The Washington herald., 1909-02-22
INTERRUPTS EULOGY
TO THE PRESIDENT
Clubman Stops Sermon with
Point of Order.
AsTOUNDs FASHIONABLE FOLK
sons of Revolution, Loyal Legion,
and other Bis Orders Hold Serv-
tcex IN Celebrate Washington's
Birthdny-wIIIiam z. Rogers OBJ
fects to Praise Given Mr. Roosevelt.

New York, Feb. I.-Tn fashionable St
Bartholomew this afternoon, in the
midst Of the annual church service Of the
sons Of the Revolution, William Evans
Rogers, lawyer. engineer, civil war vet
eran. and clubman. stood Up in his pew
and called 10 order Rev Percy 5 Grant.
who. in the course Of his sermon, was
e,Iogizing President Roosevelt Mr. ROg-
ers 4s brother-in-law Of Stuyvesant
Fish.
The congregation at the church at Mad
ison avenue and Forty-fourth street,
which was treated 70 so unusual an in
terruption. was as fashionable and fine
as even St. BartholOmew's possibly could
wish. Il was the nineteenth annual
church service Of the order, and was in
commemoration Of the nth anniversary
OF the birth Of George Washington
Besides the Sons Of the Revolution, the
orders present included the Veteran Corps
Of Artillery, the Society Of the War Of
1N2 the Loyal Legion. the Order Of For
eign Wars. the New York state Society
Of the Cincinnati, the Aztec Club OF 1871,
Mexican War. the Society OF Colonial
Daughters OF the Revolution The Vet
eran Corps Of Artillery, In red cloaks
and black shakos. acted as escort TO the
Sons OF the Revolution, in their citizens
dress.
Praises Roosevelt Highly.
In his sermon Mr.. Grant. who is rector
Of the Church OF the Ascension, after
speaking Of the work Of the forefathers
who made the American government pos
sibIe. took I'D what lie termed the four
great American Democrats. OF these, the
first was George Washington. the second
Thomas jefferson. the third Abraham
Lincoln. and the fourth Theodore Roose-
welt
When he came 10 AIr. ROOsevelt's name
he spent considerable time in enumerating
the virtues of the present occupant OF
the White House and in telling OF his
services 10 the country Mr- Roosevelt
ne said. after several minutes Of praise,
mad STAYED OF a possible revOlutiOn-and
then the interruption came. when Mr..
Rogers made a point Of order
Mr.. Grant paused an instant M ROg-
ers was for going on and explaining the
point OF order be had raised. but there
were cries OF Sit down" shut upt' &c,
and numerous Kisses from different parts
@ the church. The ushers-who for the
day were members OF the order in whose
honor the service was being held-hurried
toward where the disIuTber was sitting.
and the Taen about him. also members Of
the order. strove 10 persuade him to SIT
down.
The men about him finally took the irate
gentleman BY the arms and pulled him
into his seat One OF them. whose name
got away with the crowd, tried 10 repri-
Ynand Mr.. Rogers for his indiscretion. bat
the latter vas IN no mood for argument
and would not listen.
Is Much wrought Up.
After the service was over Mr.. Rogers,
still very much wrought up. waited out
side the church for this gentleman 10
come o0t-he did not know him except
by sight-but, after waiting a few mo-
ments. did not see him, and then allowed
himself to Be led away by friends.
The incident caused more than a dis
turbance in the church. sir. Rogers later
said he had little 20 say Of the matter,
except that he did not believe that q
church service OF the Sons Of the Revolu-
ton was any At place for a stump speech
about Mr. Roosevelt or anybody else. and
that II a speaker. be he clergyman OF
lsyman, used that kind OF taste he
deserved 10 be called down
7 merely called him 10 order" con-
tinued Mr. Rogers. and he was out OF
order. That was all"
Mr.. Rogers said that Mr.. Grant proba-
bly, was all right" but had not "eppre-
Ciated the occasion"
The matter was too fresh in the minds
OF the members Of the order present al
the church this afternoon for them 70 say
with any certainty whether any actor
VIII be taken by the order with references
70 the Incident There seemed 10 be z
strong sentiment that a meeting be held
10 talk the matter over, and some Of the
members were not at all pleased with the
part OF Mr.. Grants address which re.
lated 10 Mr. Roosevelt