The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-24
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1920 NEW YORK-AYE., n. W.,
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the lions tail, the present administration
of Benjamin Harrison is doing well. Very
well.
1t will be noted that Just now since Sec
rotary Blaine has announced his intention
not to be candidate that all the Office
holders who, by good fortune. run across
an interviewer are telling how good, how
pure, how everything is and has been the
conduct OF Mr.. Harrison. The stories are
all alike and read as follows: Harrison
will be nominated; he has given the coun-
try clean administration, ETC." They
are the same from cabinet officers down
to crossroads postmaster. His foreign
policy is extolled and all the recipients of
Ben's bounty sing the same song.
However, there is just a little alloy in
all this. 1t is not many months ago since
the president gave the people. OF
the United States to understand
that when he dealt with England he
would not be gentle; that the pacific pol
icy OF his predecessors. as regards Boring
sea and the Canadian fisheries, would not
be his policy; that he, with a firm
hand, would sustain American right
and would give Victoria and the English
premier to understand that whatever
former presidents might have done he
would tolerate no nonsense, that Ameri-
can rights must be respected, and he
would not arbitrate that that sort of a do
nothing policy would be no longer the
policy OF Harrison. His conduct in deal
ing with Chill it is not now intended to
review or criticise, but it is in marked
contrast with his dealings with England.
| With all his brag and buster the fisheries
| question remains as Cleveland and Bayard
left it. Neither he nor Mr. Blaine has
made any movement toward settling it.
1t Is in statu QUO and apparently he in
tends to let it remain So
Is regards the Bering sea controversy
he has backed squarely down from the
position first taken. Many SENTINEL
readers will remember how one OF his
vessels captured seal pirate and put it
in charge Of an officer. some one in au-
/ thouty, and directed it to be steered to an
| American port. The captain of the capt
ured vessel however did not see fit to re-
main a captive. and when he had the
| American safely on board his vessel liber-
| ally supplied with cigars and other luxu-
ries he Immediately steamed to British
port, where he safely landed his captors
representative and left Harrison and
| Blaine the laughing stock of the whole
world. That attempt to twist was a de-
cided failure
Then it was announced that the presi-
| dent knew his rights and there would be
no arbitration. So matters stood for q
| little while, but Harrison and Blaine, like
| good little boys, climbed down of their
| high stools at the request of Salisbury
and meekly and mildly consented to arbi-
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more lying awake of nights but arbtra-
ton became a fixed fact. Arbitration Is
not wrong 1t is right, but ii would have
! come with better grace had not so many
airs been put on about the firm stand the
| president had taken toward England.
England was not Chill and Harrison knew
| it. No loud talk would scare and he backed
| down. And he did not make the mistake
| OF sending warlike message to congress
after the necessity for it had passed by.
| Some day the CHILEAN controversy may be
reviewed Let it be sufficient to saw now
| that President Harrison in the CHILEAN
controversy made or tried to make some
| cheap capital. When he attempted a
similar feat with England history records
i dismal failure.
But to turn from the moro serious side
| OF life, ii is worth while to know that
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| England. Indeed, he Is very much inclined
to ape English customs. His son Russell
dined with the queen. Just now,
| being president, he could not
leave home to do that, go he did the
next best thing. The wife of one OF his
| cabinet offers found out how ROYALTY was
| seated at the dinner table, and seated
| Benny al her table just as royalty was
seated at is so English you know"
Reading the society columns of the
! Washington papers is often dreary
amusement, but one day last week the
Post had the following which ought to be
read by everybody, and let everybody read
! it. 1t may be the court organ in your city
has already published it. But whether
that Is SO or not here it is headlines and
| all:
THE PRESIDENTS PLACE.
MRS. SECRETARY NOBLE SETS NEW PRE-
CEDENT IN TABLE ETIQUETTE A
MooTED QUESTION SETTLED.
Secretary and Mrs. Noble gave a dinner last
/ night to the presiGentand Mrs. Harrison which
| witnessed departure from the usual order of
| etiquette observed in seating O company at a
| table at which the president is the guest OF
honor. For years il has been debated ques-
ton, the subject of endless discussion, as to
| whether or not on such occasion the pres-
| dent, the official head OF the nation, should
not take precedence oil the most ana host
ess. The usual arrangement has been for
the president to sit on the right of the hostess.
| In order to settle the matter, Mrs. Noble, some
time since, sent to London to get the English
| order of precedence, which carried out her
ideas on the subject by sverring that the presi-
| dent should occupy the seat of the host. The
matter was then submitted to the state depart
| ment, from which the reply came that the mat
| ter was in this country purely optional Mrs.
Noble thereupon decided to have the seat for
the president placed at the head of the table.
she occupying the one to the right. Secretary
| Noble sat at the opposite end of the table, with
Mrs. Harrison at his right hand. A great bowl
of roses formed the center. from which in wheel
form radated ribbons of the five shades of
| paint OF the roses composing the FIVE wreaths
| which were placed about the handsomely
spread board. The guests were President and
Alrs. Harrison, Vice-President and Mrs. Nor
ton. Secretary and Mrs. Elkins, Secretary
Tracy, Mrs. Wiimerding, Secretary and Mrs.
Rusk, Secretary and Mrs. Foster, the post
! master-ganeral, Acknowledgement and Mrs.
Miller, and Senator and Mrs. Sherman. Mrs.
| Wanamsker was unable to attend on account
of illness, and her place at table was occupied
by Mrs. Mobiles niece, Miss Foster, of Chicago.
From now on until the 4th OF March,
1898, Harrison will know where to sit
down when lac takes dinner with his
neighbors. And it is well that this great
and important matter of etiquette is ut
last settled. Mrs. Noble deserves great