Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-27
Roosevelt Admits
 Consulting P|att
AS BOSS" OF REPUBLICAN PAR
 TY IN NEW YORK. ..
FOLLOWED HIS ADVICE
Cross-Examination Yesterday Was Based on a Series of Letters Which Passed Between Governor Roosevelt and Senator PIatt.

Syracuse. N. Y, April 26.-Theodore Roosevelt admitted under cross ex- animation today at the trial of the suit brought against him by William Barnes for alleged libel that while governor he had freely consulted the boss" of the republican party in New York state in reference to the appoint ment of officials in the state govern ment and the various legislative and political matters. The boss named was Thomas c. Platt, who at that time represented New York in the United States senate. The former president said he took the advice of the senator in matters, among them appointing a democrat to the office of tax commissioner ito please Grady" "a lieutenant boss of Richard Croker, then leader of Tammany Hall.
 Roosevelt PIatt Correspondence.
 The testimony from questions asked after letters of a series that passed between Colonel Roosevelt and Sen ator Platt had been read to the jury. In these letters, both writers discussed all manner of political and legislative affairs. In one Colonel Roosevelt asked the senator's advice about making speeches. In anoth- CT Senator Platt told the colonel he had received a copy of a bill intro duced by Grady, in which the sena- tor said he considered it inadvisable to give Tammany from $3,00O,000 to $12,- 100000 of an appropriation to eXpend upon the waterfront of New York, as 'it would simply be putting an un- necessary club in the hands of these people with which to knock our brains out"
 Sent Proof to His Message.
 With another letter the colonel sent the senator a proof of his message to the legislature, which dealt with pub lie utilities, the franchise tax, the trusts, industrial conditions and la Dor. The part dealing with trusts the colonel wrote had been submitted to several experts. including Elihu Root, President Hadley of Yale, Pro- lessor Jenks of Cornell and James A. Dill, who was described in the letter as "a big corporation lawyer"
 aposeveIt's Political Ambitions.
 In the last letter read, which was dated in 1901, Colonel Roosevelt told the senator that he did not want to be vice president of the United States as it was not an office in which he could do anything.
 The colonel said he should like to be governor for another term and that "in spite of all the work and worry and largely because of your constant courtesy and consideration, my dear senator-I have thoroughly enjoyed being governor" The colonel added that not being a money maker, he felt in honor bound to leave his children the equivalent in a way of a, substan- tial sum of actual achievement in po- litics or letters.
 Listened to Reading of Letters. The colonel did lottle talking today For the most part he sat in the witness chair and listened to counsel for William Barnes read the lttters which, it was said, were furnished by a son of MT. Platt. When the colonel did talk it was to identify the letters or answer questions concerning them The reading of additional cores pondence that passed between Colonel Roosevelt and Mir Platt will begin when Colonel Roosevelt resumes the stand tomorrow morning.
 MT. Barnes was not in court dur ing the afternoon session, having gone to Albany to attend the state consti- tutional convention.