The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-04-26
PRESIDENT ASSAILED
NorthCarolina Congressman Bitterly
Scores Mr.. Roosevelt.
ALSO FLAYED GEN. eRosVeNoR

ALSO T LA1ED GEN. 1hO9N INNH
Mr.. Kltehln Said II Was Dissertation
to Say Roosevelt Filled Mekinley's
place, and Charged Him With AdVo'
eating Lynch Law.
Washington. April 23.-In a speech
I'm the house, President Roosevelt was
assailed bitterly by Claude kitchin, Oh
North Carolina, who included In ais
castigation General Grosvenor. Mr..
Kitchin charged that Mr.. Roosevelt as
a candidate for vice president was dis
tasteful 10 Mr.. Mckinley. and chal-
lenged Mr.. Grosvenor TO deny 1t, as
well as the statement that Mr.. Roose-
Welt as vice president was Inundated
by the friends Of Mckinley. including
General Grosvenor himself. And
vet" he said. you men sit here and
gulp down everything Roosevelt says.
and not one of you dares raise his
hand in memory of William McKin-
ley" Mckinley had right to think
that Roosevelt would be distasteful
to him. Contemplate he said, the
amazing spectacle OF any Republican
in the United States being Inundated
by General Grosyenor, and contem-
plate this same man marshalling I'M
der his banner the hosts of Republi-
canism. with Grosvenor the chief bugle
/ blower"
To say that Roosevelt filled McKin-
ley's place. he declared. was desecra-
ton of McKinley's name. II was. he
said. a case of the ant hill taking
the place of the mountain. the owl $
screech taking the place of the tombs
symphonies: the minnow taking the
place of the whale
The people of the SOUTH. he said
knew that 95 years after AppomattoX
Roosevelt in one of his publications
declared that until out of the diction
ary was stricken the word treason
Jefferson Davis would be an arch trai
tor. He also referred TO another publ
cation OF Mr.. Roosevelt's. in which he
is quoted as saying that throughout
southern character there ran a streak
of coarse and brutal barbarism. lie
compared the kind. loving words OF
Mckinley" in an address to COnfed
crate veterans. to "the insulting words
of Roosevelt" He said that in one OF
his books President Roosevelt "delib
erately teaches and advocates lynch
ing for the stealing of rag-tail Texas
pony" He asked If that book did not
have something to do with stimulating
"the great people Of the north to law
lessness." The people OF the south. ne
said condemn lyNching for all crimes
because the hand of civilization and
Christianity has been lifted against IT
No man the civilized world over, how
ever. he said would condone outrages
against women. land yet we don't
preach lynching or teach ii. but know
ing the weakness OF human nature
mobs cannot be controlled in sIlrsely
settled communities where we cannot
get sufficient police force on the spot
at once" He believed that every Dem
ocrat and Republican in the country
would pause in shame that the prasi
dent of the United States had scat
tered books advocating lynch law.
Reading from a speech made by Mr.
Roosevelt while governor OF New YORK
he declared Mr.. Roosevelt had charac
terized the congress Of the United
States as "herd OF cattle" Speak
ing deliberately. he declared that any
man who had such profound contempt
for the legislative branch OF the gov
eminent was unfit to be its executive
head. and was a dangerous man.
He closed by quoting from "Ameri
can Ideals" In which Mr.. Roosevelt
he alleged. had denounced General
Grosvenor by name "as a champion
of foul government and dishonest poll
tics" Then. turning to General eros
venor. he added:
Read that. and then read your re
cent speech defending the president
and tell the house that You feel like 3
cents"
General GrosvenOr admitted that
four years ago he opposed the nomina
ton of Mr.. Roosevelt for vice presi
dent. but said that Mr.. Roosevelt dur
ing the campaign had conducted him
self in a dignified manner and had
won the confidence and esteem of the
people by his acts from the time he
was elected to preside over the sen
ate and that he reached the supreme
heights when he declared at Buffalo
that he would carry out the policies OF
Mckinley. Since then the president
had grown to be one of the great men
of the country. The president. he
said. was more dangerous to the Dem.
ocratic party than any other man to
day The Democrats in New York, he
said. had launched a candidate for
president who did not know whether
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