The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-21

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Dr. ]. Wilbur Chapman declares tina
Mr.. Smith is the greatest speaker I,
men In the world.
All men In Richmond are cordial,
invited to attend the meetings All,
hear the message which Mr.. smiti
brings.
BoOMs. n1snors AND COc<TAlLs
Who thought OF, invented. devise,
and ordered those celebrated cocktails
served in the house of Charles War
rem Fairbanks one night a few week
ago. which annihilated Indiana from
the political horizon, shook grea
nation to Its core, and drownet
out as neat buttermilk boom as wa
ever launched since the world be
gan?
or these historic potions. n shocked
country suspected, reluctantly but nat
urally, that Host Fairbanks was him
self the erring author until Bishop
Berry, of Michigan. within the week
was quoted as sponsor for this aston
ishing charges
Vice President Fairbanks did no
know those cocktails were there. The
President sent word to the caterer tina
he wanted the drinks, and the cocktails
were served"
The Roosevelt endurance could not
of course, be expected to be quiet under
this diabolical stigma. To do so would
mean to lose. instanter, the support
of the w. c. T. u, to forfeit the in.
dorsement of the Ladies' Home Jour.
nal. even, it might be, to shake the
allegiance. already somewhat divided
of John Temple Graves. These dis.
asters were not to be faced in supne
silence. Therefore, without delay, die
William Loeb, the faithful Anchises
state to the press:
The statement is absurd. Neither
the President nor his secretary. either
directly or Indirectly, ordered any
thing of any kind at the Fairbanks
luncheon"
Bishop Berry, thus. was left in {
rather awkward position. The coun
@try observed 1t with intense anxiety
Many thought that the good bishol
would be duly installed. forthwith. a!
the head of new branch of the Ana
Mas Society. the Clerical Division. Pos
sibly letter. expressing certain ideas
opinions. views and tenets, went for
ward at this juncture, by night from
oyster Bay to Michigan. However tina
may be. the fearsome air cleared beau
tifully yesterday when the bishop ap
peared in the public prints, with thi:
statement, here somewhat condensed
Bishop Berry wishes to repudiatt
the interview widely published las
week in which he is said to have helt
President Roosevelt responsible for al
legged liquor drinking in Vice-Presi
dent Fairbanks's home. while he wa!
visiting in Indianapolis. He regret:
that the President thought 1t neces
sary to deny a silly charge which HI
never dreamed of making
The awkward situation was thus di
rectly transferred from the shoulder!
OF the bishop to those OF the reporte
who had quoted him. The reporte
was ready for it. In the Detroit Ere
/ Press Yesterday he published a swor
statement. maintaining the CORRECTNESS
1 of the interview and quoted witnesse
ccrroborating him. There remains
thus, an issue OF veracity between
the bishop and the reporter o: rathe
an acute type. But that is q detail
as compared with the glorious fac
| that the W. C. T. U. has been save,
FOR Roosevelt.
Meantime. who ordered the cock
tails2 we know of but one way o
settling this perplesing question t,
the satisfaction of all. and that Is tn
device that has most often mad
good in similar difficulties in the past
Let us blame it all on Loeb.
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