The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-02
Mann CRIIICIzES
The ROOSEYELTS
Town Topics Picks Flaws in the.
White House Wedding
Invitations.
journal Special Service.

Joulual SPccAak SotSASos 1 Z
New York, Feb. 2.-Colenel William
!. D. Mann, president of Town Topics
attack on President Roosevelt thru
the columns of this weeks issue OF
Town Topics. The first paragraph rap oa mn.
inc wedding at the White House. Colo
mel Mann objects to the form in which
the invitations to Miss Alice s wedding
were issued. The paragraph reads as
follows:
ss.The invitations to the marriage OF
Miss Alice Roosevelt should be recalie o,
edited, amended and issued IN proper
form. There is time to do this II those
concerned act promptly. The, absurd
card headed by the United States coat
Of arms, which is out Of place, is as
"'The president and Mrs. Roosevelt
at the marriage of their daughter,
Alice Lee, to Mr.. Nicholas Longwortlh
on Saturday, February the seventeenth
1908, at II o'clock :
- PRESIDENT Is Title.
ssThe president, unlike the emperor
or the king, is a temporary title an, anu
being incorporal can have no ch1ddren.
Miss Alice was not born in the White " i te
House nor during the presidency OF a. her
father. as Miss Cleveland was. The
principles recognized by the eoncocter
of the card, who says, IN MI in Mlc N;chs
olas Longworth, NJ. CT because Miss
Alice is going to wed the man, not the
NMrs. Roosevelt, the first lady IN
the land, is not the mother OF MISS
Alice and consequently, the expression sa,2I
The phrase marriage t.. Mr.. Long
worth is too suggestive Of the strong
minded wife who says when mar
ried nv husband.' The bridegroom Is
as essential as the bride and the fact
that Mr.. Longworth is to be marrled,
as we'll as Miss Roosevelt: must not be
thus ignored. No place, is named -Iol
the ceremony and at IL O'Clock may
mean noon or midnight. +,
"These blunders being corrected the
card of the invitation should read;
Mr.. and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt re-
quest the honor Of your presence al
the marriage of Mr.. Roosevelt, s daugh
ter. Alice Lee, with Mr.. Nicholas Long 1g
worth on Saturday, February the l1th
1906, at the White House, Washington
D. c., - o'clock noon. - -. !.
Fling at Loeb. ~
Of Secretary Loeb, who forwarded
the corrected proof Of the story about
President Roosevelt s Fads and Fancie'
to Judge Deuel., this week $ Town Top
les says:
"Loeb's memory is too short and hi
tongue too long for a secretary to the
president, especially as he seems to
have infected the president with the
same fatal faults 49, ~-....-
The hearing of Colonel Mann On tn
charge of perjury did not go on il
Judge McAvoy's court yesterday. Maj
tin Littleton, who had just been re
tanned as chief counsel for Mann
pleaded delay. He said he had no
not cross examined the witnesses. zTh
hearing was theref ore set for next Mon
day in special sessions. 49,. -. 49,.
Deuel. clings to Bench.
ct shall not resign. At no time hav
/ contemplated doing So
E# It took Justice Joseph M. Deuel. 9
the court Of special sessions just on
week to prepare this twelve-word stat
ment, which he made public today
The statement for which the public ha
lengthy. Day after day reporters ha
been told:
"Judge Deuel. is at work on h
statement. When it is ready-it wi
be a lengthy one-he will send it OF
thru the Associated Press. Until sue
time the judge has nothing to say
Acting District Attorney Mott sa;
today he had found evidence in the tie
timony given at the Hapgood trial
convince him that Judge Deuel. shou
be removed from the bench. ..--~
The evidence which Mr.. Mott gathere
will be submitted to Mr.. Jerome whe
he returns to his office Monday NOR
ing. It will be then in shape for pr
sentation to the appellate division
the supreme court.
"Town Topics'' Too Adroit.
Washington, Feb. 2.-Town Topi
has been under the watchful eye
postoffice inspectors for more than
year, but up to the present nothing b
been found which would warrant i
exclusion from the mails. The attic
ton Of the inspectors was directed
the publication immediately after t.
scurrilous attack upon Miss Rooseve
was printed. The legal officials of t.
postoffice department. rendered
opinion that the paragraph was
adroitly worded that no action cou
be taken.