The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-18
VIEWS e VISITING
MN OF AFFAIRS.

Mr.. W. II. Meaughlin, Of Belfast, Ire
land. who Is at he New Willard wi his
wife. talked entqainIngly with Herald
reporter about aairs in that progressive
and fi0urishing cy. Mr.. Mclaughlin Is
chairman Of one 4 the largest building
companies in GTes Britain. and is also
heavily interested linen factories. He
Is, moreover, one the members Of the
Belfast Library andTechnical Committee,
and came to the Tilted States TO make
a special study OF 4merican methods of
construction.
Belfast" said Mr. Mclaughlin, is -
city Of $4,000 people and q center OF
industry. In the bigship-buiIding plant
Of Hartland & Wolf / Leo men are en-
ployed, and It is here sat all the vessels
OF the White Star Lie are built Nj
merous linen factories also give support
to thousands OF girls NO are employed
In spinning the fax sd weaving lie
fabric. This industry isof vital impor-
lance, for without the Employment The
mills and warehouses Civ TO women and
girls, the wage-earners would have
hard struggle for existenc. We have. IN
addition, large engineering works, the
greatest rope factory in De world, and
one OF the biggest distilierss
Belfast owns lis gas woks and street
car lines. and they are Oppated for the
benefit OF the public. We pay about %
cents per loo cubic feet forgas. and the
city makes q considerable rofit at that
price. Not long ago We ccayerred our
horse cars into electric tramw,vs. and the
service is infinitely better thai when the
traction business was IN the hands Of pri-
vate individuals. In fact. MUNICIPAL own
eTship has been an unqualified success in
Belfast
Il am delighted with what have seen
Of the United States which I sn visiting
for the first time. I do not feel at al; like
an alien III this country, and I was as
proud to gaze upon independence Hall I'm
Philadelphia as though native e the soil.
came especially 10 study your lofty
structures. IS exemplified in tie skv-
scrapers Of New York. To my miad their
erection involves a sacrifice Of beauty TO
utility, but ! recognize they are made
necessary by the high price OF Ind in
your large cities. I do not think they
viii ever become the vogue In our British
architecture"
"One OF the gamest little cities on
Uncle Sans map IS C0llinsville. III ." said
Roy CrandaT, business manager. for Leo
Dltrichstein's Before and After" IL the
Raleigh.
1T isn't much bigger than q Cancelled
postage stamp. but for hustle and public
spirit it is at the head Of the procession.
Two weeks ago we played there 10
the biggest business Of any one-night
stand this season. and at the highest
prices When ! first learned that ny
company haG been routed into that hole
in the ground ] wired frantically for au-
I thonty 10 cancel the engagement. Cancel
nothing; COllinsville is going 10 be very
sweet 70 US, came back the answer. So
TO the burg We went
Who is the manager OF this show
shopT I asked the driver. Doc SiegeI.'
he replied l looked up Siegel n d.
and found he was not only manager o.
the theater. but chief or the fire depart
ment and leading physician Of the COM
munity. At 7:35 p m, Poo-bah Siegel
with five Of the best looking men Of the
town, went back of the curtain. opened
/ the cupboard and dOnned natty blue and
white suits Of Overalls. Then I heard
the story Of how Doc S.egeI and his com
patriots had Clipped in $500 apiece and
built the theater. These six leaders in
Q
sided up 10 Siegei during the overture
and whispered: Don't you think you are
handing US a very heavy guarantee for
such little town as this? Ours was 500
for the night Only fair he answered.
when you consider We had the entire
house sold out before we let you know
it, and every seat in that theater brought
s.. We've over S2,Co0 in the box Office. old
pal: so you see we are not giving IL all
away.
1T seems TO me- said Mr.. Charles E
/ Hughes, of Denver, who Is conceded 20
be at the very head Of the legal profes-
sion Of Colorado, in brief chat with "a
| Herald reporter IT the New Willard.
that the Democratic party could do
/ nothing better than TO nominate some
good Southern man for the Presidency in
/ 1898. Some man Of the caIiber Of Senator
/ John ". Daniel, of Virginia. Of M
/ Bacon, Of Georgia. would do admirably
/ II the party Is TO ever regain its old-tim.
/ ascendancy x must stand w for its prin-
eiples and quit sacrificing everything To
/ expe5icncy. Il Is better TO be beaten in
/ honorable fashion than TO so down u
/ defeat on an object Of universal obloquy
7 The best men in the party are from the
/ South, and 1t is high time, when IL
/ Ct. mes 10 choosing a candidate, that sec
tional considerations should be ignored %
} Hon. John Sharp Williams was in the
! city for q brief period yesterday, and
/ spent the time in his room at the Metro
pOlitan. M Williams left during the
/ afternoon for Baltimore He said 20 a
/ Herald reporter that he would make
! several speeches III behalf OF the Demo
cratic ticket in Maryland. and would
| then proceed to Delaware, where lie
would perform a similar party service.
| Regarding the report that he had re-
[ fused 10 make speeches in New York, M.
/ Williams said that he had rendered his
I services Internationally to the Demo-
/ cratic Congressional Campaign Commit
/ tee and that he would cheerfully MI aEy
/ engagements made for him by the COM
/ mittee.
Sir ". II. Perkins and Lady Perkins.
/ accompanied by their two daughters, are
guests of the Arlington. Sir William Per
kins is one Of the most distinguished
/ chemists in Great Britain, md while
/ here he viii be shown much hospitable
attention by local scientists.
There Is no reason TO fear any Re
| publican losses in Indiana this year.
said that greatly-liked gentleman from
the IIoosier State. Hon. A. ". Wisharj,
ex-solicitor of internal revenue, at the
Riggs THE Democrats at best will not
elect more than two members Of Con-
gress, ard possibly only one. owing 70 the
| fight in the Third district, which has
/ produced two Democratic candidates,
| Messrs. Zenor and Cox. The Fourth dis
| tlict, represented by Mr.. Dixon, was cut
/ out for the Democrats. and there is