The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-23
And it Lifts the Skin
With Every Vigorous
Stroke.
YET He STATES FACTS
Out OF RooseveIt's Own Mouth He Con.
demns Him, His Intense Earnest
ness Giving to the Picture a
vividness Seldom
Achieved.
Especial to News and Observer,

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Washington, d. c., April 22.-No poltl-
cal speech HIS been delivered in the
House at this session that met a more
cordial and enthuiastic reception from.
the Democratic side than did that of Rep
resentative Claude Ktchin late this af-
ternoon. 1t was devoted to Theodore
Roosevelt and his defenders From the
very first sentence, Mr.. Kitchin had the
attention of members on both sides Of
the chambeT and during the delivery of
his speech he was frequently interrupted
by applause and on three occasions =
cheers from his fellow Democrats HE
began by referring to the fulsonle and
elaborate praise that Republican mem.
bers had of late been heaping on the
President and declared that none had been
more extravagart in his econiums of Mr..
Roosevelt as 'the ideal man. thedeal
citizen, the ideal soldier and the ideal
statesman, than had General Grosvenor
The mas showing how eminently fitted
General. Grosvenor was Tor passing judc
ment on the present occupant OF the
White House, Mr.. Kitchin recalled that
just prior to the meeting of the Republi-
can National Convention at Philadelphia
in 1900, General Grqsvenor had contrib
rted a serias of articles to the New York
doubt, candidly, discussed Mr.. Roosevelt
40 a JossiDle runnlng mate OF Mr.. No
Kinley. In one of these letters (June n,
1900, General Grosvenor called Roosevelt
"a brilliant, erratic, curious sort of NAH
whose enemies are trying to destroy him
and a great herd of selfish politicians arc
trying to use him for their own selfish
and shameful ends and apparently not one
of them, neither friend nor foe nor selfish
person seems to have the slightest care
for his welfare
Further speaking of Roosevelt in one
of these letters, General Grosvenor said
the New York delegation were opposed
to him for governor because they do
not think he is the proper man for the
place and because he does not suit them,
therefore they are willing to push him
Off and dump him upon the Presidential
ticket. upon the sole and sordid interest
of themselves and their own schemes of
politics Here he IS, suppose he should
be nominated for Vice-President tomorrow
was dishonest man, or else that he did
not want the place and in this last in
stance it would be laid OF him that he
had no power OF his own, no will, no
voice That he was simply taken posses
sion OF by the men who hated HIM who
were opposed to him and forced in a posi-
tion in order that they might get rid OF
him
Mr.. Kitchin then went on to declare
that Roosevelt's candidacy was distaste-
tui TO the TRENDS of McKinleys admin
istration and in support OF that also he
quoted one of General Grosvenor's New
York Journal letters: THE demands Of
the Platt-Quay combination mean thet
Mckinley shall b. forced to take a dis
tasteful running mate OF their own SO
lection"
Then Mr. Kitchin read this soliloquS
which General Grosvenor framed in H.
letter and put INTO the mouth of NJ.
Roosevelt concerning the Vice Presidency.
"The little temporary time operate upon
will. OF course. have a whole lot of hur
rahs in it. All the Mckinley men win
hurrah for me and all the other fellows
will hurrah for me but is it not the calm
deliberate judgment that when the mo-
ment comes to turn the searchlight or
me four years hence, the people will say.
This man has not any courage, any
nerve for he could not bring himself b. )
one word to extricate himself from the
dilemma he admits he was in, though
crying cut l am saved, | am saved But
it is great thing to Be shouted at in
convention. 1t il an agreeable thing to
have men come to my room. and cheer
and congratulate me, but the American
people are the coldest-blooded people on
earth. They look through shams. They
look through tricks. And they look
through all sorts of tricks. Where will
/ be when they study the whole Of this
issue of this campaign. Why should there
BE- any such question over me? Is there
any one SO anxious to make me Vlc"-
President. an inconsiderable office as com
pared with the Governor of New York.
Is there anybody who intelligently wants
to do this and who intelligcntly believes
il is for my good? Not much
Touching General Grosvenors reference
to Roosevelt's taking MeKinle's place, MIR.
Kitchin said: Here in this House | sol
cmnly protest against such desecration
of the memory of William Mckinley. The
ant-hill taking tho place of the mountain:
The owls screcch taking the place OF
Beethovan's divine symphonies. The min
now taking the place OF the. whale, tha
FREELY taking the place OF the noon-day
sun.