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Show uu- ROOSEVELT WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO ACT. The most interesting disclosure of the Barnes-Roosevelt libel suit is the admitted fact that Theodore Roosevelt when he took hJs seat at Albany as governor was not a citizen of the state and, therefore, was not qualified to be governor. The New York law in relation to the qualifications of a governor is very similar to the measure on the statutes of Utah requiring five years continuous contin-uous residence to qualify to act as a legislator. Rut in New York the law seems to be as inoperative aa In Utah. An exchange, reviewing the devel- opments of the Barnes' libel sulu says; "It appears that after Mr. Roosevelt became assistant secretary ot the navy and removed to Washington, he claimed tho national capital aa his residence, at least In swearing off hU personal taxes in New York, he mado affidavit that he waa a citizen of Washington, D. C. This sworn Htnte-raent Htnte-raent of his was produced In court yesterday yes-terday and identified by the colonel and acknowledged, so that when he ran for governor of New York thereafter, there-after, and within five years he was not qualified to hold the office. At this time a little matter like that Is not calculated to feaze the colonel any, and It now appears to be rather late to call attention to it. for the reason that Mr. Roosevelt has served his term as executive of New York state, and consequently what he did as do facto governor will atand Of course it is rather extraordinary that he was permitted to get by, first as B gubernatorial candidate, and later as executive of the state, but then New I York stands for a good deal that no other commonwealth in this country would permit. At that it is generally conceded that the colonel made a fair ly passable governor, although he may have fallen short of being a brilliant one, hut then New York has not been able to boast of any of the latter kind for a great many years past" oo |