The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-19
ROOSEVELT A
 GUTTER SPOUT

tContinnea frsna Page 0ne1 nairai schley who really fought the bat upon General Miles. whose counsel was ignored in the expensive biunaers of the land campaign at sanffaGo. '"The President" Mfr. Wiilett de- eiared, showed his teeth At all real heroes, because real heroes are gall and wormwood to bogus ones"
 Bulraexer of Amsrfcsns.
 Continuing his denunciation. Mfr. wIlett charged that the President had bulidozed President Castro; has seen the Fiiipinos brutaiiy treated, and ma rooned Colonel Stewart whom he did not like: had kept . young woman from earning an honest living by tell Ing the truth: had allowed "scAndaious conditions" to exist in the army and navy; had compelled his suhordinates "to act as hunting dogs for the ozar of Russia in trailing down men who have fought for liberty; had practically re-established the John Adams alien and aedition laws; had forced deser- tions from the navy by allowing intol- erable treatment of sailors at the hands of aristocracy and Annapolis of- hcers;" had permitted the degrading of
 
 put to menia1 work and had given a Scotch verdict in connection with the alleged Panama scandal. In concluding he said, among other things:
 You may say then. that one indi- vidual gargoyle does not count for much after all No, not in the devel- opment of the centuries. but he counts vitally and continuously as affecting the nAnnla n ha 40 hfsTA And, the change from . Nero fiddling- 1 while-Rome me-is-burning. e to a Veapasian calmly devoted to securing as good ! government as tendencies will permit | is . change to be as devoutly weicome ed by us as by the ancient Romans" Majority Steps WIIfett. Several times in the course of Mfr. WilIett's remarks he was called to order by Mfr. Hughes w. Val
 'I call him to order" Mfr. Hughes ex- claimed. "He is going ahead with a lot of rot that neither the House nor 1 the country is interested in" Mir. Butler (Pa.) in the chair ruled | that Mir. wiilett was speaking under license of general debate and that he l was not called on to indicate in ad- vance the subject of his remarks. Mir. Willett then proceeded and fre- quently elicited applause from hls
 
 Mir. wiIlett's references to the "de- fanIatiOn of Admiral Schiey" caused Mir. | Gardner (Mass.) to object. MT. Wtllett'a reference to the PreBi- dent became so severe that Chairman Butler interrupted and admonished him.
 Tt is entirely within the rules of the House." said he, that the official conduct of the President may be critI- | All tiemAn." the chair pleaded. "pleass not extensively refer to the President of the United States
 Mir. Hughes again. protested that MT. Wiliett was not using language | permitted In debate.
 The presiding officer reiterated his decision first given.
 ''Then," insisted Mir. Hughes. "I make the point that the language the gentleman Is using Is out of order and that that part of his remarks should be plotted out of his speech" Taking special notice of this latter point. the chair remarked that he had authority to direct that remarks made out of order shall be omitted ! from the record.
 'The chair will consider the point of order raised by the gentleman from West Virginia" said Mir. Butler, when the chair has the opportunity of ex- aming the remarks that have been made by the gentleman" After a good deal of sparrlng. the | chair ruled that the words were Offen- | sive.
 l By this time the House was In a | furore. Above the babel of voices Mir. | Gardner was heard to make the point that a member having been found out | of order In debate he was no longer l entitled to the floor,
 l Messrs. Hepburn (Ia.1 and Mann | (IIl.) with copies of the rules in their | hands. appealed for recognition. MT. Hepburn insisted that Mir Willett should take his seat. The chair direct | ed Mir WHlett to take his seat which | he reluctantly did.
 l Before the chair passed on the points of Messrs. Mann and Hepburn Mir. 1 Chandler (Miss.) moved that Mir. Will l lett be allowed to proceed In order" On that motion a vote was taken with the result that by a party vote l of 78 to 126, the House refused further to hear the New York member. In vain Mir. Fitzgerald (N. Y.) sought to have the chair construe the rules so that Mir. WIilett might proceed. Mir. Willett had practically conclud- ed his remarks and ne received the yer ] diet of the House with smile.