Show IA I A Q avy ada jo TL L 13 1 QUESTION b 1 I f ME wa I 1 kaa ka A I 1 4 ry s 1 ap a A t ali artt 1 lantsts toK N A ii 1 9 laa W aci 1 vice le president aw 1 st upon ry by HI ubi I 1 G 0 ft L 1 I t 7 r ag g W f 11 v i R 1 X 1 I ait I 1 c la 6 N I 1 4 tb the cont controversy ne I 1 1 1 president preside resident ut of the united 1 amba ambassador siador 0 ve P r Q ow I 1 rf dp precedence hasteen has been I 1 fi athe ae latter I 1 toy y his bis owma ov eam nent arid sir julian and I adya fote in obedience to inita Aloni lb ao 10 n I 1 on called at the r residence r band and idon mrs lm hobart n lafa yetta I 1 V week and were co 1 IV I 1 next afternoon oon mr me andt mm rode to the british Z the call but unfortunately the caunce ance totes fotes were not at home aref an tibey e wel were I 1 compelled led to leave th their cards the war began on thester the Stir of March last under ruder the cleveland adminis nation mr air stevenson declined to E assert his bis prerogative and the wo two men met at fa abdal br nii official action the vice president cord cordially lally rare pre the right of way british Bd tish and took the second seat in the synagogue 1 secretary olney to wever ever disputed sir julians W claims ile fie contended that all diplomatic anc eions in which the president of the united states was not present he as of state represented the president and must have the hie first I 1 place there was waa n a long discussion dIscus ston which terminated to in a comi compromise romise it yaa was a agreed med that when arbea L men inen met at the residence of a foreigner mr olney should precede when they met at the residence of anA nn american sir julian should hive have the honors ind abd all social aff alra wem rearranged we arranged accordingly when the french ambassador gave a dinner party mr olney sat at the right of the hostess when mr loiter leiter entertained both gentlemen sir julian had that place shortly after the inauguration of president mckinley sir julian assert td id his claims to precede precedence nm in a rather I 1 ansual il manner the late gardiner El pave gave a dinner party in honor at vice president hobart and invited the british ambassador the latter requested a ding diagram ram of the table in trier order that he might see how the guests frere to bo be seated intimating that uness len he were given the place of honor he would feel impelled to send his re pets mr hubbard replied that he tad bad made no diagram of hia table but that mat the vice president being the guest df the evening should be seated at his right hand ax A brief note from sir italian the same afternoon regretted Us his inability to accept mr hubbardd hubbards Hub bards invitation i the controversy became so irritating a that president mckinley wrote a per tonal letter to colonel hay eray our ambassador bas in london asking him to obtain from the proper authority at the british court a definition of the rank rod md status of sir julian tote fate from the point of view of his bis own government ern ment the president Preil dent took the pound ground that it was a very small matter to quarrel over but at the same sa e time was likely to be the cause of continual annoyance and embarrassment ind that it would be generous on our art to accept the judgment and re the wishes of the british government mr hobart concurred in this view it if the oracles on etiquette in great britain sustained sir julian in his estimate of his own importance mr hobart was perfectly willing to give way but bat they did not after Aft edue due consideration of the subject colonel hay was unofficially informed that the vice president of the united states was correct in his contention and that sir julian jull would receive an intimation tiou that his government took that vj view le W of the case his EUs recent call at mr az ho barts residence indicates that he has bas I 1 heard from home and like the loyal subject that he Is has come down gracefully there has been no reference to the controversy in the correspondence pon dence of the department of state nor will it appear on the records the correspondence with colonel hay was conducted by the president himself and was strictly personal and confidential chicago record |