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something like a score Of years. In all
this time Mrs Fletcher has been Keeping
pace with his ambition and has been
helping make the name Of Fletcher mean
more and more in the esteem OF folks IN
Florida. And yet not for one instant mas
she asked for A chance TO vote.
1T would seem a little wiser not TO
speak of woman suffrage said Mrs.
Fletcher quietly. 1T is my aim to keep
the issue off the horizon of the Con-
gressionaI Club. As president. | must
necessarily be nonpartisan. Some or
our members are keen for equal rights.
And others are just as strongly opposed
to the issue
And you Mrs. Fletcher. just how do
you feel about the problem" the inter
viewer asked. DO you want the ballot
for yoursef?'
Mrs Fletcher shook her head emphati-
callv, very emphatically for woman who
wants to be nou-partisan.
Il won't be persuaded to declare that
] do not believe in the ballot. ] refuse
to commit myself definitely" laughed
Mrs. Fletcher in way that showed
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belleNe tnat the one whose loss they ces
plore is gone TO his everlasting reward"
The eighth clerk of the court. James d.
Maher, designated by Chief Justice
White the choice of the court 10 sue
coed the late James II. Mchenney. was
born at West Point, y. T., October |.
1854, removing to Washington in 1862.
and being educated in local schools. lie
has been in the service of the court Tor
forty-eight years. having entered it's EN-
ploy December l. ISIS He was appoint
I'd junior clerk in the office OF the clerk
June !, 1sI2. and deputy clerk in No
vember. 1907. Mr.. Maher had served
under four Of the nine chief Justices
and thirty-two OF the fifty whine
soeiatc justices of the court He Was
appointed by the court a. commissioners
TO take the testimony IN the famous
Chattanooga contempt ease OF the ntted
States against Sheriff Ship and others,
and also appointed the commissioner IN
the case of the people Of New YORK
against the state OF New Jersey ana the
Passaic valley sewerage commissioners.
in which case he has been taking testi-
mony for the past two years. lie Is a
very popular official OF the court ~
known personally TO every lawyer OF
note in the United States. and IS regard
ed as an authority on federal procedure.
Since his appointment by the court ne
has been yerwhelmed with kilograms
and letters OF congratulations from every
part of the United States
The duties of the clerk of the court are
varied and numerous and have been In
reasing as the years roll by, until at the
present time he is surrounded by dep
uty clerk, four assistants, two stenog-
raphers and two messengers. Among his
most important duties are those of re-
cording the minutes. judgments. orders.
DEGREES. etc, of the court, and seeing that
the docket is always up TO date and cor
rect this latter duty being attended to
every evening and nccessitating at times
his remaining in his office until and 10
o'clock at night. He also has supervision
Of all printing for the court, which In
cludes. with other things. the opinions
handed down by the Chief and associate
Justices Although not required by law
to do so, he keeps attorneys notified or
the dates when their cases will be called
before the court, and this entails a great
amount of work owing to the wide juris-
diction of the court, which extends not
only throughout the United States, but
Hawaii and the Philippine Islands. Tho
clerk also swears in all attorneys admit
ted to practice before the court, for which
he receives a nominal fee. His salary, to-
gether with the fees received. makes his
income compare favorably with that OF
other high officials of the government
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years a member OF the state legislature
and for some time presiding judge of the
court Of common pleas for Somerset
county. He was one of the founders Of
the Princeton Theological Seminary and
was an unsuccessful candidate for Con-
gress upon the federaiSt ticket in 1911.
The third clerk of the court was Elias B.
Caldwell, named after Elias Boudinot,
who among his many claims to distinc
ton was the first to he admitted to the
bar of the Supreme Court of the United
States. Mr.. Caldwell was born the 81
of April, 1916. His mother was murdered
by British soldier when he was but two
years old. and three years later his father,
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the Rev. James Caldwell. was murdered In
cold blood by an Irish soldier. He was
then adopted by the celebrated man for
whom he was named. After a grammar
school education he entered Princeton
College and graduated in 1896. He was
appointed clerk of the court August ),
1900, serving until his death in 1925.
