Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-20
Carries Jurors Over Hills of
Santiago in the Span
ish War.
lAYSHlS CAREER BARE
Barnes Attorneys Try to
Shut Colonel Of, but
Court Assents.

Syracuse. s. g.. April zp- Counsel
Tor William Barnes lu hfs $4,000 sui;
t1F alleged libel aGainr Theodore
Roosevelt RESTED their ease t1.lay after
tErf had offered evidence calculated
f9 prove publication OF the alleged De-
bri1gs EtafrGrafs uttered reainft fle
former chairman OF the republican
state committee bE tl~ former prcsi-
dent
William Wins. chief counsel for
Barnes. iu uatiiriaF his clients case.
said be- expected t1 fb1u that U61sr-
trif foT many years had exhibited
malice tuaaFt Barnes iu written and
verbal statements. Wins concluded
we have cone into court under the
great prine.pir of liberty. the quality
upon which thiE action rests. We have
come uot oriy for aurreiyes bat for
ths benefit of mankind
Wins pictured Roosevelt as having
been th~ greatest arb3ter of morals.
ari De- said be- usF iH court Wifh un
opportunity Co prove the alleged lib
ri1gs things De- had said about
Barnes ON various oecasio1g.
William Van Brusehotsn 81 Roosc-
t~if's legal staff opened the defend
ants ease. tie saiI -yr Wins re-
ferFrs! o. the fact that yesterday was
the anniversary 81 a shot that was
heard around gh- wUFid. aud that shot
uas nred iu the cau1r o. liberty. 10
uas Aired as q protest against corrupt
tn EnEiand. Roosevelt
having been a citizen % this state
nearly all bis life. certainly had q
right 60 stand up and demand good.
honest government Coming dos-u 20
1914. the lawyer read q series of sen
teuc-s dealing With corruption OH gov
eminent in Nru York. such a. prisons
padding rayroiis. irfcrsuces of graft.
stealing % pubiic moneys. and 90 uu-
The sentences. be said. acre copied
from Barnes Newspaper. the Albany
Journal Counsel then read editorials
from the same paper. iu which Eonrc-
welt vas iaudcd for his efforts o. SEE
cure clean politics and clean govern
meut-
Ctes Bills Fought hy Barnes
The tavyer sk.tchrd the actions OF
Roosevelt iu Albany Do was there.
be- said. that the colonel and Barnes
Hrat came Co ku1v each other well.
Thomas g. Piatt. vhum counsel de-
serihed as the easy boss. vas then
The political partner % Barnes. Van
Ii~nsrh0teu discussed fhr opposition
1f Barnes 90 Governor Hughes and I
the artlvlties % Barnes while EnoEc-
r~tt vas governor. Hc mentioned sew
srai measures opposed hy Barnes. iic
also discussed the Neu York state In
suranec investigation and the state
n~nt ne accredited 90 BaFucg that be Z
wanted men who Wiii be- mine" in
Offices Concluding be
sal1 - mouey verdict on ore side oT 4
he other is iuc1uscqueutiai compared I
<ith the vital proposition which comes .
lofn~ 90 every man. woman and child /
u thc stale aa 90 whether good gov
-rumcut shall exist
John McGrath Roosevelt Eccrc- I
ary. who gave out thc offending state .
uent. vas the FIRST witness. lie told /
y giving the statement 90 newspaper I
az RooEcvclt'E home Ia 1
OYSTER Bay. Wins then read list ot
newspapers iu all sections of the Unit
q states iu which the statement ap-
reared.
McGrath was tho only witness piac-
"a on the stand By Barnes counsel
Roosevelt took tire stand IN reply 10
! question. Hc said he was the man
Fho made the statement complained
y. n a clear voice ne told of his
.arIy life and skriched his political
.arccr.
Tells story of Life.
Haru~s changed his seat so he could
xateh his opponent while he was tell
ne % the work of the Rough Riders
q Cuba. Attorney Wins objected TO
his lire % testimony and Counsel
Bowers. for Roosevelt. said he was
ryinE 90 shoW Who the witness was.
md vxifhdrcW the question The Wit
less then described his frst engage
ncut with the spanish and ivins
gain objected The court did not
.aie. aud the witness continued; We
hen moved forward toward san
iaEo
4 object sald ivins. -wha; dif-
~rcncc does u make where hc moved
o. I xa-t 20 shorten this trial as
much as possible
Justice Andrews said the witness
al better confre himself 10 the is-