The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-22
prpJBLICANS TAKE THE LEAD.
my sTUPASS THE DEMOCRATS IN
EATING QUALITIES.


,..s WAS Perhaps the Most Law
18Th Though He Had No Wine-Dem-
ts Are Not of the MOneyed
,,..s-sot,e Famous Entertainers.
rr.sbineton. April N.-National affairs
frsoutnllv Influenced by a good din
,- There IS probably no place in the
~.ite5 States like Washington where din
Giving is so generally employed in
sing rbe founda ton for the building of
,,1. noljev. President Mckinley leads
Of his predecessors in the Executive
r.ion as a giver of public dinners.
,n+ was a generous host and a liberal
rtainer while President, so was Ar
mr. Harrison and Cleveland.
,5o.e who are familiar with inside work
of the Executive Mansion assert that
a.erford 3D. Hayes was the most ex-
VACANT entertainer who has ever occu-
N the White House during the present
reration. Notwithstanding the reputa-
m he enjoyed for his strict temperance
r,clvities Whatever other presidents
ave spent in choice wines, President
| ayes expended even a greater sum i'll
| arriving out the other details of the state
lnners given during his term.
President Mckinley has probably given
A greater number of dinners, public and
prlyate, during the present administration
tban any man who previously occupied
the White House. His dinners, while ele-
glra and bountifully served, have been
eonspcuous for the unusually large num-
Der Of guests assembled around the execu-
Il
House the once famous state dining room
has been practically abandoned
except for small dinners when
the President desires to give
| an entertainment to a small number of his
political and personal friends. His public
dinners are spread in the long corridor
| extending east and west in front of the
. El blue and green parlors. President
McKinleys long experience in public life
/ IN Washington has taught him that great
bic events are more easily and ami
eaJy adjusted around an attractively and
| t)lntifuny spread table than in the halls
Of legislation, or the temples of justice.
Republicans Lead in Eatings
As dinner givers and entertainers, the
Republicans far Outrank their Democratic
brethren. This is largely due because
there are more wealthy Republicans in
public life than there are money kings in
the Democratic ranks. AT recent din
her of the Grldiron Club one of the news
paper wits in the course of a political
stunt" said
1T is easier for a camel to go through
The eye of needle than for a rich man
10 remain in the Democratic party"
This intended piece of humor is in the
nature of truism when the financial
n ha ,+,ft -cf
The Democratic party located in Washing
ton this season is considered. A, dis
mguished Democratic congressman who
possesses many qualities for able leader
shp Of his party remarked to me a few
days ago:
Whatever ambitions I might have to
Ike more prominent part in public af-
rs than now do, 1 find myself re-
VI aimed by my poverty. I have not the
means at my command to do the enter
aiming that is necessary 10 popular lead
s'hlp at Washington. 1 have been in
ngress long enough to lose whatever
practice [ may have had at home,
have no other income but my sal
as a member of Congress. 1t re-
ires that entire amount 10 meet my
arlY expenses at Washington. 1t has
come the practice for the men who are
eading PARTIES n law tTeir ,,1ans end de-
yel1p their rosrscti,,o 90 70 eri,,o
dinner tn e,,oh ,,o,,o,,, 90 ,,oo5a1 -
aFfy the project 10 a successful termina
uoh. cannot afford to give dinner par
uss' ana therefore l must curb any as
EdNohs ! might have as a leader"
senator Depevv's Dinners.
sa @n1us n [ne Repu6llean dinner sivers.
place in M w., VI s NeW loIK 'aE T, ne -
10 man IN NIP ,i ifoill, rahk, mere -
dinner AMI me Wilo emJoys "a r.
he Junior s.,o,r 80, ~ I vi, 'i',l,,
Nte of rh, f,,, ,,,at - ..~,.a,N,.t a. -
he chamniorsbir, M. - ~ ,,4' ~
vii b. irrarettr., 70 .b Ul,,G, Out :,
gh and careful 60 SoI az doir ,,o,.,
nan minoe tbo ,.a.,o,, ..- 80 is 49, ~
fore him II lie o,,I,- -, ,Ia
course is served nj ba d,s,,,otie 1T ~
petite Ha is .,,sei1r,t,I'. fo,,1 ~ CO..
IN season ana Jr,ino a ,7,nray, he ar'nits
Very sariuelv az hut ORC liza ~ v,ine-
cnamnaene Wis resj,7onoo ~ IA Cool,-
ran mansion in,uediatal,, orn.,;ta ~
Residents hous, is Iorgo cont,onio,,t ava
lmirab]y adsp,ed for social fnnc'fons If
Very des7riptfonA The seriee Of dinners
and other social funct{ons .,i,,an b,, Ser
s'or hepaw and his niece his winter haya
9lalled the finest efforts az former Sec
Try of Stare Hamilton ETish of New
o'k forwer Secretary If the NAVY WIN
am &. Whitney. former poetroaeter Con
johr Wlnamalsar and tbe lote Sar-
Calvin G.. Brioe Of ohio who arc
numbered i0 social Wa ebineton on,o,e ~,
princes Of .oef,I or,or -, @