Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-01

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Then Mr.. Hennessey was asked a
part Of one question 1t was: Did
you have converse ton with the de-
PENDANT in 1910 in which"
Counsel for Mr.. Barnes INTERRUPTED
with an objection which was sus-
tanned.
A recess was then taken.
Afternoon Session
When the afternoon session began.
MIR. Human was recalled and asked
to explain the difference between the
Human Green bill and the Mead
Phillips bill The Human Green bill.
he said, abolished all political contri-
buttons and provided among other
things for an official primary ballot
upon which candidates might be
placed by committees or petition. The
Mead Phillips bill retained party con-
ventions he said, and retained the
party emblem.
Newspaper Correspondent
Henry G. Mcmillan. Albany CORE
spondent of the New York Evening
Mail in 1910 testified that he saw the
plaintiff in the Senate on June 80,
1910, when the Mead Phillips bill was
under consideration at a special SEES
sion. He saw Mr.. Barnes go into the
office Of the Senate clerk and said that
Grady, Frawley and other senators
were with him. The witness said he
saw Senator Grattan pass several
times between the clerks Office and
the Senate chamber. Senator Graf
tan, he said, spoke to Senators and
then they went into the clerks office.
That evening on the floor of the SEN
ate" the witness went on, Senator
Grafton made a motion to concur in a
joint resolution with the Assembly to
adjourn the special session which ha d
hacn called especially to consider di-
rect primaries legislation. A resolu-
uon to adjourn next day was passed -
Mr. WINS made an unsuccessful at
tempt to have the testimony stricken
out on the ground that any American
citizen has a right to talk to any
other citizen.
Former State Senator
Frederick Nj. Davenport former
state senator was called as q witness.
He testified that while the direct pri-
maries legislation was under discus
sion on May q, 1910, a recess was
taken.
4 believe Senator Grady said the
Democrats would meet outside. ! saw
Mr. Barnes go into the clerks room
Of the Senate and saw MIR. Barnes in
there with a group of machine senat-
Crs. Senator Grady was in the room
ext door occupied by the judiciary.
Then the senator reconvened and
there was a flibuster to delay the
session until 1880 when there was to
be d caucus held Then a vote was
taken and the bill-the Mead Phillips
hill-was passed. Fourteen Demo
Gratis and fourteen Republicans voted
for the bill.
ON June 80 1910, ! was engaged
with Senator Grattan in a discussion
of the plaintiff He was standing
leaning against a wall where he could
look into the Senate chamber and
near what was going on. Senator
Grsttan was deriding Gov. Hughe;
and Col. Roosevelt for insisting upon
direct primaries ! answered Mr.
Grattan. You speak like the mouth
piece Of a political Nero who fddles
Just outside this chamber while Rome
burns"
What" asked Mr.. WINS on cross-eX
animation, was Mr.. Barnes fddlng?"
WHY, he can't fiddle" replied the wit
ness.
Was Rome burning"
'Figuratively, ! thought it was.
thought there was great danger in ther,
being a leader outside the Senate
After a few more questions Mr.. Dav.
export was excused.
Joshua T. Newcorbe
The next witness was Joshua T. New.
Combe also d former state senator. He
gave testimony designed to be of a semi
corroborative nature and then told OF
charging Senators Grattan and Grady
with entering into a combination to de-
feat the direct primary bill He quoted
Senator Grattan as saying All right
senator; we admit it. You are Just sore
because we put il over on you"
Collector irwin
Roscoe Irwin. collector of internal rev.
was Democrat and had known Charles
Murphy of Tammany Hall since 1910. He
had consulted with the leader about ap-
pointments while GOV. Dix was the CHIEF
executive of the state and that the mer
i'll whom he had been interested had
been appointed, but he did not know
whether Mr. Murphy had anything to dc
with the appointments.
Mr. Bowers and Mr.. WINS INDUCED in
personalities about each other al that
point Mr.. Bowers making reference tc
the time Mr.. WINS ran for mayor OF
New York, and Mr.. WINS linking the
names of Mr.. Murphy and chief counsel
for Mr.. Roosevelt.
Printing Arguments
Justice Andrews remarked after argu-
menls on printing lasting nearly. an hour
that he believed many of the points made
by the counsel for both sides were toe
technical II also said that SO far there
had been no evidence that Mr. Barnes
had participated in profits, if any, gained
illegally. He ruled that evidence con-
corning the printing situation in Albany
should be admitted. but that unless Mr.
Barnes was connected directly later on
such evidence might be stricken from the
record.
The jury was then brought back and
Argus Co. of Albany first received a