The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01

the Baron Ladislaus Hengelmuller
Won Hengervar. pr!vy councillor of
Franz Josef of Austria, and that
monarch's ambassador 10 America
claim precedence over MIR. Sherman?
VIII he try to wedge his block III
under the capstonc OF the pyramid?
Happily enough, the challenge Will not
be given at the New Year reception.
In more recent years tho White House
has fortified itself against such war
by placing the Nice-Prcs ldcnt at the
Presidents right hand before the Blue
Room door is opened 10 the procession
of guests.
The new dean will head this process
sion, and after him the other eight am
bassadors and the twenty eight minis
tcrs. to present all OF Which gorgeous
beuniformed, bcsworded. bescimitared
and bcplumed body the master OF cere-
monies Is not parsonage of sufficient
sanctity. The Secretary of State him
self, Mr.. Knox, If you please" must
descended from his lofty station as sec
ond mate of the ship of state and act
the usher's part. Perhaps no other
functionary than one who does the
nations business with these diplomats
can pronounce such names as keishiro
Matsui or Phya Okha2&j Naradhara
! should the President. with a sly aside
demand: Say, what was tho name of
| that fellow in the lilac pajamas?" 1t
would he embarrassing for Master OF
Ceremonies Cosby TO have to confess
, he didn't know.
! Mr.. Knox hurries home ahead OF the
| saudy horde of counts, viscounts.
pashas. bcys. barons. dons. sgnors
| and mandarins. who are TO motor over
| to his yellow mansion for the New
Year. stand-up breakfast" which our
| Premier always gives to the members
| OF the diplomatic body. So far so good.
| Back in the west doorway of the Blue
| Room. Colonel Cosby, the lord cham
bcrlain.' has slipped into the place OF
! the Secretary OF state. He is exalted
| enough TO call out the Chief Justice"
I who has hcen cooling his heels while
4 the several hundred diplomats have
! passed in. for such has been the rule
for decade upon decade
| VIII the New Chief Justice DrIstIe!
Will the new Chief Justice bristle at
| this? Will he protest that as the head
OF one OF the three equal and co-ordi-
nate branches of the government he Is
as inscparablc from the Office of Pres
[ ident as is tho Vice President, the
titular head OF the legislative branch ?
| AT All ceremonies held within the
| Capitol building, under the dominion
of the legislative branch OF orr vested
power he will find himself placed. rs
a matter Of course and custom, ahead
of the dean OF the diplomatic corns
ana his respondent train. That has
long been the recognized order of pre-
cedence III either chamber of Congress
but in the White House il has been
held that diplomats, as strangers in
the land. should be given first place
after tho President and Vice -Presi
! dent.
That ho should stand with the Pres
idcnt and Vice President and thus com
plcte triumvirate representing the
three branches OF government might
properly be demanded hy the new
Chief Justice His venerable predeces
| sor threw down the Gauntlot al one Of
President Raosevelt's carly state re-
ceptions 10 the judiciary when he n:
: chief guest of honor, was made t.
wait in one of the parlors until tho
last little attache of legation hnd
como through the Blue Room door
some high ofic!als have suggested ;
compromise which would let tho Chic
Justice and other high officials below
the e-President into the President.
;. / presence between the ambassadors ant
ministers. When Chief Justice Fullol
: made his protest. Count Cassini. thor
, dean Of tho diplomatic corps. was sui,
= to agree with him SO far as the Ia