The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-28
BREAKS OLD EGGS
AT WHITE HOUSE
Roosevelt Disguised With the
Charges by Southern Repub-
IiCanS.
"OUGHT TO BE IN JAIL"
That is What He Told Two Alabama
Rebuplicans.
CONGRESSMAN KLUTIzA STORY TELLER,
Senator Simmons viii Send Most of the Seed 10
Western North Carolina. A Story About
Seed Distribution.

| Washington, d. c., Jan. 27.-Those who
are near to the President say he has a
great case of disgust over the squabble
| between Southern Republicans. The
on here in droves and hardly fail to
prove that nine fellows out of ten ought
to be in the penitentiary instead of hold
ing office. In North Carolina the Pres
ident has saved himself from the scan
dals only by leaving everything to Sen
ator Pritchard. There was a gang here
who talked about some of the candidates
for District Attorney in way that was
wonderful to hear. If half they said was
true. there are some bad eggs applying
for office from North Carolina But
Senator Pritchard managed to keep that
talk in North Carolina circles, and none
of the rotten eggs were broken in the
White House. But if the President had
once let in the sluice, the White House
would have needed more formalin lamps
! for fumigation than could be found in
Washington.
/ The Republicans from other Southern
States managed to break some of their
rotten eggs in the White House. Here's
an account of how President Roosevelt
is disgusted by a New England Con-
! sressman, upon his return from a visit
to the White House:
LAS / got up to go the President look
ed over to two young men who were
waiting. You are from Alabama, aren't
you" he asked, and before they had
time to answer, he added: You want So
and-S appointed?' The young men re-
piled that they did, but before tehy
could explain why the President told
them that he was sick of hearing their
patronage squabble. You say the other
candidate for this office ought to be in
jail, don't you?' he went on. Yes, sir;
he ought to be there, was the rely. Well,
now, said the President, his friends as
sure me that your man ought to be in
jail. / assume that you are both right.
/ wish you would go to the Attorney
General and put in writing the reasons
you have for believing that the other
candidate should be sent to the peniten-
tiary, and l will have a similar state
ment made up in regard to your candi-
date. then wen let the Attorney General
look both both over and decide what is
10 Dc UOue. eTudpS, IL you hION any
thing good about the man you are back
ing, you had better put that in writing,
Ntoo, and give it to the Attorney General
That was all l stayed to hear, but it
struck me as Characteristic.
--
Lieut. w. D. Pritchard. son of Senator
Pritchard, will leave February / for San
Jose, Porto Rico where he Will be at
tached to a native regiment, This regi
ment is the one which attracted so much
attention here ut The time President
Mckinley was inaugurarad last March.
Representative EIuttz, Of the Sails
/ bury district, is regarded as one of the
best story-tellers n Con,rc5s. lie can
initiate the Dutch brogue to rcrfcC ION.
and is full of good stories. Todays
Washington Post gives the following as
Mr.. Kluttz's latest cloah-room story:
The pension debate in the House
few days ago was'Nery interesting TO us
Southern Democrats" said Representa-
tive Kluttz. in the Democratic cloak
room, when he had touched on some
"reminiscences. 1T recalls an incid ant
/ of Fourth of July celebra dcD in my
younger days"
The crowd gathered around, tor MIR
kluttz is prince of story-reilers. You
know, many Hessians settled in North
Carolina after the RevoIul onary War .
continued the warm hva tied Tar Heel
! Their descendants are among cur very
best citizens today Those soldie.s
marched down through that country With
CORVALLIS: many of them fell out Of the
ranks. took up farms. married our girls
and, in fact, were very glad to become
American citizens.
We'll, in my boyhood days no Fourth
of July celebration was ,n,uplete with
out soldier OF the ReVolutiop By the
year have in mind these patriots mad
become very scattering. and the country
was secured to seeure such soldier
The jubilant citizens placed the hoary
veteran in the same carriage with ths
orator of the day. He rode through the
streets of the town in triumph and oc-
cupied seat on the platform. The en-
thusiasm over the recital of Revolution
airy achievements waxed great. and the
celebration was nearly over when some
inquisitive person asked the veteran
what battles he had been in.
/ was at Trenton. sir cane ihc re-
ply in the deep-throated voice Of the
Dutchman, for such nc was
" All, then. YOU must have crossed The
Delaware with Washington.
" No; oh, no, answered tie subject Of