Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-30
Tells of Contribution.

were men who could Withstand thu
/! limelight.'
Tells of Contribution.
| H. H. vreeland, formerly president OF
the METROPOLITAN Securities Company
which owned the New York city rail-
WAYS. was the next witness. He was
asked if he had contributed in 1908 to
Iboth the democratic and republican
| campaisn funds, but objection to the
question was sustained. and after Mt
| Vreeland was permitted to testl1y tha'
| he had contributed 10000 to the re-
publican campaign fund OF last !ea'
he was excused. :, -
mer Coz. Suffers investigator. was tne
|next witness Mr.. Hennessy said ne
made an examination of the Diiis alio
accounts of the state architec! onIIe
| Mr.. Van Benschoten read INTO tns
| record stipulation that u was az reeI
between counsel that in lsiz, ~" alu
1914 there We're gross ABUSES ~
state government. there were seahua - .
| in the various state departments .ua
nuhlic offices were barteEed Tor. con
| tractors were hlackmailed. ana clNii
service was debauched.
A recess was then taken
William Loeb on Stand.
William Loeb. jr., once the coiohei
nr;,.ta secretary in the White House and
later collector of the port OF Ne" iolN'
was a witness Yesterday afternoon He
swore that William Barnes had told MIN
that he had an agreement with Gheries
F. Murphy of Tammany Hall not 70 IN
terfere in the selection of a United states
senator. That was in 1911. prior 10 tne
time James A. OGorman was CHOSEN. l.
,l,;l1 T nnh w
counsel for the former President maze
futile attempt to get before the jury lesti-
mony regarding vice and gambling IN Al
bany. 10, ~,
Mr., Loeb told of his relations with the
colonel since the latter was governor. III
reply to a question, he said: So
II have known the plalntln MT,
Barnes) since he came back 10 Albany
from Harvard =
Ibid YOU have any conversations in
1906 and 1907 with the plaintiff as re
CARDS his position in the republican party
and municipal affairs in Albany asked
counsel for Col. Roosevelt
An objection was made by Mr.. WINS.
Counsel for the defendant argued that II
was intended to show by Mr. Loeb that
the plaintiff spoke Of combinations with
the democrats. After discussion, Justice
Andrews remarked that the mere ract that
there were bad or corrupt conditlons, ana
that MIR. Barnes knew of them. II ne dld.
was entirely ilnnaterial in this case
Col Roosevelts counsel argued fur
Their that it was intended to snow ina
the plaintiff was acquainted with
gambling and. other vices in Albany
troll of the city. Mr.. WINS said:
The allegation here is that Mr..
Barnes and Mr.. Murphy were of the
polaes t W knew We tbe tyne of
Caesar. What is the type of Charles
F. Murphy Now is to Albany. there
is nothing to show that Mr.. Barnes
had anything to do with conditions
there
Judge Gives Views.
Justice Andrews, in a statement made
| to counsel during arguments and while
the jury was out of the room, asserted
that no evidence had been produced
connecting Mr.. Barnes with any cor
rupt conniva nee in so far as the NUM-
cipal government of Albany was con-
cerned. Then he added:
Where the libel charges man with
being a thief, it is not enough to say
simply that the charge is true. but
one must set up in the answer the
facts from which the inference is made.
Here the charge is that Mr.. Barnes
was corrupt in one way or another.
the charges are true. You are bound
to set forth the facts. which, If true.
would constitute Justification; they
have got to be set forth SO that if
the facts are true they would show cor
ruption.
THAT you have failed utterly to do
with respect to the Albany Lincoln
League and gambling conditions. but
| am inclined to think you have done
it with respect to the printing charges.
Race Track Legislation.
ton to the Hart-Agnew racing bill was
offered in evidence. but Justice An
| drews ruled that it was not material
and it was excluded.
George & Agnew of New York was
then called. He said he was a state
senator from 1907 to 1910 and told OF
| introducing bills during these years re-
garding the race track question.
1.-The measures were designed to stop
| race track gambling" said the former
senator. who then told of conversations
| relating to the racing bills which he
had with former Senator Grattan OF
Albany. The witness continued:
Senator Grattan promised to support
| the bill before it came up. On the day
| the bill came up during a recess ] saw
Mr.. Barnes at his home told him his
! senator. Grattan. had come to me and
| told me he had changed his mind about
| favoring the bill. l asked Mr.. Barnes
whether he understood the seriousness
OF making senator -trTattdn cnanse MS
| decision. Mr.. Barnes said he thought
Mr. Grattan would be made by his ac-
ton and that he thought it was good
politics to have Senator Grattan vote
| against the bill. l told Mr.. Barnes Mr.
Grattan was very anxious to vote in
| favor OF the bill.
Senator Grattan's Vote Killed Bill.
| Later in the day the bill was voted
on. Senator Grattan voted against the
| measure The vote was 25 to 25
Twenty-six votes would have passed
| it,
| Mr. Agnew then took up the election