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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS,
ROOSEVELT DENIES EVER
1 HIS LIFE
Continued From Page 1.
>iir rank?
We object That
dent of the Unite
States in 19
his
the
when President McKinley was assas
sinated, ami his election to the Presi
dency in 1904.
Colonel Roosevelt then testified as fol
lows:
g What did }
tlon of your ter
to Africa as sp<
Smithsonian Inst
«*rul months then
turning home. I
the “<mtlook
g Where were
A What part of
e*plra-
1 went
her. 1912
that month?
een this
vn a coj
A Yes.
Mercy
I had
read
was
1 drank
Flanni-
Jn. ident
Q. Have yon ev«
• The colonel was .*
IshpemlriK Iron < >r
ber, 1112
Copy of Paper Admitted
y Where were you?—A In
Hospital I
<> What city" i Attorney Bel.len oh-
leoteti The court overruled the objec
tion and allowed an exception.) A. In |
i'HKO. . ■
Q Why were you there.—a
been shot. _ , _
Q In what city? -A. In Milwaukee
(Attorney Pound here introduced
copy of the paper in evidence and it w.
admitted without objection >
6. How did you feel when you ret
the editorial. “The Roosevelt nay? —J
1 was very Indignant.
At this point Attorney Pound
the editorial, stating that action
based on the following
What Caused the Suit.
Theodore Roosevelt is the only one
that cun call people liurs, rascals
and thieves If any one calls him
names he roars terribly, yet he ia a
prettv good liar himself Roosevelt
lies And curses in a most disgust
ing manner, lie gets drunk, too and
that not infrequently, and all his in
timates know about it
u Have you ever been drunk. A. I
have never in my life been drunk or in
the slightest degree under the influence
of liquor. . „ ,, ,
g What use do you make of liquor.
\ 1 do not drink cither whisky or bran
dy save as I shall hereafter say. or un
der the direction of a doctor. I don t
drink beer I do not like It. 1 do some
times drtnk light wines I have "ever
drunk u high ball or cocktail in my life,
hut sometimes I have drunk a mint
julep. There was a bed of mint in the
White House yard. Perhaps
half a dozen of them a year,
g All at one time?
Judge Commands Order
There was laughter and Judg^ V1
gan interrupted sternly.
• If there Is any further demonstration
the Sheriff will clear the court room.
1 will not have any disorder. Under
stand that.” J ,
A. Never but one mint lulep at a time
1 doubt very much if I drank over half
a dozen in the seven years l was in the
White House. In the four yearn wince
that time I have hart two mint Juleps -
one at the Cincinnati Country < lub and
one in Arkansas from a loving cup. At
dinner or at banquets 1 occasionally
drink one or two glasses of light wine
or champagne I drink it publicly and
openly. .. ^
g In the White House were there
given so-called diplomatic dinners.' 1 A.
Yes and there was served and I drank
openl> wine or champagne, one or two
glasses of champagne At state dinners,
diplomatic dinners, at my dinners to my
Cabinet, light wines and champagne
were served. They were kept in the
White House 1 would not usually drtnk
while alone, and it was not usually
served unless there were guests. If
there were guests, light wine was
served and I would frequently drink one
or two glasses. If there were diplo
ma tic guests there would be champagne.
1 would drink about the same amount.
Drinks Brandy for Fever,
g Now as to the instruction of the
doctor to which you referred, will you
explain it ? A. Yes During the < uban
campaign 1 had the Cuban fever and
since that time I have had recurring at
tacks of it These attacks usually come
as the result of over-exertion, and at
the direction of Surgeon Rlxey I have
nccaslonallv used brandy in teaspoonful
doses to c heck it I had a severe attack
,,f this illness while in Africa and had
ore pared for it by having a supply of
brandy along. , . ..
1 also had such attacks while In the
Rockv Mountains and several touches of
it during the political campaigns in
which I made speeches. Usually brandy
was taken along in case of nets! and
mere was champagne in my private car
for the use of members of the party
that used It. ...
1 made it a rule never to drink an> -
thing at all during the day while- on
these trips and rarely anything at any
time What 1 did take on such trips
was invariably on the advice of my phy
sician. who always accompanied me
Attorney Andrews tor the defense con
ducted the c ross-examination. He asked
• monel Roosevelt if he was paying the
expenses of the prosecution of the libel
suit against Editor Newett, or if the
Progressive party wefe bearing it.
Colonel Roosevelt shouted his denial
that any one except himself w paying.
Sight of the colonel displayir his feel
ings caused a commotion among those
in the court room, and Judge* Flanntgan
ordered a bailiff to rap for order. The
direct examination then continued.
g Are you a teetotaler or a prohibi
tionist ?
