River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-09-24
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niehinley TO railway Employes-
Canton, o., Bert. 20.-Ecarcely had
the echoes of Fridays big demonstra-
ton at the home of Mai. Mckinley died
away ere the distant rumblings OF Sat
urday's doings were heard. Barring
the local campaign opened Friday, Sat-
urday was the biggest demonstration
since nomination day. There were ten
visiting delegations of from 1000 to g.
600 each, and utilizing 90 special trains,
and estimated at from 10000 to $4,000
people. After two receptions in the
opera house in the forenoon, one to the
visitors from Hutton, Verona. Oak
Mount, and other boroughs of Alleg-
hany county, and the other to the en-
ployes of the Carnegie City mills of
Pittsburgh, the speechmaking was
transferred to the Mckinley lawn, part
of ii being done in the rain.
1t was the big delegation of Chicago
railroad men, too large for any hall.
who set the example of defying the ele-
ments. They, with the 400 telegraph
ers who came with them. surrounded
the little receiving stand on the majors
lawn and listened to and cheered the
assurances of hearty support delivered
by their spokesman. j. w. Dodge. of the
Illinois Central. for the railroad men,
and NJ. J. Burke on behalf of the tel
sgraphers.
Maj. Mckinley responded to the rail
road men as follows:
II count II among the greatest honors OF
my life to have 5000 representative men
from the great railroad lines Of the country
centered I'm Chicago come to this city TO
give me their assurances that I'm the year
1896 they stand by protection, reciprocity
and sound money" These delegations
coming long distances present remark
able base in our political life and evidence
the deep solicitude they have for the well
fere of our country. Such a demonstration
as this would not be pc ssble If the people of
the country were not profoundly sensible
of the dangerous menace which is pre-
scented In the national contest of this year
You are here to-day-men of all parties and
creeds-because you want TO defeat the Of
fort which is now being assiduously made
TO destroy the credit and currency of The
country, and also because, loving law and
order. you want to stamp out the spirit OF
lawlessness and repudiation which now
threaten 1T. Your active interest in this
contest for good politics. good government.
good morals and good money will be help
full in every part of the country and in
spring to the friends of good government
everywhere.
1.-THE greatest tribute which can be raid
TO the railway men of the country Is shat
high degree of care and attention and skill
which they give to the service-perforn,ing
the most delicate and responsible duties.
engaged in a business in which both life
and property are involved, where needless
ness or carelessness would sacrifice either
or both, and yet the percentage of loss is
merely nominal ia both cases.
"Your spokesman has justly observed that
no body OF Americans have greater inter-
ejts at stake in the pending political cam
paign than the railroad men. who are
everywhere taking the iiveliest interest
in the proper settlement of the great p"in-
ciples involved in 1t. The triumph of free
silver would mean to you. as the adoption
by Mexico has meant to the railroad en-
ployes of that country, decrease In the
purchasing power of the money in which
they are paid to fully one-half. with COM
paratively no increase In wages. Not enly
that, but Ii would mean inevitable de-
creased employment and general distress.
A 50-cent dollar employees of the railroad
companies, will no more add to your earn
ings than the railroads would add to their
traffic by diminishing the size of their cars.
THE railway men are deeply intereSted
in the prosperity of the country. They
know from experience that when the coun-
try is prosperous railroads are prosperous,
I
| have steady work and remunerative en-
ployment They know that when the busi-
ness of the country is poor the business of
| the railroads is poor and the employees
suffer both in time and pay. They are in
4 terested, too, in good money and they re in
! favor of law and order. They want to per-
/ petuate our free Institutions for their chill
/ dren, forever and forever. They are zeal
| Gus, like all good citizens, for the honor of
! the country, and they mean to maintain
unsullied the proud name OF America.
| They do not believe in public or private
| dishonesty. They want the government to
J De its debts in the best currency known
! to the commercial world, and they want the
! railroad companies to pay them in the best
4 currency of the world-currency that Will
/ not be questioned and that will pass cur
| rent everywhere for its face value without
/ discount or depreciation.
Maj. Mckinley next addressed the
telegraphers briefly. Two delegations
were massed in one for the next address.
| They were the people of Mercer county.
! Pa, about 2 800 in number, and the But
| Ter county (Pa.) delegation, also large
one. Next he responded in turn to the
| committee of the Railroad Mems Gold
Standard club, of the northern division
| of the Pittsburgh d Western railroad,
! from Foxburg, Ia, the commercial
! travellers of Cincinnati, the Pittsburgh
| commercial travellers, the Hungarian
/ American citizens, of Cleveland, and the
/ Hardware Mems Mckinley and HUbar.
! club, of Cleveland.