The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-13
CORb|N IS To Be
GIVEN US. POST
IN ROME
he rs SLATED TO SUCCEED AN
sAssADoR oRlscom - Roose-
WELT pIsLIkes HIM, But HE is
FAvoRITE OF TAFT.
sy ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.

BY ALFRED KENNY LEWIS.
WASHINGTON. Jan. i2.-Mr. Taft
has decided TO name Gen. Corbin our
representative 10 Italy. Or IL not
italy. then Spain.
Mir. Roosevelt doesn't like Gen. Cor
bin. Mr.. Roosevelt holds that no man
can be a soldier after he has passed
the horseback age. gone beyond horse
back weight. II IL question OF years
and avoirdupois. Also Gen. Corbin is
90 years old and by no means a strip
ling IN physical shape.
TO be sure. Gen. Corbin is now sue
cessfully retired. Mr. Rooseyelts
disiaste OF him. however which began
before his retirement and was based
upon his years. his weight and genius
for telling stories. which Mr.. Roose-
vel. didn't like to hear, still subsists
with undated ardor.
Mr.. Taft. differing from Mr.. Roose'
Welt. delights in Gen. Corbin. The lat
ter warrior was a deal In the Tartan
company. deep in the Taftian coun'
sells during the recent campaign. Like
wise, he contributed" profoundly To
the Taftian political treasure chest.
What should more demonstrate gen
tlemans fitness for foreign appoint
ment than a rotund campaign con-
tributor: IL has been the test In ey-
cry party eye. Moreover, II is one OF
the few sure ways, that and a seat in
the cabinet, OF obtaining such contri-
button.
There is no reason why Gen. Cor
bin should not represent Us excellent
ly al Rome. A few years back he mar
ried Miss Patten. who had Washing
ton society at her footstool. The Pat
tens are rich and OF Hibernian stock.
Their house on Massachusetts-ave.
was known as the Irish legation"
Mrs. Corbin's sister, the elder Miss
Patten. married Rep Johnny Glover
at that time OF St Louis. Later she
recovered her mental balance so far
as TO get a divorce from him.
Have Wealth as Guide.
The Corbins, when they go abroad,
will have had a wealth OF social ex'
perience 10 guide by. Socially speak
ing-and there is no other way 10
speak of affairs OF this character
they will know their way through.
Mrs Corbin is society Kit Carson, a
social pathfinder, and no one knows
better than she the mountain sleeps
and deep defles OF etiquette, whether
OF court or OF drawing room. Also the
Corbins have money, that sine qul non
in appointments diplomatic.
We send ambassadors TO Rome,
ministers 10 Madrid. Wherefore, be-
cause in matters of precedence. and
at such high moments OF Importance
as leaving one room for another. am
bassadors tread on the purple hooks
OF royalty, while your lowly mere min
lister must wait until such cheap FUR
niture as dukes go In, the Coroins
prefer Rome.
There would be no doubt OF theil
Roman going were IL not for some re
cent earthquake popularity which ha:
been born TO Ambassador Griscom
Mr.. Griscom was TO have been yank
ed home. He will still be homewarc
yanked unless the vogue which his
energetic services In behalf OF earth
quake sufferers have given him makes
his recall seem perilous TO the Tar
administration.
Mr.. Knox will determine THAI ques
ton And since Mr.. Knox Is from
state, and more or less entangled II
divers Griscom affiliations. there is ar
undercurrent OF assumption that Mr.
Griscom Will with the last OF II escapt
with his ambassadorial life. At thai
he may be sent TO another post, ant
so leave the Roman way open TO the
triumphant advent OF the Corbins.
Thompson Coming Home.
Another ambassador who is booked
TO come home-and stays Mr.. Dave
Thompson, who upholds our credit a
the capital OF the Montezumas. Mr.
Thompson lives in Mr.. Bryan's towI
OF Lincoln. This 10, however, not Il
be taken against him. He aforetim'
ran the eating houses along the Bur
lington. and few travellers were SO mis-
guided as to cross the country b!
that route.
vorite. and Mr.. Hanna. acting through
President Mckinley. sent him to rep
resent US in the Brazils. BY virtue
Of reflections. sentimental rather thai
offcial, he gained the Brazilian dis
regard. and Mr.. Roosevelt, the Burl
ington-with which Mr. Paul MortoI
one time learned his railroad trade
still supporting him. translated hin
TO Mexico. Now his ambassadoria
days are numbered. With the White
House coming Of Mr. Taft he will tak'
his headless place with Mr.. Reid. Mr.
White and other decapitated diplo
matists, and what Mexican places
have known him will know him NJ
more forever.
Speaking Of Mr.. Taft, a persisten
rumor lifts its ceaseless head tina
Mr.. John Hays Hammond, famous 70
his once connections with Ceci
Rhodes and the Guggenheims. is q
have portfolio.
The Hammonds are rich TO the poiu
Of golden embarrassment. They arr
building--or are TO build-a huge bar
racks OF a house in Washington. y. W
They entertain as profusely as an.
Drocaded Chinaman.
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