The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-18
MEN MET IN THE
HOTEL LOBB/ES.

Mr.. Robert C. Bland. OF New Bedford.
Mass, stockho.der In a number Of the
largest cotton mills In New England.
was a guest at the Raleigh last night.
Mr.. Bland considers the situation in the
cotton fabric trade 10 be yet critical, and
he is not al all confident that a reduction
in the wages OF operatives will not YET
have 10 be enforced by the mill owners.
The trouble In China has affected the
trade more than the general public i'm
agines." said Mr.. Bland. a large proper
tion OF the cheaper grades Of goods from
the New England mills went 10 China.
Since the trouble began there this trade.
OF course, has been entirely lost, and the
effect has been severely felt In addition
TO this there is stagnation In the do
nestle markets and competition is very
close. This stagnatiOn is the result OF A
natural reaction following a period OF
unusual activity. and conditions will grad
ually right themselves. In the mean
time mill owners must see 20 IL that they
are not wrecked by continuing opera
tions az a severe loss.
The condition of the mill operatives Is
not so bad as has been pictured OF couse.
the women and children and unskilled Ia
borers receive small wages. as they must
In any industry, but the skilled men are
well paid"
With the possible exception OF James C.
Blaine said Mr.. Lucius NJ Perry. OF
Springfield. H.. who is at the Arlington,
Bryan has the most wonderful personal
magnetism of any man who has Deen IN
public life In the present generation. I
heard him in Chicago on Labor Day. and
the least observing man could not help
seeing that he has a wonderful hold on
the affections of the people The crowds
cheered Roosevelt. II is true. but they Gil
II In perfunctory sort of a way, much
as you thank a man who passes YOU the
salt at the dinner table-because II is ex-
pected OF you, and not because YOU feal
under any great obligation 10 him. rhs
way the crowds cheered BRYAN might b.
compared TO the manner in which yCu
would thank a man who had rescued you
from drowning They waved their hats
and handkerchiefs in the air. and long
after the obligations of courtesy had been
discharged they kept up the shouting.
If every voter in the United States
could see and hear Bryan, he would be
elected by an overwhelming majority. The
trouble with Bryan il that 1t Is not what
he says. but the way In which he says Il
that constitutes his strength A man can
hear him speak and grow wild with en-
thusiasm, and when he reads the speech
in his paper next morning. wonder what
he lost his head about. lie has a way Of
making the merest cOmmonplaces sound
like the acme of wisdom Hear him
speak, and YOU are convinced that he not
only believes what he says Is true, bnt
you find yourself believing il, despite
AZ u cola
Read his speeches In the newspapers. and
you wonder how any sane man can ex-
rect to palm such rubbish off on the peo-
Pile"
Senator Hanna has developed wonder
fully for a man who attempted TO become
a public speaker so late In life as he di1."
said Mr.. Wendall G. Owens of Cleve-
land, who is at the Shoreham. Ills
speech al Delphi. Ind. the other day Is
admitted by Republicans and Democrats
alike to have been one Of the best utter
ances of the campaign. Surprise is ex-
pressed at the ability shown by the Re-
| publican campaign manager but the sur
prise is hardly justified after his address
before the recent State convention in
| Ohio and his participation in the armor
plate debate on the floor of the Senate
n.
ever, and his maiden effort on the stump
there is plenty OF room for wondermeHt.
heard Hanna make his first political
| speech. 1t was after he had been elected
United States Senator, and it was deliy-
| cred at Burton, a small town In Geauga
| County. on the Ohio Western Reserve.
| Hanna spoke for only about FIVE minutes,
| but critical Democratic newspaper dis
| sected his speech and discovered that I'm
| that brief time he had used the personal
pronoun no less than ninety-eight times.
Every sentence began with an J. and as
there were not ninety-eight sentences in
| his speech the pronoun was necessarily
used a good many times between periods.
Il remember that the Senator was con-
| fused and hesitating, and looked as II he
| would much rather be out in the street
/ shOveling dirt than attempting to make
/ political speech. Although he still shows
refreshing frankness in the use of the
| personal pronoun, he has learned to use
/ IL with discretion. and it doesn't have the
| egOtistieal sound 1t once did lie no long
/ er seems to have difficulty in finding
words to express his thoughts. and is no
| more embarrassed on the stump than a
veteran campaigner. II must have been
| a hard thing for Hanna TO overcome his
natural difiidence when speaking In pub
/ lie, but he set about it with that grim de-
! termination he brings to all his tasks, and
/ he accomplished It,"
"There Is no country on the globe that
/ has less disturbance, internal or external.
I than Mexico" said Mr. Manuel Lopez.
/ Who halls from the capital OF the republic
/ to the south, at Chamberin's last night
/ We have no ambitions 10 become a world
/ power just yet and our internal policy Is
/ so well settled that, as all the world
/ knows. In Presidential elections we have
! but a single candidate. The country ~
/ being rapidly developed, and our people
are more prosperous than ever before ia
/ the history OF the country
| Mr.. J. f. Galbrey, who has just gone
! from the ShOreham TO assume the post OF
manager Of the Cochran Hotel Is regard
| ed as one OF the most popular and e0mpe-
tent young men in his profession, and has
/ been widely congratulated on his promo
| ton. Mr.. GaIbrey has had the advantage
/ OF excellent training. and 10 this he adds
| natural ability and an aptitude for max
| ing friends. That he will inaugurate and
maintain in his new position d nigh
standard OF excellence Is not doubted by
any who know him.
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