William Griffith. the fourth clerk, was
the son OF physician OF Bound Brook,
Somerset county, \. j.. and was born in
the year 1866. He studied law in the Of
flee OF Elisha BouGinot at Newark, Ii
censed as an attorney in ITS, ard in time
became learned lawyer. In 1886 he pub
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a merry understanding smile. Her
brown eyes are soft and sympathetic.
Look closely. They are full OF fire and
energy. They are below a broad, clear
brow. Both eyes and forehead reveal
thinking mind.
The conversation the other day drift
ell 10 the up-to-date womans ambition
t. help her husband-to actually share
III his worldly enterprises.
DO YOU really believe that woman
can aid her husband. for instance. in
career such as Mr.. Fletcher has
chosen she was asked.
Yes" replied Mrs. Fletcher. slowly
IS though carefully Weighing her
words, Il know she can ii she goes
about the matter wisely"
Just what way do you consider I'M
WISE
IT seems to me that it is very foolish
for the Wife OF 4 man in public life-I
mean one who is running for offHe--to
try To help her husband III his campaign.
You know that women are not good poll
ticianS. They are too new at the game.
II takes thousand little touches, of
cleverneSs and skill 10 make man sue
ceSsfuI in politics. Women haven't yet
learned these ways. They have little of
the exact knowledge of what is required.
things badly. They hinder rather than
help
1t is my own idea and Mrs. Fletcher
smiled. that a woman can most truly
~ in her own particular field. Let her do
club " ork here Is much opportunity for
woman to develop her resourcefulneSs
and 10 help humanity. Besides club work
woman can gracefully add to her hus-
bands popularity. / like TO think that
all these little enterprises OF mine have
benefited my husband in some small
way"
Before Mrs. Fletcher came to Wash
ington she was first and foremost in
all the club work of Jacksonville her
home town. She was president of the
womans club of that city, a member
OF the Florida Society OF Colonial
Danes OF America. regent Of a chapter
of the u. a. r. in Jacksonville and
state regent for the Florida Daughters
secretary Of correspondence for Florida
Tor the General Federation of Women
Siubs-which meant that she under
took the largest share OF the CORE
spondence for the women's clubs of the
general federation in her whole state
since her residence in Washington
she has been compelled to froD Some
OF these affiliations. To compensate.
however, she has Joined other organi-
cations beside her real charge the
Congressional Club
Ihere IS, FOR instance. the Southern
Industrial Educational Association. the
Woinehs auxiliary OF the national
rivers and harbors committee the So
ciety OF international Peace and the
congressional committee of the Wom-
ems Civic League.
From Jacksonville she brought with
her membership in the Society for
Psychlcal Research, the Audubon So
ciety, the Consumers League and the
vice presidency, or one of the vice
presidencies. TO be exact Of the South
ern Commercial Congress Senator
Fletcher Is the president of the con-
gress.
On the particular morning of the
interview the postman had just
brought letter from Mrs. William
Cummings Story. president general of
the D. A. r.. asking Mrs. Fletcher to
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to preserve the already delightful pur-
pose of the organization-a cheerful meet
ing place for congressional women.
Il wonder how in the world congress
sional women ever found any happiness
in life before the club was organized, ="
said Mrs Fletcher. Mighty well do |
remember my first strange year in Wash
ington. | met no one. | knew no one.
Why? Simply because while | was out
paying my formal calls on the women in
official life they We're out paying Just the
same sort of visits on me and other
folks.
7 used to start out on a round of calls
early in the afternoon Late at night |
would return weary and discouraged. Not
a human being had | found at home. l
often wondered if there We're no way to
abolish this endless series of formal
visits"
do you actually make is a custom TO
call on every woman IN official life?' the
interviewer asked.
Mrs. Fletcher declared that, if at the
end Of a season she had not left cards
once for the wife of every cabinet mem
Der and the wife of every senator and
every congressman her conscience would
not be clear.
