 Complete the following phrase:  Barnes was born in Albany, New York, and graduated from The Albany Academy in 1884 and Harvard University in 1888. He worked briefly as a newspaper reporter for the Albany Evening Journal before purchasing the Albany Morning Express, of which he was publisher and editor. In 1889 he purchased the Evening Journal, of which he was also editor and publisher. Barnes became active in New York politics as a leader of the Republican Party. In 1891, he became head of the party in both the city and in Albany County, and in 1894 Republican Oren E. Owen won the mayors office. This victory brought about Republican domice in Albany, and Barnes went on to serve as a member of the New York Republican State Committee from 1892 to 1914, and the committees chairman from 1911 to 1914. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1904, 1908, and 