The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-22

the in,ercas.of the public and mono Of
you gentieTnen shau ever have the
chance 70 say that I have done
otherwise"
The colonel was then photographed
with the jury.
After the picture had been taken
the colonel turned 70 the jury and
continued;
Il am more moved by this verdict
than II ~ possible FOR me 20 express.
None % you, ! assure you. viii ever
have cause to regret your action.
am especially aratified that such q
verdict came from a Jury composed
nf men of every political faith"
The foreman OF the Jury snsd that
forty ballots IN all were taken before
the verdict was fnnliy agreed upon.
The iirst ballot, taken more than
forty hours beforo the Jury came ia
to-day, was nine 70 three IN favor Of
the defendant. a. remained at that
figurc for about Ave hours
The colonel left the building IN a
crowd through which were acCttcred
several of the Juryment.
"Gcntlemea. this in certainly a typ.
gal American verdict. want to
fhank you again." he said.
A crowd at tho doors Of the court
house cheerea Juror Burns as he left
the building.
Roosevelt Issues Statement.
Colonel Hooneveirs attorney, John
NJ. Bowers. ISSUED n statement op-
proved BY the colonel. which said:
''The verdict Of unanimous jury
IL that Theodore Roosevelt had justl-
fed the entire article IN suit.
'The victory that Mr.. Roosevelt has
won II victory Tor good government.
The issue put tosfhe jury was wheth-
er machine government or govern
ment BY the people should prevail.
and the latter has prevailed. The arr
tlcie In the suit was held by the
court TO be llbelous Ia two aspects;
First. because II charged a corr
rupt political alliance between Will
lam Barnes, the Republican leader Of
the state. and Charles r. Murphy. the
Democratic leader Of the state. IN re-
lation to the state government. (This
INV AAANN aNNA NAN AN1| NN'ANNIM RNA"
purport OF the article taken as a
whole).
second. Because the article
cha.sed that the plalntlff had worked
through q corrupt alliance between
crooked business and crooked poll
itics. The jury were father In
structed that they must render n ver-
diet In favor OF the plaintin. unless
they found that the defendaE. estab-
lished to their satisfaction by fair
preponderance of evidence thct both
charges were true. The burden was
successfully borne by Mr. Roosevelt.
"lt u Impossible 20 determine at
this time the far reaching extent 0f
this verdict for good government.
"The verdict certainly assures ue
that the anglo-system OF determining
questions between fitlgants IA rightly
lodged IN the hands OF n jury Of
twelve men.
Moreover Il determines that jurors
holding political views opposed Ia
those held by a party win not be
swaycd thereby In determining the
questions submitted 10 them"
F'oremnn Makes Statement.
The foreman OF the jury In a siate-
ment said:
After the FIRST ballot we stood n
I 10 1 In favor Of the defendant. Those
/ figures were nevw changed, Mr..
Burns refusing TO change hia vote un-
tll this morning.
Except for Mr.. Burns the Jurors
who voted for the piaintlm ON the
first ballot did 80 they said. because
they dld not want Il 10 appear that
they gave insufficient consideration 20
the great mass OF evidence that was
presented during th0se i've Ions
weeSs."