The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-27
|MR. CHOATE JOKES BRYAN Repartee Keen And Sparkling.
 THANKSGIVING IN LONDON American Society Banquet
 At The Hotel Cecil. United states Amassador Bantess the Nebraska Man on Protection and Gold and is Replied to in Kind. "a

tel Cecil tonight. Tnere were over " covers, William Jennings Bryan was the guest of honor.
 The speeches while favored by the usual seasohable cheer and references to nglo-American friendliness. developed particularly into duel of repartee. good natured, but almost sub-acid. between Mir. Bryan and Ambassador Choate. There were a number of notable guests at the banquet. including the Duke of Marlborough. Earl Oenbigh of the Hon orable Artillery Company: Lord Davey, General Ian Hamilton, Gilbert Parker, Major Arthur Lee, formerly military at tache at Washington. now civil lord of London; Miss Evans, Mrs. Ronalds, Countess Denbigh. Major D. Budworth, of the Honorable Artillery Company and several members of the House of Com mons.
 Marlborough's Toast.
 The Duke of Mariporough proposed . toast to President Roosevelt and address ing himself to the interests which Eng land and the United States have in common. referred in terms of the high est praise to President Roosevelt and spoke feelingly of the late Sir Michael Herbert.
 Ambassador Choate, responding to the toast to his health, which was proposed in complimentary terms. by Lord Davey. LOOK up In5 OuhC Ol 0AaktUOtUa8Ao AOA- erence to the mutual sympathies Of the American and British peoples, and said that there had been reason therefore to suspect some such sentiment on the part of the Duke. since. he had set an example in one form of the Angio-Aner-1 lean alliance on which the people of both countries were able to look with entire approval.
 Turning to Mir. Bryan, MT. Choate said | . 4ha nf AFnartea from their native shores, to gather au- nualIy and return thanks. The American |saefety Tt London had now among them another of these exiies. for whom per sohaily he, as ambassador. had been do- ing the best he could. He had taken Mr. Bryan to visit the Bank of England. where he was able to study the fiscal question in it's native lair. The conn pany would be edified, said Mir. Choate. had they heard Mir. Bryan cross exam ming the Governor of the Bank of Eng land. The ambassador said he had aided Mr. Bryan to hear Mir. Asquith, Mir. Chamberlain. Lord Goschen and Lprd Rosebery. all within forty-eight hours, SO if his views on the fiscal question were utterly mixed they would appre- ciate at least the quality of the man they had before them.
 An. Ovation to Bryan.
 The speech of the ambassador was fol- lowed by an ovation to Mir. Bryan, which lasted for several minutes. Mfr. Bryan, in responding. paid a graceful tribute to the English guests of the so- ciety. He said the highest compliment he was able to pay was that in looking over the tables he was unable to distin- guish the English from the American women present He thanked tho British nation for the kindly forbearance it had shown in receiving him, the protectionists for letting him land at all. and the gold bugs for not having deported him im- mediately after his arrival. MT. Bryan said he had profited exceedingly by his visit to the Bank of England. He want ed to call attention. however, to the fact that the murderous attack by an insane man with 8 revolver on Kenneth Grahame. the secretary of the bank, oc- cured the day before he called.
 Touching the theme of Thanksgiving day, Mir. Bryan spoke eloquently of the natural resources and advantages of the United States for which the people must return thanks to God and of the ideals of liberty and progress for which they must thank their English progenitors. He urged the necessity of the present generation bequeathing to posterity some gift commensurate with the blessings they had received from their ancestors and suggested that they bequeath the ideal of international amity of which The Hague Arbitration Tribunal was a lasting monument.
 Hail to the nation" concluded Mir. Bryan, whatever her name. who leads the world toward thiS higher ideal for the lasting good of all humanity"
 Barrow Nix Convicted.
 Columbus, Ga., Nov 26.-In the trial of Barrow Nix. aged 16, in the Superior Court here for the killing of John T. Edwards. in an oats patch, claimed by each last summer. the jury rendered a verdict of guilty of murder tonight with a recommendation of mercy. NIX shot the son of Edwards at the time he killed the elder man and the young man died later from the wounds. Nix was tried for killing the elder man. There Is an indictment against him for killing young Edwards. An appeal will be taken.
 Tn Berlin.
 Berlin. Nov. 26.-Three hundred mem bers of the American colony here at- tended Thanksgiving banquet at the Kaiserhof tonight. Ambassador Tower, | who presided. proposed toasts to Pres | ident Roosevelt, Emperor William and the German royal family. Professor W. A. Brown, of Union Seminary. delivered an address on American Ideals" The | felicitatons of the colony were cabled l to President Roosevelt.
 In florence.
 Florence. Italy. Nov. 26.-In the cele- bration of Thanksgiving day services were held in both the Protestant and Catholic Churches here, attended by the members of the American colony A banquet was held tonight and among those present were Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain). Consul J. A. Smith, Thomas Ford, George Gregory and Ad- miral Watson.
 In Munich. Munich, Nov. 26.-The American colony here celebrated Thanksgiving day by a banquet tonight at which over 200 were present. United State0 Consul General