Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-05
S9RYAN
IS IN1LONDON
Independence Banqueters Listen
to Nebraskin-.-.HiS Theme
The White Mans Burden.

was the central figure ut the annual
Independence day dinner of the Amer
lean society at the Hotel Cecil last
night. Ambassador Whitelaw Reid
and Mr.. Bryan engaged In some sharp
but good natured ralllery and banter
over political differences, the crowd
evincing its enjoyment of the sport
with cheers and shouts of laughter.
Mr.. Reid. In responding to Sir w. b.
Richmond's graceful proposal of his
health, said with reference to Mr.. Bry-
an: cat home, as a citizen, | have
openly and squarcly opposed him at
every stage of his conspicuous career.
l am reasonably sure that when re
turn home | shall continue to do the
same. | believe he tonight is as well
satisfied as | am, though by different
reasoning, that the country we both
love and try to serve has not been
ruined by its gold. Abroad, as the
official representative of the American
people without distinction as to party.
| I'm glad to welcome him here as Il
typical American whose whole life has
been lived in the daylight and one
whom such a great host of my country
men have long trusted and honored."
Mr.. Bryan, rising amid laughter and
cheers, said:
''The temptation to make a political
speech is strong within me. | have
not had u chance to do so for ten
months. However. / will restrain my
self. With reference to the ambassa-
doris remarks OH gold, l wish to say
that when | see the progress my coun-
try has made walking on one leg |
wonder what 1t would have done walk
ing on two legs. 1t is pleasing to tes-
tify that the ambassador not only has
fought me, but that he has done it
well. No American rejolces more than
l that he Is 1900 miles from his base.
While abroad / have met many good
Republicans-holding office-and | only
wish there We're enough offices abroad
to take all the Republicans out of the
country"
When the assembly arose to drink
the health of President Roosevelt the
crowd discovered Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth in the gallery and cheered and
drank her health.
The subject of Mr.. Bryan's address
was THE White Mans Burden" He
said:
1.-THE memory of the evening spent
with the American society Thanksgiv-
ing day two and Il half years ago is
such u pleasant one that l esteem my
self fortunate to be able to accept the
invitation so kindly extended by our
distinguished ambassador. Hon. White
law Reid, to he your guest Oh this occa-
Our English friends, under whose
flag we meet tonight, recalling that
this is the anniversary Of our nations
birth, would doubtless pardon us if our
rejoicing contained something of self
co%ngratulation, for it is at such times
this that we are wont to review
those national achievements which
given to the United States its
prominence among the nations. But |
hope l shall not be thought lacking in
patriotic spirit If instead Of drawing a
of the past, bright with heroic
deeds and unparalleled in progress, L
summon you rather to a serious consid-
GRAFTON of the responsibility resting
upon those nations which aspire to
premiership.
''This line Of thought is suggested by
Il sense of propriety as well as by re-
cent eXperiences-by Il sense of pro
priety because such Il subject will in
terest the Briton as well as the Amer
lean and by recent experiences be-
they have impressed me not less
with our national duty than with the
superiority of western over eastern
asking your attention to such a
theme 1t is not uniting to adopt a
phrase coined by Il poet to whom
America as well as England can lay
some claim and take for my text The
White Mans BURDEN
Take up the white mans burden
In patience TO abide,
10 veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride.
BY open speech and simple,
An hundred times made plain,
TO seek another's profit
And work another's gain.
Thus sings Kipling, and with the
exception of the third line (of the
meaning of which | am not quite sure
the stanza embodies the thought which
is uppermost in my mind tonight. No
one can travel among the dark skinned
races of the orient without feeling
that the white mar occupies an es-
pecially favored position among the
children of men, and the recognition of
this fact is accompanied by the convic-
ton that there Is II duty lnseparably
connected with the advantages enjoy
ed. There is a white mal's burden-a
burden which the white man should
not shirk even if he could, a burden
which he could not shirk even If he
would. That no one liveth unto him
self or dieth unto himself has a ma
tlonal as well us nm individual appllca-
ton. Our dcstinies are so interviewer
mat each exerts an influence directly
or Indirectly upon all others.
"Among the blessings which the
Christian nations are at this time able