The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-23
"TAR-HEEL" DEMOCRAT
ROASTS THE PRESIDENT
AND GEN. GROSVENOR
Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina,
Makes a Bitter Speech in
the House.
BELITTLES ROOSEVELT
Llkens Him to an Ant Hill Taking
the Place of Mckinley, the
Mountain.

Mountain.
WASHINGTON, April Plate to-day
President Roosevelt was assailed bitterly
by Mr.. Claude Kitchin, OF North Carolina
VINO included in his castigation General
Grosvenor. whom he charged with having
Inundated Theodore Roosevelt, the vice
pre- sidential candidate. whom in a recent
speech in the House he had glorified as
the worthy successor of Mckinley. Mr.
Kitchin hkened President Roosevelt in this
connection TO the ant hill taking the place
of the mountain. the owls screech taking
the place of the Temps symphonies. and
to the minnow taking the place of the
whale. He declared that the President had
insulted the people of the South by saying
in one of his publications that throughout
Southern character there ran streak of
brutal barbarism-' He openly charged the
President with being the advocate Of lynch
law and quoted from of the Presidents
books TO sustain his assertion. In his
opinion the President, whom he said while
Governor of New York, had styled the
members of Congress as a horde OF cat
tie. was unfit to hold office. and danger
man.
General Grosvenor. Mr. Kitchin said, in
beginning his speech, had glorifed Presi-
dent Roosevelt as the worthy successor or
Mckinley, forgetting that during Mckln-
ieys last campaign as contrioutor 10 me
New York Journal in signed articles. he
(Grosvenor) had referred to the President,
at that time Governor of New York, "as
brilliant. cratic and curious sort or man.
Mr.. Kitchin charged that Mr.. Roosevelt
a candidate for Vice President was dis
tasteful TO Mr.. Mckinley. and challenged
Mr.. -Grosvenor to deny X as well as the
statement that Mr.. Roosevelt as Vice Pres
ident was Inundated by the friends OF NC
Kinley. including General Grosvenor him.
self. And yet, he aided, you men SIT
here and gulD down every thing HooSeVelt
says that not one of you dares raise his hand
in memory of William Mckinley" Mckin-
ley had a right TO think that Roosevelt
would be distaSteful to him.
CHIEF BUGLE-BLOWER.'
"Contemplate" he said. 1.-The amazing
spectacle of any Republican in the United
States being Inundated by General Gros-
venor, and contemplate this same man mar
shaling under his banner the hosts of Re-
publicanism with Grosvenor the chief bugle-
blower" To say that Roosevelt filled Nc
kinley's place. he declared. was a desecra-
ton of McKinley's name. 1t was. he said,
case of 1.-The ant hill taking the place Of
the mountain. the owls screech taking the
place of Tombs symphonies. the minnow
taking the place of the whale.
The people of the South he said. knew
that. twenty-five years after Appomattox.
Roosevelt, in one of his publications, had
declared that until out of the dictionary
was stricken the word treason jefferson
Davis would be an arbitrator. That, he
said, was a strike at the whole South and
Confederate soldiers. He also referred to
another publication of Mr.. Roosevelt's. in
which he Is quoted as saying that through
out Southern character there ran streak
| Of coarse and brutal barbarism. He COM
pared the kind, loving words OF Mckinney
| in all address to Confederate veterans to
the insulting words of Roosevelt" He said
that in one of his books President Roose-
welt deliberately teaches and advocates
lynching for the stealing of a rag-tail Texas
pony" He asked if that book did not have
something TO do with stimulating 1.-The great
people of the North to lawlessness The
people of the South, he said condemn lynch
ing for all crimes, because the hand of
civilization and Christianity had been lifted
| against it. No man the civilized world over,
| however. he said, would condone outrageS
| against women, land yet we don't preach
| lynching or teach it, but. knowing the
weakness of human nature, mobS cannot be
controlled in sparsely settled communities,
| where we cannot get sufficient police foI ee
| on the spot at once" He believed that
every Democrat and Republican in the
President OF the United States had scat
tered books advocating lynch law.
Reading from speech made by Mr..
Roosevelt while Governor of New York he
| declared Mr.. Roosevelt had characterized
the Congress of the United States as herd
followed The humiliatinF spectseIe. s' he
| continued, is that since he has been Presi-
dent of the United States he has treated this
the most humliating thing about it was
| the Republicans allowed the President to
treat them as cattle and laid down before
| him in his green pastures" He provoked
laughter when he said the President looked
| on Congress las his great ranch,' with the
| Republicans as his ''round-ups." Speaking
| deliberately. he declared that any man who
had such profound contempt for the legisla-
| tive branch of the government was unit to
| be its executive head. and was dangerous
| man. He closed by quoting from Amer
| lean Ideals" i'm which Mr.. Roosevelt he al
Y legged, had denounced General Grosvenor by
name champion of foul government
General Grosvenor, he added Read that
| and then read your recent speech defending
the President and tell the House that you
GROSVENOR'S REPLY.
Replying General Grosvenor said that /,
was unimportant what he had written four
years ago. He (Grosvenor) four years age
was opponent of the nomination of Mr.
Roosevelt. AT that time he wrote popu.
| lar opinion of Mr.. Roosevelt which was
printed all over the country In this he
| time. Mr.. Grosvenor added: "And if the
| gentleman thinks he can make me apologize
for that statement he has got hold of the
Mr. Roosevelt had written of him (Gros
| venor) what he had a right TO write Mr.
| <itchin was only threshing over old straw
| Il never said he disJasteful to me as
| a candidate, said General Grosvenor Mr.
| Roosevelt was put on the ticket with Mr.
| Mckinley, but it Mr.. Mckinley who
| got all the abuse. General GroSvenol
| said that no man on the stump ever made
| better impression on the country thar
| did Mr.. Roosevelt in the campaign of 1900
! His dignified manner of presiding over tn,
| Senate and his modesty with senator's wa.
| commendable. Then came the crisis in hi:
life. the death of President Mckinley
| And then IL was" said Mr. Grosvenor
| that the crocodile tears of the Democrat.
began to flow The statement of Roose
| welt at the bier of Mckinley that he would
| carry out the policies OF Mckinley saved
| untold money losses In this country. 90
| stand here to-day friend of Mckinley
! and | say that there is not one of Mckin
| leys friends willing TO say that they hav,
not always been treated with kindness anC
| consideration by Theodore Roosevelt. ID,
| you think you can read and garble news
| paper extracts and discredit Mckinley anC
| Roosevelt? If you think so you will fine
| when the campaign is over that you have
| been casting arrows up the tree where tn,
| bird not rooSting.
Throughout the last four years Roosevelt
| had developed, and his utterances had beer
patriotic and sound. He challenged tn,
| Democrats to state single instance wher'
| President Roosevelt had dictated to Con
| gress. adding: Il have never known a pub
lie man holding a high position who wa
| more amenable to public sentiment thar
| Theodore Roosevelt. As between Roosevelt
| and Mckinley there had been less deter
| mined purpose TO carry out his own view