The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-09-28
TRUE PUBLIC SERVANTS
Railroad Engineers of New
Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania.
MET In MULLoNE'S OPERA HOUSE,
Addresses by Governor Albeit
Prosecutor Winfield, DR.. Scud-
der, Chief Arthur, Ex.Sen-
tor Edwards and
Others.
NET In MULLoNE'S OPERA HOUSE,

hero was amply dem onstrated yesterday
Opera House was packed from orchestra
to gallery with an audience which had
assembled to honor those modern heroes,
locomotive en- gineers. The occasion was
union meeting held by Jersey City Dt-
vision No. SO, Central Division No. 157,
Hudson Division No. 1876, Hoboken Di-
vision No. III. Quaker Division No. 109
and Unity Division No. 235 OF the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers
Over the stage was the motto: "Wel-
come Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers." Among those who occupied
seats behind the footliGhts were:-Gov-
ernor Leon Albeit, Mayor Cleveland,
District Attorney Charles H. Winfield,
William d. Edwards, Corporation At
torney Robert Hudspeth, State Senator
Cornish of WASHINGTON, p. NJ. Arth ur,
Grand Chief Engineer; G. r. Dority y,
Grand Chaplain; A. b. Youngston. AS
sistant Grand Chief Engineer of the
lector p. H. O'Neill, County Clerk Dennis
Mclaughlin, John p. Feeney, Benjamin
Haffner of Port Jarvis who is said to
be the oldest active engineer on
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern road, having handled the throttle
since 1889; William H. Lewis, master
mechanic, Morris and Essex division;
Charles Graham, master mechanic,
Scranton division of the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western; w. G. Watson.
division superintendent; J. Fessenden,
train master, and t. Oldcorn, master
mechanic of the West shore; J. H. Oh
hausen, superintendent, G. w. Williams,
constructing engineer, and G. w. Null
ford, master mechanic of the New Jersey
Central; j. l.. Crawford. superintendent
of the New York division; Il. 4. Brooks,
chief engineer New York division; James
master. and Clayland Tilden. superinten-
dent freight department. OF the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
After Cranmer's orchestra had played
spirited march. the Chairman of the COM
mittee OF arrangements, James G. Currie.
called the meeting to order. He said
that the iobject of the gathering
was to bring together in a social way as
many locomotive engineers as was pos
sible.
1t was always customary, he con-
tinued. for the engineers to open and
close their meetings with prayer. and he
would therefore call upon G. r, Dority,
the Grand Chaplain OF the order, for
After prayer by Mr., Dority, Mayor
Cleveland was introduced He welcomed
the railroad men to Jersey City in one OF
his characteristic speeches.
GOVERNOR ABBETT'S ADDRESS,
He was followed by Governor Albeit.
The Governor was received with great
enthusiasm, and after it had SubSided ne
said:-
1T gives me greau pleasure to witness
this public demonstrations to an organiza.
tion whose fidelity to duty and careful
p,&l f,v. hIIn aof fafn n n
have endeared them To the entire COM
manity. When / read to you the motto
that governs them you will agree with
me that they deserve public commenda-
tion Their motto is; 'Sobriety and
truth; justice and morality; de-
fence, not defiance !; re ason, not
violence These sentim ents have con
trolled this organization, SO far as my OBJ
servatioH has gone, not only among us.
but all over the country. There is no
body of men to whom the public is more
Indebted than to these engineers Who
daily, nay hourly, have in' their keeping
The safety of millions Of people. The en-
gineeI through day and night stands at
his post sober and reliable, and when any
conflict has come between him and his
employer he has met 1t with calmness
and sobriety and a proper regard for the
why the Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers is the pet of the public.
when travelling on the cars at night
are we nervous or timid? No; we know
that the engineer at his post will do his
duty and we lie down to sleep as undis-
turbed as though we We're In our homes.
], as Governor of the State, have pleasure
in testifying to my admiration for this
great order. These meetings will make
thera think that the public is with them
and inspire them with a renewed pleas
ure in doing their duty.
"I know of no position where intelli-
qeuce, fearlesSness of danger and q sense
of duty are more prevalent than in that of
the locomotive engineer. In battle, the
soldier is inspired with the love of coun-
Try and the fame OF dying on the battle
field, but the engineer has nothing to
actuate him but the sense of duty.
take pleasure in being here because / am
sure that the State is indebted to the
locomotive engineers" IApplause.l
PROSECUTOR WINFIELD.
There was more music and then Dis
trct Attorney Winfield spoke.
''You see q train." he began. ''and you
look at the man who controls the train.
You see him with his overalls on, his face
beRrimed with oil and smoke, and his
hand on the throttle. Today you see him
without his overalls and with his face
cleansed from the oil and smoke, and you
think you are in the presence OF college
professor. That shows what RESPONSE
DiAteT " III W. lOh NhOAO oAStN - ~
sponsibility there is no manhood. Every
thing drifts to association. We have our
labor organizations and our social clubs,
although /, as married man, must say
that the best club is home with the wife
and children. (Applause.) Perhaps
some OF the men here will not agree with
me. am not surprised, as am accus-
toned to being eontradicted and expect 4
to be until die.
II am not going to fiatter the locomo-
tive engineers. am not demagogue. L
say you look like college professors be-
cause responsibility has made you men,
bat you have your faults. Naughter ana
applause) The trouble with labor organ
izations Is that The poor artisan stands on
the same level with the good artisan and
then where is the incentive to men of gen
ius to endeavor to excel. Labor organi-
cations are the prey of demagogues. The
first demagogue climbed over the wall of
Eden and lied to our mother Eve. and
they have been lying ever since. Long
laughter aud applause,l You, however,
will not be the prey of demagogues; you
have no use for them"
Mr.. Winfield then dwelt upon the way
Numa, the Roman King. eradicated the
national prejudices of the Romans and
Sabines and welded them into powerful
Homogeneous nation by organizing the
rarious trades into associations. From
his he pointed out how the labor unions
n this country would be the means Of
Eiping out the national prejudices Of men