Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-05-26
THE ENGLISH QUEEN.
HOW THE BRITIsHRRs BANQUErED HER BIRTH
DAY-STIKRING SPEECHES BY PEARSON,
CRAWFORD, PIXEEY, BRYANT AND
GEORGE TRYER-A SCENE OF HI
A LARIOUS FEsTIvITY AND FLOW
s. OF GENUINE PATRIOTISM. Oh 3

| As the festivities and celebration OF the an
niversary of the birthday of her gracious Ma
jesty Queen Victoria lasted until after mid
night, a full account could not be obtained in
time for publication in the APPEAL Of yester
day morning and is given below.
The gathering was held at George Flyers
Hall near the railroad depot and every
''blarsted Britisher' in the city was there to
do honor to the occasion. The table was
loaded with the good things of earth, and the
hall was festooned with British and American
flags --.'-a' ~ '.'-
/ ORGANIZING. -----.-----
The gathering proceeded to organize at the
banquet board, with VIM. Pearson, President;
George w. Bryant, Vice President; David H.
Lentz, Secretary. There then being no spec
ial business before the meeting. the President
suggested that the health Of Queen Victoria
should be drunk standing. The words had
hardly loft the speakers mouth, when shout
Of applause went up and those present rose
In body to second, and carry the presidents
popular motion. Next came q fusilade of
corks popping from two dozen bottles Of cham
| paign, and while the shower Of corks was be-
ing lodged, and the drinking WAS going Oh
| the band played God Save the Queen"
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
When this interesting ceremony was over
| the President called upon for speech
| and responded as follows:
Fello,o Countrymsn: In common with
H.. I e..1 - ~. ~
the anniversary which We celebrate to-day.
To-day il craven in the heart of every English
man, whether he walks under the oaks of the
British Isle or wanders amid the towering
crags and gray sagebrush of Nevada. APP
plause. Though a vast territory and a fa.holn-
less ocean stretches between US and our birth
place the wing Of memory takes us back to
the wavebeaten shore, which though sar-
rounded on every side by the sea is still the
mistress Of it. Profound applause.] Each
birthday Of our gracious Queen tells of the
continued onward march Of Great Britain and
the permanancy Of a power which has stood
second to none since the forces of Henry the
Fifth began the work at Agincourt, which the
Iron Duke flushed at Waterloo. Prolonged
cheers. see above me the tigs Of America
and England twisted together emblematic of
the peace of the two great powers upon the
globe. [Applause. We Englishmen are
proud of America. The people of America |
whose progress and cviliz .tion takes no second |
place iii history, came from the good old
English stock and Great Britain looks with
paternal pride upon his noble son. APP
plause.] The Republic under whose laws we
live to-day could not have sprung from any
but British loins [Cheers] We have had
cur differences, of course. What we'll regu-
lated family is without theml Laughter. But
there will be no more, and the Eagle Of the
Republic will greet the Lion Of St.
Marc Applause. Let Ms, therefore, drink
to the health of both.
Amid good hearty British cheer the guests
rose and gave the noble beast and plucky bird
= regular send off and toast. H..
Mr. Bryant then responded to the toast re-
marking "Show me the man of any nation
who would dare pluck feather from the
Eagles wing, and if such man exists, then
,how me another who would have the nerve
20 take the feather and tickle the Lions nose
With it," He sat down amid a general roar
md the band played the Star Spangled Ban
,er. l.
THE PREsIDENTToAsfBp. '.'s
The next toast was The President of the
United States" to which Mr.. Seymour Pixley |
aade the following appropriate reply: "We
Americans Yankees, meas-dont celebrate
nybodys birthday but Washington. We
ave new deal, you see, every four years
We are having one this yearl and We haven't j
ime to keep tho run Of the birthdays. II b
70 did, you can readily see that. with nearly
wo dozen Presidents and more wanting the !
lace, in . hundred years more We would Be b
unning sort Of hold ever drunk all tho time. =
respect your Queen ~ being
ady Of brains and accomplishments, bat in
america vs prefer man to run the govern. /
,ent, and q. s. Grant is the man We propose !
o have for the next four years. [Applause I I
nd cries of Blaine, Tilden, Bayard. Hancock, !.
tc. There seems to be such diversity of Il
pinion here that guess I'll let the matter
Q decided at the November election" The Il
peaker resumed his seat amid laughter and
bouts of "Good enough" while the band
layed an air from Martha.
.tF=a THE rrxG OF TIE UNION -13B' | J,