An objection was overruled
A I am neither a teetotaler nor a pro
hibitionist. I never drink beer, ale,
stout, porter or malt liquor*. I do
not like them. Frequently when I am
a guest I am Invited to drink beer or
drink whiaky. and I always. If I take
anything, take a light wine or cham
pagne instead.
Q. Describe yourself as to your use of
intoxicating liquors.—A. I am not a total
abstainer, but am very abstemious, per
haps it would aid you to understand
»‘>nt f I were to describe the Routine of
my life at the White House.
Q. Yes: please do so A l usually
rc»se rather early and had break
fast with the members of m\ fam
ily. For twenty minutes 1 would walk
in the White House grounds, often with
one of the children or some member
of m\ Cabinet. From my walk 1 would
go directly to my office, where Secre
tary Loeb and 1 would go through the
mail and receive Senators. Representa
tives and diplomati» officers Unless 1
had shaved myself. I would be shaved
by the l^grber in the room between m>
office and Mr Uoeb's. I was very bus\.
and it was necessary to save ever> min
ute of time, so 1 would dictate letters or
talk to B4N while hi g
No Drinks Before Luncheon.
I would then be busy with confer
ences and correspondence until lunch
time. Then 1 would wash my face and
hands and walk down the terrace to the
White House, where I would have lunch
with my family Nevetf under arty cir
cumstances did I touch a drop of liquor
of any kind before luncheon If we
lunched alone there was rarely any
liquor, but if there were guests there
would be served either light wine or
champagne, and in either case 1 would
usually drink one or two glasses of that
\f»er luncheon 1 would return to my
office and be busy with my mail and
callers until 4 o’clock. At that hour I
went for a walk or ride, frequently
with some member of my Cabinet. I
would walk or ride until 6. when I re
turned to the White House. 1 would
spend a half hour with the children,
ami *hen would bathe and dress for din-
nef
At dinner there were usually guests,
and wine was usually served Occa
sionally l drank a glass or two. \fter
£«-rrr ! either returned to mv office
or ha* Mr Loeb in my l!brar> whf re
we went over mail and worked on mes
sages and the like About midnight !
would read for twenty minutes some
borU to take my mind off public bust
ress. Then 1 would go to sleep Dr
Rixey usually was in to see me at hed-
tl Q € tvhjvoti wa« mustered out of the
Mar
Yes.
I think
I
army, what wh
Attorney Held
is irrelevant.
Court. It is relevant to ah
pla tit i it's posit Ion
A. I was acting brigade commander,
and was recommended to bo brevetted
a brigadier general.
Didn't Drink on Trip*.
Q. Now . w hat were your drinking hab
its while on speaking trips? A t nev
• r drank anything during the day, and
never anything at any time except on
the advice of Dr Rixey or my throat
specialist, Dr Curtis. After a hard day
I often took one or two glasses of milk
with a 1< uxpoonful of brandy in each.
Then I would read twenty minutes, see
Dr Rixey and go to sleep. 1 would
sleep soundly to feel clear In the morn
ing
g When you speak of a hard day. Just
what do you mean? A. I mean a long
Journey and many speeches, or either.
Mam of those trips were very exhaust
ing. ami that was the reason Dr Klxey
accompanied me When you are Presi
dent you can not be 111, and a Presi
dent's work must go on, regardless
Here the direct examination ended,
and Horace Andrews, of Cleveland, Ohio,
began the cross-examination.
g You are not a resident of Michi
gan ? A No, sir; I have always been
a resident of the State and city of New
York, although ever since 1 was a boy
1 have usually spent a few summer
months in the country As a boy my
time in the country was usually on a
farm or country place of my father’s
g Then your visits to Michigan have
been flying trips" A They have usual
ly been brief trips.
Enumerates Hie Friends.
Q. Do you know anybody in Mar
quette County? A. 1 know several peo
ple, Mr. Shiras best of all
g You know that Mr. Shiras is not
really a resident of Marquette, that he
lives in the East and only spends his
summers here? A. I know that he Is
frequently away during the winter on
natural history work. Ah to his legal
residence I can not speak.
g Who else do you know In
quette? A. I know Mr. Hill there
g. Mr. Hill of your counsel?—-A.
sir
Q Just met him since you hired him
as your lawyer, did you not?—A. 1 * w ‘*'*'
I met him last summer.
g. Think? Don’t you know
don't remember certainly.
Q. Who else do you know in Mar
quette County?- A. I have met a num
ber of people at various times.
g. And have promptly forgotten them,
eh? A. No sir, but when one meets so
many people one can’t always recall
names unless one is reminded by seeing
the persoti. f
g. Ah. 1 see Do you see any remin
iscent faces in the court room?—A. No,
sir.
g. Your entire life has been given
mostly l<> politics, has it not? A. 1
should not say that. I would say that,
previous to the Spanish war, I was as
much of a naturalist and historian and
writer as anything else.
