The Washington herald., 1915-05-15
BOSS UNSHAKEN
BY 7. R. Counsel
Barnes Again Takes Stand to
Deny All Roosevelt
Statements.
FOURTH WEEK IS ENDED
Testimony on Albany Printing Ring
L Cut Short by Court
FOURTH WEEK IS ENDED
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE.

By JAMES j. MONTAGuE.
! Syracuse. May H.-When the thud OF
the judges gavel ended the fourth weeH
of the Barnes Roosevelt libel suit Mr..
Barnes had Just begun TO explain his
relations with the Albany printing ring.
, This subject had been excluded from the
| trial. But when it was brought up by
! Mr.. Bowers for Roosevelt on cross
examination. the Barnes lawyers made
! no objection. Apparently they were Will
/ ing for their client to deny unriShteous-
ness in connection with State printing as
! industriously as he has denied all the
| other unrighteousness Col. Roosevelt has
, laid to his charge.
Barnes said he asked Roosevelt not to
advocate a State printing house because
/ such an establishment would raise wages.
! prevent competition for State contracts
| and prove otherwise detrimental to his
business as a publisher. He had begun
, to tell Of his connection with j. Is. Lyon
when the gavel fell. Whether he VIII
he allowed to explain the $1,000 salary
he got from the Albany printery remains
! for Mondays session to disclose.
! On direct and cross examination today
| Rarnes continued his course OF contradic-
ton. He denied that ne had ever had
/ any political dealings with Charles +.
| Murphy by messenger. letter. telephone
or word Of mouth. He said he had met
Murphy only once ut an Amen Corner
dinner in New York.
Denies Roosevelt Statement.
/ He denied that he lad ever had any
conversation with Villain Loeb as to a
promise to keep his hands OF and let
Murphy elect a United States Senator In
81, 1911.
He denied that he had ever issued any
orders to any Republican Senator to
continue to vote for Depew SO that the
election Of Sheehan might proceed.
He said that he had only five political
conversations with Roosevelt in 1sss-?s
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 plutocrat Of Albany. had
owned 5000 worth Of bonds In Barnes
Albany Evening Journal in addition to
twenty shares of stock. But he said
Brady's combination with Herrfck in
1895 had defeated the Albany County Re-
publicans, which had been a real blow to
him.
Mr.. Barnes declined to fix the date of
any conversation positively. Also he re-
fused to state exactly what he had said
to him.
Editorials as Evidence.
Il cannot recall everything Mr. Roose-
Welt said to me eighteen years ago." he
told the jury
In detailing a talk with the Governor
about Platt, Mr.. Barnes said:
lie told me he was going to get along
with Plat and at the same time conduct
the ONCE Of governor. I suppose" he
added with a side glance at the Colonel.
hc1
Roosevelt assumed that 1 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 disproof Of this. Mr.. Bowers read
into the record number of editorials in
the Albany Evening Journal in the win
ter OF 1911. In these editorials Barnes
compared Sheehan and Edward NJ. Shep-
ard. the insurgent choice. to Shepard's
disfavor. and spoke very slightingly of
Osborne
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
responsible head, in the form Of edi-
torials.
Roosevelt Excited.
Mr.. Barnes was on the stand most
of the morning answering questions
put to him by his own lawyer. Mr..
WINS. In the afternoon he went I'M
der fire by Mr.. Bowers. He had the
same unruffled air which marked him
yesterday. In fact. the only person
-. -
excitement was Col Roosevelt, who
continually shifted in his chair that
he might fix the witness with his
gaze. Many times Barnes returned
the glance, but there was never 3
flicker of recognition in his cold blue
eyes.
Testifying about the Coloners d.
rect primary position, Barnes told of
conversation shortly after the Sara
toga convention in 1910 which Roose-
Welt raided and captured.
He told me I took the primary
matter too seriously" said the wit
ness. He said he was displeased
with me for voting against him in
the convention and asked me why /
had done 1t. I said that after reading
his speech on the New Nationalism
T could not support him for such
position"
Referring to the now famous Thur
low Weed letter. Barnes said Roose-
welt had borrowed 1t Of him at a
Lincoln dinner in New York and had
afterward given IL out to the press
as part of a speech. Mr.. Barnes did
not seem to think this very chubby.
What difference would it make" said
the justice. IF he had stolen the letter.
forged sentences of his own to 1t and
scld it to the New York Tribune"
mistaken by Bowers.
1t was admitted that it would make
no difference. Barnes and the Colonel
were both highly amused at the posi-
bility suggested by the court and their
eyes almost met as they laughed. Barnes
silently and the Colonel raucously.
While the witness was extremely eau
tious about committing himself his testi-
mony of yesterday and this morning was
wholly mistaken by Mr.. Bowers. He
went into much detail. going over all
the conversations he could remember. He
even included the story of his journey to
Chicago. where he said he voted for TAFT
and against Roosevelt. Further chronicles
of the convention were ruled out.
Barnes will resume the stand on cross
examinati ton Monday. Col. Roosevelt will
be called on sur-rebuttal continuing the
you-did-I-didn't controversy to which
the trial II now reduced.
Half q dozen senator's and assembly
nen were nut ON the atand TO-DAY to