Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-15
BARNES FURTHER DENIES
R0OsEvELT's CHARGES
On Direct and Cross-Examination
Continues His Course OF
Contradiction.
WITNESS is VERY CAUTIOUS
But Testimony Is mistaken by Col
oneIs Counsel-Expected to En-
plain Relations With Albany
Printing Ring on Monday.
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SYRACUSE. n. Y. May 14.-When
the thud OF the judges gavel ended
the fourth week of the Barnes Roose-
welt libel trial. Mr.. Barnes had just
begun to explain his relations with
the Albany printing ring. This sub
Jet had been excluded from the trial.
but when IT was brought up by Mr.
Bowers for Roosevelt on cross exam
ination. the Barnes lawyers made no
objection Apparently they were will :
ing for their client to deny unright-
eousness in connection with State
printing as industrously as he has
denied all the other unrighteousness
Colonel Roosevelt has laid to his
charge.
Barnes said he asked Roosevelt not
10 advocate State printing house, be-
cause such an establishment would
raise wages. prevent competition for
state contracts. and prove otherwise
detrimental to his business as pub
Usher. He had begun to tell Of his
connection with j. 3. Lyon when the
eavel fell. Whether he will be al
lowed to explain the $4,000 salary he
got from the Albany printer remains
iO' 'ioHidS session 10 disclose.
On direct and cross-examination to-
Day Barnes continued his course Of con-
tradiction. He denied that he had ever
mad any political dealings with Charles
r. Murphy. by messenger, letter, tele-
phone or correspondence.
He denied that he had ever had anv
conversation with William Loeb as to
a promise to keep his hands off, and
al
tor in 1911. He denied that he had
ever issued any orders to any Repub-
lican Senator to continue to vote for
Depew so that the election of Sheehan
might proceed
SAID NONE or THINGS
ATTRIBUTED TO HIM
He said that he had only FIVE politi-
cal conversations with Roosevelt in
1859. and that in none of these had
he said any of the things attributed to
him by the Colonel in his testimony.
He admitted that Anthony y. Brady.
the Democratic piutocrat of Albany,
had owned $4,000 worth of bonds in
Sarness Albany Evening Journal. in
addition to twenty shares of stock
But he said Brady's combination with
Herrick in 1898 had defeated the AL
bany County Republicans. which had
been real blow to him.
Mr. Barnes declined to fix the date
of any conversation positively. Also
he refused to, state exactly what he
had said to Roosevelt or what Roose-
Welt had said to him.
Il cannot recall everything Mr..
Roosevelt said to me eighteen years
ago." he told the jury.
In detailing talk with the Governor
about Plat. Mr.. Barnes said:
He told me he was going to get
along with Plat. and at the same time
conduct the Office of Governor. sup
pose" he added with side glance at
the Colonel. who was eyeing him alb
sorbedly, mr.. Roosevelt assumed that
| thought this would be impossible"
Mr.. Barnes insisted that in the sena-
torial fight he was willing the Repub-
licans should vote for T NJ Osborne,
Democrat.
In dlsproof of this, Mr.. Bowers read
into the records a number of editorials
in the Albany Evening Journal in the
winter Of 1911. In these editorials
Barnes compared Sheehan and Edward
NJ. Shepard. the insurgents choice. to
shepards disfavor. and spoke very
snShunBly or Osborne.
USED HIS NEWSPAPER
TO INFLUENCE VOTES
1t is the purpose OF the defense to
maintain that while Barnes may not
have directly ordered any Republicans
to keep out OF the fight so that Shee-
han might be elected he did actually
issue the orders through the columns
OF the paper OF which he was the re-
sponsible head, in the form of edi-
torials.
Mr. Barnes was on the stand most
or the morning answering questions
put to him by his own lawyer. Mr.
WINS. In the afternoon he went under
fire by Mr.. Bowers. He had the same
unruff1ed air which marked him yester-
day. In fact. the only person in the
room who was the prey to any excite
ment was Colonel Roosevelt. who con-
tinually shifted in his chair. that he