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


Washington, d. c. December 30
Mill the New Year reception at the
White House tomorrow prccipitatc it's
usual social row?
Conditions are moro than favorable
e new chief justice, a new dean OF the
diplomatic corps, Two new ambassa
dors. five new ministers and a new
conInand ing general OF the army, all
20 be placed in the order OF precedence
when the Presidents master OF cercmo-
MES lines up the official guests for the
procession into the Blue Room.
New Years Day in Washington 60
cictv is always the day OF Judgment.
socially speaking. 1t Is the day when
each official learns his place, for here
ihere is an exact place for every one.
Each official, nigh and low. each for
eiGn Srandee and lesser bureaucrat of
the home government, Is block in
great pyramid of which the common
people form the base stratum. Wash
ington erected this social Cheops and
adhered 10 the conventional foreign
model Adams maintained It, but JET
fcrson tore it down thereby creating
such chaos that all later Presidents OF
his political faith have respected it
since il was rebuilt ny Madison.
The apex is the President, but from
1his lofty capst one down there has al
ways been dispute as TO how each sue
cessiNe block Should be left TO lie in
The structure. Even the second from
the top has been cause of bitterness
and strife, although its place was
firmly secured some seventeen years
ago. Those Immediately below howe
been Hammered al by disputants In the
past few years Will the strife begin
Heain Monday, when the Marine Band,
with it's fanSfe, Hail TO the Chief,
signals thc'cufr Gins rise upon the ma
i1ionsl social drama:
ms mi
The White House had scarcely been
opened the second time TO MIR. Cleve-
aand when the late awakening Of our
mother country overseas TO the fact
that We were a world power of the
first magnitude neccssitated the recon :
struction of the social pyramid. 4 new
block was sent over from England
one that had never been seen before in
this country. Previous To that If you
thad asked many a member of Congress
what an amba Sador was he would, rs
likely as not. have defined him as some
befussod and bcfcathercd pcrsonag c
who used to run crrands for the am
Client Kings OF Persia But we found
an amba ssador among us in 1898. and
he stra ightway demanded social rank
eecond only 10 that Of our chief magis-
i1rate himself. Pointing 10 the fac,
tthat he was the personal representative
sof his sovereign. and would. on that
account he ranked next to blood roNal
a; any monarchial court If he old
world, he planted his foot directly upor
the pate OF the late Lord High Ex-
ecutioncr. Adelai Stevenson now Vice
President of the United states. ant
etrode boldly over that functionary.
Then into the White House came III,
Ohio Napoleon. the first skipper of The
ship OF state to appear relieved of sus
picion that his first mate was plotting
10 drop spider in his coffee. III
treated o1icialdom to tic unheard o.
epectacle Of brotherly presidential
arm about the waist of the second il
command and when the actors mall
their entrances al the opening OF nj
srst social drama the audience foun'
Carrot a. Hobart at his immediate
right, in The centre OF the stage. Will
Sir Julian Paunceforte was left furthe
over toward the wings Sir Julial
r,romptly com planned TO his foreign OF
nee; Which protested to our Secretar
az State Then President McKinle
ruled that because OF their inicrde
5endcnt constitutional relation the of
fees of President and Vice Presden
were intepar a BILE and that the Vice
1,resident was as much the heir ap
parent in America as was the Prince o
Wales in England. And President Nc
hinley stood pat And the Births
foreign office swallowed the pill.
VIII New Dean Claim Precedence?
VIC have a new dean of the dpio
matte corps who will make his Ne'
Near debu, al the White lionsc IN l9i
Sir Julian was the dean--thc rankin
nlernber OF the diplomatic corps--in III
Hays of his social warfare against tn
Sice-Prcsident. Will this years dca