Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
REPRESENTATIVE
BITTERLY SCORES
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
ROOSEVELT SUBJECT OF UN-
PRECEDENTED ATTACK
NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN USES
VITRlOLIC LANGUAGE
WiIIett Calls President a "GargoyIe,
Tyrant, Pigmy, Bogus Hero" and
Many Other Opprobrious
Epithets
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jovialty of Garfield and the non-conformist
thrift of Rutherford B. Hayes
I'VE have a king and a court now, Mr..
WilIett exclaimed, ''as good imitation of
the feal thing, known to the nobility of mon
archial countries, as the scion of family OF
trading Dutchmen can concoct.
At this juncture Mr.. Willett called the roll
of the so-called Ananias club, and said:
'The earth is intoxicated and reels around
jocularity. Roosevelt alone is personif1-
cation Of sobriety, temperatures Of statement
calmness Of speech and action.
''The ever moving hay tedder hurries over
the field, throwing upward the clover Of poll
tics. the timothy Of zoology. the blue grass of
history, and letting each blade fall a little
drier than 1t was before.
"Face Depicts Jealousy"
Jealousy you can reach in the gargoyle's s
distorted features. You look on those twisted
lines and it is easy, OH no easy, to understand
the insolence toward Dewey, the great
figure of the Spanish-American War, the
hero who took Manila with the worst ships a
rotten bureaucracy could find for him; the
persistent defamation of Admiral Schley, who
really fought the battle of Santiago bay; the
insults heaped on General Miles, whose counsel
was ignored in the expensive blunders OF the
land campaign at Santiago"
The president, Mr.. Willett declared, showed
his teeth at all real heroes, because real
heroes gall and wormwood to bogus ones -
Continuing his denunciation, Mr.. Wilett
charged that the president had ''bulldozed
President Castro; had seen the Filpinos brut-
ally treated had marooned Col. Stewart,
whom he did not like; had kept young wom-
an from earning an honest living by telling
the truth; had allowed sca1dalous conditions
to exist in the army and navy; had compelled
his subordinates to act as hunting dogs for
the czar of Russia in trailing down men who
have fought for liberty; had practically re-
established the John Adams alien and sedition
laws; had forced desertions from the navy by
allowing intolerable treatment of sailors at
hands ariStOcraCU of Of-
ficers; had permitted the degrading of soldiers
at West Point who had been put to meniaI
work ana had given Scotch verdict in con-
nection with the Panama canal scandal"
Doesn't Count for Much"
In conclusion Mr.. WiIlett said: You may
say, then, that individual gargoyle does
not count for SO much, after all. No. not in
the development of centuries, but he counts
vitality and continuously affecting the people
who have to live under him.
And the change from Nero fiddling while
Rome is burning to Vespasian calmly devotde
to securing as good government as tendencies
will permit is change to be as devoutly well
coined by us as by the ancient Romans"
Several times in the course Of Mr. Willett's
remarks he called to order by Mr.. Hughes
Of West Virginia.
II call him to order" Mr.. Hughes ex-
claimed. He is going ahead with lot of
rot that neither the house nor the country is
interested in.''
Mr.. Butler of Pennsylvania, in the chair,
ruled that Mr.. Willett was speaking under
the license of general debate and that he
was not called upon to indicate in advance
the subject of his remarks
Mr. Wtllett then proceeded and received
applause from his Democratic colleagues
Mr.. Willett's reference to the president be-
came SO severe that Chairman Butler inter
rupted and admonished him.
1T is entirely within the rules Of the
house." he said, that the official conduct of
the president may be criticised or con-
demned. viii the gentleman" the chair
man pleaded, 'please not extensively refer to
the president of the United States?''
The Republicans loudly applauded.
Hughes Again Protests
Mr.. Hughes again protested that Mr.. Will
lett was not using language permitted in
debate.
The presiding officer reiterated his decis-
ion first given.
Then" insisted Mr.. 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 blotted out of his
speech
Taking special notice Of this latter point.
the chairman remarked that he had author
ty to direct that remarks made out of
order shall be omitted from the record.
"The chairman will consider the point of
order raised by the gentleman from West
Virginia" said Mr.. Butler, when the chair
has the opportunity to examine the remarks
that have been made by the gentleman"
Mr.. Willetts reference to the 'defama-
ton of Admiral Schley' caused Mr.. Card
ner of Massachusetts to object.
After a good deal of sparring the chair
ruled that the words were offensive
BY this time the house in a furore
Above the babble of voices Mr.. Gardner was
heard to make the point that a member
having been found out of order in debate he
was longer entitled to the floor
Messrs. Hepburn of Iowa and Mann of Illi-
nois, with copies of the rules in their hands
appealed for recognition. Mr.. Hepburn in
sisted that Mr.. Willett should take his seat
Mr.. Mann in the meantime reading some
rules on the case The chair directed Mr.
Willett to take his seat. whic4. he reluct-
antly did
Before the chair passed on the points OF
Messrs. Mann and Hepburn, Mr.. Chandler OF
Mississippi moved that Mr.. Willett be al
lowed to proceed in order
On that motion vote was taken. with
the result that by party vote of IS to 12G
the house refused further to hear the New
York member
In vain Mr.. Fitzgerald of New York sought
to have the chair construe the rules so that
Mr.. Willett might proceed.
Mr.. Willett had practically concluded his
remarks and he received the verdict of the
house with a smile.