The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-05
INSIDE FACTS FIRST ON LIST
The Administrations Policies an
Open Book to the Man Who Can't
Land a Third-Class Postmastership
for Himself

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diplomatic and scandlous, is not the
capitol, the white house, the state
( department or the clubs. 1t is the
| Washington boarding house, more
particularly the dinner table, after
the plates have been cleared away
and the girl comes around to whis-
per that there's pie, pudding and ice
cream and which will you have, be-
cause you can have only one.
1t is there that the man from Geor-
gia makes known confidently what
he's heard today from a friend of his
who has a place in the treasury about
cabinet change that is imminent.
The man from Kentucky is surprised
to learn that that story was being re-
peated. He had it himself a week
ago from Senator p, but understood
that it had since been denied. The
man from Georgia is firm. Says the
denial was thrown out for purpose,
but is not likely to deceive anybody
who knows the facts. He understood
the resignation is already in the
hands of the president, and while he
wouldn't like it repeated as coming
from him, he has reason to believe
the place has been offered to Cover
NOR T.. at least tentatively
The fact that the man from Geor-
gia has been in Washington month
trying to land a postmastership and
has seen nobody except his senator,
who has advised him to go home, de-
tracts nothing from the weight of
this information, nor does the fact
that the man from Kentucky has no
visible means of support lessen the
importance of his comment.
Then there is the aunt and daugh-
ter of the congressman. They are
here on a visit and are understood
to have some dizzy social cOnnec-
tions. Aunt is chaperoning daughter,
and their conversation leaves no
room to doubt that they are in on
all the social doings of the capital.
They discuss the dance of the night
before with entertaining freedom.
Aunt wonders how that Mrs c. got
an invitation. Thinks their hostess
must be very badly informed not TO
know the things that are said about
her at home. Did daughter notice the
way she carried on with that young
captain? Daughter certainly did and
thinks it was shocking.
Daughter hears, by the way, that
society is likely to be surprised any
day by the announcement of an en-
gagement in high diplomatic circles.
Aunt mods Baron de X. and Count
ess T.. she hints, daughter mods. The
man from Ohio (who has a consul
ship in his eye) understands there
will be money in the match for the
baron. Money? Well, daughter
should say so, the countess has more
money than looks in her opinion.
The man from Ohio says careless
/ ly that when he was in Paris he met
the countess at the American am
bassador's and he didn't think she
was pretty. either. BY which remark
the man from Ohio not only makes a
/ hit with daughter, but brings out
very neatly that he has been in Paris
and at the American ambassador
The family from Virginia, who sit
/ together at the end of the table, is
here in the interest of Brother Bob
promotion in the army. What they
can do about it isn't plain, but father
is pretty strong with a couple of SEN
ators. it appears, and sister went to
school with the wife of General G.
Father knows perfectly well who is
blocking Bob and he is going TO lay
some papers before the war depart
ment which will surprise EN-. Says
he shouldn't wonder if there was a
court-martial before he gets through.
/ In fact, no secret can be guarded
from the boarding house table. 1t
knows what the secretary of state
said in his last dispatch to the court
of st. James. 1t knows what is 60
/ ing to be done about the tariff. 1t
knows where the democrats are 60
ing TO slip up if they aren't careful
and it knows what the republicans
will do if they have any sense. Moth
ing is hidden from the man from
Georgia except who is going to get
that postmastership he is after, and
is all plain to the man from Kentucky
except how he is to raise the money
| to get home on.