The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-05

men have long trusted and honored."
Mr. Bryan, rising amid laughter and
cheers said:
The temptation to make u political
speech is strong within me. | have
not had chance TO do so for ten
months However. | will restrain my
! self With reference to the ambassa-
doris remarks Oh gold. wish to say
that when | see the progress my coun-
| try has made walking on one Leg
wonder what IL would have done walk.
ing OH two legs. II Is pleasing to ties
tify that the ambassador not only has
fought me, but that he has done II
| well No American rejOlces more than
| that he is 1900 miles from his base.
| While abroad | have met many good
Republicans holding Ottice-and ! only
wish there were enough Offices abroad
to take all the Republicans ont OF the
country"
The guests included Sir Lawrence
Alma Tadema. Sir Luke Fildes. w W.
Ouless. A. c. Cow. John MacWhirter,
Ernest Crofts. Sir Aston Webb. Paul
Morton Of New York. Franklin Mac.
Veagh OF Chicago, Representative Mich
olas Longworth of Cincinnati, A. $.
Ochs of New York and Colonel George
Harvey OF New York
During the dinner Ambassador Reid
read letter from Queen Alexandra
expressing tho keenest sorrow over the
Salisbury railway disaster and tender
ing her heartfelt sympathy TO all con
cerned, especially the young bride SC
suddenly bereaved." meaning Mrs
Frederick II. Cossitt OF New York.
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
THE memory OF the evening spent
with the American society Thanksgiy
ing day two and Il half years ago is
such a pleasant one that | esteem my
self fortunate to be able to accept the
Invitation so kindly extended by our
distinguished ambassador. Hon. White
law Reid. TO be your guest Oh this 0cca
sion 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
t..I
as this that we are wont to review
those national achievements which
have 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 n
picture of the past, bright with heroic
deeds and unparalleled in progress.
summon you rather to 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 eXperlences-by sense of pro
priety because sNch subject will in
terest the Briton as well as the Amer
lean and by recent experiences be
cause they have impressed me not less
with our national duty than with the
superiority of western over eastern
civilization.
Asking your attention to such Il
theme 1t Is not uniting to adopt
phrase coined by poet to whom
America as we'll 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,
TO veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride.
| BY open speech aud 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