The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-22
, by the votes under the lead OF Senator


Grady"
At the very beginning Of the after
noon session tho Colonel IN neat little
speech to the jury remarked that Aids
vas impcached for bribery and thrown
out OF the Senate. Mr. WINS holly
challenged the statement, saying Aids
was not impeached and that he resigned.
But the Colonel grnned happily. In
half minute he put over another one
while Mr. WINS was not looking:
After almost all the other members
Of the combination had abandoned the
EFFORT to defend Mr.. Aids. Senator
Grady still made speech in his be-
half"
Rushed for time by argument be-
tween counsel. Col. Roosevelt soon had
the chance to testify that Senator New
comb informed him that the combination
continued. and that what had been done
by the machine Democrats In aid OF
Aids was reciprocated by the machine
Republicans In aid OF Senator stephen
J. Stilwell. who said the Colonel.
blandly. was charged with bribery.
but who was kept in the Senate by the
combination OF machine Democrats and
machine Republicans. He was con-
victed outside and put In prison"
Next in order on the programme OF
the Roosevelt defence was the matter
OF the Bayne committee report. which
furnished the Colonel with considerable
material for his untavorable opinion OF
Mr.. Barnes. He testified that his nephew
and his cousin had called his attention
TO IT, He said he regarded most OF the
members highly as men of independent
III. hat hA ant
ter contained in the report was true.
Mr. Bowers offered the Who'll, report in
evidence, but Justice Andrews admitted
only such parts as referred TO alleged
scandals In the awarding OF State print
ing. The defence will contend that Mr..
Barnes was a partner In or beneficiary
Of three big printing concerns that are
said TO have charged double for GER
tain work.
Col Roosevelt was then asked to tell
Of his conversation with William Loeb
concerning the Senatorial election of
1911.
II discussed with Mr.. Loeb" he said.
the combination between crooked BUSH
ness and crooked politics set forth in
that report the Bayne report.l Mr. Loeb
! told me that the combination extended
not only TO business like printing, but to
business OF the worst type. such as
had found"
You are giving what you said Is the
worst type. ! object to this" shouted
/ Mr.. Wins.
/ 81 am not" said the Colonel shrilly.
You are making an address to the
jury" snapped Mr.. WINS.
Nothing of the sort" snapped the
I Colonel right back.
: The court stoppeS that In hurry
and let Mr.. Roosevelt proceed after Mr..
WINS had struggled vainly To check
testimony on the line indicated. Col.
Roosevelt. arms waving. let ny:
MIR Loeb informed me that a: the
time OF the election for Senator TO sue
coed MIR. Depew. when there was split
between the machine and anti-machine
Democrats. that he went to Albany to
see Mr.. Barnes 20 ask Mr.. Barnes II the
Republicans in the Legislature would
! support an anti-machine Democrat for
Senator and that MIR. Barnes answered
that he could not do so because his
tMr. Barnes'sb arrangement with Mr.
Murphy was that Mr. Murphy was to
have u free hand In the election 81 the
United states senator"
DO you remember what Mr. Franklin
n. Roosevelt said TO YOU
lie called my attention to tho union
OF the independent men Of both parties
by which they beat the machines of
both parties. He used the words tho
Barnes machine and the Murphy ma
chine
He said that material progress had
been made In upsetting conditions which
had long existed at Albany by which
the legislators were only figure heads
or pawns who moved exactly as the boss
behind them pulled the strings He felt
that the Improvement was due TO the
little group OF Independent democrats
who stood out against Boss Murphy"
when" asked Mr.. Bowers, did you
last see Mr.. Barnes
at the Lincoln bay banquet Of the
Republican club in February. l2ll. Mr..
Stimson had been defeated ! sad To-
him that he was now definitely IN con-
troll OF the party ana that ! hoped
he would act toward the party as his
grandfather. Thurlow Weed, hal acted
when he was leader. ! had just been
reading a letter from Thurlow Weed TO
Abraham Lincoln.
Warns Bnrncs eft Revolt.
81 told him that he was now the head
Of the party, that and those that
thought as | did Were out and that
| earnestly hoped he would succeed IN
his leadership. told HIM / believed
We all could support him. but that tn"
time had gone by for the Republican
party to submit to n revival OF the
boss system as practlsed by Mr.. Plat'
and that, If an effort should he made
to rule the party as platt ruled II
there would be revolt. that men like
myself would revolt. Mr.. Barnes said
that he would act as he deemed best
and the conversation closed
Mr.. Bowers offered magazine articles
written by q. H. and James crcelman
and Justice Andrews announced that he
would decide tomorrow as 20 whether
they were admissible Promptly the 'cs-
timony took a new tack. this time
toward SulZer and Henncssy.
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