The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-23
HE A'SSAl.L|.'S' Is;
ROOSEVELT
MIR. Kitchen, Of North Carolina,
Makes Bitter Attack on
the President
eRosvENdR DEFENDS DEF 4, HIM.
North Carolinian Charges That
Theodore Advocates Lynchitlg
in One Of His Books.
eRosvENdR DEFENDS e !: e D |. HIM N
(By Associated Prcss.)

(By Associated Press)
EAEuINGTON, y. c., April 22.--Pres-
ident Roosevelt was assaied bitterly III
tho House by Claude Kitchen, OF North
Carolina, who included In his castigatlon
General Grosyenor, whom he charged
with having hlmlliated Theodore Roose-
welt. the Vice presidential candidate,
whom in recent speech III the House no
had glorified as the worthy successor OF
Il Mckinley, forgetting that during NC
kinleys last campaign, as a contributor
10 the New York Journal IN signed arti-
cles, he (Grosvenor) had referred to the
President, then Governor Of New \ org,
as a, brilliant, erratic and curious sort .' q
a man. Mr.. Kitchen charged mat Mt
Roosevelt as a candidate for Vice Presl-
dent, was dIstasteful to Mr. Mckinley.
and challenged Mr.. Grosyenor to deny ~
as well as the statement that Mr.. Roose-
welt, as Vice President, was Inundated
by the friends OF Mckinley. including
General Grosvenor himself And vat
he said. you men gulp down everything
Roosevelt says, and not one OF you dares
K raise bis hand In memory or William
Mckinley. Mckinley had right TO
think that Roosevelt would BIO distastc-
full to him. Contemplate hc said. tina
amazing spectacle OF any Republican N
the United States Illuminated by General
Grosyenor and keep this same man mar
shaIIng under his banner the hosts OF
Republicanism, with Grosvcnor the CHIEF
, buSle blower.
no say that Roosevelt filled McKinley's
place, he declared. was a Dissertation OF
Mckinley's name. II was, ne salo, 3
case OF "the hill taking the place o. tne
mountain the OWLS schreech taking the
place OF the tomb's symphonies; Inc
n,innow taking the place OF the whale.
RnosEyELTs INSULTING WORDS.
III speaking OF tho people OF the South
he said that twenty-five years after APP
romnttox. Roosevelt in one OF hts publl-
cations had declared that until out OF
the dictionary was stricken the Word
treason Jefferson Davis would be an
arbitrator. That. he said, was 9. strike
at the whole South and the Confederate
soidiers He also referred TO another pub
lication of Mr.. Rooseeylt's, In which he -
quoted as saying that throughout South
ern character there ran q streak o.
coarse and brutal barharism. he com
pared "tha kind. loving words OF Me-
Isinley" In an address 10 Gon1eoeEalee
veterans to the insulting words Of
~ ia said that In one OF his books, Pres
4 tdent Roosevelt deliberately teaches and
advocates lynchings for the stealing OF
i a ..ragtail Texas pony. He asKen -
that book did not have something 70 90
with stimulating tho great people g
z the North to lawlcssness.
The people OF the South condemn lynch.
ing for all crimes, because the hand OF.
clyilszation and Christianity had been
lifted against 1t. No man IN the CIVIL
zed world over, however. he said. would
condone outrages against women, ana
yet we don't preach lynching or teacn y.
but Knowing the weakness OF human ma
ture. mobs cannot be controlled IN
sparsely settled communities where we
cannot get sufficient police force on the
spot at once
PRESIDENT ADVOCATED LYNCH
LAW
He believed that every Democrat and
Republican in the country would pause
In shame that the President of the
limited States had scattered books advo-
eating lynch law.
Reading from speech made BY MT.
Roosevelt, while Governor OF New York.
he declared Mr.. Roosevelt had charac-
terized the Congress OF tho United
States as herd OF cattle" Laughter
on the Democratic side followed. the
humiliating spectacle he continued. lis
that since he has been President of the
United States no has treated this Re
publican House as herd Of cattle. and
the most humilating thing about IT was
the Republicans allowed the President
to treat them az cattle and laid down
before him In his green pastures. he
provoked laughter when he said the
President looked upon Congress ''as MS
great ranch, with the Republicans as
his "roupdups.' Speaking deliberately, he
declared that any man who haa =, sucn
profound contempt for the legislative
branch OF the government was unfit to
be It's executive head and was dam
gerous man. At
He closed by quoting from american
Ideals" In which Mr.. Roosevelt. he al
legged, had denounced General Grosyenor
by name "as a champion 81 foul gov
ernment and dishonest politics" Then
turning to General Grosyenor he added:
Read that and then read your recent
speech defending the President. ana tell
cents"
General Grosvenor admitted that four
years ago he opposed the nomination
of Mr.. Roosevelt for Vice-Presldent, pue
said Mr.. Roosevelt during the campaign
had conducted himself In dignlfled
manner and had won the confidence ana
esteem of the people by his acts from
the time he was elected to preside over
the Senate, and that he reached tho
supreme heights when he declared az
Buffalo that he would carry out me
policies OF Mckinley. Since then the
President had grown to be one OF the
greatest men OF tho country. The Press
ident, he said, was more dangerous to
the Democratic party than any other
man to-day The Democrats In New
York, he said, had launched cnnal-
date for President who did not Know
where he stood, on his head or his heels
Preceding this episode. the House DE-