New-York tribune., 1909-01-19
WILLETT SUPPRESSED
Taken off Floor Whde Bitterly At"
tachang President.
from The Tribune Bureau.


Washington. Jan fS-Pepresentative William Will
lett. jr, of New York, undertook to ADDRESS the
House to-day the passing of Roosevelt Inc
effort resulted in the passing Of Willett, VINO was
taken of the floor on a point or order mace py
Representative Gardner. of Massachusetts hepre-
sentative Gambler, Of Mississippi, moved TO allow
Mr. Willett to continue, but by strict party vote
126 Republicans opposing, while IS Democrats sup
ported 1.-THE motion defea-ed.
Mr. Wietts effort, which believed too
pretentious to have been written by that eminent
statesman. was IN 'ine with several other speeches
he has made in the House, all Of which have Deen
fulminatons against the President, ana so lnlnou-
that little attention has been paid TO theni
To-day. however, he obtained the floor just after
the House had convened and thrust hlmseI on
the membership of that body before many had mad
time TO seek the cloakroonts. He had spoken ONLY
a few sentences when Representative Hughes' Oh
West Virginia, realizing that the speech was 10
be an utterly aimless attack on the President
made the point of order that Mr.. Willett was not
addressing himself 10 the subject before the HOUSE.
which the pension appropriation bill
Representative Butler, of Pennsylvania, who was
In the chair ruled that II permissible to olscusS
any subject in general debate. a few minutes later
Mr. Hughes made a second point OF order ana
later third but these were also overrued by the
Chair, with the statement, however, that II the
Chair held the speech Objectionable it would he
expunged from The Record Mr.. Wilett became
more and more denuncatory, until at last ne
charged the President with defamation or Au-
miral Schley." Representative Gardner of Massa-
chusetts. Immediately on his feet ana mace
the point Of order that the rules of the House pro-
hibit personalities, and sustained by the Chal
Mr.. Hepburn quoted the rule which provides that
a member declared of order shall take his seat
and Mr.. Willett sat down. Mr.. Chandler moved
that the speaker allowed to continue HIS mo-
tion voted down, and Mr.. W1llett !ett tEe
chamber amid great applause from the Republican
side OF the House.
,orl-c aya
seemed as if he had raked the dictionary for words
to express his feelings. The President was char
aCterlzed a glrgoyle tyrant, pygEY ooseendahC
of Dutch tradespeople. hay tedder, fountain OF
billingsgate, a jocularity, imitation OF hlhs anu
bogus hero.
We have a king and a court now Mr. Nlllert
exclaimed as good imitation OF real thing
known the nobility OF monaTchcal countries as
the scion of family of trading Dutchmen can
concoct The earth is intoxicated and reels around
our iocuIarity. He alone Is the personifcaton Of
sobrietv teinperat Of statement. Calmness In
speech and action. The ever moving hay-tedder
hurrfes over tie field, throwing upward the clover
politics, timothy of zoology, the blue grass
Of history and letting each blade fall little dryer
than it before Jealousy you read in the
earGoyles distorted features. You look those
twisted lines and 1t is easy-oh. so easy!-to under
stand the insolence toward Dewey, the one great
figure OF the Spanish-An.e rican War, the hero who
took Manila with the worst ships a rotten bureau
tion of Admiral Schley who really fought the bat
tie OF Santiago Bay: the insults heaped General
Miles, whose counsel ignored IN the expensive
bunders Of the land campaign at Santiago.
He charged that the President had budozed
President Castro had seen the Filiplnos brutally
treated, had marooned Colonel Stewart whom he
did not like; had kept young woman from earn
ing an honest living by telling the truth had al
lowed 'scandaiols conditions exist In the
army and navy. had compelled his subordinates
TO act as hunting dogs for the Car o. Russia
in trailing down men who have fought for lib
erty,' had practically re-established the John
Adams alien and sedtion laws had forced deser-
uons from the navy by allowing ntolerabe treat
ment OF sailors at The hands of the aristocracy
Of Annapolis officers had permitted the deErad-
ing of soldiers st West Point who had been nut
10 menial work and had given Scotch verdict
In connection with the alleged Panama Canal
scandal.
in closing he said: You may say then that
one Individual garsoye does not count for so
much after all No. not IN the development n.
the centuries: hut ne counts vitality and continu-
ouslH as Affecting the people who have to li.e
under him And the change rom a Nero adding
"hlle Rome Is burning 10 a Nespasian calmly de-
voted to securing as good government as ten
denotes will permit is change as ievoutIy
welcomed BY US as by the ancient Romans"