Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
Gov. Roosevelt
 Obeyed PIatt
WHEN LATTER INSISTED UPON
 ATTENDANCE AT A MEETING
MORE LETTERS READ
Revealing Hitherto Unknown Political
 History-BeIieved Cross ExamIn- ation of the Colonel Will End Today

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 Syracuse, N. Y., April 2T-Mort hitherto unknown chapters of political history were revealed in the supreme court here today when confidential respondence that passed between Theodore Rooevelt on the one hand and William Barnes and former Unit. ed States Senator Thomas c. Platt- the boss'-on the other, was read td the Jury which is sitting in the trial of the S50.000 suit brought against Colonel Roosevelt by MT. Barnes. n was the former presidents sixth day upon the witness stand. He identified the letters and answered questions about them and some more about cam paisns contributions and big business.
 Bosses Named.
 He wound up the day by claiming as his own speeches and interviews published in New York newspapers, in which he said some things about the men he called the bosses" The names of Barnes, Murphy, Guggen- helm, Cox, Lorimer, Penrose and others were scattered through these articles
 Roosevelt and PIatt Friendly.
 The letters that passed between Col onel Roosevelt and Senator Platt show ed that the two continued to consult on friendly terms while the former was governor, vice president and then president. In a telegram sent to Col onel Roosevelt while he was still gov ernor, the senator urged the signing of bill for exempting from the franchise tax grade crossings of steam railroads, and said that "our friends of New York Central and Senator Depew were anxious" Colonel Roosevelt replied that he had received the telegram "too late,' and that anyway he considered the matter was one upon which he should take the advice of the tax commission, unless it could be shown that they were wrong"
 Roosevelt Obeyed PIatt.
 In another telegram, when Senator Platt insisted that Colonel Roosevelt, l then governor, attended the meeting of commission, the colonel, after pro- | testing, agreed to do so and added:. "But you are not an easy boss" The colonel, when vice president, ! asked that his friends be taken care | of by the senator. In other letters appointments were discussed, while in one written by the senator after Col | onel Roosevelt was in the White | House, the cabinet to be selected by the mayor-elect of New York, Seth Low, was written of.
 The name of William Barnes, the | colonel admitted, did not appear once l in all this correspondence.
 Barnes-R Letters. The letters between MT. Barnes and l the colonel covered a period between | 1904 and 1910. Their tenor was en- | tirely friendly and at times they al- most bordered on the formal Appoint | men of men to office and variety of political affairs were discussed and the | "Dr. Jekyu and MT. Hyde'' elements | Colonel Roosevelt said MT. Barnes had in him were the subject of questions | which resulted.
 Possibilities Between Lawyers. | Hostilities broke out between the opposing lawyers several times. On each occasion Justice William An drews. presiding, smoothed them against the admission Of the news paper articles Then when the colonel was asked about campaign contribu- tions from men affiliated with the American Powder company, the New Haven railroad, Harvester company, | the Steel corporation and the Ten nessee Coal and Iron company, and whether he as president of the United | States, had ordered the attorney gen. eral to investigate or bring action against the concerns, the attorneys | clashed again.
 The Tennessee Coal and Iron com pany and competition by the steel cor poration was under discussion when John M. Bowers, chief counsel for Colonel Roosevelt, said:
 | Now, please stop with that. We | will be all summer trying this case.''
 we may" replied Mr.William Wins, chief counsel for MT. Barnes. we did not start this game"
 'FYes, you did" declared MT. Bowers
 heatedly.
 Yes, you did, returned MT. Twins | Colonel Roosevelt made the first pub lication"
 Then the court intervened. | Colonel Seemed Fatieued
 The colonel spent considerably more time listening to the lawyers read let ters and newspaper articles than he did in answering questions. He seem ed to be more fatigued at the end of 6 day of inactivity than he was on the days when one question after another
 was being asked him.
 The belief prevailed here tonight that the cross examination of the for mer president would end some time to- morrow. MT. Barnes was in court again this afternoon, having returned from Albany, where he went to attend the state constitutional convention.