The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15
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wife of the president or the person
OF the vice president?
The question was put up to tho
state department and was given
prayerful consideration. Finally rs
ukase was issued. II acceded the
vice president precedence over tho
presidents wife. His name should
come first. Mrs. Harding. of
course. held precedence over Mrs
Coolidge, so she should follow thar
lady's husband. She was cast with
little ado right into the middle or
the Coolidge family. Thus She
would seem to disrupt the principle
that these constituent mpmbcrs uf Cd
family should appear togethcr..a
principle that looked to have back
OF 1t common sense, common law
and everything.
In this case II seemed more grace.
ful to. break the technical rule and
place Mrs. Ilarding's name fir..
and the vice president and his vito
! together imm ediately after II, and
since the rule of the state depart.
| ment is unofficial and not binding.
| this was done.
Again It happened not long ago
| that a speaker Of the house of ron.
resentatives had been chosen Cor
| that post, but not actually taken Of.
| flee. Along came an entertainmcuf
| at which ho was to appear and
those giving II were puzzled TO know
whether he should be placed as tho
speaker or merely as a member OF
the house OF representatives. An
| appeal was mode TO the state Dc.
partment and its opinion was issued
TO the effect that technlcalitlo.
should be waived and that he should
| appear rs the speaker.
A very interesting controvprgu
arose in Washington at tho begin.
ming of the Harding administrator
which threatened one Of the mos.
serious conflicts I'm social prcc,-
dence that the capital has know.
FOR "A long time. A question was
-aised which has often confronted
official Washington with the COM
.plete turnover that comes with the
arrival of an administration Of one
party upon the departing heels uf
qn administration of the opposite
party.
The question was whether tho
wives of the United States senators
should call first upon the wives OF
the cabinet members, or whethcr
these helpmates should first call
: upon the wives OF the senators. The
, younger element In senatorial cir.
, ! cleS took the view that they should
/, nut on their best bib and tucker and
: 30 around to see the cabinet wives
The older. more conservative and
. more upstage wives of senator.
came out flat and said that the,
I, would do no such thing, for the,
had been right here in Washingtor
Cor 10! these many years and thcl
. knew what was coming to VIII
|, of United States senator. I,ool
I the facts In the face. they say. Doe
! not the United States senate in
way create the cabinet? Can
cabinet officer possibly take hi.
$ place without being confirmed b,
the United States senate? And d,
g you think the United States senat
I would created a thing which /
? greater than itself? Why, obvi
0 ously, the offices which are file,
by the senate would not have prece
dence over the senate. II there wa
any calling to be done, the cabinc
ladies must come around and lgav
their cards at the homes ~ tn
wives OF the senators.
The wives of the newer soloni
however, would not accept th
vicNv of the matter as final and wer
over to the state department for II
verdict. Still emphasizing it's neu
trality and declaring the unofflcia
nature of its opinion. tho state de