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4 * \ v • 8 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS ROOSEVELT DENIES EVER SEINE DRUNK IN HIS LIFE Continued From Page 1. dent of the United States in 1900; his succession to the White House in 1901 when President McKinley was assas sinated, and his election to the Presi dency in 1904 Colonel Koos lows: g What did evelt then testified as fol- do rto- A. In Mercy ””on the expira- ^tjon of vour term in 1909'* A. 1 went to Africa as special curator for the Smithsonian Institution and Spent sev eral months there in research work He- lurnlnB home, 1 became connected with the "Outlook " „ . _ Q. Where were you in October, 1*1- A. What part of that month? < ite an incident to remind me ^ g Have you ever seen this paper. • The colonel was shown a copy of in* Ishpeming lr.m Ore ) A. in < her. 1912 Copy of Paper Admitted. Q Where were > ,} K H g P VVhat city? < Attorney Belden ob jected The court overruled the objec tion and allowed an exception.) A in Chicago g why were you there?—A. I had been shot , __ , g In what city’ A. In Milwaukee. .Attorney Pound here introduced a copy of the paper in evidence and It was admitted without objection.) g. How did you feel when you read The editorial. "The Roosevelt Way.' -A. I was very indignant At this point Attorney Pound read the editorial, stating that action was based on the following What Caused the Suit. Theodore Roosevelt is the only one that can call people liars, rascals and thieves. If any one calls him names he roars terribly, yet he is a pretty good liar himself Roosevelt lies and curses In a most disgust ing manner He gets drunk, too. and that not infrequently, and all his In timates know about it u. Have you ever been drunk r—A i have never in my life been drunk or in the slightest degree under the influence of liquor. , .. , Q What use do you make of liquor. A I do not drink either whisky or bran dy. save as I shall hereafter say, or un der the direction of a doctor. I don t drink beer l do not like it. I do some- limes drink light wines. I have never drunk a high hall or cocktail In my life, but sometimes 1 have drunk a mint julep There was a bed of mint in the White House yard Perhaps I drank %)iuif a dozen of them a year, g AH at one time? Judge Commands Order. There was laughter and Judge Flanni- gan interrupted sternly. "If there Is any further demonstration the Sheriff will clear the court room. I will not have any disorder. Under stand that ' A. Never hut one mint Julep at a time. 1 doubt very much if I drank over half a dozen in the seven years I was in the White House. In the four years since that time. I have had two mint .juleps - one at the Cincinnati Country Club and one in Arkansas from a loving cup. At dinner or at banquets I occasionally drink one or two glasses of light wine or champagne. I drink it publicly and openly. Q In the White House were there given so-called diplomatic dinners' A Yes and there was served and I drank openly wine or ehampagn^. one or two 5 lasses of champagne. At Mate dinners, iplomatic dinners, at my dinners to my Cabinet, light wines ami champagne were served. They were kept in the White House 1 would not usually drink 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 matic guests there would be champagne. I would drink about the same amount. Drinks Brandy for Fever. Q Now as to the Instruction of ttie doctor to which you referred, will you explain it?- A. Yes. During the < uban campaign l had the Cuban fever and since that time 1 have had recurring at tacks of It. These attacks usually come as the result of over-exertion, and at the direction of Surgeon Rixey I have occasionally used brandy in teaspoonful doses to check it. ! had a severe attack of this illness while in Africa and had n re pa red for it by having a supply of brandy along. T also had such attacks while in the Rocky Mountains and several touches or »t during the political campaigns n which 1 made speeches. Usually brandy was taken along in case of need and there was champagne in my private ear for the use of members of the party that used It. . . . 1 made It a rule never to drink any thing at all during the day while on these trips and rarely anything at any time What I did take on such trips w as invariably on the advice of my phy sician. who always accompanied me. Attorney Andrews for the defense con ducted the cross-examination He asked • clone] Roosevelt if he was paying the expenses of the prosecution of the libel suit against Editor Newetl, or if the Progressive party were hearing it Colonel Roosevelt shouted h1s denial that any one except himself w paying Sight of the colonel display!? his feel lugs caused a commotion among those in the court room, and Judge Flannigan ordered a bailiff to rap for order. The direct examination then continued Q. 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 any malt liquors. I do not like them. Frequently when I am a guest I am Invited to drink beer or drink whisky, and I always. If I take anything, take a light wine or cham- paqne instead. Q. Describe yourself as to your use of intoxicating liquors A. 1 am not a total abstainer, bn* am very abstemious. i*er baps it would aid you l<> understand: Tuat if 1 were to describe the routine of my life at the White House. Q. Yes please do so - A. I usually rose rather early aiai 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 my Cabinet From hiy walk 1 would go direetlv to my office, where Secre tary Loeb and 1 would go through the nrratl and receive Senators. Representa tives and diplomatic officers Unless 1 had shaved myself, 1 would be shaved bv the barber in the room between my office and Mr Loeb’s. I was very busy, and it was necessary to save every min ute of time, so 1 would dictate letters or talk to some callers while being shaved No Drinks Before Luncheon. 1 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 Never under any 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 \fter 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. _ T would walk ride until 6. when I re turned to the White House 1 would spend a half hour with the children, and f hen would bathe and dress for din ner At dinner there were usually guests, and wine was usually served. Occa sionally 1 drank a glass or two After £*nr.;r ! either returned i<» my office or ha^ Mr Loeb in my library where we went over mail and worked on mes sages and the like About midnight I would read for twenty minutes some bool4 to take ray mind off public busi ness Then I would go to sleep Dr. ^R;xey •isi'.tl: \ w u -• <• n • a <! - fime Q 'Yjjgr. you was mustered out of the army, what was your rank? Attorney Helden We object That is irrelevant. Court. It is relevant to show the plaintiff's position. A. I was acting brigade commander, and was recommended to be brevet ted a brigadier general Didn't Drink on Trip*. Q. Now . w hat were your drinking hab its while on speaking trips*' A I nev ex drank anything during the day, and never anything itt any tipie 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 teaspoonful 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 yf a hard day, Just what do '<»u mean? A I rnebn a long Journey und many speeches, or either Many of those trips were very exhaust ing. and that was the reason Dr. Rixey accompanied me When you are Presi dent yqu ran not he ill, 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 Q 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 I was a boy I 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. Q. Then vour visits to Michigan have been flying trips?