Arizona republican., 1915-04-20
ROTTEN GOVERNMENT
 IS NOT PERSONAL
Counsel for Ex-President Makes Motion to Dismiss , on the Ground That Al legations Should be Con Sidered as Privileged
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 SYRACUSE, April 19-The jury which will try William Barnes suit for alleged libel against Theodore Roosevelt was completed by the su- preme court late today. It is com posed of seven republicans. three pro gressives and two democrats Twenty two talesmen were examined before both sides announced they were sat isfied with the F in the box.
 Immediately after the jury was com pleted, counsel for Colonel Roose- welt made a motion to dismiss the complaint upon the ground that such allegations as were made in the state ment upon which the suit is baesd were privileged, and that in naming Barnes, and Charles Murphy of Tam -nanS Hall as the controllers of rot len Sovernment,' in the state of New York. he did not mean anything per Sonal or imply that either one named in any way profited by the alleged . -rottenness." The motion was denied
 The actual taking of testimony will begin tomorrow upon the conclusion of the opening address by William Ivins. chief of the Barnes legal staff The first witnesses will be newspaper men. to whom Colonel Roosevelt is sued the offending statement Other newspaper reporters who interviewed the Colonel during the last five years will also he called and photographs from nearly hundred newspapers from various sections of the United states in which the alleged libelous statements claimed were made bv Colonel Roosevelt appeared. will be presented in evidence. it is said. This testimony will be offered in an effort to prove the publication of statements issued verbally and in writing by Colonel Roosevelt.
 Counsel for Barnes said tonight they would make no effort to show Colonel Roosevelt began to make statements which they consider Hbe- lous during the Syracuse convention in 1910 when he defeated Jas Sher- man. the former vice president of the United States candidate for chairman. Although there is room in court for less than fifty spectators. a great crowd of curious men and women stood in the corridors. outside the building all day. Fifty policemen preserved order.
 The Barnes attorneys said further that some of the newspaper reporters would be called upon to testify re- Garding certain verbal statements Mir Roosevelt made to them in amplifica- tion of written statements he had prepared. One of these statements. it was stated. was made when the colonel was sailing for Spain to at tend the wedding of his son, and an other was made when he was about tO leave New York for South Amer ica on d hunting trip.
 After MT. Barnes attorneys pre- sents this evidence. the defense will begin its case. As only two Of the great number of witnesses summoned for the defense were in Syracuse to- night, it was presumed that Col 1soOsevelt's first witness will not be called before Wednesday. if then.
 If Colonel Roosevelt saw his op- l'onent at any time during the pro- having done so. The colonel seemed the more serious of tho two. He was intensely interested in the selection of jurors and the questions asked the talesnen. While his attorney was arguing upon the motion 10 dismiss the complaint he leaned far forward in his chair. so as not miss a single word
 MT. Barnes also ignored his op- ponent when he first entered the court room Later, however, he swung around in ais chair and watched the colonel for several min ---
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