" interrupted Mr..
WINS. with an accent Of WEAKNESS
what has the fact that Rough
Riders moved along a ridge got 10 do
with this case"
Tells His War Record.
Justice Andrews smiled and the
Colonel ran on There WAS a fight
at Guasimas. Immediately after that
Wood got brigade and ] was made
Colonel of the Rough Riders. We
moved on 10 Santiago itself"
And there was a real fight there,
and men were killed and wounded
ON all sides for yoa?" inquired Mr.
Bowers.
Again Mr.. WINS injected that weary
note into his marvelously suava voice
aud wanted TO know what difference
II made IT men were killed and
wounded ON all sides of Colonel
Roosevelt. The court said the fac.
was sufficiently established and then
tho colonel marched the Rough Ri
ders out az Cuba, sped them to Mon
tauk Point disEanded them. and
came TO his successful race for tho
tovernorship in 1893. Under ques
tiontng he catalogued his subsequent
1 phbhc service as vice president as
successor to President Mckinney
for three years and six months" he
explained precisely his own complete
term, his trip to Africa for the Smith
sonian. his work as an author, his
/ re-entrance into politics. his expe-
dition to South America, and revert
Mr.. Barnes after you were eloc. ID
ing to 1912 and his unsuccessful can
didacy for the Presidency. Thereu pom.
from that moment friendship ceased
and fireworks began to explode.
Down 10 Brass Tacks.
DO you know the plaintiff. Mt.
Barnes ?" asked Mr.. Bowers.
Il do" the colonel replied quickly
and emphatically. My first distinct
remembrance of him was when / was
running for Governor. He was chair
man of some COMMITTEES or other at
headquarters in tho old Fifth Az
enue Hotel | saw him very often
after | was elected Governor"
Did Sou have conferences with
Mr. Barnes after you were elected
GOVERNOR
"A larger number with him than
with any other organization leader
except Mr.. Plat and Mr.. ODeIl, and
] think more with Mr.. Barnes than
with either. We conferred about
myself and Senator Plat, then the
leader Of the organization. We dis
Cussed both Legislative and executive
matters. matters that were an issue
between me and Senator Platt"
! Explain" said Mr. Bowers, la"
conically. Right here the Jurors be-
gan To lean forward, to glue their
eyes on the colonel. anxious not TO
miss q syllable Of tho exPresident's
reductions
Senator Plat was the leader Of
the crga nfzation." continued Colonel
Roosevelt. THE organization con-
trolled the majority of the Republi-
can members Of the Legislature. 7
desired 10 90 toNeTHrF
and that the Legislature should do
something. to which Mr.. Plat OBJ
ieeted
WINS Fires First Shot.
Thereupon Mr. WINS fred the first
shot in his unsuccessful battle to
block testimony as to politics of the
past He was overruled, but he came
back time and again, courteously per-
sistent. trying to pin the colonel
down to names and places. and exact
dates trying to dull the possible eff
feet OF the colonel's emphatic reve-
iations: trying every device OF a mas
ter of law has at his finger tips. He
prevented testimony az TO a supposed
conversation between Barnes and
Colonel Roosevelt rs TO canal mat
tiers. but he could not seal the colo
nelts lips about the francise tax COM
'versations. He tried, but Justice An
drews replied
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