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Twins, in His Address, Declares the Great Issue Is
Whether Roosevelt or Barnes Told the Truth
Justices Charge Is Commended.

tack must sink down into ignominy and
to moral death.
Let us assume that a man who has
rendered able service to his country
mas a habit Of calling every man who
does not agree with him a liar until IL
has become "A Joke In the community.
Suppose that this great parsonage
through pique over a trial of political
supremacy In which he hasn't been the
victor characterizes In this way a man
who has been his friend. with who he
mas associated and taken counsel.
Is there anything for this man. pill
loried as n modern Benedict Arnold. to
do except TO ask a jury Of his peers to
determine whether or not the truth has
been spoken concerning him?
Let me consider the conversation
with Franklin Roosevelt. who says that
MIR. Grady told him that there was an
arrangement between Mr.. Barnts and
Mr.. Murphy Of Tammany Hall. Now
that was evidence on which you wouldn't
kick a yellow dog. but This defendant.
credulous and inexperienced as a child,
tells you that he implicitly relied on the
story told him by Mr.. Roosevelt about
what Mr.. Grady said to him.
The court Is obliged to receive this
foolish evidence In a libel case. He
cannot exclude IL. on account OF its pos
sible bearing on the question of malice
and on the state Of mind OF the de-
PENDANT"
the issues In the case and the circum-
stances under which the alleg d libel
was uttered. He read from the article
complained OF the statements regarding
bosses and bipartisan boss rule and he
defined the term boss" as commonly.
used In politics.
Bossism N Corruption.
THE word has come to imply and
carry with II n meaning OF dishonorable,
dishonest or useless occupation he said.
''and the term bipartisan boss rule
means that the two bosses throwing
aside the interests Of the people have
combined together for their own wrong,
corrupt and selfish ends.
The question here Is. has an alliance
between crooked business and crooked
politics been proven to exist? Has an
invisible government been proven to ex-
list? Here are facts which II they were
true we should all. every one OF us.
loathe and execrate as much as We
would deplore It,"
Mr.. WINS went on to read the pas
sages from the article in regard to in
visible government.
ave here the distinct assertion
OF Invisible government. OF the domi-
nance and alliance OF Mr.. Murphy and
Mr.. Barnes. the former and his sub
bosses aided and abetted by the latter
and his s~ub-hosses.
Who in this country has the right
to appeal to his fellow citizens in re-
gard to the moral character OF men. to
set up his own standard OF morals and
to pronounce the condemnation Of those
men whom he attacks to an audience
comprising millions Of readers?
The New Classification
"well-all Gaui Is divided into three
parts. And American history Ia divided
into George Washington. Abraham Lin
coin and Theodore Roosevelt.
Can you see Washington or Lincoln
making an attack OF his kind wantoniy
and maliciously upo any one? Col.
Roosevelt has put Boies Penrose and
Thomas Plat and Mr.. Barnes behin
him., although he suffered their pres
ence and accepted their counsel for a
| long time.
And now he has made a new c,assi-
, fcation-George Washington and Abra-
ham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.
He allows these great figures from the
mlsts OF the past to sit beside him.
Gentlemen. the whole country hasn't
gone to the devil because the Republican
party or Mr.. Roosevelt was defeated
and Mr.. Wilson was elected.
Companions Drawn.
differently from what Mr.. Murphy did
Mr.. Barnes and Mr.. Roosevelt had been
closely associated. They had been
friends for years. Mr.. Murphy and
Mr.. Roosevelt had never been closely
associated. They belonged to different
political parties.
NJ Roosevelt knew nothing what
ever personally about Mr.. Murphy. He
could destroy Mr.. Barnes's honor. His
attacks or Mr.. Murphy could carry no
more weight than his attack upon any
other stranger and outsider.
but II was the and OF William
Barnes's friend who wrote this paper
and Mr.. WINS held II aloft-'and II
was the voice Of his friend that pro-
claimed I wrote it, With the roar
OF a mighty Nimrod he said It. He
meant to xiii Barnes, He meant to set
himself vi as the arb!ter Of opinion.
He meant to dominate the Republican
party.
III the statements made by Theodore
Roosevelt in his paper are true its ut
terance is justified. The truth cannot
be a libel, but no man. high or low.
rich or poor. has the privilege to lie.
ioNt ~ M "NttoI " 81 Nv IL
n statement cannot be proved a lie II
Is not libellous.
This very eminent defendant has
come into court to urge a very large
number Of circumstances In proof of
What he has said. All but two Of these
have been ruled out OF the case. as the
court will charge you. so far as tustif-
cation Is concerned.
But besides Justification there is
Neutrality-suspicious. bearing on the de-
PENDANTS power of mind. He would
have you believe that he was harmless
as a love and that, when he wrote that
article, he was completely Influenced
by articles in magazines and newspapers
which he a previously declared to be
not only unworthy OF credence, but
enemies 10 society.
Third Term Candidacy.
Before leaving the White House-ir
fact as soon as he had been elected
prasidant-Col RoOseyeIt had declared