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May rn 1 Coon I-Coun- I Coun Counsel sd sel for both William llam Barnes BarneR and Theodore Theodoro Roosevelt were erA engaged to toda today to- to today da day In preparing evidence for tor presentation pre pre- In the supreme c her lucre next week when the trial of or Barnes Barnes' suit for or libel Is resumed The consensus of ot opinion toda today among attorneys for or both Ille sides fide seemed d to be he that It would be Imposible impossible Impo- Impo sible to complete the presentation o or of testimony before some tune time week af after arter atter at- at ter ter next Counsel for Cor Colonel foose- foose Roose veil velt said the they o would ld not riot be able to meat lest he the defense before Thur Thursday ay Roo Roosevelt evel was excused from the witness winess stand yesterday after aCer ho he had told his own stor story of ot how he ht ended the panic ot of 1907 and had l a aletter aletter aletter letter In which Charles S S. S Whitman now governor gO and then district attorney attorney nC ney of or New York York wrote that ho he thought the time W was ripe to rid ril the state of or the kind of or party part control contro which was mainly responsible for tor corrupt corrupt corrupt cor cor- rupt conditions In the letter the thC governor declared c that the men and policies responsible for such corruption w were re not confined to an any one party but the colonel said ho lie belt believed Barnes wa was to Letter Leter Disputed William M M. Ivins Ivin chief counsel for tor William Barnes Barnes said last night he had telegraphed to Governor Whitman Whitman Whit Whit- man asking him to appear a as a n witness witness wit wit- wl- wl ness ness In reb rebuttal and testify re regarding tho the authenticity of ot tho the letter leter read to toda today today to- to da day and other mater matters Counsel for Colonel Roosevelt Roose cl said they had submitted sub sub- lub- lub el th the letter to persons who were familiar with wih the governors governor's signature signs signa ture who have declared It I to l bo be e his A A. letter ne nearly rl similar to the the one In- In as Governor Go Whitman's was wasn In n controversy contrO In New ew York prior to I Ithe the last election There herc was some Bomo doubt at nt that time whether tho the letter Jetter had iad actually been written by the then district attorney and he never ad- ad It I. I The letter produced d today todar however r ho was actually sh signed ned tho the attorneys at- at orneys tornes said sid b by Whitman They added that they had no reason to doubt that the signature was inc ne and In fact th they said Bald tho the signature signa- signa ture ure had never ne been blen questioned It I was not questioned today b by counsel counselor Cor or Barnes or the court cour The letter leter was wa long long- Iong Only that part quoted however how was sas read to the jur Jury Hinman Explains I I I When hn the afternoon session began Hinman was vas recalled and explained ho the difference rence between the unman unman- Greene ji bill bi and Ind the Medo bi bill The Greene bill bi he said abolished all 01 political conventions conventions conven conven- tons arid and provided pro for tor an nn official primary ballot balot upon which candidates might b be placed h by committees on petition The Meade bill bi re- re tamed party part conventions and the tho party parl emblem Henry C. C McMillan who who was Il the Alban Albany correspondent of rif the NewYork New tw York fork Mall Maii in I 0 told ot of seeing Mr l Barnes Bune In the senate Juno 30 1910 when then the Meade Phillips bill bli was vas un- un dei consideration at a special session session ses sea sion don He lie saw aw Mr l Barnes go KO Into the he office of or the senate clerk He Ito said Senators Grady and nd Frawley Democrats Demo Demo- crat rats and other senators were with wih Mr rr Barnes Barne The witness saw other go Jo from the tho room where Mr Ir Barnes was to the senate chamber Mr fr Irvine made an nn unsuccessful sul attempt to have the testimony stricken strick strick- en out on tho the ground that any AmerIcan Amer- Amer lean Ican can citizen has a right to tal talk to tony any ny other citizen n. n Frederick M M. Davenport Davenport former state tate senator the next witness winess tes- tes titled that while the direct primaries legislation was under discussion on Mn May 25 25 1910 a recess wits was WIS taken I believe Senator Grady said ald the democrats would meet outside said aid Mr Jr Davenport I saw Mr rr Barnes larnes go into the clerks clerk's room of or the son sen- fEn ate te and saw sav Mr rr Barnes In there with witha wih a group of ot machine senators Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Grad Grady was In itt the room next door Then the senate reconvened and ancl tHere Here was a 0 filibuster to dela delay the sessIon s lon until 30 12 when there was to be a caucus held Then a 0 vote ote was wal taken and the bill the bill the bl-the the Meade Meade- bill was bill waK bl-waK was passed I Objection Sustained Did Dill Governor GO elnO Hughes Huhe veto to the Meade Phillipe bill bi An objection was WIlS sustained Then the witness continued On June 30 30 1910 I 1 was engaged with wih Senator Grattan In a discussion of oC f the plaintiff He was standing where ho could look Into tho the senate chamber hamber and hear what was going cn n Senator Grattan was deriding Governor Go Hughes and Colonel Roosevelt Roose- Roose velt It for tor Insisting upon direct primaries manes maries I answered ans Mr Ir Grattan Gratan I 1 Isaid said aid You speak like Iko the mouthpiece mouth mouth- piece of ot a political Nero who fiddles just outside this chamber while Rome Rom turns burns What hat a asked ke Mr Ir Ivins on cross examination was Mr Barnes witness wines Why y 1 he cant can't fiddle replied the Was as Rome Romo burning Figuratively el I 1 thought It I was I thought hought there was great danger daner in inhere there here being a 1 leader r outside the senat senate sen- sen at ate te e. e As Mr Davenport was giving his hist t testimony Charles CharlE's II If Duell Jr JI to whom Governor o Whitman sent the letter which was rt read 11 II In court yes yes- es was ordered h by Justice An- An Andrews drews to Ita leave e the tho courtroom after lii us had applauded the witness Outside o the courtroom Mr Ir Du Duell l said Bald aid he had not mount meant to applaud hut hul ut his hands which Jio was holding clasped in his lap had slipped |