New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-26
BARNES FRIENDS
HINT SURPRISES
FOR ROOSEVELT
More of COIOneI's Letters
to Political Leaders To
Be Produced.
MAY LOOK INTO
T. c. & |. MERGER
Expenses of So, 200 a Week for
Each Side Make Both Eager
to Finish Trial.


fFrcm . stsn Correspondent of The Trbune
Syracuse, April % More hitherto
unrevealed chapters Of the political
history OF this state are expected when
Theodore Roosevelt takes the stand
ngain in the Supreme Court here to-
morrow morning. II will begin the
second week OF the suit OF William
Barnes 20 recover 900 from the ex-
President for alleged libellous utter
ances and The fifth day Of the Colonel
be in the form OF correspondence be
tween the Colonel and various state
leaders. including the plaintiff, in re-
gard 10 the contests between Progress
sives and regulars in the Governorship
years Of 1908 and 1910.
When court was adjourned on Fri
day afternoon b. Justice Andrews
counsel were arguing about he intro
duction OF this correspondence Will
lam NJ Bowers. for MIR Roosevelt. was
obiecting to some OF il. and the justice
told them to try to reach an agreement
before Monday.
II is believed Colonel Roosevelt does
not object to the Introduction Of he
letters. although according 20 report
they will indicate two different esti
mates Of Governor Hughes. In 1912.
in a public statement. he announced
that no correspondence Of his that
could be produced would do him any
harm. This was in reply to a threat
of william Hearst that he would pro-
duce certain letters. The Colonel is
sued an open challenge 20 him or any
one else to publish anything they liked
along that line.
First. il is understood. william VI.
Wins. counsel for Mr.. Barras. who will
have the Colonel under cross-eXamina-
tion, will call upon him TO produce
copies OF letters he wrote in 1908.
when he interfered in favor Of the re
nomination Of Governor Hughes. which
Mr.. Barnes and other leaders opposed
There are letters not only to Barnes.
It is understood. but also to Herbert
Parsons. Francis Hendricks and others,
as well as the replies.
Views of Hughes Administration.
The fight OF the Progressive Repub-
lcans TO control the state convention
against Mr.. Barnes and his friends.
who had selected Vice President James
s Sherman as their candidate for tenn
porary chairman, came in 1910. The
Progressives. after much urging. got
the Colonel TO enter actively into the
fight. and while ne was being urged. il
is said. he expressed his views on the
administration OF Governor Hughes.
Just how rad cally these views differed
from those OF 1908, il thew do differ in
any essential detail is something that
is causing much speculation here to,
night Only few know what is in the
letters and they are carefully guarding
their secret
Mr. Wins does not know, he says.
whether he vii! get through with his
cross-examination Of 'he Colonel in
time for the redirect and the re-cross
to be completed tomorrow 1t is prob
able. however. that the Colonel will
not get off the stand until some time
en- Tuesday.
Friends of the Colonel say he made
only one slip in his testimony. II had
reference TO the amount Of the cam
Uaign contributions received when he
ran for President in 1901. Asked by
Mr WINS on Friday about that matter,
the Colonel said he believed the
amount was about s3,000000. or about
half the sum gathered for the McKn-
lev campaign preceding il. Since Fri
day the Colonel has discovered he over
.tated the amount; that is. he has been
informed that only 100000 wss con-
tributed in 1904. as compared with
S4.O00.OO0 in 1900.
Another thing Colonel Roosevelt
wants 10 place before 'he jury in his
redirect examination is that when the
report Of the Clapp committee showed
George y. L. Meyer and others repeat
edy giving large amounts in 1904. it
was not their own. but contributions
collected b. them "a heads OF commit
tees in various parts of the country.
Tennessee Coal and Iron Case.
II Mr.. Ivns sticks TO his plan he will
cross-examine Colonel Roosevelt to-
morrow on the absorption of the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron Company by the
United States Steel Corporation during
the panic OF 1907. The group of bank
ers working to stem the tide OF tnat
panic offered to aid certain financial in
terests badly in need of assistance If
they would sell the controlling interest