Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-22
ROOSEVELT NOT
LEGALLY CHOSEN
WINS Endeavors to Show
Colonel Not Legal Resi-
dent When Elected.
CHOICE CONTRARY
TO STATE LAWS

Years in State Required to Become
Governor-state Printing Under
Barnes Control 10 Shown Up.
Syracuse, N. Y, April 22.-During
the first part of the cross examination of
Theodore Roosevelt today, William
WINS. chief counsel Of william Barnes
brought from the former president that
he knew the constitution Of the state
Of New York provides that no man is
eligible to the Office unless he had been
a resident Of the state for five years,
and that the year before his election
he had made affidavit that he was q
resident Of New York and Washing
ton. Colonel Roosevelt went on the
witness stand today to submit to cross
sci for William Barnes, in the latter's
suit, in which he seeks $4,000 for al
legged libel.
The first part had to do with gambling
and disorderly houses, and the paying
of money to officials for doing various
things.
Balm Committee Report Accepted.
7 There was delay in opening court be-
cause of q conference between the
attorneys and Justice Andrews.
A copy Of the report Of the Balm
committee. which investigated Albany
county affairs, insofar as it related to
This had to do with contracts for state
vvir inc Lot - hA p
Barnes paper. and other concerns.
The report Of the committee was
made in 1911.
Journal company, the report pointed
that contracts made the Journal Conn
pany were farmed out to the Argus
company. which paid the journal Conn
pany Is par cent. 5 4.
Barnes Controlled PsiMsino.
The report stated that william
Barnes contro!led the printing IN Al
bany. The report declared that an
employe Of the Argus company testi-
fed that the company gave up is per
cent OF their printing business. It was
stated that the Argus bid lower than
the other company because it was
outside the ring"
It was said further that public docu-
ments supposed to have been printed
by the Journal company and bearing
| that firms imprint actually were print
ed by the Argus company.
Padding Of public printing for the
benefit of the Journal company" was
described by the report. Another part
read duplicate payments for public
h0 v,o1
company
spicuous beneficiary Of graft, public
extravaganza and raiding of the NUM-
cipal treasury, we find from the evil
dence to be that Barnes himself was
owner Of the majority Of the stock of
the Journal company. How much more
than the majority Of its stock he re-
fused to disclose"
Another excerpt read: "Mr. Barnes
dictated where the printing goes, and
the Argus gives up to the Journal In
order to obtain printing"
The par value Of Mr.. Barnes stock
In the Lincoln concern was $4,000, the
report stated, with the comment that
Mr.. Barnes would not say how he got
it.
Articles which appeared in the New
York papers and magazines about poll
tics were then admitted to the records.
The term machine politics." BOSS
Barnes" and Boss Platt" appeared
repeatedly in these articles.
'The Murphy-Barncs conspiracy
was also mentioned in one article.
After the articles were read, Colonel
Roosevelt resumed the stand.
In reply to question he said:
II received q letter from Mr.. Barnes
about the state printing house after
it was recommended one be estab-
lished. Mr.. Barnes said such print
ing house would be in line with 20.
cialistic propaganda"
Wanted TO Reach Voters.
Colonel Roosevelt then explained
how he gave out the offending state
ment.
ST dictated the statement and gave It
to Mr.. Mc0rath, my secretary, and told
him to give It to the correspondents at
Oyster Bay. I desired the statement to
be printed in full within New York
state.
II wanted to reach the voters. I
knew Of no other means except the
newspapers."
Tho cross examination then began.
Mr.. WINS then began by asking the
witnesses about his early life.
ibid you ever study the constitu.
tion?"
II old when I studied law in Colum-
bia University. Later became m
author"
Have you always been an author?''
II have been q naturalist, and author
and public official. Sometimes I
have followed all three pursuits simul-
taneously." i.
whist district were you elected 70
the assembly from?'
"The Twenty -drst." X
.Mr. Hesse, boss. was the leader,
wasn't her
eyes. We beat Hssse," replied the
colonel with q smile.
Mr.. WINS was sitting IN . chair di-
rectly IN front Of the Witness 4
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