The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-05
The Gentleman's Law Of Prece-
dence. 3. ia Ii


News & comes from washington SS that q y
eaker Cannon Is making q night Is to 3.
social re-etninence ut tho IN PRESIDE 81 n q
dinner parties. Tho question OF 4 prc rec
dence @hus agltnted and distress 8! ed 3ttlo
4, nf,s sc the ..effcto inonnrchs Of .ESl
ropc for ages, but we did not know u NJ
row that 1t had rea ched al $ncuto stage !.
HI the simplhed atmosphere OF tn Amer y "a
ican Republic. Mr. Cannon has b 'tl'l ~
tho thing to nm issue, and before l,e WI WI
#tnlle a scut at tho feast back OF MI ";
Justice Harlan; prefers none at a al.s
5 we cannot say we admire Mr. cannon 20 ~
taste or Judgment It Is well enough ~. -
pretend that 1T Is an official postio' ellas
he;{is d efeendlng; that no Is Speaker 70 z
the House and confessedly the most y pow
serf,,l citizen after tho President t, ana ana
MAI no must stand up for Ills right as
sentative Of the people, tina SOUNDS l'1
veil enough, but there Is. nothing SO i ~
portant 10 the people as to have II me y Il
ofllcial functions of their represe NJ tat e.
discharged BY gentlemen In q mooest
way. 5t5S ~
we ca /, recall to mind many gentlemen
as worthy Of honor and as jealous =. Us 81
their official duty as Speaker Is al.'lo'a,
Gwhose training and whose memory Z, o. -
those principles nculcated In a chrlst Tan
gentleman would have hidden Der 3ahen'
- have extensively asserte Il themselves
at an official dinner. .zs .9s u s
If Is we'll to remember the q dlllo ~ ,3s
and the lines of conduct laid down 3Ior5
5ns bv the highest possible authority On al
questions of ethics, morality ana con eo
& CHRIST described the correct course When l
''IIo put forth a parable to those W ~
were bidden,Iwhen He marked no Walt cs
chose out the chief rooms. saying unto MO
them: 5s5 I'll ;.5 4 sl,
when thou art hidden Of any ma n, !
wedding sit not down in he highest
70 ON. lest IA moro honorable man an than go
thou be hidden Of him. ${- Il
.Ard he. that babe thee and him come ne
and say to thee: Give this man mar pace aes'
and thou. gin With shame TO take " the ne
lowest room: II
.But when thou art bidden SO and SIT
down in the lowest room, that when he
that babe thee conleth he may; say-un ito
thee: Friend, go up higher; then shalt q !
thou have worship III the presence res Of
them that sit at meat with thee. n 4
..For whatsoever exalteth himself shall hal
be abased, and he than humbleth himself Is
Shall be exalted? s.{
Nor we're these instructions to Chris Chris
tlan gentleman forgotten By the apostle
paul, who admonished the Romans "fhat
they should be kindly affect!oned one to
another with brotherly love, ~ honor pre-
ferring one another"
This might include a proper appreciiar-
|.ton by. spea ker. Cannon Of Mr.. Justice '9'1
Harlan N, +.
But still further, Speaker Cannon SHOULD u!
remember that st. Paul advised that
each should esteem others better than
! himself" This Is certainly pretty strong
doctrine for hustling American politll-
c;an but easily understood by Chris
,tlun gentleman. After all, II is g plain,
| simple question Of the proprietles OF \
gentleman. and we are satisfied to have
! the instruction OF Christ and ST. Paul
| to guide us IN the mat fer, iF&