Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-18
TERMED HIM A GAReoYLE
Characterized Him a This Piu-
my Descendant of Dutch
Trades People,"
SO Nituperative and Abusive Did lie
Become House Refused Him Priv
ilegc Of Continuing lis speech.

Washington, Jan. 1S--The house by
a vote OF IS to 16 denied Mr.. Will
lett the privilege Of continuing his
speech.
Characterizing President Roosevelt
as a gargoyle and as 'this pigmy des-
cendant Of Dutch trades people" and
charging him with having establish
ed a court IA the White House which
would have delighted the heart Of his
admirer. Alexander Hamilton" Mr..
Wiilett OF New York. in the house of
representatives today made one Of The
most bitter attacks on the chief exc
ecutive ever heard in that body MT
Willett took for his theme "The Pass
Ing Of Roosevelt" and in q speech OF
great length. dealt with numerous Of
the presidents acts since he came into
office and scathiugly denounced him.
After declaring that I'm the face or
AN sorts OF conditions. Americans were
possessed OF a universal sense OF
humor Mr. Wllctt said to such peo-
pie "it must be confessed" chief
magistrate who has himself no sense Of
humor moving like a horse tender
over the bayfield, OF American activi-
ties; stirring mp every drying blade Of
once green grass. to let it fam dricr
than before quarelng one day with
the practical politicians then with the
part-your- hair-iu-the middle reforms
then with the Socialists. then with the
great industrial corporations. wrestl-
ing in agony over The spirit with Noah
Webster and our glorious English
tongue taking a fall ont Of nature
takers exhortng our women to avoid
race suicide, can not but he unmixed
nuisance
He plays The tyrant 20 be sure. but
he is a tylaut who fears the carnival
ticker He sees things that have a
bad smell. but the fresh breeze OF
Capitol Hlu does not let the odor
lineer
He tries our patience. but he Is al
ways good To- laugh at Thank Heaven
for the things that make us laugh.
Without them We might easily become
raw untamed Anglo SaNOns. making
much OF Magma Charta. believing
about an effete bill Of rights or even
ready TO fight for freedom Of thought.
freedom of speech. and freedmod OF
press, as did our uncivilized ancestors
at Lexington and Bunker Hill"
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Mr.. Willett gave brief biography OF
Mr. Roosevelt beginning with his eX-
periences az a cowboy. down to the
present time. and accused him, I'm his
early manhood. OF having had prepOs-
ferrous notions, OF having KNITTED" Secy.
Long, Of being "a warrior alone in
Cuba" having won the governorship OF
New York by q mere fluke when the
"a hn1a Of m Imam NTfI1 a hor
his head; the beneficiary OF assassins,
and last, and browning piece Of luck
tho nominee for president when an the
aggressive elements OF passion wanted
10 see their own candidate defeated. the
mammoth POPULARITY has got 20 laugh
with every appearance; the gargoyle
has been funny from the hour 30
left its native quarry
Continuing Mr.. Wilett said:
And Mr.. Chairman. should the gen
tlemen who view this curious figure
with f5igned admiration ask mo how
any son OF Adam can be at the same
time hay tedder. a popularity and a
gargoyle. i can only answer that this
particular hero IS an eccentric eXcep-
ton 20 all rules, a solecism. suigeneris,
a mixed metaphorvivant, an impossi-
bility. a comet that roves at viii re-
CARELESS OF the limitations of order and
law that apply % earth and moon, 10
stars and planets.
AS WILLETT SEEDS HIM.
Tie boasts Of Irish blood but no his
toric Irishman would have treated an
ally as he treated MIR. Hartman.
He exults In a strain OF the old
Huguenot. but the French gentleman
does not ny into a passion and lash the
horse Of a timid young girl whose only
offense IL inadvertently passing tho
royal party In a public highway. Even
Luis XIV was not that sort Of TYR
ant and Henry ~, Henry Of Navarro,
the great HuEuenOt king, wore tho
white plume OF noblesse Oblige.
"IIo tells as that southern aristocrats
were among his polyglot ancestors; but
can inform him that n the wife OF a.
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