The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-16
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASH|N6 IUN lt||tR
By CARL scHOFIELD. Special Core.
spondent.
The president and Mrs. Taft have
made the few short weeks Of the sea-
son exceedingly pleasant this year.
The Inequalities Of the White House
have been charming and bid fair to
be even more so. Dancing is a dis
tinct feature Of this administration
and has made this season, so soon to
be over, q beautiful one to remember.
Dancing Popular at the Capital.
Nearly every n in Washington
who has a ballroom and scores of
those who have none have given
either balls or cotillons. The Clover
cotillon of recent date was one Of the
handsomest ones ever given here and
n Of the most expensive. The fig
ure Of the german represented the
seasons Of the year and were most
beautiful. The favors for each one
signifed the particular season repre-
scented. and they were all brought from
Rome, Vienna, Paris and London,
purchased during the Clovers' trip
abroad last year.
There were more than a hundred dis
tinguished guests, from among the dip
lomatic, official and smart resident
circles, asked to look on at the pretty
scene. 1t Is not known how much
more than $4,000 the little ball cost
the hosts, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Richardson Glover.
Frankins Privileges curtaiIed.
A question having been raised on
corning the right to transmit labels for
seed packages through the mails under
congressional frank, the law officer of
the postofice department has ruled
that such labels are not public docu-
ments within the meaning Of the law
and that therefore they cannot be
mailed free of charge.
This appears to be a very simple rul-
ing, but as a fact it will affect a good
many members of congress who have
been sending to ~postmasters in their
districts seed labels with instructions
to mail the seeds-also SEM free in
packages-tO those who desired them.
Something In a Name.
There was n Of the so called in
surgents among the Republicans who
went into the caucus on the selection
of the members of the Ballinger-Pin-
chot Investigating committee and who
didn't bolt, but was glad that the Re-
publicans did not vote to reject the
name Of the big and good natured
Kentucky Democrat, Ollie James," re-
marked a st. Paul visitor to Wash
ington. Gle is a member of the house
from Minnesota, and it wouldn't take
a long guess to pick him out, for he
has been one of the most active of the
insurgents. His reasons as given by
himself were sufficient. Out in Min
nesota, where there are many Scandi-
navians, a familiar Christian name is
Ole. and when he speaks of Ollie
James he always calls the big Ken
tuckian Ole, because, he says, that's
the way the residents Of Minnesota
would spell and pronounce it. The
Scandinavians, it is unnecessary to
say, are clannish, and any n by the
name of Ole is privileged by virtue
Of his name, and this Republican in
surgent was very well satisfied when
the caucus decided to restore Ole
James to the acceptable class of Dem
ocrats. My Minnesota friend felt that
he would almost be guilty Of going
back on n of his own people if he
had been obliged to register his vote
against Ollie"
To Honor President Roosevelt.
The suggestion that Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt be elected commander
in chief of the Spanish War Veterans
has been taken up by members Of the
organization in the District with the
view of bringing it to fruition. Gen
eral j. Warren Keifer, representative
from Ohio, who was the first COM
mander in chief Of the Spanish Wal
Veterans, has been asked to present
the name of Colonel Roosevelt to the
next national encampment Of the
Spanish War Veterans. General Kei-
fer defeated Colonel Roosevelt for the
uOLOl 1T luC ulSt uuIlOltl CACulup>
ment, held here in September, 1899.
Drummer Boy Of Shiloh.
John L.. Glen of Licking county,
| O., the original drummer boy of Shi-
lob" and. according to the war de-
partment records, the youngest en-
listed member Of the Union army, is
a formidable candidate for appoint
ment to a brigadier generalship in the
regular army. Glen is now a colonel
stationed at San Antonio.
Colonel Glenn was eleven years old
when he beat the call to arms on the
first day Of the bloody engagement at
Shiloh. How he got into service at
that tender age no n knows. but he
came out of the battle unsecured and
served in the bugle corps until the end