The National tribune., 1904-01-28

Fuller, the Associate Justices and their
wires, sh9pk hands with the President
did indeed. They rassrahalted nor tai
tered in getting down into their wraps
and out into the rainy .sght.s- -
During the Cleveland Administration
the Diplomatic Corp3Awelled round Wash
ington as though they 4hed the town. At
the Wlfitef House they were IT, and no
matter to whom the reception was given
or who was the guest Of honor, the Diplo-
matte Corps got the glad hand first. The
Supreme Court asserted itself, and de-
clared that when it was the guest of honor
it would be received first, or, by the
shadow Of John Marshall, it wouldn't be
received at all. No change was made in
the arrangements, and so it came about
that when the Supreme Court was to be
received there was a hole i'm the guest line,
where Chief Justice and eight Associate
Justices with their ladies ought TO apDear
as the guests of honor, if they Appeared
Mt all, coming along anywhere in the line.
They chose to do this, to show their dis
gust at the treatment they received.
Then the form of the invitation to the
White House was changed. 1t was not
specified that you were to meet any one
in particular. The cards just read that
there would be a reception ut the ''Execu-
tive Mansion" on such date. 1t was al
ways understood that the receptions were
to be in honor of the same people, as usual,
but it was hoped that as no guest
of honor was specified that there would be
no more trouble. But there was. There
was just as much as ever. The order Of
precedence" has always been just as
much of stumblingblock in the Court
of the United States" as it is to any King
or Emperor on earth. The invitations to
the "White House." as President Roose-
welt prefers, and very sensibly, to call it,
social and official factors in the life in
Washington.
President Roosevelt knew nothing Of the
dreadful social contretemps till it was all
over. The Supreme Court was the Guest
Of Honor and it was his intention and de-
sire, and it was the proper thing, accord
ing to the official code, for the Supreme
Court to have been received first, and the
Social Aid" who has committed blum
der which he will not live down in one
good while. ~.
Count Cassin. who is the Dean of the
Diplomatic Corps, and who is. punctilious-
ness itself, understood, perfectly, the social
code, and purposely remained away from
the White House half an hour after the
time set for the beginning of the reception.
so that his presence might in no way EN-
barrass anybody. He considered himself
simply guest" and demeaned himself
as such.
The National w. g. T.. u. women are
very much worked up over the report sent
out from Chicago that they were making
war on President Roosevelt because he
smoked cigarets and drank. Miss Lillian
Stevens, who is National President OF the
w. 9. u. u; Mrs. Margaret Dyer Ellis and
Mrs. Clinton Smith, Of the District orga-
nization, object strenuously to such an
idea gaining any more ground. AS was
stated by The National Tribune, at the
time that the action OF the Chicago women
was referred to, President Roosevelt is
probably the most, temperate man who
ever lived in the White, House. He does
not use tobacco in any form, nor does he
like to have it used around where he is,
and he does not use !. intoxicating liquors.
: Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis says that
President .RooseyeIts office is the only
public office she ever entered that she was
not greeted by tobacco fumes. II the
women of the w. G. T. u. had their way,
Theodore Roosevelt would be the next
President Of the United States" she said.
Mr.. Roosevelt is q man who does things
in thorough way. she continued. He
is q friend OF women And SO ID George
Cortelyou. who made Mr.. Rooseyelt's re-.
form in the matter OF women immigration.
Inspectors permanent thing. j. The Pres
ident appointed five women guardians for
three months, but Commissioner Williams,
OF New York, at the expiration OF that
time, discharged them summarily. Mr..
Cortelyou reinstated them, and there they
have been ever since.
There are ether victories that the w.
C. I. q. have won right here in Washing
ton" Mrs. Ellis says. "One was. the re-
Of the sale Of liquor from the Capi.
tol. OF course, it is still i'm the committee
rooms, but we cannot help that, for we.
have no jurisdiction there. Then, too,
our fight over the army canteen bill has be-
come matter of history
Those must have long Iances who would
tilt with Senator John G. SpO0ner, of
Wisconsin. Senator Tillman had occa-
sion to laud the late Senator John Sher-
man and Charles Sumner, whose utter
aHees Oh some subject nappeneQ TO suit
his humor. Tillman, whose daily tits
with Senator Spooner have left the Pitch
forker covered with scars, turned to the
little giant from up North and said: 81
don't suppose that the Senator from Wis
consin objects to my eulogizing members
of his party"
NO. replied Senator Spooner. mo; but
cant understand why the Senator should
wait till they are dead ass SIS sz..,
Representative Morgan Fitzpatrick, of
Tennessee, is again laid up for repairs.
He tumbled and cut his head open early
in December, and was q patient in the
Emergency Hospital for several days, and
now he is in the hospital again as the re-
suit Of another fall. Mr.. Fitzpatrick ia
over young to have weak knees-he is but
"a, according to his biography In the Con-
gressional Directory-but il his usefulness
is to be impaired in this manner. he should
get some crutches--or guardian.
!, The Prince Imperial, or whatever his
title may beat any rate the son of the
Emperor of Korea-is abroad In the land.
He rejoiees in the name Of Euiwha. and
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