The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-23

syllable as an answer to question put to him, then make a statement on his own account, and finally conclude with query to William Wins, chief counsel for William Barnes, who is suing to re- cover s50000 from Colonel Roosevelt for alleged libel.
 Mr. Wins. regarded in legal circles as master at the art of cross-exa minatlo alternately stood and sat in front of the witness chair. Once. after the colonel became enthusiastically emphatic. the gray-haired counsellor remarked that the witness was treating him as mass meeting while on another occasion he declared that he had no desire ''to be eaten up here"
 However, while lengthy letters between Colonel Roosevelt and Senator Platt and Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Quigg were being read to the jury. MT. Wins stepped UP on the stand and engaged the wit ness in a whispered conversation. which 10th of them seemed to enjoy. The let ters had to do with the relations be- tween Colonel Roosevelt and Senator Platt in regard to legislative and polit- ical affairs before, while and after Roose- Welt was governor.
 The colonel remarked during the day that he believed he had written 150,0J0 letIeTS on NdTlOnS SuD1ectS while ne was governor and President. This was only the first day of Colonel Roosevelt's cross examination. He will resume the stand tomorrow. At the con- clusion of the proceedings today the Barnes attorneys piled up on the table in front of them stacks of books, papers. pamphlets. letters and telegrams. They had questions to ask Colonel Roosevelt from each of the documents. Colonel Rooseyalf's rallusa1 made m objection to the line of questioning which resulted in these statements.
 A copy of part of the report of the Payne committee which investigated AL bany county affairs insofar as it related to printing, was admitted to the record today. The portions admitted had to do witG contracts for state printing let to the Albany Journal, Mr Barnes paper. and other concerns, and the assignment of certain of these contracts
 Excerpts from the report having to do with gambling, disorderly houses and pay ment of money to various officials also were admitted. The report of the com nlitteo was made in 1911.
 The report said the majority of the stock of the Journal company was owned by William Barnes, and that contracts let to the Journal company were farmed out to the Argus company. which paid the Journal company b per cent. The report Salu NnHdfn bdFleS coHtiOlSu printing in Albany, practically was own CT of one company, owned one-fourth of another company, and collected tribute fl nom the third company.
 It was stated that the Argus company bid lower than other competitors for state work, but was unable to get the business because it was outside the ring"
 Padding of public printing for the benefit of the Journal company was de- scribed by the report. Another part read:
 Duplicate payments for public printing made to the Journal company One excerpt was
 "The most conspicuous beneficiary of graft, public extravagance and raiding of the municipal treasury, we find from the es idenee, to be William Barnes, himself as the owner of the majority stock of the Journal company"
 Articles which appeared in the New York magazines and newspapers about Albany politics then were admitted to the record. The terms machine poll tics, Boss Barnes and Boss Platt' ap- peared repeatedly in these articles.
 The Murphy Barnes conspiracy was also mentioned in the articles. Resumes Stand After the articles were read Colonel Roosevelt resumed the stand. In reply to questions by Mir Bowers he explained