The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-29
ROOSEVELT TELLS OF
PARLEYS WITH PLATT

CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE

Incidentally the witness. in impa ssIoncd
ddrcsscs To the jury. sought to purge
'imsel: % charges OF misunderstanding in
appointing i democrat CGl,mshannon, To
7ice NJ senator GrndN's request. of I'M
GuIy ,iidinr his young architect friend.
Frank Tr"wi ridge, to get a chance 10
"a o. =oN,l..mcnt work or of permit
ng Pa: to interfere in amy way with
| =" ,:r. :. New York charter.
just il naS:.:nG he asserted that he
|rVa~ very /, iuctant to do anything to
Iitclp the randiGacy of Charles f.
tIuEhcs &c. rcnomination and that he
slid 50 oni! ut Hughes earnest personal
! olicitation made at the Harvard
commencement in 1908.
Council in Rumpu..
Late in he morning occurred row
tween opposing counsel over the
| cmpairn contribution testimony of
.st"rday that for little while threat
ed to result in violence.
When the CroSs-cNamination had end
. TIN. colonel made it plain that he
ough, h" had been deceived by
I'm > counsel about the campaign
81 .9ui whose accuracy h" had at
ted. and whose items he had veri-
l.
Towers. for the witness accused
ms. :OI !:arn"S. of ringing in" tho
Tor, OF the tIapp committee on cam
I'm cNp"uavS for that of the actual
e. tclyou report. The Clapp commit
report was prepared by Elmer Do
=. SECRETARY of the national commit
II -, an! Dover has said that il was not
:. holly accurate.
ii !oIr homo! please" said Wins. leap
t" h = feet. ".ly good faith has u
!. lily been put in question by M dear
and Le"Ct"f md. Mr.. Bow ers''
rorrects His Figures.
We'll. sir. ther" are some matters be-
|! end :rI I[is.!ip. retortcd Bowers. Will.
49, 'r..r,!'l h"@nn writing with q we'll
i IN uncomfortable desire to :;et into th.
ror
Asked dirrct!, Is to his previous testt-
riony. which had been that the taking,
from tn" Operations in l%4 amounted to
$40 .O00. the witness said:
My memory is that al. Corrclyou tolG
TIC our fund was about une-hali that
Of Mckinney. and that was about S3.TU-
20 ] WAS In;Stak ken in using the, words
'thrcc mlllion.' had three million as
ISOLATED in my mind with that CONVEX
satio1 with CnrtclyouI. but tn" stale
ment was in effect that thu receipts ana
'N'"n"ituI'S l'lu pcth ABOUT Sl-N','" IN
Ieot'
Here Bsrnum. for Barnes. broke i'll
witt.
Tho q" .tn"sS admitted that there was
over S3.rtU.ia" in this campaign fund ''
Wait u minute" shouted Bowers Il
have the floor now: YOU ha," had 1t for
ny" days
II am on tn" floor Mt any time to max"
proper objections" said Earmum hotly.
shakes Fist at Lawyer.
Here WINS remarked suaNeIy. ''Ncver
mind what III" amount was: it was all
for the Y. n. &. y. fund. anyway"
Needless to say. this tiff did not clear
tho atmosphere any. For the rest of the
session all the hcllis"rents We're at
Eigh merry oIs tension.
A f"G seconds later. when Rarnum
" no had hccklcd the colonel Monday,
sat directly in front of him and began
sneerinG at him. Mr..
Roosevelt leaned forward out Of his
chair. his JAWS working as II forming I
scathing denuuciatIons and shook his
.st in the syracuse lawyers fac" Bar
num- Redeemed trifle. but continued to |
sheer.
Conveyed rather than towed by his |
,wn la"Her. the Colonel got under full !
sail in the afternoon. Given plenty !
u sea room his spirits came back |
pnce. when telling how he had re |
listed Piatts efforts to manage the |
Few York charter commission h.
stretch. delivering perhaps two COL
INNS of words in that space of time.
Put Out" by Letters.
Again. after telling the jury what he
lad said about his refusal to appoint