Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-13
ROOSEVELT AND
BARNES SUIT IS
DRAWING TO END
Witness Declares Colonel Said
Republican Party Could Not
Do Without Him and That
Barnes Must Get Out,


Syracuse, n. r.. May IA witness
for William Barnes swore in the su.
preme court here today in the trial OF
Mr. Barnes libel suit against Theo-
dore Roosevelt that less than year
ago Colonel Roosevelt agreed that the
republican party needed him and said
that he would "go after President
Wilson with his Pittsburgh speech and
on the foreign treaties and tear him
to pieces
Then, declared this witness. the for
mer president asserted that after what
had happened at Chicago In 1912 the
republican party was not big enough
to hold him and MIR. Barnes The
witness was John W. Hutchinson, a
New York lawyer and chairman of
the speakers bureau of the republican
state committee from 1906 until 1912.
Loeb Is Contradictcd.
Mr.. Hutchinson went upon the witt
ness stand after William j. Woolman,
New York broker, had contradIctcd
the statements made last week by
William j. Loeb, private secretary to
Colonel Roosevelt when he was pres
ident, and later collector of the port
of New York Mr.. Loeb testified that
he talked to Mr. Barnes at Woolman's
office in 1911. when the state senate
was deadIocked over the selection OF
a United States senator to succeed
Chauncey NJ. Depew. Under oath,
he said he had talked to Mr.. Barnes
about the deadlock and that Mr..
Barnes said he could do nothing at
that time to end it. Mr. Woolman
said he had never seen Mr.. Loeb I'M
til November, 1912, after Woodrow
Wilson was elected president.
Not Political Allies.
The majority of witnesses who pre-
coded or followed Mr.. Woolman and
Mr., Hutchinson on the stand gave
testimony designed to show that Mr..
Barnes and Charles f. Murphy of
Tammany hall were not political al
lies at the time of the deadlock in
the state legislature in contradition of
the witnesses who testified for Colonel
Roosevelt Benjamin d. Odell, for
mer governor and republican leader
of New York and at one time a mem
Der of congress. testified principally
about the early political career of Mr..
Barnes and campaign contributions.
He denied that any democrats ''as in
dividuals" had contributed to the re-
publican campaign fund in 1898 and
1893 while he was chairman of the
republican state committee, and stat
ed that no promises We're made in re-
turn for contributions from corpora
tons.
Talk With Roosevelt.
Mr.. Hutchinson said he met Colonel
Roosevelt by appointment in the Har-
yard club in New York on July Is,
1914.
Il told him. he went on, that he
was in a way the whole progressive
party. | said il did not make any
material difference what the progress
sive organization did in the way of
nominating candidates. There was
rumor that Colonel Roosevelt was
considering running for governor in
the fall. That was what | wanted to
find out about. / told him that It
would make lot of difference If he
took an active position himself and
that II he were to oppose the republic
can organization 1t would simply
widen the chasm and prevent a re-
union of the party. he said that
would not do, and added. You have
to have me. ] can go after Mr.. Will
son and tear him to pieces, and you
have not anybody who can do it, /
told him we would have to get to-
gether By we | meant the two fac
tons of the republican party
When court was adjourned 1t was
said that only few more witnesses
remained to testify In Barnes behalf. |
Counsel said they considered it posi-
bic that AIR. Barnes himself might go
on the stand some time tomorrow.