The San Francisco call., 1905-05-25
BITTER WORDS
Fur PRESIDENT
"0JW Dumb Animals" De-
n0unces Him Because of
His Record as Hunter
BARRED FROM SCHOOLS
Washington Official Takes
Action Toward the Sup
preston of the Periodical
SPECIAL dispatch to The cal!.

CALL BUREAU. POST BUILDING,
WASHINGTON. Nay 24-By order OF A
7 Stuart. Superintendent OF the Public
Schools, the May issue Of Our Dumb
Animals, which contains a criticism Of
President Roosevelt for having killed
game on his recent hunting trip, has been
excluded from the schools of the District
OF Columbia Superintendent Stuart de-
ciared tonight the action was not taken
OF any suggestion from the White House
or from any OF the Presidents friends.
One OF the articles says:
Il seems that our President has been travel
ing quite & distance: 70 wit, wounding or
killing rabbits and coyotes which have no
power of defending either themselves or their
young. and a longer distance. 10 wit: e battle
between thirty OF forty dogs and q bear
Nc hope the time is coming tfor which cur
American Humane Education Society is work
iug) when humane education shall be given IN
al our schools colleges anc universities and
our institutions Of learning shall no longer be
sending out educated sayases TO endanger the
peace not only Of lower creatures. but OF hu-
man beings as well.
This is signed by George T. Angel, who
is president OF the Massachusetts HUI
Zane Society. Another article signed by
z1geu says:
Il seems 70 Us. saying nothing ct its effects
On the youth of our country, that the Presi-
dent OF the United States has more important
duties than 10 spend two monhs IN the wilds
hunting Wild animals. which. II they have any
selves, might endanger his uf@or his ability
70 perform the duties Of PRESIDENT. 1t seems
10 Us that. instead of being entitled TO any
credit for such performance. he is deserving Of
e vote ot censure from both houses Of Congress.
The magazine severely attacks Mr..
Roosevelt for having. il charges, shot
q Spaniard in the back during the
Spanish American war, Of which act,
il alleges. the President boasted In a
magazine article signed by himself.
BOSTON May 24.-'SWhat g bad ex-
ample President Roosevelt sets TO the
youth Of our country by his hunting ex-
petition He teaches them TO believe that
hunting and war and bloodshed are the
chief things in nfe,'' said George Z.
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty 10 Animals. to-day. He had
been asked 10 comment on the barring Of
a recent copy Of the paper "Our Dumb
Animals" from the Washington public
schools.
The President has good qualities, but
humane education has been neglected.
consider him an educated bulldog, with
the humane side Of his makeup lacking.
7 have always opposed his holding the
various important offices that he has held.
o. TIE ground that some time he would
get Us into z dangerous war, as, in my
opinion, he got US into the Spanish war.
I think that he is the most dangerous
man IN the country.
If President Roosevelt had done in
Massachusetts what was said TO have
been done on his recent hunting trip in
Colorado, namely. hunt a bear which had
Just been turned loose from a cage,
would have prosecuted him 10 the full
extent Of the law, unless, as President.
he should be exempt from prosecution" :"