Evening star., 1915-04-28

mer was governor, Vice President ana
then President.
In one telegram, when Senator Platt
insisted that Col. Roosevelt. then gov
ernor. attend the meeting of COM
mission. the colonel after protesting.
agreed to do SO, and added but you
are not an easy boss"
The colonel when Vice President
asked that his friends be taken caro-
or by the senator. In other letters
appointments were discussed. while In
Roosevelt WAS i'll the White House the
cabinet to be selected by the mayor
elect of New York. Seth Low. was dis
cussed
The name of William Barnes. the
colonel admitted. did not appear once
in all this correspondence.
The letters between Mr.. Barhes and
the colonel covered a period between
1904 and 1910. Their tenor was entirely
friendly. and at times they almost bor-
dered upon the formal.
Lawyers Clash.
Hostilities broke out betw cen the op-
posing lawyers several times On each
occasion Justice William Andrews, pre-
Roosevelt counsel fought against the
| admission of the newspaper articles.
| Then, when the colonel was asked
men aff1liated with the American Pow
der Company, the New Haven railroad.
| Harvester Company. the steel CORPORA
| ton and the Tennessee Coal and Iron
Company. and whether he. as president
of the United States, had ordered the
Attorney General to investigate or
bring action against the concerns. the
attorneys clashed again.
| The Tennessee Coal and Iron Com
pany and competition by the steel cor
" n
John NJ. Bowers, chief counsel for Col
Roosevelt, said:
Now, please stop with that We will
be all summer trying this case"
chief counsel for Mr.. Barnes. We did
not start this game
Questioned About Corporations
Did you. while President in 1909 or
| before, direct the Attorney General OF
the United States to bring any action
against the steel corporation?" asked
Mr.. WINS.
II did not
Did Mr.. Frick. Judge Gary and Mr.
Perkins contribute to your campaign"
Yes"
Were they connected with the steel
Yes
Did you ever instruct the Attorney
General to bring any action against
| the New Haven rafiroad?
In reply to an objection Mr.. 1vins
| said the evidence was designed to
prove that Col. Roosevelt himself did
| not frown upon alliances between pol
| itics and business
Mr.. Bowers argued that there was no
evidence to show that any action should
| have been taken against the steel cor
/ porations or the New Haven railroads.
| His objection was overruled.
| Col. Roosevelt answered the queB-
! tion In the affirmative.
T. C. and I. Action.
Did you ever hear of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company"
II did
Did you approve Of the acquisition
by the steel corporation of the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron Company"
Il did"
Did you ever order an Investigation
of the American Harvester Company
! No"
Was Mr.. Perkins in that company?
He was.
Did you ever order an Investigation
Of the American Powder Company"
II don't know.
Was T Coleman du Pont in tina,
company"
II don't know"
Was he a contributor
Il don't know. You told me he was"
Newspaper Articles.
Mr.. WINS handed Col. Roosevelt a pho
ltograph OF page from the New York
Times Of September 3. 1910. Col. Roose-
welt read the photograph. Mr. Wins
Ia sked: Did YOU see that statement BY
Mr. Barnes??'
| :I think [ saw il
From then on there were read parts OF
articles which appeared in New YorI
newspapers and which purported to be 6
correct report of speeches and state.
after the republican convention, in Chi
cago. in 1912. In nearly all the state
ments the colonel assailed ''the Murphy
bosses" and he named Barnes of New
,osa YORK =, MuTphy Of New York; Pen
Colorado Cox OF Ohio" "Lorimer o.
, Illinois" and several others.
In ono Of the articles. Col. Roosevelt
made this statement:
.Mr. Barnes stands for tho worst form
Of bossism." and then he discussed Mr.
!, Taft's relations to 'tthe bosses" ant
special interests in business" "A vot,
, for him tBarnes)." said the colonel in on,
place. 'is a vote against decent America
, citizenship
"Bosses Stole Delegates"
| In statements issued after the con
vention, Col. Roosevelt was quoted a
saying that the bosses stole delegates
and that Barnes. Penrose and Guggen
helm would have looked well standin
under the oaks in that Michigan cit.
where the republican party was frs
born fifty six years ago"
In another statement. Col Roosevelt
mentioned Barnes, Penrose, Guggen
helm 4 Co." In still another, the colo
mel had this to say:
I'VE can be loyal to the republican
ism of Lincoln only by forcing asid
the republicanism that dances In tn
fetters of corruption under the whip
OF Penrose, Barnes and Guggenheim.
Justice Andrews said, and he re
peated his statement later when on
of the jurors asked him to, that th
articles were admitted as tending t.
show the state of mind of the colone
at the time he wrote the articles ant
delivered the speeches quoted.
Col. Roosevelt admitted. and apparent
ly with some display of pride at times
that he had said virtually all the thing
accredited to him in the newspapers.
| Counsel for Col Roosevelt entere'
objections to each of the articles beinl
read, but all tho objections were over
, ruled by the court.
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