Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-07-05
ORATOR
At AMERICAN
BANQUET IN
LONDON
NEDKANkAN
AT HIS BEST
Duty Of White Man 10 His
DuSky Brethren.
PLEA FOR ARBITRATION OF
INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES
Christian Nations Must Lead in Move
ment for Universal Peace Says
Democratic Leader.
PLEA FOR ARBITRATION OF
INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES

London, July 4.-William J. Bryan
was the central figure at the annual
Independence day dinner of the AMI
erican society at the Hotel Cecil to-
night. Nearly 500 members ANA
guests surrounded the society's board
and cheered the patriotic sentiments
with the peculiar zest born of exile.
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid ald
Mrs Bryan engaged in some sharp
but good humored raillery and banter
over their political differences, the
crowd evinclng its enjoyment of the
sport with cheers and shouts of laugh
ter.
Mr.. Reid, in responding to Sir Will
liam Richmond's graceful proposal Of
his health, said with reference to MI.
Bryan:
"At home. as a citizen, I have open
ly and sduarely opposed him at every
stage of his conspicuous career. 1 am
reasonably sure that when I return
home, l shall do the same. l believe
that he tonight is as well satisfied as
[ am, though by a different process of
reasoning, that the country we both
love and try to serve. has not been
ruined by the sending or its gold
abroad. AS the official representative
of the American people, without dis
tlnction as to party, am glad to well
come him here as a typical American,
whose whole life has been lived in the
daylight, and one whom such a great
host of my countrymen have long
trusted and honored."
Mr.. Bryan, rising, amid laughter
and cheers, said
"The temptation to make a political
speech is strong within me. l have
not had q chance to do so for ten
months. However, will restrain my
self With reference to the ambassa-
doris remarks on gold, wish to say
that when see the progress my coun-
try has made walking on one leg, !
wonder what it would have done walk
ing on two legs. 1t is pleasing to tes-
tlfy that the ambassador has not only
fought me. but that he has done it
well. No American rejoices more
than l that he is 1900 miles from his
base. While abroad, hP.ve met many
good republicans-ho offices and
| only wish there were enough offices
abroad to take all the republicans out
Of the country"
Chairman w. J. Jones proposed the
health of King Edward and Hayward
Greenwood, president of the Canadian
society 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 Long
worth in the gallery, and cheered and
drank her health.
Following the passage between AMI
bassador Reid and Mr.. Bryan, the lat
ter read his formal speech, as follows:
The subject of Mr.. Bryans address
was THE White Mans Burden" He
said:
The memory of the evening spent
with the American society, Thanksgiv-
ing day two and a half years ago, Is
such a pleasant one that l esteem my
self fortunate to be able to accept the
invitation so kindly extended by our
distinguished ambassador. Hon
Whltelaw Reid, to be your guest on
this occasion. Our English friends
under whose flag we meet tonight, re-
calling that this is the anniversary Of
our nations birth, would doubtless
pardon us If our rejoicing contained
something of self-congratulation, FOL
It Is at such times as this that we are
wont to review those national achieve
ments which have given to the Unit
ed States its prominence among th'
nations. But | hope I shall not b.
thought lacking in patriotic spirit II
instead of drawing a picture of thu
past, bright with heroic deeds and un
paralleled In progress I summon yot
rather to a serious consideration o.
the responsibility resting upon thos'
nations which aspire to premiership
This line of thought is suggested by
sense of propriety as we'll as by re
cent experiences by a sense OF pro
priety because such n subject Will in
terest the Briton as we'll as the Amer
lean, and by recent experiences be
cause they have impressed me not les
with our national duty than with tn
superiority OF western over easteri
civilization.
Asking your attention to such
theme II Is not uniting to adopt
phrase coined by poet to whom
America as we'll as England can Ia