The San Francisco call., 1909-01-19
ROOSEVELT IS
CALLED NAMES
BYNEW YORKER
Representative WiIIett Charac-
terizes President as ''Pigmy
Descendant"
Acts of Roosevelt Are Scatch-
ingIy Denounced by Member
of Lower House

I can inform him that If the wife Of a
Robert Toombs or or Jefferson Davis
had been treated by him as Mrs. Miner
Norris was, he would have been called
out or branded as a coward If he had
been ten times president
He is proud to insist that the family
whose name he bears comes from Hol-
land; but his ready surrender to the
politicians OF his own party makes 1T
clear enough that fat burghers who put
up their shutters at the first beat Of
the war drum must have been his pro-
genitors. he beats the Dutch. however.
as even his severest critics must con-
fess-
ROOSEvELTS BOOKS QUOTED
He quoted from President Roosevelt's
books, IN which the president is alleged
10 have attacked Washington, Jeffer-
son. Monroe, Jackson. Tyler. Pierce and
others, and said that the president had
"toleration only for the Adamses. who
stood for federalist aristocracy, and ad-
miration for Alexander Hamilton, the
defeated champion Of a limited mon
archy-"
of COURSE" said wfnetts these con-.
oemnstions roar as gently as any suck
ing dove when compared with his de-
nunciation Of John Paul Jones as a
pirate. OF Napoleon the Great as ut.
terly unscrupulous,' or New England's S
fdOlized Wendell Phillips as always
. either rnischievous or ridiculous and
usually both; Of Thomas Paine, the
first champion Of American liberty, as
filthy little atheist Of miracle believ-
ing Roman Catholics as persons Of ar
rested mental development; of Quakers
as quite as undesirable citizens as
duelists.' But he has been frank enough
IN abusing other presidents to shut the
lips Of his defenders on the dignity Of
the presidential Office
NO KING so IMPLACABLE
wiuett declared that Consistency is
e jewel which the gargoyle is always
throwing to the swine" No king, he
said. in any limited monarchy was ever
half so exigent or ever half so i'm
placable- For president" he
added. you must go back to Napoleon
gargoyle's Ananias club, who used to
ask the wives Of his thrifty favorites
whether they could only afford one
gown a year; who said once TO the
wife OF one OF his nghting marshals
your dress Is dirty and who insisted
on doing all the match making in his
Official circles"
The democracy OF Lincoln, he said.
the bluf Americznism Of Grant and
Cleveland, the equally American suavity
OF Arthur and Mckinley had passed
into history. along with the joviality
OF Garfield and the nonconformist thrift
OF Rutherford B. Hayes"
We have a king and q court. now, -
Winett exclaimed, "ae good an imira-
tion Of real thing known to the no
bility Of monarchisl countries. as the
scion OF a family OF trading Dutchmen
can concoct."
At this Juncture winett called the
roll OF the so called Ananias club and
said:
The earth is intoxicated and reels
around our 5ocularity. He alone is a
personihcation Of sobriety. temperate
ness Of statement, calmness of speech
and action. The ever moving hay tedder
hurries over the field, throwing upward
the clover Of politics. the timothy OF
zoology the bluegrass OF history, and
letting each blade fall little drier
than it was before
JEALOUSY IN FEATURES
Jealousy you can read in the gar
goyles distorted features. You look
on those twisted lines and it is easy.
Oh. 50 easy. TO understand the insolence
toward Dewey, the one great figure of
the Spanish-American war, the hero
who took Manila with the worst ships
& rotten bureaucracy could find for him:
The persistent defamation OF Admiral
Schley. who really fought the battle of
Santiago bay; the insults heapen an
General Miles. whose counsel was fz-
nored in the expensive blunders of the
land campaign at Santiago"
The president, Wfllett declared
showed his teeth at all real heroes be
cause real heroes are gall and worm
wood 10 bogus ones"
Continuing his denunciation, Willett
charged that the president had bull-
President (Tacf~n- "a
Filipinos brutaily treated and ma
rooned Colonel Stewart, whom he did
not like; had kept a young woman from
earning an honest living by telling the
truth, had allowed "scandalous condf-
tions 10 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-estab-
lished the John Adams alien and sedi-
tion laws; had forced desertions from
the navy by allowing intolerable treat
ment Of sailors "at the hands OF the
aristocracy Of Annapolis oflcers": had
permitted the degrading OF soldiers at
West Point who had been put TO rneniaI
work and had given Scotch verdict in
connection with the alleged Panama
canal scandal
In conclusion he said among other
things, You may say then that one in
dividual gargoyle does not count for
so much after all. No. not in the de-
Velopment Of centuries, but he counts
vitaIly and continuously as affecting in
the people who have TO live under him.
And the change from a Nero adding
while Rome is burning TO Vespasian
calmly devoted TO securing as good
government as tendencies will permit
IS change TO be as devoutly welcomed
by US as by the ancient Romans"
WELLETT CALLED TO ORDER
several times in the course Of VIII
ftts remarks he was called to order
Hughes of West Virginia.
call him to order!" Hughes ex-
claimed He is going ahead with a
lot Of rot that neither the house nor
the country is interested in"
Hughes again protested that willett
was not using language permitted in
debate.
The presiding officer reiterated his
decision first given.
Then" insisted Hughes. 7 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"
Chandler (Aiss.) moved that Wfllett
be allowed to proceed in order
rhcf motion = vote vvac 4o1xo.,