Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-25
BARNES ANXIOUS
FOR DAY IN COURT
Thoroughly, Enraged, Is Fully
Determined to Get Back"
at Roosevelt.
REAL FIGHT is YET TO COME
Expects to Show That Coloncl's
Relations With Bosses Were
Extremely Cordial.
Especial to The Ttmcs-Dispa,ch.l ]

SYRACUSE. y. Y, April 24.-The real
fight in the Barnes Roosevelt libel
suit is yet to come. The Colonel has
had all the best Of II so far but It
must not be forgotten that Barnes has
not yet had his day in court.
That day will come when the defend
ants case is in. probably at tho end
Of this week Until then 4, Is lust as
well for the public to follow the cx-
ample OF the jury and suspend judg-
ment on the outcome.
Everything the Colonel has said
about Barnes on the stand and In the
statements complained of. he will have
10 prove. II he is to win this case.
Thus far he has produced one tangi-
BILE piece OF evidence. the letter in
which Barnes appealed to Roosevelt to
drop the state printing house matter,
which threatened Barness ruin If car
ried out
He has been great witness on the
stand. polit!cally-he has got into the
records and. still more important. into
the papers, speeches, essays, remi-
niscences and other pure Advertising
matter which he couldn't have got be-
fore the public In any other way
SURE TO nE SHIFT IN
ADVANTAGE OF BATTLE
But he has been tcstfying as to his
own case. And after that case is all
in. there is sure TO be a shift in the
II
result. In the piles of documents that
cluster the defense of the Barnes law
yers, are many letters. some of them,
it is rumored. setting forth opinions
which no one knew Mr.. Roosevelt ever
entertained, others show tha, his rela-
tons with bosses were at least en-
tremcly cordial.
The first of these to appear will be
letter from the Colonel about Hughes.
written to Parsons. He has consented
to the admission of this. He may not
be so eager for the admission of some
Of the others. II reports hcrca bout as
TO their nature are TO be credited.
The Colonel has practically told
everything he has to tell. The Wit
nesscs he has called will be chiefly to
corroborate him.
But the Barncs's crowd has not been
heard at all Barnes himself has yet
TO tell his side of the conversations
the Colonel had with him back in the
days when they were both organization
men.
lie has n diary which records some
of these conversations. He has n
small army of people here to verify
the charges he is sure TO make against
Roosevelt. And. while he is keeping
a cheerful and smiling outward appear
ance, he is thoroughly enragcd inward
ly. and fully determined TO get back
just as hard as he can.
WILL TELL OF COL0NEL'S
GROWING DISLIKE FOR HIM
Barnes will 20 into the first break
with Roosevelt, and seek TO show that
il was the sole result OF Barnes's de-
fcction. Then he will build his case
on Rooscvelt's growing dislike of him
as Barnes steadily opposed him. which
reached a climax when Barnes came
10 the Chicago convention in 1912 with
the avowcd purpose of protecting the
Constitution, but with the object OF
defeating Roosevelt.
With Barncs's help, Roosevelt would
have been the nominee OF that conven-
tion, and, as he and many others be-
1
for the third time.
1t is because Barnes failed him in
this purpose. Mr. WINS will contend
that the Colonel gave out the state
ment which figures as the provocation
for this $4,000 suit
Counsel for Barnes took advan-
tage OF the week end recess of the Su-
preme Court to-day TO compile addi-
IN n ha
President when his ross-eXamination
is resumed on Monday. Many of the
questions agreed on concern forna-
tion of the Progressive party.
William NJ. lvins, chief counsel for
Barnes. said he expected 70 finish with
Colonel Roosevelt some time on Mon
day. but redirect examination may keep
him on the stand until Tuesday.
MEMBERS OF LEGIsLATURE TO
RE SUBPOENAED BY BARNES
The Roosevelt attorneys heard to-
day that all the members of the Legis-
lature who voted against the Hughes
direct primary bill and other measures
cited by Colonel Roosevelt as instances
where machine Democrats and machine
Republicans combined to defeat legis-
lation he considered good would be sub
buttal
Colonel Roosevelt spent to-day rest
ing from his four strenuous days upon
the witness stand and preparing for
further cross-eXamination when the
trial is resumed on Monday. The
Colonel conferred with his counsel
then took long automobile ride into
the country. After conferences. attor-
neys on both sides thought tonight
that, because of the great amount OF
evidence yet 10 be presented, 1t was
doubtful whether the case would reach
the jury inside of two weeks IL even
then.
Despite the fact that Justice Andrews
has ruled that n Legislative report
dealing. among other things with vice
i'm Albany was not admissible, several
detectives who assisted In an investipa-
tion were served tonight with SUBJ
poenaes. II was said strong effort
would be made by tho Roosevelt attor-
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