Q. As President you met Senators and
entertained them and were invited to
their homes is that not true? A. I
knew every Senator and entertained all
of them at the White House. 1 was
rarely Invited to their houses.
g. And you met piembers of Congress
and received them at your house, did
you not? A. I knew every Uepreeenta-1
tive in Congress and received all who I
called
Q. And In traveling you attended
many banquets given in your honor, did 1
you not? A. I attended some banquets
g. Where liquor was served?—A. Yes,
certainly, where liquor was served.
g. Yet, in all the fifteen years you
have been in politics you have never
drank anything except a little brandy
and milk?—A. I did Pot say that.
Q. .lust so. now as to the wines that
you speak of as tight wines, just what
kind of wines wore those? A. Eight
white wines. California wines or Sau-
ternes; once in a while I took a little
M adelra.
g. Is that all? A. Once in a whHe a bit
Of sherry; 1 never drink red wines
g Oh you will swear that you have
never tasted red wine? A. No, certainly
not. You know I did not mean that.
WTiat I mean is that I do not like red
wines and that I never drink them. 1
«i<i not mean that i have never tested
them. Probably 1 have and probably
when they have been passed I have
tombed the glass to my lips.
q. Do you keep wine, brandy and
whisky in your house? A. Yes, sir all
three.
Q Did you keep liquor In the White
House? A. Yes. 1 kept thq stock left
me by Mr. McKinley.
Mr. Andrews: *1 move the last part
of that answer be stricken out as not
responsive to my question.**
Mr. Pound: “f think it is competent
to show that hr merely continued a cus
tom already established.'’
Shows Signs of Anger.
The Court: “It ia proper to show that
if he will answer it in the wav you
Indicate
Mr. Roosevelt: “Then may I revise
my answer?”
Mr Andrews: “Certainly you may
amend it. Mr. Roosevelt, if you can not
wish to answer it directly or would be
embarrassed to do so.”
Mr. Roosevelt: “I can arid will an
swer it directly.”
The former president showed signs of
anger
A I did keen wine, whisky and bran
dy of several kinds in the White House,
as my predecesstir had done before me,
and ax President Cleveland and Presi
dent Garfield and others had done,
Q And is it true that you kept two
butlers to take care of this stock of
liquors? A. It is true that I kept two
butlers, but they took care of the wines
merely as an incident to their employ
ment.
g. Do you know Mr. Wallace. National
Committeeman of the Progressive Party
in Michigan? A. I do.
Q. Did he institute this prosecution,
this suit"- A. 1 don’t know.
Q What? You don’t knpw who start
ed this important piece of litigation for
you ' A 1 whs in Mercy Hospital when
it started and 1 can not say.
Again Denies Knowledge,
g Did Mr Wallace have anything to
d«> with filing it? A. I could not say
Q. It was reported in newspaper in
terviews that he had started this suit on
your behalf I)ld you see those inter
views or articles? \ Not that f am
able to recall.
•j. Have von borne all the expense of
tins suit personally, the cost of finding
and summoning witnesses and bringing
them here and taking depositions and
the like? Y l have borne ull the ex
pense.
Q. Was not a portion of that expense
borne i>\ ilie* Progressive party of Mich
igan or by the Progressive national
committee?—A It was not. I paid
everything.
Colonel's Voice Squeaked.
(”olonel Roosevelt was thoroughly
angry now. bis face (lushed, his voice
squeaked and he clenched his fists and
half rose from the chair.
g W «nild you know It if any expense
>n this suit were borne by anv person
other than yourself? A. I certainly
would, and it hio- all been borne bv my
self.
Mr Andrews announced that this
completed the cross examination
Mr Pound, on redirect examination,
asked two questions, both designed to
bring out the faeJ that Colonel Roose
velt was paying the expenses of the
prosecution
Q This suit was brought bv vour di
rection. was ii not. at your expense?
A It was
Q Did the Progressive party or any
branch of its organization <*r any of its
officers or workers or any other persons
»t an\ time contribute anything to the
expense of this suit" A No. 1 bore the
entire expense myrclf
Pledged Speaker’s Health.
Q Tell us about Sneaker Cannon's
birthday party A I drank a glass of
oharrmagne on that occasion ir. pledg
ing the Speaker’s birthday health
Defense Scores “Eulogy.”
“Hunting exploits and public acts
are improper in an opening state-
T. R, Inclines
To Champagne
Defending himself against a
charge of drunkenness. Colonel
Roosevelt gives the following as
an epitome of his drinking cus
toms :
1 am neither a teetotaler nor
a prohibitionist. I never drink
beer, ale, stout, porter or any
malt liquors. I do not like them.
Frequently when I am a guest
I am Invited to drink beer or
drink whiHky and* I always, if
I take anything, take a light
wine or champagne instead.
ment.” was the objection raised by
Attorney Belden, representing Newett,
to the opening address of Attorney
Pounds for Colonel Roosevelt. Two
minutes after .Judge Flan nags n over- j
ruled his objection he was again on
his feel, protesting against the state- \
ment which, he declared,- was “an
oration—a eulogy.”
