The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-08
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Perry Belmont Makes Plea for Preservation
Of the Principles Of Democracy in Politics
IN New Book He Warns
OF Dangers in Secret
Party Funds
ssDERRY BELMONT has an

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other book outs'
.RealIy? How interesting But
I didn't know he had first book
out vet. NY ignorance. I'm sure.
but somehow I've never thought Of
him as an author. !,
Such q conversation was over
heard 4 few moments ago anent
the new book of Mr.. Belmont's that
has just appeared.
But Mr.. Belmont Is an author
three or four times, counting his
newest publication, Return to
Secret Party Funds with sub
title, Value of Reed COMMITTEES. !"
Nature Of Book
This quotation will give a pretty
definite idea Of the nature Of the
book and the side of the fence
over which the author Is seeing
political trends:
TN view Of an approaching
Presidential election. it has OBJ.
viously become OF the utmost i'm.
portance for the country to realize
4 situation, In regard to which 1T
81 not too much to say that 1t IS
tending to a resumption OF the
former methods Of secret political
contributions and expenditures.
Mr.. Belmont as Host
washington society Is inclined to
think of Mr.. Belmont in terms Of
brilliant dinner parties and lunch.
cons and other extravaganza" And
one does not usually associate
wealth with the Democratic Party
according to the memory Of the
writer, he is q follower Of Jeffer-
son. There are. however, few
be this species. For instance there
Is Mrs. Thomas r. Walsh. who
remains good Democrat de-
spite q Republican son-in law and
other Republican influences.
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HAVE PICNIC
AT FORT HUNT
Gen. and Mrs. T. @. Donaldson
motored over from Fort Howard,
where they are stationed now, to
have q picnic yesterday afternoon
at Fort Hunt, near Washington.
They had with them several guests,
including their son and daughter.
in-law, Lieut.. and Mrs. T. @. Don,
aldson. jr.
Mile. Lorando Prochnik, daughter
&c the Minister of Austria, and Nine.
Prochnfk, who Ii the guest of Miss
Laura Tuckerman, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman, at
her home at Southampton, Long Is
land, will return here the end Of
the month.
WASHINGTONIANS AT
GIBSON ISLAND
Major and Mrs. =. Goring Bliss
were at Gibson Island over the
weekend. They had with them as
their guests Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel
%. Haistead, Mr.. and Mrs. lack
Brewer and Miss Ruth Zilliax, of
Canada, sister OF Mrs. Halstead
who Is visiting in Washington.
Also at the club over the week
end were Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Grant, Of Washington. They had
with them Miss Bessie Love, A.
Won Steiner, George Muleay, and
Frederick Whelan.
50 ANANS5 anu AuESs IOOEBe ulNGE were
DOWN for Sunday and spent the
day on the bay IN their sailing
9esgel, having with them Freeman
Higgins and Lawrence Higgins. The
latter were at the club over Sat.
urday and Sunday as the guests
pf their mother, Mrs. Lawrence
Higgins, SRI, who Is sumfnering at
Gibson Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Summer
lin, 5r., who have cottage at the
Island for the summer, had as
their guests the latter's brother,
John Sumnnerlin, and Andrew
Wiley, of Washington.
Among the Washingtoniansd down
tor the golf tournament were Me.
Cook Dunlop, w. Csnby Marye,
Richard Porter Davidson and Brad
lev Davidson.