Show BARNES UNDER SHARP FIRE IN LIBEL SUIT I TELLS ABOUT HIS PRINTING DEALS Makes No Secret of Fact That I He Was Opposed to Direct Primaries Bill Syracuse jc N. T. T May In 17 William 17 William Barnes was on the tho witness stand In Inthe Inthe the tho supreme court here for lor moro than three hours today and submitted to time the most rigid rIgi examining cross counsel counselor for or elt defendant in his suit for or libel could devise lse Colonel elt seem seemed cd to have lost some of ot his Interest In Mr Barnes Barries' remarks He lie read a magazine nearly nearl all afternoon Under n a rapid fire of or questions the tho former chairman of or the Republican state committee told about his Interest In the tho track and direct primaries primaries I maries manes legislation about buying and selling n t contract for public printing about what he considered er d a a. legitimate I pl piece ce of or 11 patronage in tho the form torm of or I printing nna anu about a n score of or other otner things In answer to one ono question regarding who was as thc the Republican leader ler in this state from rout 1906 to 1910 Mr lr Barnes assorted asserted that while Colonel Roosevelt did not actually attend the tho state convention convention convention con con- of or he used the tho tel tele tele- phone In 1908 the defendant was as President of thu th United States State Admit Mr Ir Barnes freely ely admitted he talked to Senator Grattan about tho the Hart Hart-Ag- new racing bill after Patrick McCarren McCar- McCar I Carlen Car Car- yen ren len organization Democrat in tho the state senate hud had Informed him bin that a n careful careful care care- ful ul canvass cnn had revealed rc tho the fact that should Senator Grattan vote voto against the tho bill It would be defeated Senator Grattan according to tho the records did so vote ote Mr Ir Barnes made no secret of ot the tho fact that hat he lie was W opposed to the Bin- Bin man man-Grcen direct primaries bill hili and he swore that tho the claim he as assigned assigned ns- ns signed to the tho Albany Alvan Journal company was vu not not as in the tho mIn r h of that corporation for salary owed him by James B D. D L Lyon on founder of or the Albany Alban printing concern which boars bear his name but In reality was a debt owed to him by Mr Ir L Lyon on for n a contract contract con con- tract for or public printing which the plaintiff purchased from tram the bidder I who had hall secured It and then resold esoldI Printing D Denis Deals I Mr Ir Barnes said that orders for tor printing given out b by the clerk of or the assembly were considered legitimate de defined defined de- de patronage Patronage the witness fined anything given glen by fa favor fa- fa a- a vor lie Jle said ho he at nt no time considered considered considered consid consid- ered he should bo be especially favored I II but he did object to being discriminated I against In the thc matter malter of or public printing Mr Ir Barnes Darnes wrote a letter to Thomas C. C Platt and that the clerk of ot the assembly was waa about to deprive him hini of a piece of at legitimate patron patron- Mr Ir Darns Barnts said he ho was politically friendly to Governor Go Hughes Ho lie said he did not regard him n ns as a bulldozer until Governor Go Hughes Hughea sent a message to the thc le legislature in 1910 urging time the passa passage c of ot a bill bm which had already b en defeated Questioned about his relations with Colonel Roosevelt Mr III Barnes Darnes then said ho he and Colonel Roosevelt were entire entirely I I friendly until in 1910 when whon at a meet a-meet meeting meet ing of the tho state committee he Mr Iro Barnes voted for tor James S. S Sherman as temporary chairman of the state convention con con- instead of for Colonel velt V el t. t Veil Tell About S Deadlock Mr Barnes followed to the stand a number Humber of ot former members of the time state legislature who gave Q testimony regarding re- re garding the thc deadlock of ot 1911 over the election of a to United States senator One of oC these witnesses Ie Keyes es said he talked with Mr Barnes about tho the senatorial situation and quoted Mr Barnes as saying It would be n a good idea If It the tho Republicans would stand tand with the tho Democrat Insurgents senile gents to elect an nn Independent Demo Domo- crat t. t Several other former legislators gave testimony of or a similar nature Among them theta was Eugene M. M I. I Travis state comptroller formerly a state son sen ator Mr Travis sail said Mr AIr Barnes asked naked him hum whether he could get the Republican lican le legislators from rom roi I Long ong Island bland to voto vote for tor mm nn independent Democrat Witness said Mr Barnes stated that IY enough votes otes could not be bo gathered to elect an independent Democrat Mr Travers said ald ho be considered con con- that ended tho the matto mattor I |