THE Congressional Club has simplifed
the calling so much and Mrs. Fletcher
seemed relieved just at saying So Each
Friday certain members receive informal
". We are planning this season to have
formal at homes. when the ladies of diff
ferent state delegations shall receive in
groups. 1t will be such an easy and
practical way to meet strangers.
4
you know the club is open all during
the winter. Members may stop in at any
time to rest. read. chat a while and have
tea In fact. they can just loaf as the
men do in their clubs. Meanwhile wom-
rfc Of ra
meeting A member from California finds
that she and the wife of a congressman
from Florida have many tastes in COM
mon. The wife of a senator from Maine
becomes friendly with the delegation from
Iowa.
1T seems to me to be most important
that congressional women should know
each other. The social life. that IS the
official life, is a real factor in Washing
ton. Pray. what happiness could the wife
of a senator or representative who comes
strange and unknown TO the capital have
in her new life il she made no friends
here? Before the Congressional Club was
formed it was almost impossible TO be-
come well acquainted. yoL rarely saw
any one long enough TO grow chImIiy
1t has been the custom heretofore to
keep the club closed until the first week
in December. This year. however. Mrs
Fletcher thinks il would be agreeable 10
open the club during November.
"A great many OF US have been kept
in town all summer" she explained We
would really appreciate the hospitality OF
the club for an hour or SO every after
noon. Even if the clubhouse Is open 10
the members, no formal entertaining will
be done. The idea is merely to AFFORD
some cheerful stopping-of place down
town.
Senator Fletcher was mayor OF Jackson
vile for two terms. His last term ex-
pired way back in 1908. long before he ever
thought of coming to the Senate. He has
been actively connected with politics for
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lished treatise on the jurisdiction and
proceedings of justices of the peace, with
an appendix containing advice to exec
utors and administrators and an outline
OF the law of landlord and tenant. Later
he published a series of ESSAYS exposing
the defects of the constitution of his ma
tive state and urging a popular conven-
ton to revise it. He held the Office of
surrogate. and in 1901 was appointed one
of the judges of the United States circuit
court for the third circuit. his associates
being William Tilghman. afterward chief
Justice of Pennsylvania, and Richard Bas-
sett, the chief justice of Delaware. Upon
the death of Mr. Caldwell he was ap-
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James ID. NIaher Is
the Last Selection, Re-
Gently Announced by
Chief Justice White
Who the Other Seven
Clerks Were = John
Tucker Was First Clerk
and He Served Only a
Short Time-Duties Of
the Clerk.
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HEN Chief Justice
" hite of tile Su-
prene Court of the
United States an
nounced james ID.
Maher as the choice
Of tie court for
the position of
clerk it marked
only the eighth
time during the one
hundred and TWEEN
ty-three years ex-
,at nat1s aIaYl- hoe
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r a woman is pres
ident Of the Con-
eressional club, an
organization com
posed of women
from all parts of
tile nited States,
it is = fovesone
conclusion that she
posses ses ability.
And Mrs Duncan
Fletcher. wife
Of the senior $ ma
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of their household goods. | am a
moderately Jealous housekeeper, but !
must confess that l don't grieve myself
over the unimportant details.
Senator and Mrs. Fletcher have two
charming daughters. One was married
two years ago. and is now Mrs. I. j.
Kemp. AR and Mrs Kemp are keeping
house in a pretty apartment on the
Avenue of Presidents just near enough
to the home nest to make daily inter-
change of visits possible. The other
daughter IS Miss Nellie Fletcher. Like
her sister she is vivacious and enter
tanning.
