The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-22
THAT sNUB,

The Associated Press denies the
truth of r. story told By Colonel Rock
well, regarding the "snub" which Mrs.
Blaine admins tered to Mrs. Harrison
IN 1881, and which it is thought will
prevent MI. Blaine from getting the
place in the Cabinet which he coVets.
AS the story has been talked over
among good many people for the past
eight years, and as the two ladies have
never been on even calling" terms, the
chances are that the Associated Press
denial has been inspired" for political
az we'll as social purposes. A Washing
ton correspondent gives the details OF
the snub. and says they have been
known there al these years. The rea-
son they were not brought out before
was because the Harrisons were not
socially or politically prominent. The
story is this: General Harrison took
his seat in the Senate the same day
that Garfield was inaugurated, and
while he was acquainted with Wash
ington people and ways his wife was
ignorant of both she knew absolutely
nothing of the social customs. Mrs.
Blaine and Mrs. Hal rison were TO assist
Mrs. Garfield at a Saturday afternoon
reception, and this is what followed:
This Saturday, when Mrs Harrison was
invited to assist Mrs. Gal field in receiving,
Nk,oNN |, c0NV1y
by q servant TO one of the chambers where
she could lay of her wraps.
There was lady in The room when she
reached it. and Mrs. Harrison at once recog-
mixed her as Mrs. Blaine, whom she had
several times seen, but to whom she had
never been introduced. According to Mrs.
Harrison's statement of the case, when she
entered Mrs. Blaine looked her over with
great attention, but did not give her any
sort of greeting, and replied 10 her good
morning only with an Indifferent grunt.
When the lady from Indiana had laid
aside her wraps and primped little, she
approached the lady from Maine with the
intention of asking some instructions from
her. She desired TO know whether she was
expected to go at once to the pariors or wait
in the dressing room until summoned to
join the receiving party, and ia the way
of breaking the ice she said: YOU'RE Mrs,
"Yes," replied that lady, 81 am Mrs.
Blaine" . i.,. t.. .-.,... ...
II have seen you several times before.
but have never been presented. am Mrs.
Harrison, of Indiana Ny husband is the
successor of Judge Mcdonald in the Senate.
You may have met him
Very likely" replied Mrs. Blaine, in her
most scornful manner; there are good
manv people coming IN, but one can not be
expected to remember them all, (" and with
this she marched out of the dressing room,
down stairs, leaving Mrs. Harrison in q
state of bewilderment IS to what happened
The only reasonable explanation of Mrs.
Blaine's extraordinary conduct was that
she felt offended because Mrs. Garfield had
invited sny one outside of the Cabinet circle
to receive with her. Mrs. Harrison has
never met Mrs Blaine since, although they
were in the same room together SET erel
times during the Garfield administration,
nor has she ever forgiven what she con-
siders to have been an unWarranted insult
to one who expected cordial welcome and
friendly advice.
1t is not likely that Colonel Rockwell
or a newspaper would invent such a
story as this. 1t is much more proba-
bic that the incident occurred just az it
is related. Mrs. Blaine has the reputa-
ton of being naughty and scornful,
and when she was the wife of the Sec
rotary of State, she stood next to the
first lady of the land" while Sena-
tors wives were a few steps below.
Were Blaine in the Cabinet, Mrs. Blaine
would necessarily be often at the White
House, and in the company of the
woman she had snubbed. Now, some
women are kind-hearted and forgiYipg,
and are ready to overlook Sights by
other women, but these are very rare
and it is said that Mrs. Harrison is not
ons of them.