Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-18
New York Boss Admits He
Was Participant in
Spoils Division.
STATE PRINTING
CONTRACT BOUGHT
Using influences to Secure Award TO
His Own Company, md on Failure
to Swing Deaf Purchases Contract
From Successful Bidder Later
Transferred Agreement to Journal
Company, Which He Controlled.

SYRACUSE, ~. T., May 1o.-V imam
Barnes resumed the stand in the su-
preme court here today to continue the
cross examination in his $4,000 libel
suit against Theodore Roosevelt. He
was questioned by Counsel Bowers, for
Roosevelt, and he at once reverted to
the Mccarthy printing contract. which
who secured 1t and sold to the Lyons
firm for $4,000.
Mr.. Barnes said he had retained a
$4,000 interest In the contract and
that this was late5 paid. He explained
that he Transferred the contract to the
Journal company and that when Mr..
Lyon paid him the $1,000 this COM
pleted tho matter.
An entry in the books Of the Journal
company indicated that $4,000 was Tor
salary paid Mr.. Barnes.
The witness was questioned con-
ee1nin4 -confergnces he had with At
tornsy General Davisz.Eho was .
member Of tho state printing board
Mr.. Barnes said. he had gone to see
Mr.. Davies about the printing con-
tract at the request Of Mr.. Lyon. Mr.,
Bowers said:
"Do you mean to say you went to
see Mr. Davies and tell him you hoped
Mr. Mccarthy would not get the con-
tract, when there were no bidders
other than Mr.. Mccarthy and the
Lyons company.
II knew there were other bidders"
Z Bought Mccarthy Contract.
did you buy the4contract from Nc
Carthy before or after it was
awarded" ?"
"Mr Mccarthy came to me and
asked me to buy it after it was
awarded"
Did you tell Mr.. Davies you wanted
it awarded to some person or corpora
ton in Albany that had a printing es-
Establishment, rather than to Mr.. Nc
Carthy, who had no adequate plant in
which to do the work!'
II did,.
"You said yesterday you told Mr.
Davies you hoped Lyon would get the
contract"
Il said all those things
Mr.. Bowers then reintroduced let
ters which passed between Mr.. Barnes
and Governor Roosevelt. These letters
were presented early in the trial and
later were stricken out.
Opposed Primary Bill.
Mr.. Barnes made no secret Of the
fact that he was opposed to the Hin
man Green direct primaries bill. He
swore that the $4,000 claim he as
signed to the Albany Journal Company
was not, as stated in the minute book
Of that corporation, for salary owed
him by James B. Lyon, founder Of the
Albany printing concern which bears
his name, but in reality was a debt
owed to him by Mr.. Lyon for con-
tract for public printing which the
plaintiff purchased from the bidder
who had secured 1t and then resold.
Mr.. Barnes said that orders fol
printing given out by ths clerk Of the
assembly were considered Legitimate
patronage" Patronage the witness de-
fined as being anything given by ia.
vor."
He said he at no tirae considered he
should ne especially favored, bu. ne die
effect &c being Disseminated agains,
in the matter Of public printing. Mr.
Barnes wrote letter to Thomas C
Platt and complained that the clerk OF
the assembly was about tc, deprive him
OF a piece Of legitimate patronage
Colonel Roosevelt seemed to have
lost some Of his interest In Mr.. Barnes
remarks. He read a magazine nearly
all afternoon.