The Congressional Club Is naturally
Mrs Fletcher's chief hobby. She is in
tensely eager 10 make her presidency a
success. No radical changes are con-
templated by her. Rather does she want
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Tucker, February 2. 1890. who served a
very short time, only about q year. Samuel
Bayard, who served from August /, 1891
until August l., 1909; Elias 4. Caldwell
from August l.. 1900. to ISL; William
Griffith, from 1922 TO 1877. William Thorn
as Carroll, from January -. 1897. until
July. 1863: Daniel Wesley Middleton, from
December 4 1862, until his death, 1850,
and James Hall Mckenner, from May
10, 1880. until October II, 1913
The first clerk of the Supreme Court OF
the United States. John Tucker was the
selection of Chief Justice jay. He was
native of Newbury, Mass, where he was
born the 18th Of August, 1903. He re
ceived his early education at Drummer
Academy at that time one of the best
schools in New England, and in ITO en-
tered Harvard University. graduating in
1111. After spending some years in the
study Of law he was appointed junior
clerk of the supreme judicial court OF
Massachusetts in l1S;. While holding this
position he was called to New York. then
the seat of the national government, to
open the books Of record of the Supreme
Court of the United States. in 1890.
On the 1st Of August, 1871, he resigned
his place and returned to Boston resun-
ing his duties as clerk Of the supreme jul
dic;al court of Massachusetts, and contin-
ued in this place until his death, which
occurred February -, 1875. lie is said 10
have been a very popular man. well
known throughout the state as CLERK
Tucker or as Judge Tucker
The second clerk of the court was Sam
uel Bayard. fourth son of Col. John II.
Bayard of the distinguished Delaware
family Of that name. He was born in
Philadelphia the 18th Of January 1867.
After preparatory course at grammar
schools he entered Princeton College and
graduated in 11>4 as valedctorian. He
subsequently studied law and practiced
actively for seven years in PHILADELPHIA.
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Senator Fletcher was mayor of Jackson
vile for two terms. His last term ex-
pired way back in 1908, long before he ever
thought of coming to the Senate. He has
been actively connected with politics for
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-08-15
The Week. Weather
WEEK ENDING AUGUST ID

Hal H. Cole was a Kennewick bust
ness visitor from Prosser the first of
the week.
DR.. T. B. Hauschild was business
visitor at Kahlotus and Spokane Satur-
day and Sunday.
]. F. Coleman came down from White
Bluffs the last of the week to look after
business matters here.
Richard Stanton and family returned
the latter part of last week from a
weeks vacation trip in British Column
bia.
Arthur Malloy has resigned from the
Pacific Power & Light Co., and left
Monday for Seattle for a visit with
relatives and friends.
Arthur Jacot left last Saturday for
Toppenish and vicinity to assist his
brother-in-law in running threshing
machine this season.
Mrs. Fay F. Dean and children came
up from Alfalfa the first of the week
for visit with old friends and to look
after business matters.
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Miss Grace Pryor and Mrs. Nettle
Schlade were up from Alfalfa Thurs
day.
S. z. Henderson returned Sunday
from few days business trip to Sc
attic.
Mrs. Hawley, who has been seriously
i'll at her home in the Garden Tracts, is
slowly improving.
Doris Harper returned Saturday from
a two months visit with her grand
parents in Spokane.
GIL. H. Marks was at Walla Walla
and Milton Monday and Tuesday on
business for the basket factory.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Cobb left Thurs
day for a short visit in Portland, be-
fore going to their home at Roseberg,
Ore.
The many friends of Miss Laura
Zwanzig are glad to see her around
again after severe siege of typhoid
fever.
Miss Sylvia Johnson, of White Bluffs
arrived the latter part of last week fol
visit with relatives and friends neal
Kennewick.
Mrs. ]. R. Hill returned the first Of
the week from Oklahoma City, Okla.
where she spent the summer with hel
parents and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Skirving and son, Of
Grandview, returned home the first Of
the week after few days. visit at the
home of Mr.. Skirving's brother, J. O.
Skirving.
William Malchus, who recently pur
chased the Mertes place in the Garder
Tracts, arrived Sunday from Natoma
Kansas, accompanied by his wife
mother and five children.
The Kennewick schools will open of
fcially on Monday, September 1st, bu
no classes will be organized until Sep
tember 9Th, all teachers being in at
ten dance at the institute at Prose-
during the first week.
