Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22


Maid personal taxes either in New
| York or oyster Bay in 1877
| II remember nothing about u
| I'm 1898 did you appear before tne
tax commissioners in reference 70
your assistant
II don't remember"
At this point a tax notice sent TO
the witness in 1898 was entered IN the
"Do YOU remember making an am
davit in 1898 about your New orh
tax assessment" ,,
"Yon made an interlineation in this
affidavit?"
'FYes."
The affidavit was identified by
Colonel Roosevelt and read In II
| Colonel Roosevelt said that since 1897
he had lived in New York and that he
was then a resident of Washington
Mr.. WINS then read section z, ar
ticle 4, of the State constitution,
which provides that a person Is not
eligible for the governship unless ne
for five years continuously had peeh
a resident of New York State.
Colonel Roosevelt said he first saw
that part Of the constitution after MS
return from the Spanish war.
81 now call your attention., Mr..
WINS went on. ito a paper signed by
Secretary of War Alger. 1t is a COM
mission of lieutenant-colonel of vol
unteers given to you in 1898. In this
Colonel Roosevelt says he Is described
as a resident of Washington"
At that point a recess was taken.
There was some delay in opening
court today because of conference
between attorneys and Justice An
drews in the latter's chambers. When
the conference was over court was
opened. A copy of the report OF the
Bayne committee, which investigated
Albany county affairs, insofar as 1t
related to printing, was admitted to
the record. This had to do with con-
tracts for State printing let to the
Albany Journal, Mr.. Barnes's paper,
and other concerns and the assign
ment of certain of these contracts.
Excerpts from the report we're then
read. The first part had to do with
gambling, disorderly houses and the
payment of money to various officials
for doing various things. The report
OF the committee was made in 1911.
The majority of the stock of the
Journal Company, the report pointed
out, was owned by William Barnes,
that contracts let to the Journal Com
pany were farmed out to the Argus
Company, which paid the Journal
Company Is per cent.
Barnes Controlled Printing.
The report stated William Barnes
controlled printing in Albany, prac-
tically was owner of one company,
owned one-fourth of another COM
pany and collected tribute from the
third company. The report declared
that an employe of the Argus Com
pany testified before the committee
that the company gave up 15 per cent.
in order to secure printing business.
1t was stated that the Argus Com
pany bid lower than other competi-
tors for State work, but was unable
to get the business because 1t was
Outside the ring" 1t was said
further that public documents sup
Journal Company and bearing that
concerns imprint, actually were
printed 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 printing made to the Journal
Company"
One excerpt was: "The most con-
spicuous beneficiary of graft, public
extravaganza and raiding of the mu-
nicipal treasury. we find from the
evidence, to be William Barnes, him
self, as the owner of the majority
of the stock of the Journal Company.
How much more than the majority
of it's stock he owned he refused to
disclose"
. Barnes as Dictator.
, 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's stock
In the Lyon 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 magazines and newspapers
about Albany politics were then ad-
| mitted to the record. The terms ina
chine politics. BOSS Barnes and
Boss Platt" appeared repeatedly in
these articles.