The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-06
T. R. SAYS BARNES SAID MACHINE RULED LEGISLATURE

chine dominated Legislators" pressed
Mr.. Bowers
Legislators and executive officers"
repeated the Colonel
And this was when you were Presi-
dent"
Both when | was Governor and
President"
Then the Roosevelt counsel intro
duced in evidence two articles publsh,d
IN the New York World during the .eg-
lsiat've session OF 1918. In which the
writer described the close combination
OF the Barnes machine and the Muir
ply machine and said that the only
orders needed by the legislators were
the orders received from Fourteenth
street. New York city, and from the
editorial rooms OF the Albany Evening
Journal. Mr.. Barness newspaper
Brings In Packy McCabe.
I'm writing the articles complained
Of" began Mr. Bowers. land In other
statements concerning Mr.. Barnes. did
YOU have in mind anything besides that
which had been brought to your at
tention?'
~ did" said the Colonel quickly
Did what YOU had In mind have anv
bearing on the arrangement made be-
tween Mr.. Barnes and Mr.. McCabe?"
The Colonel was not permitted to an
swer as 20 what he knew or heard abou.
the double acting arrangement between
Barnes as Republican leader in Albany
and Packy McCabe az the Democratic
4 leader The point brought up one OF
the most contentious matters OF the
| rial whether or not the Albany munich
/ pal situation had any relevancy. II was
| agreed TO defer argument on the point
until Tomorrow morning Then. too. Mr..
WINS will have y last opportunity to
/ Cross-cNamne Col. Roosevelt
! Oversha lowed somewhat by the per-
sonality OF the Colonel and the inter-
esting character Of his revelations the
public printing testimony. nevertheless.
was one OF the features OF the day
a vitality important feature II II Is TO
he believed by the jury. Winnowed
OF chan the testimony came to this:
The y. Lyon Company. the mos,
considerable OF the big printing con-
Germs which did state. county and city
work. the company in which Mr. Barnes
held $50 shares. One-fourth OF the stock.
was accustomed TO pay Is per cent
commissions "a the Albany Evening
Journal Company on Jobs obtained from
the state These were jobs for which
! the Journal company had no, bid. for
which II held no contracts and with
which 1t apparently had no legitimate
! business connection.
"PrOhts" From Printing.
In 1906, for example. the Journal
company, In which Barnes held sos
shares OF the 1000 shares OF common
stock. received $4,000 from the j. u.
Lyon Company. although there were
no Jobs sublet and no understandable
reason from strictly business point
OF view that the Lyon company should
part with the cash. Mr. Bowerss skill
full handling OF the case lief, only one
Interpretation for the jury. that the
Lyon company was paying for Barnes's
political influence.
This fact came out as the most i'm
pOrtant point of justification evidence
50 far produced In the testimony Of
Charles NJ. Winchester. vice president
and general manager Of the Lyon com
pany. For long time Mr. Winchester
mad been parrying and sparring, but
finally he let slip one word. commits
sions." and Mr.. Bowers pounced like a
cat upon that word.
Mr.. Winchester sought TO make II
appear that payments to the Journal
company were entirely proper ana Justi-
fed. but Mr.. Bowers drew from him
that they were made a; times when