Mrs. w. P. Osgood left Wednesda.
for a weeks visit with an uncle il
Portland. She was accompanied as ia
as Vancouver by Donald Allen who ha
been visiting at the Osgood home dur
ing the past two months.
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Mrs. D. H. Kimple left Thursday
morning for her home in Colville, Wn.,
after weeks visit with her old school
friend, Mrs. S. R. Harper. She spent
the winter in Los Angeles and stopped
here on her return.
Mrs. Marie Jensen was badly injured
at her home near the post Office last
Thursday. She was coming from the
yard and while starting for the kitchen
door, tripped over the rope by which
the dog was tied and fell striking her
knee; although badly hurt she hopes to
be up and around in another week.
Merrill Rawson arrived the latter
part of last week from his home in
Corning, CAL, and has taken George
Mertes' place at Sheppard's drug store.
George Mertes will leave with his
mother and brother Stanley, about the
first of September for Chicago where
both boys will enter school this fall.
William Henderson, the two-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Henderson,
died last Friday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. C. Gardner in the Garden
Tracts. The family had arrived a few
days before for visit with Mrs. Hen
derson's sister, Mrs. L. C. Gardner,
and the child was taken sick the day
they arrived and died few days later
with cholera infantum. The funeral
services were conducted from the
Gardner residence Saturday morning,
Rev. w. P. Osgood officiating.
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Lon Boyle was down from Prosser
Monday
There are few more year books left
at this Office. Have you got yours yet?
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Shanafelt came
up from Pendleton the first of the week
to spend week in Kennewick with
relatives.
Good black bass fishing is reported
from the Van Horn lake near Richland.
Several of the local anglers have re-
turned the past week or so with strings
that aren't so bad.
David Marks, of San Francisco stop
ped off yesterday for brief visit with
his son, l.. H. Marks while enroute for
Montana where he is going on business
connected with the exhibit to be made
by that state at the Panama Pacific
Exposition.
Sunday afternoon the Junior League
of the M. E. church met at the home of
their superintendent, Mrs. A. Jacot,
and after short meeting enjoyed a
pleasant afternoon with various games.
Ice cream and cake were served to the
thirty members present.
Manager Crawford reports that F.
G. Odell, the bee Wizard whom it
was hoped to have here during the
Carnival, writes that he has taken the
management of the Nebraska Farm
Magazine at Omaha and has definitely
given up exhibition work.
DR.. and Mrs. F. M. Crosby enter
tanned party of young people at their
home last Tuesday evening in honor of
the Misses Pearl and Ruby Farrell of
Edmonton, Alberta, who are guests
at the Crosby home. The evening was
spent very enjoyably in dancing.
c. L. Holcomb and family are enjoy
ing visit from Mr. Holcomb's mother
and sister, Mrs. M. A. Holcomb and
| Miss Helen Holcomb, of Fort Branch,
Ind. They left the last of the week
for Seattle for short visit with rel
atives and friends in that city and will
return Sunday:
Miss Mary A. Horn, of Cedarhurst,
L. l., stopped off here for visit with
]. E. Mckinney last Saturday. Miss
Horn is an old friend of the McKin-
ney's in New York state and was on
her way home after tour of the west.
Mr.. Mckinney accompanied her as far
Spokane Saturday evening.
A real sousing old-fashioned rain
storm gave the valley good wetting
down Wednesday forenoon and the
mercury has been about thirty degrees
below usual summer heat ever since.
AS result, coats, vests and billed
collars, which have been tabu for the
past few weeks, have again come into
quite general use. Great weather for
the middle of August.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Perry celebrated
the twenty-fifth anniversary of their
wedding last Monday night. Nearly a
hundred of their friends gathered at
their home in the Garden Tracts to par
ticipate in the festivities. A short but
enjoyable program was rendered during
the evening and refreshments were
served. Many were the silver offer
ings of good will and friendship that
were showered upon the couple who
have renewed their marriage vows an
nuaily for twenty-five years, and who
expect to have the pleasure of being
hosts to an equal number of friends
twenty-five years hence.