The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-01-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.

troducrd ov the New Years recep
ti"n. at which solue eight thousand
peop' grasp d the Presidents hand
ami received cordial greeting from
''the first lady in the land" which
VAS followed by a state dinner, a,
whion p eSident and Cabinet Minis.
Ter and foreign diplomat. standing
shoulder to shonIder, drank to fair
Columbia and her continued pros
p-rity, aud wnich in turn was follow
ed BY the gayest and prettiest ball
which the stately old White House
has knosn since the days of Dolly
Madison, the social season in the
ratieuAl capital may be said to be
fairly In>ngurarei and under the
rn"st ausplcious circumstances.
Tue coming out ball of Miss Alice
Hoosev-ir, e'iest daughter of the
resident, took place on Friday
evening and IL is doubtful if 10 IRE
brilliant sceue has ever been witnessed
III Washington. With exceptional
consd-ra'l,u for the pleasure of he
older a~ we'll IA of the younger peo-
ole. the President and Mrs. Roose
veIt c"nined the invitations to the
ball to the younger Sc. and the re-
srlt was an absence of that fornalIty
,h,ch il unavoidable where those,
'".g passed their dancing days, are
In the mrjority. Seven hundred in.
vitations were sent u hut fortunately
only abou, five hundred persons were
present and rs IA result, by midnight
dancing could he enj 'yed with com
fore.
From this time an two and three
invitations for every evening will be
received by those who are in society
aud before the White H ,use Cotillion
on SIrove Tuesday, gallant young
lieutenants aud the heavy dancing
men Of the embassies and legations
will have danced themselves into u
state Of cnarvstion which will furnish
ample excuse for the protrscted sum
,ner leaves of ab-euce. A novel
feature of la-t nights dancing pro
gram Wa, the fact t,at four times the
almost forgotten lancers were in
cluded and three times the quite for
gotten polka appeared among the
values and Cwo-steps.
The report that the Panama Canal
Company will accept the price for
their ditch a. it is rather con-
temptupu-iy styled, which the 18th
mian Ca"al placed Oh i1, $40, ,000,-
OOO, is rey+, ded IA An evidence that
the Senate a"d Housc have shown
excellent Lu-,..cs, sense in their
handling of the canal situation, re-
gardies, OF whether 'he United States
should decide t. purchase tine property
or not. | asked Senator Morgan
whether he new developments had
altered his position, yesterday, but
he maintained that it would be i'm
proper f,r him 20 express himself IN
the subject except officially and to
the Seuate. | d 'ubt, however. even
from his refusal to discuss the matter.
that he j. sill 'he same ardent
champion of the Nlcaraguan route as
heretofore.
T 'e present progr,m seems to be
to rush the Hepburn bill through
the Fl n.e of Represents and
then CANVASS the merits of the two
rou'es at length in the Senate. This
will give to ,oeustor Morgan, who Is
prob tb'y th-' best posted mao on the
sub tjrc' ia Congress. III opp 'reuni y
to sG,wer ~ objections ~ raisrd. A
Senator, Of whom | i"qu'r-d yester-
day as the .peed with wn'ch the sub
ject &anld f6 disposed of, predicred
that it would REQUIRE the better par,
of the sessi N t sa.l-ty The Senate o
the merits of either ute and secur.
the necessary appropriation. Ii ha'
been nOisrod abroad that the sum re.
quired to build the N cara yuan cana
will prove I" he nearer $500. 600, ,00(
than the $3.50, 900 600 estimated by
the Walker .m,niss' aud that ha,
proven serious impe,iiment to th,
wheel. of c.nal legislation, but tn,
rumor Was probably started by n,