The Forrest City times., 1906-07-06
BRYAN AND REID.
AMBASSADOR AND PROSPECTIVE
 PRESIDENT
Make Pleasant Sallies on Indepen- dence Day in "lunnon,
 Town.

London.-willlam J. Bryan was tho central figure at the annual Inde- pendence Day dinner by the American colony at the Hotel Cecil Nearly 500 members and guests surrounded the board and cheered patriotic senti- ments with the peculiar zest born of exile
 Ambassador White1aw Reid and Mir Bryan engaged in some sharp. but goodhumored raillery and banter over political differences, the crowd enjoying the sport with cheers and shouts Of laughter.
 MT. Reid, in responding to Sir w. B. Richmond's graceful proposal of his health, said with reference to MT. | Bryan
 At home as a citizen I have openly and squarely opposed him at every stage of his conspicuous career I am reasonably sure that when l re- I turn home l shall continue to do the same. l believe he, tonight, is as we'll ! satisfied as l am, though by different reasoning, that the country We both | love and try to serve has not been ruined by its gold standard As the l official representative of the peo. pie without distinction as to party, I am glad 10 welcome him here as typical American. whose whole life has been lived in the daylight and one whom such great host of my coun- trymen have long trusted and hon. ored''
 Mir. Bryan, rising amid laughter and cheers, said:
 The temptation to make political speech is strong within me. have not had chance to do so for ten months. However, I will restrain my self. With reference to the ambassa- dors remarks on gold. wish to say | that when l see the progress my coun- | try has made walking on one leg, I wonder what 1t would have done walk ing on two. It is pleasing to testify
 that the ambassador not only has fought me, but that he has done it
 we'll No American rejoices more than
 that he is three thousand miles from
 his base. While abroad, I have met many good Republicans, holding office. and l only wish there were enough off, | fees abroad to take all the Republi- cans out of the country"
 Chairman F. w Jones proposed the health of King Edward, and Hayward | Green, president of the Canadian S0- cety, and member of parliament for the city of York, proposed the health | of President Roosevelt When they arose to drink to the toasts the crowd discovered Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
 in the gallery and cheered and drank
 to her health
 Following the passage between Ann
 bassador Reid and Mir; Bryan the lat | ter read his formal speech. The read-
 ing of the speech proved dsappoint-
 ment to the crowd, which wanted ora
 tory, unhampered by manuscript
 J. l.. Griffiths. the American consul
 general at Liverpool, answered for the | guests, and won rounds of applause
 when he compared the financial and
 meatpacking scandals of the United States to spots on the sun, and paid
 his respects to those persons who could see the spots, but not the sun.
 The American and British flags
 were draped on the walls of the dining room and the orchestra played a pro- 1 gram of American melodies. During the dinner Ambassador Reid
 read a letter from Queen Alexandra
 expressing the keenest sorrow over the 1 Salisbury railway disaster.