The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-06
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and Congress was held back until the
| Judges and the members of their fami
| lies had paid their respects to every
| member in the receiving line. Before pro-
/ eeeding 10 the White House all the MEM
| bers of the court assembled at the resi-
dence of Chief Justice Fuller and from
! thence drove to the executive mansion
with as much solemnity and with as due
regard to seniority as might have been
observed at d funeral. When it comes TO
a question Of dignity, the Supreme Court
Of the United States is the real thing.
The CuIIOm-Fa rmer Feud.
A socially ambitious wife is the bane
| OF the life Of a man who desires to sue
coed in politics Nine times out of ten
though IL may be ungallant to say So
| such a wife makes more trouble for
! politician husband than he can smooth
over in all the rest of his days. Senator
| Cullom of Illinois undoubtedly has refiec-
| tons on that subject which he has not
/ expressed to the partner Of his joys. The
| Senator has troubles, the mere enumera~
| ton OF which is enough to make him
! heart-sck The chief of them is John
| Riley Tanner. Governor of Illinois, ana
| the man who says Mr.. Cullom shall nos
| succeeded himself as Senator. The feud
| between these two men grows out of Mrs.
! Cullom's dictum that Mrs. Tanner is So
| cially impossible.
Just why the Senator's wife said the
| Governors wife IS impossible may be sur
missed from the fact that Mrs. Tanner is
the daughter OF country auctioneer and
horse trader. Why her fathers business
should be cited as reason for setting her
down as socially impossible Mrs. Culom
has not explained for the benefit of those
who are cogniZant of the feud between
the women folks. but that she put out
the dictum is too well established a fact
to suit the Senator. The Governor has
taken up the cudgels in behalf of his wife
and the senatorial fight in progress at
| Springfield is the result Tanner
knows that he cannot be elected to the
Senate. but he feels certain that he can
keep Mr. Cullom out, and revenge is
what he wants Undoubtedly Senator Gull
lum often thinks of the lines written by
Congreve and wonders how the British
| dramatlst gained such wonderful in
sight into the workings of the feminine
mind. OF course, Congreve when he
wrote. Nor he'll a fury like a woman
scorned," meant a woman who had been
scorned by her lover, but nevertheless the
woman who has been scorned by So
cal rival possesses a fury equal to that
of one who has been painfully treated in
a love affair.
Ihe Enecf OF "a FrONn.
But for Mrs. Storers frown when she
was Invited to a little afternoon recep-
ton at the home of Mrs. George b. Cox
on Walnut Hills. in Cincinnati, she might
now be a leader in Washington society.
Mr.. Cox may have been a saloonkeeper at
one time and Mrs. Cox may have tended
bar while her liege lord was absent di-
recting the affairs of the erstwhile me-
tropolis of Ohio. but for all that il was
not polite for Mrs. Storer 10 frown and
say things when Mrs. Cox invited her to
a reception. She might have remained
away without giving offense to Mrs. Cox,
but when she frowned she invited the
sudden termination of her husbands po-
ltical career.
77nen Mr.. Storer came up for re-nom-
nation, the political boss of Cincinanti
gave heed to his wifes cheerful remarks
and when the voting took place. there
wasn't a single ballot cast In favor of Mr..
Storer's nomination, although the then
Congressman supposed he would be nam
ed for a second term without the slight
est opposition This abrupt termination
Of his congressional career put at end for
the time being to the social ambitions of
Mrs. Storer, who is a daughter of the
late Nicholas Longworth.
When President Mckinley was in
augurated four years ago, Mrs. Storer had
hopes that her husband would be made an
| assistant secretary in one of the eXecu-
| tive departments. but in this she was
| disappointed. While he was out of office.
| Mr. Storer took occasion to lay the blame
| for his failure to get second term upon
Senator Foraker, whom he gave a most de-
cided snub one day In an elevator. So,
| therefore when Mr. Storer aspired to an
/ assistant secretaryshp the Ohio Senator
| told the President that he would fight the
nomination were Mr.. Storers name sent
to the Senate. But the social feud which
| Mrs Storer started had a happy termi-
| nation. one day the President asked Sem
ator Foraker il he would consent to the
appointment of the former congressman
to a diplomatic post. without a moments
! hesitation and with great emphasis, the
! Senator answered:
yes. the sooner you send him abroad.
! the farther he goes, and the longer he
! stays, away, the better l will be pleased"
! Thereupon he was appointed minister TO
The Netherlands, and after The restora-
tion Of treaty relations with Spain he was
transferred TO the Spanish capital
The Merrinm-DaVis Fcud.
The feud that has existed between Mrs.
Merriam, the wife Of the director of the
census, and Mrs. Cushman X. Davis. wife
of the late Senator from Minnesota. Is Of
such notoriety that "a resume of II is not
| necessary to a full understanding Of the
interest in Minnesota ana also here. and
| the question as TO whether that bitterness
of feeling will have any effect upon Mr.
Merriams senatorial aspirations The
census director is an avowcd candidate
to succeed the late Senator Davis, and un-
less the Davis following takes up Mrs
/ Davis quarrel the chances of his cleo
ton are considered very good 1t is the
! impression that the reconciliation between
the ladies which was condition precedent
| to Senator Davis support of former GOV
Merriam for the position he now holds,
/ did not extend 20 purely political matters
within the lines of the state OF Mime
sofa. There, it was the understanding
/ that the breach should be as wide as ever
! and also as unbridgeable.