The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-17

'afyIvsse~ = and sosne<Smes - EIys.. :
tut II xkr@e fndsex. While speaking e
fkefr husbands 10 this aed o<hss
fxruslIsv wars. Envsyiafsiy spoke d
them - '.tbe president
Persons ifvsng FAR frorr Washington
eauaot understand tie seriousness
With wisssA matters Of forrn and Ell.
qasts< are considered there. They
think sisese ecnsenxsonxiisses wfieb do
hedge the king arxyat are useless ard
rsdxul0as. Yet II sAey VII reflect 4
raorgsent they will se< that al these re-
ssrSetI0ns upcE the presidents per
SOCIAL and %sE5aI movements. these
forms 81 ev4<eh ard address, are
wholesome ard Esetessxgy- There can
- no sovereign. elective or hereditary
without eosrts and there car - no
cgBfs wifhous cysier. At the very be-
ginning 0f the repai&le All fhess ques-
tsoFss we're gore over and over Ell
actly hundred years ago Washingfon
found ssirEsesf more embarrassed by
social than By Official problems. Then
there were 30 precedsnts, and the F,eo-
pie zexe nnzeeust0med 10 social con
yentiesaalsIea beyond those OF the
most simple ehsfzetsr.
Washington slmseif has related bow
his i1oase was thfguxed ~ ali hoars Of
fEse day By curious crowds. and bow
30 part 81 his dosHiesle, nos even Mrs
Washington bed chamber, was safe
from pgyInx eyes. Washington felt
the need If orsiey, and thogKts be was
ahIe 20 manage the government for i've
months without caadHet be- Mss soresy
Eseftsexsd by the probiefn ~ forming
i court sssf iass and regulations there
for. In THIS extremity he called on
his friends for advice, ard through
their Gouns<t the foundations Of
American court etssxursfe we're laid !.
substantially a. they have remained
throughout the century, save during
the administration sf Jefferson. Pres
idenf Jefferson had saEas notions Of
his own. and from his innovations
haye sprung the eDmE1uf phrase,
- rsferzonisn simplicity.
Jefferson was tEe only president sho
had the courage 10 make 4 vigorous
protest against pyecedents, The f5rst
thing be fIid as 10 ride hss mare TO
the capital. hitch beY 90 the fenee and
walk into the senate chamber ~ he
inaugnrzted. Then he resieciasesI bis
famous principle that all men were
cfeates! equal. and proceeded 10 re-
arrange his uGsarf on that line. The
historians agree that be made q pretty
mess OF t. With his own hand
he wfote. When brought To-
geiher In sssciety al are per
fsgtIy equal, whether foreign or
domestic. titled Or untitled. in
or out uf Office. No title being adj
snittesi here. those Of foreigners give
no precedence Difference of grade
among the diplomatic members give
no preference He requested his cabi-
net ministers to practice these and
ether similar rules. all designed %
level mankind. and the result, even
in that early day. when there was
very little society at the national
capital. the Gig stself being then sim
ply a village, Was not wholeone
Society 80 nearly resemisied
mob that the executive ladies'
protested. aud - soon as
Madison became president the
old order Of things sas restored. Mon
roe was the Iast Of the presidents 10
wear the short clothes and dress
sword ~ the Continental fathers. and
II thus styled 1.-THE las; OF the cooked
hate.