Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-22
BARNES DOES NOT GET
ANY TEDOY'S COIN
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further than that which he had made
in the jury room. He said, however.
that his attorney, John n. Bowers. hau
prepared a statement which met with
his approval. Following is the state
ment:
The verdict Of a unanimous jury is
that Theodore Roosevelt had justified
the entire article in suit.
Good Government Victory.
'The victory that Mr. Roosevelt has
won Is a victory FOR good government.
The issue put 90 the jury was whether
machine government or government
/ by the people should prevail. and the
latter has prevailed. The article in
ithe suit was held 10y the court to be
ubeious in two aspects.
First: Because IL charged a cor
rupt political alliance between VIII
I liam Barnes. the republican leader Of
. the state. and Charles +. Murphy, the
democratic leader Of the state, in re-
lation 10 the state government. CThis
the Judge held was the meaning and
purport OF the article taken as
whoiel.
Second Because the article
charged that the plaintiff had worked
through a corrupt alliance between
crooked business and crooked poll
tics The Jury were further instructed
that they must render a verdict in
favor OF plaintiff unless they found
that the defendant established 20 their
satisfaction by q fair preponderance
Of evidence that both charges were
true This burden was successfully
borne by Mr.. Roosevelt.
1T Is impossible 20 determine al this
time the far-reachinE extent of this
verdict FOR good government
The verdict certainly assures us
that the Anglo-SaXon system Of deter
mining questions between Htigants is
rightly lodged In the hands Of a jury OF
- men.
Political Views Ignored.
Moreover. 10 determines the jurors
holding political views opposed to
those held By "a party viii not he
swayed thereby in determining the
questions submitted TO them.
My associates and have fully ap-
precfated the responsibility we as
sumed In advising the course 10 be
taken in defending the action and 10 is
a source OF great satisfaction that the
result achieved has justified our ad-
vice
The foreman Of the jury in a state
ment said:
After the first ballot we stood II to
! in favor OF the defendant. Those (
figures were never changed. Mr.. Burns
refusing To change his vote until this
morning.
Except for Mr. Burns. the jurors
who voted for the plaintiff on the first
ballot did so. they said. because they I
did not want it 20 appear that they
gave insufficient consideration to the
great mass Of evidence presented dur /
ing the FIVE weeks"
Barnes Is 20 Appeal.
New York. MAY % William NJ 1
WINS OF counsel for william Barnes. 4
this afternoon that an ap- /
peal would he taken from the verdict 1
OF the Jury at Syracuse. which found 1
in favor OF Theodore Roosevelt in the /
trial OF the libel suit brought by /
Barnes against the former president.
Mr.. Barnes said: There is moth |
ing that I can say regarding the YER
dict OF the jury in this matter. except /
that when I brought the action ! knew 4
that the accusation made by Mr..
Roosevelt. OF collision. combination or /
even dicker between me and Tsmmany /
hall. or Mr.. Murphy. or any other dem
ocratic agency. not only for any cor
rupt purpose. but for any purpose. was
false
In the meantime I may add that IL
remains absolutely true that. as a mat
ter OF law. the charge complained of
was Mbellous and was without justin
cation: was confined in it's application
20 the time covered by the democratic i
and that there is no
evidence OF any kind in the case of /