—A. They have usual ly been brief trips. Enumerates His Friends. Q Do you know anybody in Mar quette County? A. I know several peo ple; Mr. Shires best of all. g Yon know that Mr. Shiras is not reallv a resident of Marquette; that he lives' in the Fas! and only spends his summers here? A. I know that he Is frequently away during the winter on natural history work. As to hi residence I can not apeak. Q. Who else do you know in Mar quette? A I know Mr. Hill there Q. Mr. Hill of your counsel? A. Yes. sir Q. Just met him since you hired him as your lawyer, did you not?—A. I think I met him last summer t/ Think? Don't you know? A I 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 person. q. Ah. I see Do you see any remin iscent faces in the court room?—A. No, sir. g. Your entire life has been given mostly 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 und 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. I was rarely Invited to their houses. Q. And you met jnembers of Congress and received them at your bouse, did you not? A. I knew every Representa tive In Congress and received all who called Q. And In traveling you attended many banquets given in your honor, did 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 (Ha dqI say Dial Q. Just so. now as to the wines that you speak of as light wines. Just what kind of wines wore those? —A. Light white wines. California wines or Sau- ternes; once in a while I took, a little Madeira g. is that all? A Once In a while a bit of sherry; I never drink red wines Q. Oh von will swear that you have never tasted red wine? —A No, certainly not. You know I did not mean that. What I mean is that 1 do not like red wines and that I never drink them. I do not mean that I have never tasted them. Probably* I have and probably when they have been passed I have touched the glass to my lips. <^. 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 the stock left me by Mr. McKinley. Mr. Andrews: "I move the last part of that answer be stricken out as not responsive to my question." Mr. Pound: "I think it is competent to show that he merely continued a cus tom already established." Shows Signs of Anger. The Court. "II is proper to show that If he will answer it in the way you indicate” Mr. Roosevelt: "Then may I revise I my answer?" Mr Andrews: "Certainly you may amend it, Mr. Roosevelt, if you can not wish to answer it directly or would be 1 embarrassed to do so” Mr. Roosevelt: "I can and will an swer it directly." The former president showed signs of anger A. 1 did keep wine, whisky and bran dy of several kinds in the White House, as my predecessor had done before me. 1 and as President Cleveland and Presi dent Garfield and others had done. I Q. And Is it true that you kept two butlers to take care of this stock of liquors? X. Lt is true that 1 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. J don’t know Q. What? You don’t know who start ed this important piece of litigation for you? A 1 was in Mercy Hospital when it started and I can not say. Again Denies Knowledge. Q Did Mr. Wallace have anything to do with filing it" A I could not say Q. It was reported in newspaper in terviews that he had started t,hia suit on your behalf. Did you see those inter views or articles * A Not that 1 am able to recall. g. Have you borne all the expense of this suit personally, the cost of finding and summoning witnesses and bringing them here and taking depositions and the like? A. I have borne all the ex pense g Was not a portion of that expense borne by the Progressive party of Mich igan or by the Progressive national committee? A. lt was not 1 paid everything. Colonel's Voice Squeaked. Colonel Roosevelt was thoroughly angry now. his face flushed, his voice squeaked and he clenched his fists and half rose from the chair g Would you know it if any expense in this suit were borne by any person other than yourself?—A. T certainly would, and it has all been borne by my self. Mr Andrews announced that this completed the cross-examination Mr Pound, on redirect examination, asked two questions, both designed to hriTig out the fact that Colonel Roose velt was paying the expenses of the prosecution. g. This suit was brought hy your di rection. was it not, at your expense" A It was. Q. Did the Progressive party or any branch of its organization or any of its officers or workers or any other persons • t any time contribute anything to the expense of this suit?—A No. I bore the entire expense myself. Pledged Speaker’* Health. Q Tell us about Speaker Cannon's birthday party. -A 1 drank a glass of champagne on that occasion in pledg ing the Speaker’s birthday health Defense Scores "Eulogy.” Hunting exploits and public acts are lmpt^per 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 hecr or drink whisky and I always, if I take anything, take a light wine or champagne instead. ment," was the objection raised by Attorney Helden, representing Newett, to the opening address of Attorney Pounds for Colonel Roosevelt. Two minutes after Judge Flannagan over ruled hig objection he was again on his feet, 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 tile defense and ordered Pounds to confine his re marks to a statement of w'hat he in tern]*” t** prow. 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 tb* rnmn. 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IrreHttibly henytifut and stylish drrssis at an WIA/.IXGI-Y LOW t'RICK a sah that n I itino'iistnih irnor ijlrihinylil than rvrr that thin i* tin IIRHATHSI \ \l.l H I Vl> KlXI.HliH IXO XI IT \\l> nitHSS STORK IS ATI.AS IA. Ytm an rontinllii invite i to shave- in this irilmhiful ralur-ffcttiny TO-MtiftROW. Southern Suit & Skirt Co. "/-.tlanta’s Exclusive Women’s Apparel Store,” 43-45 Whitehall St. 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 his 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 twice 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. Bor 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 and 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 sn ap. 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 INC 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 these 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 L7r' ,v ” rf tfae SViesi and . »ment „ ,1!