Evening journal., 1894-07-18
The AMERICANS IN LONDON.


They Assembled TO DO Honor to tho
Yale Team.
A London dispatch Of to-day says.
'Ihe American colony in London gave
Yale supper last evening ia the Victoria
room of the Criteriona restaurant The
guests OF honor were the members of
Yale athletic team. Mr. tayard, the
United States ambassador, acted as
chairman.
GA Mr.. Bayard's right, sat Captain
Hicllok and the rest OF the ale team
On his left, sat Sir Richard Webster.
Judge Andrews. OF the New York Court
OF Appeals; President Sohmmau. of
Cornell University Sir John H. Pules-
ton, Member of Parliament: Judge Pat
terson, Of the Supreme Court Of New
York Henry White and other officers of
the United States Embassy and attaches
OF the United States Consulate General
Mr. Bayard spoke as follows.
Gentlemen, Friends ana Fellow
Couutrymen: We are all friends. AL
though we are not an fellow. country
men we were once. shall never
forget this occasion. II I did not
think 10 a serious play upon words !
would give expression TO the distortion
Yale fellows we'll met Laughter.
Americans and Engllshmen la sympathy
with America cannot contemplate with
out interest the coming across the Allan.
tic of handful of the average American
youth TO try in the old country the
vigor aud skill Of the new coun
try. There is only ono toast TO
night, and one reply Ny young
friends. sitting on the right, the simplest
mode is the best when men come 90 test
their best against the best OF England
10 was not barren victory that struck tho
shield Of the strongest that went into the
lists against the strongest to win or lose in
the friendly contest on Monday Honors
we're easy, but victory was not. Who
ever won, won by qualities chat ought
to win Ooe fact IN the heart
and mind OF every man present
was fair field and no favor IL
humanity has any duty, &c IS to hold
the scales Of justice even and not permit
fashion and prejudice to bear down either
side.
The test Of man aud the test Of
government IS TO see that a contest be.
tween man and man be attended with
fair play. 10 / know anything of
America and England the ultlm-
CIV NNAA MMANM NAAN AMNNM OF Nnn
President, the Lords, Senate or Commons
represent, is that we have fair play for
the individual. The spirit of yes
terday's manly endeavor is the same
10 principle that ought to pre-
vail in politics in every depart.
ment-that every man have his place
fairly If the laborer shall have the right
60 sell his labor at his own price, so we
find that In the athletics Of
body, mind and soul the
rights Of the individual man must
be admitted You name the Judges OF
the contest, we bow TO the decision.
knowing that where you find such Judges
modern civilization must fluid in them
the conscience OF the nation.
Among the others present were
Richard Harding Davis, Henry Welcome.
Walter Delmar, B. f. Stevens, Bradley
Martin, j. Phipps, John u. Lord.
Francis Pendleton. Colonel CHEESE.
brough, william Geddes, DR.. George
Field, J. Morgan Richards, T. "
Mattox, H. p Grace Harold Coolidge.
r. M Galloway, Henry Seymour, G ".
/ Van Slick John j. Coolidge and DR.
Donaldson Altogether there were l6a
/ present The large room was decorated
with American and British flags and with
the arms of every state ia the Union.