Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-13
CAPITAL CHAT.
Official Precedence at
White House Dinner.
A Complicated Problem That
Worries Speaker Cannon.
a Party Of Maine People on a Visit
to Washington.

Washington, d. c.. Feb. 12-(SpeciaD
Not a winter passes in Washington
thAt the Speaker Of the House of
Representatives does not have to fight
Tor his Off, Ial precedence. Men seen
70 be constantly lying in wait for il
chance to chuch him away in corner
T!ic trouble generally comes in seating
guests at official dinners. Iut some
| times il buhs up even at funerals.
At the ob,euuies OF General Grant
| the lat" Speaker Reed was one of tht
| prominent officials present When il
cime to pu:ting the officials III ear
rla@ts for the professions To the grave
Mr. Reed VAS chagrined to find him
self bringing Up the rear Of the process
SION. 81 wouldn't make Il row at Il
| iunti;il.' drIWled the Speaker, III
describing the matter afterwards. "hut
| although | submisSively entered tn.
| canrirge they had picked out for n!e
did give them a terrible iatking up
| after the funeral was over
| Last winter the trouble arose over 4
question of precedence between. Senator
Frye. as president pro temrore of that
branch Of Congress. ana Speaker Can
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! '''c N"fl - "e'It'"iS L"ep' IL tht
| course of some diplomatic negot!a-
| items over tn. precedence question. "ht
can put mo anywhere he chooses.
viii sit at the foot of the table without
a nurmur. Eat if he invites me to 4
state dinner rs Speaker of the House oi
Representatives.. | must have the place
tlill my once is entitled TO according
| to The rr"reicntS. Otherwise | have
4 hundred people on my back" AT
other interviews on the subject hereto
fore. ii has been minated that when
| Mr.. Cannon is invited to an official
| diagram oi the guests along with the
| invitation. ~.
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HHtne duties. The late president Nc
| kMley, after many serious conferences
on the subject. decided .that the vice
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