The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-12
DINNER GIVEN IN
Mr.. BRYAN'S HONOR.
Distinguished Guest Tcndered
Splendid Banquet at
Murphy's.
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MAKES ELOQUENT SPEECH
MAKES ELOQUENT /:
SPEECH.

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AS fitting climax to the visit OF
Mr.. W. j. Bryan to the city n dinner
was given in Ills honor at Murphy's last
night ut the end OF which he fairly
charmed the guests with an eloquent
address OF about thirty minutes.
There were no other speeches except
that OF Mayor Mccarthy. who, as totsst,
Nebraskan ver tne appy
Covers were laid for about fifty.
At $3.50 o'clock the party marched
into the bNnduet hall the following
prominent guests leading: Mr.. Bryan
gressman Lamb with Hon. Henry G..
stuart. Judge Ingram with Judge
Scott. When the cigars were passed
around at about 9:45. Mayor Mccarthy
called for order and presented Mr..
BRYAN.
81 have no speech to make. said
the Mayor. and then he proceeded to
make one. and 1t was eminently fit
Our distinguished guest base Sc
'riously embarrassed me" he went on,
''by saying at the Fair Grounds to-
day. nll about himself that intended
to say tonight He Is. according to
,hiy own STANDARD. one OF the common
est white men l ever knew. l confess
there Is some little different between
us on the subject OF wealth. am
not so sensitive on the subject as he
seems 10 be. but perhaps I never got
close enough to IL to discover Its evils.
" don't care anything about Mr..
Bryan or Mr.. Anybody Else personally.
but this man we have with US Tonight
has aroused the admiration OF all the
people because he Is selt.created and
take pleasure In presenting to you the
8self.croWned leader OF the people OF
this country"
Enthusiastically Received.
arose, and It was some moments be-
f0 IL e ssc, s9sf .RBa9 ihe Mayor had
given him chance to deny some
charges that had frequently been made
agains 81, him n. $40. - ,o,,.. NAV o.hor
men, and desired no more credit than
many OF his fellows. He was like the
man at the fair who held to the rope
only hy' credi. Ss Claimed was that he had
sense enough to know It would go. !.
II give al the credit 80 my father"
money. but he lett me q good home.
and I regard that q richer legacy than
real riches.
he left m. also good advice. n, He
minority. but that | could not afford
TO be wrong. He told me the right
would ultimately triumph. nave mad
f fs,s Il 10 'a ae F M th aa ss ays o se
with the wrong.
The reason was prominent In two
had been prominent had left US. am
indebted to those who left us for this
relative prominence"
Mr.. Bryan conceded more moral
Tor no, himself. He said he had been
called a dreamer He He pleaded pleaded guilty
forever. while the toiler dies in q
The Jefferson was dreamer" he
governing people. He put that vision
on paper, and for more than century
we have been building the grandest
governmental structure the worid ever
saw. ... 49,.
I am honorcd for the things have
done, but for the things ! wanted 20
do. Mans strength does not ne IN
his personality, but in the IDEAS ne
stands for. and did not invent those
Ideas; / simply indorse them, The rea.
son they can't bury me is because tney
can't kill the things stand TOT. NY
faith in the fortune depends not upo"
men. but upon ideas"
Lists Of Gucsts.
Among those present besides the
~rests of honor named above were.
Robert Lecky, Jr, Riehmond' =. q
webb. Caroline Echo, Bowling Green
George Med, Blake. Representing ene
inuisa Enterprise: D. L. Toney. Man
chester, Va: Pembroke Petit, ealnyra,
Va; r. A. James, Danvil!e. Va; GsSSSe
m N Tap Asppomattox; j. q; coTley city:
Samuel Cohen, city: Judge r. carter
Scott, city; Frank Bl,ford,. BrunswIck
Gazette; e. P. Buford. LawrenceyilieiI
C. a. Boyce, Times-D!spatch; w. l.
,Dabney, Richmond; c. 3. Cooke; Eve
ming journal; Harry r. Houston Lamp
Ton: J. S. johnson. Mecklenburg Times,
Boydton, Va; p. c. Folkes. Richmond
n, 3. Early. Jr. Dawsonyilie; Coionel
William Bullitt Fltzhugh. Times, Cape
Charles; Thomas B. Robertson, Herald,
Eastville; r. L. Peters. Richmond; II.
r. Pollard, Jr, Riehmond Judge
p. owen, Jr., Chesterfeld: r. NJ. Lynn.
Evening Journal; ". NJ Turpin, Rich
mond; Colonel John Multiply. R1ch-
nnond; w. S. Copeland. Times-Dispatch;
w. A. Land. Blackstone Courier: WI
B. Leslie, The News. farewell y. q.
miller. Richmond; DR.. Robert II. Hos
kins, Mathews; w. l.. Ownbey, Sandy
Valley News. GrHndy; Leland Rankin
News Leader; William A. Anderson,
Lexington: ]. o, Shepherd. Palmyra; q.
w. Rountree, Richmond; Howell M. |