New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-03

tween Mr.. Barnes and whatever may
have been wrong IN the Albany print
ing situation. The defence has a rec
ord of the testimony in the Bsyne IN
vestigation and will check up the evil
dence Of the same witnesses given here.
Mr.. Bowers started on Friday TO ask
Michael V. Dolan. manager for the
Argus Company, If what he was saying
was what he had said on the stand be-
fore the Bayne committee. At one
time he was about TO read quotation
from the Bavne record, but stopped
suddenly. But that line Of action will
be continued this week.
Printing Contracts Up.
Mr.. Dolan said the only reason he
| knew why the Argus Company gave Is
/ per cent of what il got from the city
/ of Albany for printing the Common
| Council minutes to the Journal Com
pany the Barnes corporation was 10
| induce the latter 20 turn oye- 20 il
/ copies of the departmental reports.
Before the Bayne committee an en-
ploye of the Argus Company declared
! that "Mr. Barnes dictated where the
printing goes, and The Argus gives up
/ TO The Journal in order to obtain the
printing"
One of the points most relied on 10
establish justification by the defence
| is the testimony Of William Loeb, jr.,
! that Mr.. Barnes told him he could not
/ undertake 70 have the Republicans
/ support an Independent Democrat for
/ the United States Senate in 1911. be-
cause II would interfere with his ar
rangement with Charles +. Murphy
( that the latter should have an abso-
b lutely free hand in the selection OF
a Senator.
. The plaintiff will set up that the
very fact that the Republican legis-
lators consistently voted for Senator
/ Chauncey VI. Depew, the Republican
/ candidate. was proof that NJ. Barnes
would not enter into bipartisan
/ combination of any character. There
will be brought before the jury. if the
court permits, the idea that II once
| the cohesion Of the Republicans had
been destroyed by having some Of
them switch to a Democrat, II would
have been impossible TO hold them to-
gether thereafter, and that some OF
them might have gone over 70 william
F. Sheehan. If Sheehan's election had
been brought about in that manner
then Mr.. Barnes might now stand &C
cused of being responsible. The Loeb
testimony will be attacked heavily by
the plaintiff, as it now stands as one
of the main points for justification.
Among other justification points are
the allegations that Mr.. Barnes con-
spired with Senator Grady TO defeat
the Human Green direct primary meas
ure and the anti-racetrack gambling
- 90 hra
down the effect of the testimony of ex-
Senators Davenport, Newcomb and Hin
man. He is planning to call Lafayette
B. Gleason, secretary Of the Republican
State Committee, who was clerk of the
Senate. and ex-senator Henry J. Graf
tan. who represented the Barnes dis
trict. II was in the Office Of Mr.. Glea-
son that Mr. Barnes is said to have
whipped Republican Senators into line
in opposition TO the measures OF Gov
ernor Hughes.
A point will be made by the plalntlt,
II is said. Of the fact that the Colonel
when Governor vetoed the Ford fran
chise tax bill and signed a measure
drawn by Frank II. Plat, son OF Sen
ator Plat. which was presented at a
special session of the Legislature. II
will be contended that the Ford bill
bore heavily on the corporations, while
the measure signed by the Governor
had loopholes through which they have
been able TO fight the measure. One
case was settled only a few months
ago.
When Mr.. Barnes takes the stand his
diarv will play an important part. The
only way in which the Colonel could
rot in considerable of what Senator
plat had told him was by stating that
be had repested il to the plaintiff
Based on the evidence of his diary, Mr..
Barnes is prepared TO state That ne
never had more than one conversation
alone with the Colonel, and that their
total conversations IN the years the
Colonel was Governor did not exceed
FIVE or six. go
More Piatt Letters Ready.
Edward VI. Platt, son of the late
Senator Thomas c. Piatt, whose private
correspondence has shed so mach re"
light upon past political events IN me
state, arrived in Syracuse tonight WIN
an entire new lot of letters. They Will
be read to the jury. if Justice Andrews
allows them to go into the record, TO-
morrow or Tuesday.
The letters complete the correspond
ence which passed between Colonel
Roosevelt and Mr.. Plat and between
Plstt and Mr.. Barnes since 1904. None
of the letters has yet been puohshed.
Mr.. Plat brought them here under
subpoena by John NJ. Bowers, senior
counsel for Mr. Roosevelt. Just wnat
the Roosevelt lawyers hope to sho" oy