Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-19
House in Uproar Denies De-
mocratie Member From New
York the Privilege Of Finish
ing His Speech.
BEFORE MOTION PASSED
MIR. WILLETT CONCLUDED
AND SMILED AT VERDICT
Speaker Was Ordered to His Seat
Amid Din of Noise and Disorder.
But He Had Practically FIN
ished.
tsy Associated Press,

tBy Associated Prsss.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. B.-Characteriz-
ing President Roosevelt as a gargoyle
and as this pigmy descendant of Dutch
trades-people," and charging him with
having established court in the white
house which would have delighted the
heart OF his admired A1exandeg HaInil-
ton," Mr.. wHlett, Democrat, Of Ne"
York, in the house of Representatives o.
day made one of the most bitter attacks
on the chief executive ever heard IN
that body.
Interrupted by Hughes
Several times in the course Of Mr. WI
let's remarks he was called to order by
Mr.. Hughes, of West Virginia
II call him to order" Mr.. Hughes ex-
claimed. He is going ahead with a 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 speak
ing under license of general debate end
that he was not called on to indicate in
advance the subject of his remarks.
Mr.. Willett then proceeded and fire.
Quently elected applause from his Denlo-
cratic colleagues.
Words Were Offensive
Mr.. Willett's references to the "defa-
nation of Admiral Schley, caused dr.
Gardner, OF Massachusetts, to object. Az
ter a good deal of sparring, the chair
ruled that the words were offensive
BY this time the house was in q fu-
ror. Above the babel Of voices Mr..
Gardner was heard to make the point
that member having been found out
Of order in debate he was no longer en-
titled to the floor.
Messrs. Hepburn, of Iowa, and Mann,
of Illinois. with copies of the rules in
their hands appealed for recognition. ldr-
Hepburn insisted that Mr.. WilIett should
take his seat.
WiIIett Ordered to Seat
The chair directed Mr.. willett to take
his seat, which he reluctantly did.
Before the chair passed on the points
Of Messrs. Mann and Hepburn. ldr.
Chandler, Of Mississippi, moved that
Mr.. willett be allowed to proceed in
order"
On that motion a vote was taken with
the result that by a party vote of Is to
l26 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 hts
remarks ana ne received the FSIuicl VI
the house with a smile.
1.-THE Passing of Roosevelt"
Mr.. wfllett took for his theme 1.-The
Passing of Roosevelt" and in a speech Of
great length, dealt with numerous of the
presidents acts since he came into Office
and scathingly denounced them.
After declaring that in the face Of all
sorts of conditions, Americans were pos
sessed Of universal sense of humor, MIR.
Wnlett said that to such a. people. ''it
must be confessed, a chief magistrate
who has liTnslef no sense of humor, nov
ing like a householder over the hay
field of American activities; stirring up
every drying blade of once-green grass,
TO let it fall drier than before; quarrel
ing one day with the practical politicians,
then with the ur-hair-in-the-m middle
reformers, then with the Socialists, then
with the great industrial corporations,
wrestling i'm agony of spirit with Noah
Webster and our glorious English tongue;
taking a fall out of nature faIzirs; exhort-
ing our women to avoid race suicide-can-
not be an unmixed nuisance
''He Plays Tyrant''
''He plays the tyrant, to be sure but
he is a tyrant who fears the carnival
ticker, he sees things that have bad
smell, but the fresh breeze Of Capitol
Hill does not let the odor linger.
'He tries our patience, but he Is ali
WAYS good-to-Iaugh-at. Thank heaven
for the things that make US laugh! With
out them we might easily become raw,
untamed Anglo-Saxons, making much OF
Magma Charta, believing about an eftete
hill of rights or even ready to night for
freedom of thought, freedom of speech,
and freedom of the press, as did our un-
civilized ancestors at Lexington and
Bunker Hill!"
Mr.. Wi1lett gave a brief biography OF
Mr.. Roosevelts life. beginning with mis-
experiences as a cowboy down to the
nresenf time. and accused him, in his ear
Iv manhood. o. having had preposterous
notions: of having knitted" Secretary
Long: OF being "a warrior alone In Gu
Ia :" of having won the governorsh1p OF
New York by mere fiuke, when the
false halo Of San Juan Hill was above his
head" of being the beneficiary OF assas-
sins and, last and the GROWING piece or
uck. the nominee for president, when all
the aggressive elements of the opposition
wanted to see their own candidate de-
feated. 'The mammoth POPULARITY has
got a laugh with every appearance; the
gargovIe has been funny from the hour 1t
left it's native quarry"
A Comet That Roves
Continuing. Mr.. WiIlett said: And. N-.
Chairman, should the gentlemen VIC
view this curious figure with feigned adj
nniration ask me how any son of Adam
can be at the same time hay-tedder,
POPULARITY and a gargoyle. l can only an
swer that this particular hero is an &C.
centric exception to all rules, solecism
sui generis, mixed metaphor-vivant. an
impossibility, comet that roves at viii
regardless of the limitations of order and
law that apply to earth and moon, to
stars and planets.
He boasts of Irish blood. but no his
toric Irishman would have treated an ally
as he treated Mr.. Hartman.