The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-04
sAcKvILI.n nocIALLY.
Getting Even with Mrs. Cleveland for
Stumbling His Daughter.


Stumbling His Daughter.
Prom the Philadelphia Times
There arc many things 20 indicate that
the position Of lorl Sackvillc at Washing
ton has been irksomc 10 him for long
time, and that hc has been far from salts.
fed with the ley formality with which no
has everywhere been received almost
since lac came 10 this country. lie Is a
strange man. with two idiosyncmscs that
peculiarly unfit him for anything ap-
preaching popularity In this country ono
Is an exalted notion Of the importance Of
family aud title, aud tho other a lati-
| tudinarian disregard Of the conventional.
ties, especially those Of the family life,
that In thiscounlry without an aristocracy
10 set a vicious example, arc 40 pure and
strong.
In family connection ho has n peculiar
interest 10 Philadclphians m the present
head u the De ln Wars, from whom tho
river and bay take their names. When
hC came 10 this country, instead Of TAX
ing one of the New York steamers, no
came In one Of the National Line, In order
to sail mp the bay 10 which his ancestor
gave hs name century and half ago.
Al who met Lord Sackyillc, then Sir
Lionel Snckyillc-Wcst, on that occasion
were impressed with his hauicur, his mar.
rowncss and his generally unpleasant Brit.
ish pcculinntios.
The present complication Ia rcallyasocial
~ we'll ~ political one, and u will possi-
bly ho found In the end that the social M.
pcct OF tie relation ui Lord Sackyillc and
his family with the President and mem
bcu Of his Cabinet aud their wives may
have lod up to this climax. IL Ia curious
also that social questions have been In
yolycd IN several ol the changes that have
taken place before in Lord Sackville's
diplomatic life. Shortly after his appear
anco In Washington, when u became
known that his eldest daughter was COM
ing over aud would preside at his house.
official society was staggered by the dis
coyrry that the young ladies were daugh.
tcfs oi different mothers, and that Minister
West hnd never been legally mar
ricd. This representative Of the Queen,
with utter independence of the ordinary
conycnli0nnlitics. while accepting aud cd-
ucniing those daughters, born Ia the diff
frrrnt countries where hc had rcpfcaentc
her Mnjrsiy's Government, had declined
tD recognize their mothers. A n result,
official society In Washington dolibcmtcd
whether II could recognize either Minister
West or the young ladies Who through
no fault Of their own, ho had placed Ia this
position.
The conclusion arrived NJ appears 70
have been 10 tolerate them and accept
them Officially" but no further AZ the
reception which Minister West gave soon
after his arrival .ln Hayes consented TO
stand by the side oi Mis- West Yet not
then nor since has Minister West or any
member Of his household received lrum
any oi the ladies OF thc successive Cabinets
any such social place as was accorded ior
instance. 10 Lady Thornton viii e there.
Mra. Garfield siudiously ignord them.
President Arthur being wldpwcr, was
very friendly disposed, aud his attentions
10 Miss West wcru ut one time 20 marked
~ 10 bo tho occasion Of much gossip al the
Capital.
With the advent Of Mn. Cleveland In
the White House the social status oi Min.
istor West aud the Misses West in official
circles completely anil wholly collapsed.
She refused, pcomptorily and uncompro'
misingly, 10 have anything 20 do With
them socially. This was gall and worm
wood 20 Lord Sackyillc, and Y Is undoubt-
cdly TO this circumstance that Is owing
moro than anything else the departure VI
the Misses West for Europe. In this view
Of the case Lord Sackyillc's letter assumes
the nature VI Parthian shot