New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
Seeks to Demolish De
fences Story of Alliance
with Murphy.
COLONEL DRAWN
AS PARTY'S BOSS
Court Rules Plaintiff May Show
He Was Not Dominant in
Fight for Senator.
From s.A- Co--ospood.n, q. IN. T4,sun.

against what is practically the only
fertilization remaining behind which
Theodore Roosevelt has sought 20 jus
tify his alleged lbenous statement Of
last July. Through the testimony Of
Republican as well as Democratic
members q the Legislature Of 1911
William VI. WINS, counsel for the
plaintiff in the $4,000 libel suit,
sought 20 show tha; Mr. Barnes did
not enter into corrupt alliance with
Charles F Murphy = the fight for the
United States Scnatorship.
Some Of the questions asked the wit
nosses wore no: permitted by the
court, but they were repeated again
and again. with the evident purpose Of
fixing in he minds of the jurymen the
thought that nothing was further from
the mind Of Mr.. Barnes than to hold
the Republican legislators in line for
Senator Depew so that the Democratic
boss might have a free hand TO elect
William F. Sheehan.
To break down the contention Of the
defence that M Barnes was dominant
in the party for many years, and there
fore responsible for what It did, both
inside and outside the Legislature, Mr..
WINS set UP that Colonel Roosevelt
was the real leader % the organization
in this state from early in 1906 unt!!
after the convention Of 1910. excluding
the period OF his absence in Africa.
Declares Roosevelt Leader.
Senator Elon Z. Brown. President
pro TEN. Of the Senate, swore TO the
leadership OF Colone, Roosevelt during
that period Leadership. he said, was
not question OF holding party Office,
but rather Of universal assent The
then President Of the United States
had taken the sceptre OF leadership
from Ex-Governor Odell early in 1906,
the witness said, and practically d.
Tected the organization in this state
from Washington. The nomination Of
Governor Hughes a. Saratoga that fall
was "ordcred' By the President, he
asserted
The defendant, who seemed 20 be
none too happy to-day over the trend
Of the trial under ne rulings Of Jus
tlce Andrews. chcered up perceptibly
when he was spoken OF as the leader
OF the party for practically three years
and half He seemed pleased at the
acknowledgement that he had dictated
the nomination Of Hughes in 1906.
In an attempt 10 show a motive for
the attack on Barnes the plaintiff put
John ". Hutchinson on the stand 20
declare that a few days before It was
issued the Colonel had told him the
Progressives and Republicans ought 20
get together again, but the Republican
party was not big enough for himself
and Barnes.
The Colonel was represented as say
ing he could ZIP President Wilson 10
pieces with his Pittsburgh speech and
on the foreign policies of the admin
lstratlOn. There was no one in the
Republican party who could DO this
and the party needed The gentleman
with the big stick
With the idea Of shattcring il COM
pletely, the defence exploded a mine
under the testimony Of William Loeb,
jr. II was that he met William Barnes
during the fight over the Senatorship
in 1911 and was told By him he could
not consider having the Republicans
Join in the election Of an independent
Democrat because of an understand
ing he had with Murphy that the lat
ter should have q free hand in his at
tempt TO elect William F. Sheehan.
Questions Loeb's Testimony.
This conversation was placed by Mr..
Loeb as just after a luncheon IN the Of
fee Of j. S. Bache 4 Co.. bankers. at
30 Broadway. about the time il became
apparent that Mr. Shcchan could not
be elected.
William J. Wollman. Of the Bache
firm, declared Mr.. Loeb had never been
in their Offices until just after the
election of President Wilson in 1912,
and that the luncheon referred 20 &C.
CURED SIX or eight months later.
John NJ Bowers went after the wit
ness savagely in the cross-examination.
Mr.. Wollman stuck 70 his story, but
was forced 20 acknowledge that he had
known Mr. Barnes for three or four
years before that time through the
speculative stock account the Repub-
licsn leader had with his firm.
The bulk Of the testimony went 20
indicate that Mr.. Barnes finally took
an active hand in the plan 20 cheat
the Murphy organization out Of the
Senatorship by combining the inde-
pendent Democrats with the Repub-
late. for the Democratic switch 20
Senator O'Gorman occurred on March
81. the day after the second serious
conference az the home Of Mr.. Barnes
Conferences on ScnatOTship.
Testifying in regard 20 the confer
ences 20 settle the problem, Senator
Brown said u was question as TO
whether the Republican votes should
be delivered 20 an individual Demo
crat who had previously been decided
upon"
II would like 10 modify that" said
Mr. Brown when Mr.. Bowers went TO
IL with unerring aim in crcss-exam-
nation
Did you not say 20 Mr.. Osborn
asked the lawyer, that Mr. Barnes had
told you that the Republican vote would
be delivered TO an individual Demo
crat?"
Substantially. yes" was the reply.
Had Mr.. Barnes told you the Re
publican vote could be delivered"
Substantially. yes; hopefully, all"
All the witnesses who testified on
the Senatorship were asked:
Did you know of any arrangement
between Mr.. Barnes and Mr. Murphy
affecting the determination Of the
fight for the United States Senate"
Judge Andrews would not permit the
Question 20 be Rn>wered, but by infer
ence from other answers counsel got
from them that they had known Of
nothing Of the Kind.
Ex-Governor -. r. Odell, jr. ad-
mitted that corporations. some Of which
were managed by Democrats. gave 20
the Republican campaign fund while
he was chairman Of the State Com
mittee
ROOFS were kept, but had been de-
stroved so that he could not be posi-