Show LACKS CONFIDENCE Colonel Eoosevelt probably does not th nk the courts of Albany county New York are corrupt but he ev dently fears that the slander su t brought by Will am Barnes Jr w 1 go against h m f tried in that county Anyway he proposes to aBk the attor neys for the pla nt ff to consent to a change of venue and to appeal to the courts n case they refuse Mr Eoosevelt recently made certa n charges aga nst Mr Barnes which he says he can prove and professes to be anx ous for a speedy hearing of the case At the same time he shows a lack of confidence by asking for a change of venue The chances are that his defense will prove as weak as that of the M ch an editor who publ shed the story that the redoubtable colonel was drunk the greater part of the time The case of the ed tor is a good prece dent |