The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-06-22
silver WEDDING AT
The White HOUSE
President and Mrs. Taft Re-
ceive Elaborate Gifts on
25th Anniversary.

on Monday. They planned to make it
an event of Importance, especially to
their relatives and intimate friends.
The president invited so of his boy
hood friends to attend the celebra.
ton. A garden party at the White
House was leading feature of the
festivities. About 5000 guests paid
their respects to the president and
Mrs. Taft
A feature Of the anniversary was a
wedding cake so big that each guest
was given a souvenir box to save for
posterity, and enough left for the
younger folks to dream on.
Many of the presents were received
at the White House. The gift from
the Senate is a massive five-p.ece tea
set, with two additional pieces, a tray
and hot water kettle This set is
modelled on colonial lines, after one
used in the family of Paul Revere.
The House of Representatives pre-
sented magnificent silver service Of
dozen pieces
Only once before has a silver we'd
ding been celebrated in the White
House. That was on December 80,
1877, when President and Mrs. Hayes
celebrated the twenty-fifth ann.ver-
Sary of their wedding
LaFolIette a Presidential! Candidate.
Senator LaFolette, Wisconsin in
surgent. Is candidate for the Repub-
ican nomination for president of the
United States. This statement is
made with his knowledge and con-
sent. He VIII defer making any for
NAL statement until the campaign de-
velops and the voters are giving more
serious attention to candidates.
Thus far Senator Poindexter OF
Washington is the only northwestern
insurgent to declare for LaFollette.
Poindexter is not the only North
western man in Congress who will
climb into the La Toilette bandwagon.
Senator Bourne of Oregon is now cud-
ding up to La Toilette, as he cuddled
up to Roosevelt three years ago, and
is standing ready to contribute liber-
ally to the La Toilette campaign
fund. Representatives Warburton and
Of Woe
yet committed themselves, but their
talk all indicates strongly that they
favor La Toilette as against Taft.
Representative Lafferty of Oregon is
in like mood. He, like Represents
tive French, leans strongly toward La
Toilette at this time, though they III
t;mately may swing to Taft The
probabilities are, however, that both
will join the La Toilette movement.
There are others from the North
west, however, who will remain loyal
to Taft. They are Representatives
Hawley of Oregon, Senator Jones and
Representative Humphrey of Wash ng-
ton, and Senators Borah and Hey
burn of Idaho.
Mormon Leader Summoned.
Joseph F. Smith, of Salt Lake City,
head of the Mormon church, must
come to Washington to testify be-
fore the House committee investigat-
ing the so-called sugar trust, regard
ing his connection with the Utah
Idaho Sugar Company. Replying to a
message from Mr. Smith, saying that
an attack of rheumatism and business
obligations would prevent his appear
ance here, Chairman Hardwick, Of the
committee, sent this ultimatum:
Committee has determined to have
your testimony; the only question
left Is will you come on the 22d with
out subpoena, or shall We send an Off
Ger to serve you? Please answer at
once"
Wool Debate Ends.
General debate on the Underwood
bill revising the wool tariff schedule
Of the Payne-Aldrich law closed Sat
urday in the House after three days
OF discussion. The bill was called up
under the five-minute rule on Tues
day, and will be placed upon its pass
age. There is little doubt that it will
pass the House on a straight party
vote.
The House has pretty nearly fin
ished the program agreed upon at the
beginning of the session, and now pro-
poses to make new legislative pro-