The Washington times., 1909-01-18
New Member of Congress
Rakes Dictionary for Terms
to Flay President.
"GARGOYLE, TYRANT,
EMBELLISH SPEECH
Far Rockaway Member, William
Willet. Serving First Term.
Filings at Executive

ways sood-to laugh at Thank heaven
Tor the things that make us Taught with
cut them we might easily become raw,
uutamed AnElO-SaxOna. making much 81
Magma ChaTta. believing about an Cf-
icie Btll 81 Rights or even ready 60 rs lL
Tor IfeeQom OF thought freedom OF
speech and freedom 81 the press. as diu
our unciYUized ancestors at LeEinst son
and Bunker Hill.
tThe BEGINNINGS OF one mammoth
loCularity which had driven QUIZ care
away for more than seven years, the
( imposing sargoyle grinnins above t2e
entrance Of our national temple or place
and power, have a humor all their own.
Cowboy IN His Youth
- cowboy la his youth, lie has never
altogether grown out of that;
Ar unima enable assemblyman with
/ preposterous notions in his early man
hood:
"A candidate for mayor of New York,
running third, with Henry George, sec
a police commissioner. soaring the
members OF the force with Sherlock
Holmes exits, entrances, ana perambula-
tons
"A national Civil Service Commission
en-, Engaged H. q bitter war of CORE
spondence with the editor Of the Wash
IugtoE Post a man whom Arthur had
delighted to honor and whose character
was TO his own-weh as Hyperion to
AN Assistant Secretary OF the Navy.
knitting his high-minded chief in the
a warrior alone in Cuba saved at
San Juan Hin by black soldiers
Signed Round Robin.
a sjgner OF an insubordinete round
robin which any dignihed war depart
ment would have punished with sum
mary court-marital;
"A candidate for governor of New
York, victorious by a mere f1uke, when
the false halo Of San Juan Hin was
above his head.
"A nominee for Vice President against
his viii.
The beneficiary OF assassination. and
last and browning piece OF luck. the
nominee for President when all the ag-
ETessive elements OF the opposition
wanted 20 see their own candidate de-
Teated the mammoth popularity has got
the laugh with every appearance; tHe
RaTg0yle has been funny from the hour
ii lett liz native quarry.
lie boasts OF irish blood, continued
ANillett but no historic Irishman would
nave treated ala ally as he treated Mr.
Hartman
Recalls Holidays Story.
"He eXults i'm a strain OF the old HUI
guenot but the French gentleman does
not ny into passion and lash the
horse OF timid young gin whose only
ofense IS inadvertently passing rhe
royal party In a public highway.
Hear what this fountain Of billings
gate has said of his predecessors in that
high office.
I'm his various writings he points ont
The errors OF George Washington
In the Life of Morris. lie aUudes m
the utter weakness and folly OF Thomas
JeGerSOn's second term and the DitisbIe
Incompetence shown by him and his
successor.
HE declares that James Monroe was
AS great a failure as his predecessors o
andrew Jackson he calls ignorant
Martin Van Buren,, he insists. faith
fuhy served the mammon Of UPRIGHT
eousness
john Tyler was "a politician Of monu-
Franklin Pierce was a small politi-
clan Of low capacity and mean sur
rOundinCs.
James *. Polk was, excepting Tyler.
the very smallest OF the small Presi-
dents who came between Jackson and
Lincoln
This covers the elder Harrison,
zachary Taylor, Willard Fillmore. and
james Buchanan.
Tolerates the Adamses.
"He has federation only for the
Adamses, who stood for FederaIist aris-
tocracy. and admiration only for Alex
auder Hamilton. the defeated champion
Of a limited monarchy"
WWett went on to say in his speech
that the President had said John Paul
Jones was a pirate" that Napoleon
the Great was utterly interruptions. -
chat Wendell Phillips was always