New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-22

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the stand, day In which he told as
much and little moro than the law
yers permitted Of the way New York
State was governed. The arch political
rebel of the century seemed to feel.
once he got into the swing OF his mar
rative, that he was telling a story that
was bigger than he was.
His intensity, his vigor, demanded
a Roosevelt for its proper telling. And
/ IL was properly told. Not all the
vigilance Of william N. WINS In the
interests of Mr.. Barnes could shake
the conviction that rang In the hard
bitten sentences Of the narrator. Wait
ing patiently for his opportunities,
| Colonel Roosevelt swung on the jury
and told them that they were the
pawns of pawns; that the men whom
their votes put in the Legislature were
thsmselv the meansst instruments
Of the states real rulers.
Colonel More Cautioua
Though no less vehement, Colonel
Roosevelt was much more cautious
than yesterday. Il was his day. and
he intended to make the most OF ".
Although Justice Andrews's ruling re-
garding the admission Of testimony on
subjects not included in the pleading
went against him, the witness, by
adroit interjections OF 'he told me-"
got many a body blow home.
Thus, in describing a couversat,on
between Mr.. Barnes and William Loeb,
when the latter wanted TO know In 1911
whether Barnes would not support an
independent Democrat as candidate for
United States Senator, the Colonel
flung this into the jurymen's faces;
"Mr Barnes said no; his agreement
with Mr. Murphy was that Mr.. Murphy
was to have free hand In the election
of United States Senator"
Franklin D. Roosevelt the Colonel
quoted trenchantly as follows; "Legis-
lators are only fgureheads, or pawns,
which are moved exactly as the bosses
behind them pull the strings"
The Colonel's fingers futtered sug-
gestively, in the manner Of one plan
ming a chess move. Again the powerful
fingers clutched the air like talons, in
dicating the grip in which the bosses
held their men.
Nor were the handy quotations the
only means the subtle witness used to
ease his information into the jurors
minds.
This influence extends not merely
to such businesses as printing, but to
businesses Of the worst" he started to
say, when prompt objection by Mr..
WINS brought the Colonel up with
round turn. Undismayed, he turned
guilelessly to Justice Andrews and In
quired: T can't say what Mr.. Loeb
said to me regarding the relation be-.
tween crooked politics and gambling"
With due solemnity the court in
formed him that he could not. and
Colonel Roosevelt turned sadly to the
jurors, who, Of course, had heard every
word.
Colonel Names His Sources.
As to the sources Of his information,
Colonel Roosevelt mentioned Mr..
Barnes, William Loeb, John A. Hem
messy, William Sulzer, State Senators
Davenport, Newcomb and Hinman,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the representa-
tive Of the Bayne committee, and arti-
cles by c. ]. Connolly and the late
James Creelman.
His experiences as Governor with
William Barnes supplied the Colonel
with much information. The late Sen
ator Platt was brought in more than
once. the willy Colonel explaining that
certain conversations with Barnes were
combinations of others with Senator
Platt. Several times he began an in
cendiary announcement with: "Sena-
tor Platt called me TO the old Fifth
Avenue Hotel. | told Mr.. Barnes"
Almost pathetic WAS the Colonel's
description of his final break with Mr..
Barnes. It was at the Lincoln Day
dinner Of the Republican Club. in 1910,
and Colonel Roosevelt. armed with Q
letter written py Thurlow Weed.
Barnes's grandfather. to Abraham Lin
coin. served his ultimatum upon the
Republican leader.
In language SO vigorous as to pre-