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GLADSTONE AND BUFFALO BILL
The Grand OldMan Takes In the Wild West.
As Much Deligthed on Any Child - The Occasioina Glim Olen Opportunity for Making a Most Excellent Speech.
LONDON, April 30.- Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, yesterday afternoon, in response to the invitation of Buffalo Bill vlalted the grounds of the Wild West entertainment. A number of other prominent guests were present, among them being Consul General Waller, the Marqis of Lorne, and Co
lonerl Hughes Hallett, M.P. Mr. VFGladstone was presented to Red Shirt and had a brief interview with but throught an interpreter. THe ex-premier asked the Indian if he noticed amny difference between the English and America or if he regarded them as brothers. Red Shirt replied that he "didn't knotice much about the brotherhood." The 1500 workmen employed at the exhibition ground cheered for Mr. Gladstone and home rule. Mr. Gladstone and his wife bowed repeatedly in answer to the salutations.
Buffalo Bill's troupe gave a brillian exhibition of horsemansie, which elicited the wildes applause from the guests present. At the lunch subsequently given bu Mr. Cody to his guests, Mr. Gladstone made a speech. He said that it ws impossible for him not to express great interest in the spectacle which had that day been presented to him. The institution and progress of American had always been to him a subject of great interest ov er the time when many years ago he had studied the life of Washington. He had then become aware of two things: first of the magnitude of the destiny reserved for the people of America; secondly, that the period of the birth of the American states was of more surpressing interest that any other which it was possible to study. Whenever any young man desires of studying political life consulted him as to the course of study which he should persue in the fold of history ithad ben in his invariable practice to refer him to the early history of America. Now. the demtinics of the latter were assuming much great dimensions that the prospects of what was obtained in her future became almost too overwhelming for thought. But with prgress cam responsibilities, and the stronger and greter the Americans became as people the more it would be incumbet on them to set the world an example to be followed. He could not in justice to his subject lay before them impression of all he had seen that day. They had surprised the Englishmen in fonts of horsemanship. Although Englishmen believed the had surpassed all other natlong in that particular sport,. and he hoped that their exhibition would stir up British omnilation, and lead to further developments of what he might call the noble art.
He understood that the main purpse of the exhibition was to bring American life before the English people. If this was so, he could only say that there was no purpose he valued more. He believed that the exhibiton was a commercial specul.ation, and hehoped that it would be a good speculation. But it ws more than that. There was nothing more desirable on this side of the water than a true and accurate representation of the American World. About sixty years ago there existed, ad he believed much prejudice against England in America , and an equal amount of prejudice in America against Englad. He believed that those prejudices had disappeared. He believbed that the very workmen engaged on the exhibition groud rejoiced in being emplued in a task, the execution of which would bring England and America more closely together. God Almighty had made Englishmen and mericans kins men, and they ought to have inflections for one another. If they had not humanity would cry shame upon them. He rejoiced that the clouds which ahd parted them had almost disappeared from tjhe politicfal sky, and that the future was as bright and as promising as the warmest hearted among them could wish it to be. Half a century ago some admirable works on America had been published by, he regretted to say, not an English, but a French writer. Since them people in Englas had learned but little of America, which had during that time developed to an extinct almost incredible. America of today was as different from, the America of sixty eyars ago as the America of that period was from prairie life. America has not been idle since that time. She had gone through on of the greatest struggles known in the history of man,and he believes that the result of that struggle was what the massof the people of England wished it tobe. He believed that if theyh had to go through another similar trial, though that was scarcely possible, the result of the issue would be to the same in conclusion. He said that he could only express his warmest appreciation of the international character of the exhibition of the international character of the exhibition on, and that he had great pleasure in proposing the greatest prosperity to the wonderful enterprise.