The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-28
C oNFIDEN NTlH- CORRESPOND. ENCE OF ROOSEVELT. BARNES
 AND PLATT READ IN COURT.
COLONEL HAS TlRESOME DAY
Judge Andrews Had to Straighten out Several Tilts Between Lawyers. Letter Showed Friendly Relation
 Between Roosevelt and the Bosses.

Syracuse, N. Y. April 27-More hitherto unknown chapters of pOliti. cal history were revealed in the su- preme court here today when conf, dential correspondence that passed between Theodore Roosevelt on one hand and William Barnes and Former United States Senator Thomas C. Platt-the ''boss"-on the other. was read to the jury. It was the former presidents sixth day upon the wit. ness stand in the $5O,O0O suit for al lcged libel brought against him by MT. Barnes. Colonel Roosevelt identi- fled the letters and answered ques- tios about them and some more about campaign contributions and big business. He wound up the day by claiming as his own the speeches and interviews published in New York newspapers in whicl he said some things about the men he called 'the bosses" The names of Barnes, Mur phy, Guggenheim, Cox, lorimer Pen rose and others were scattered through these articles.
 The letters that passel between Colonel Roosevelt and Senator Platt showed that the two continued 10 con suit on friendly terms while the for mer was governor, vice president and then president In a telegram sent tO Colonel Roosevelt while he was gov eruor, the senator urged the signing of bill for eXemptng from the fran chise tax grade crossings of steam railroads and said that "our friends of the New York Central and Sena- tor DepeW were anxious Colonel Roosevelt replied that he had re- ceiyed the telegram too late" and that any way he considered the mat ter was one on which he should take the advice of the tax commis ion un- less it could be shown that they were wrong"
 In another telegram when Senator Platt insisted that Colonel Roos ayelL then governor, attend the meeting of a commission. the colonel, after pro testing. agreed to do so, and added, "but you are not an easy boss
 The colonel when vice president asked that his friends be taken care of by the senator. In other letters appointments were discussed, while in one written by the senator after Colonel Roosevelt was in the white house. the cabinet to be selected by the mayor-elect of New York; Seth Low. was written of.
 The name of William Barnes, the colonel admitted, did not appear once in all this correspondence.
 The letters between Mr. Barnes and the colonel covered a period between 1904 and 1910. Their tenor was en- tirely friendly and at times they al most bordered upon the formal. The appointment of men to office and a voriety of political affairs were dis cussed and the "Dr Jekyl and MT. Hyde" elements Colonel Roosevelt said Mir. Barnes had in him were the subject of questions.
 Hostlities broke out between the opposing lawyers several times
 On each occasion Justice William Andrwes presiding, smoothed them down.
 The Roosevelt counsel fought against the admission of the newspaper art. cles. Then when the colonel was ask ed about campaign contributions from the American Powder company the New Haven railroad, the International Harvester company, the United States Steel corporation and the Tennessee Coal and Iron company and whether he as president of the United States had ordered the attorney general 10 investigate or bring action against the concern, the attorneys clashed again.
 The Tennessee Coal and Iron com pany and competition by the steel cor poration was under discussion when Jchn NJ. Bowers, chief counsel for Col. Roosevelt said:
 Now, please stop with that We will be all summer trying this case.
 We may" replied William Wins chief counsel for Mr Barnes. we did not start this game
 "Yes you did" declared Mir. Bowers lheatedly. Yes you did returned Mir