Judge Flannagan again refused to
check Attorney Pounds’ address, but
ruled that the defense might save
their objection. When Pounds, how
ever, referred to the time when “this
plaintiff was In power,” the court up
held the objection of the defense and
ordered Pounds to confine his re
marks to a statement of what he In
tended to prove. The defense an
nounced it would defer making a
statement until after taking of testi
mony.
Before court session began. Judge
Flannagan ordered all the witnesses
on both sides out of the room. No
person connected with the case was
admitted to the court room during
the trial, except the principals, their
attorney.* and the w itness who was on
Lka aland.
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stream filed In and out all morning
The officers were prepared and be
gan to Issue receipts for the money
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small investors bought a total of $10,-
000 worth of certificates up to noon.
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MEN AND RELIGION BULLETIN NO. 57
Atlanta Upholds Chief Beavers
The “Itching Palm” And
The Character Assassin
Have No Place Here.
The itching palm.
Judas Iscariot had it.
Thirty pieces of silver upon hi3 hand, and Judas betrayed his Lord.
Poor Judas, learning too late the curse of the itching palm, threw
away the money and killed himself in shame and sorrow.
Notwithstanding itching palms are here to-day.
And again and again would they betray Christ, our saviour, and rear
for him a cross.
Their pay coming from the betrayal of girls matters not to them.
If they get their hire, they care not that their success would mean the
dishonoring of motherhood, the blinding of babies, and the spreading of
disease, insanity and death among innocent children and women.
These they ignore with a sneering curse.
But you do not; you care and understand; you recall.
Annually seven hundred thousand dollars and more poured through
the white slave market of Atlanta into the itching palm.
The lie of segregation so prospered seven houses that their reputed
owners received forty-three thousand and seventy-four dollars in the form
of rent every year, more than swice as much as the rental of thirty-three
other houses scattered throughout the city.
Chief Beavers closed them all and ended the ghastly farce of segre
gation.
Eight months have passed and the owners of the itching palm have
become frantic.
For eight months the “unbreakable bank of the corrupt politicians’’
has been hampered by the honesty of a man whose palms will not itch.
How much have the owners of the houses ahd the liquor dealers lost?
Eight months is two-thirds of a year; two-thirds of seven hundred
thousand dollars is four hundred and sixty-six thousand, six hundred and
sixty dollars and sixty-six cents.
How their palms do itch! „
And they have despaired of corrupting the Chief.
They have to get rid of him, if they ever open again their market with
its unspeakable pimps and procurers plying their trade of debauching
girls.
IS THIS CONNECTED WITH THE RECENT STUDIED EFFORT
TO DISCREDIT THE CHIEF AND ATLANTA’S POLICE DEPART
MENT IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD?
Consider this before you answer.
The Chief can be removed from office only for inefficiency proven by
trial before the Police Board.
Incorruptibility is not inefficiency.
And an unwillingness to violate one’s oath—a refusal to let crimi
nals live upon the shame of women is no evidence that a man is incom
petent to be Chief of Atlanta’s Police Force.
Hence the plight of protected vice and its servants.
THEY CANNOT CORRUPT; HENCE, THEY SEEK TO RUIN
WITH LIES.
Their itching palms know not how to labor honestly, though they are
skilled in squeezing money from helpless fallen women, their “meal
tickets. ’ ’
Being hungry, they snarl and snap.
God pity them and open their eyes to their unutterable degradation!
The outside world is pointing to the fearless honesty of our Chief of
Police and the efficient way in which he is handling the most difficult of
all city problems.
And in this age of graft he will not be sacrificed to put into office a
dishonest man satisfactory to the owners of brothels and bars and their
henchmen.
Never! ,
AND ATLANTA WILL REMEMBER FOR FUTURE RECKON
ING THOSE MEN, IN OR OUT OF OFFICE, WHO TRY TO HAM
PER THE CHIEF AS HE DOES HIS DUTY.
Recall the itching palms of the servants of protected vice and be
on your guard.
“A lie turned loose put Christ on the Cross.’’ Nail their lies!
Note those who are trying by the most foul of all means, character
assassination, to bring back upon Atlanta the disgrace of a traffic which
demands for 'its existence the sacrifice of innocent girls.
For the day of accounting is coming.
Vice is fighting to regain the privilege of making dirty dollars by de
filing women.
Chief Beavers is battling for decency and health, the welfare of our
families and your loved ones.
He does not fight alone. You are with him.
Thank God! You are awake and watching.
Chief Beavers and his men will be upheld by Atlanta.
The Qc—rt the Men and
I. i 5r:;v'-\rd Movement
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