The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-24

me today, the one crowdng the other.
am sure you will excuse me from talk
ing at greater length, much as | would
ne Slaq to do so to this splendid force.
| thank you one and all for this visit.
IL mas been an inspiration to me. and |
believe 1t 10 be Il valuable service to the
| cause
! And now, Mr. Burke and gentlemen
OF the Telegraphers' association of Chi
| CaSo' am glad to greet you here with
the railroad employees, who have hon
ored me with their presence. (Applause.)
Perhaps none of us appreciate the de-
gree of universal acceptance that the
telegraph has obtained remember
when boy of reading of Professor
Morse. the first to put the telegraph to
practical use. the first message, which
read: What God hath wrought
Perhaps the news was surprising
when different result was so confident
~ expected; but it demonstrates the in
credulity of the times and the lack of
confidence in scientific accuracy.
Contrast this lack Of faith with the
faith of the old man who is re-
ported to have learned to read
the clicks of the wire and who
waited patiently mt the telegraph
office in Chicago for many hours for news
from AppomatoX, and when ut last the
wires were clicking the news from Wash
ington that Lee had surrendered, he
sprang to his feet with the exclamation,
which proved to be his last words: Now
| can die happy (Applause.)
american genius and enterprise,
wiser than the law, was soon extend
ing wires everywhere until now. | be-
lieve that is estimated that the Ameri-
can lines extend 25.000 miles. with $780,
600 miles of wire, 100000 offices and
4GO.OOO employees. Everywhere the SER
vice is efficient and reliable and | con-
graduate the telegraphers of Chicago, as
the representatives of those of the en-
tire country, ON the marvellous skill.
rapIdity and accuracy with which the
millions OF messages almost daily are
handled and transmitted. applause
1t Is gratifying, too, to find them as SEN
slble IN politics as i'll business (applausc).
as quick to enhance the prosperity of
the country and rs unitedly in support
OF the right as they are uniformly at
| tentive and obliging to the public.
thank you, my fellow citizens. for your
| call and l appreciate most highly indeed
| your assurances of support which YOUR
eloquent spokesman has presented to me.
l wish ! could shake hands with every
man i'll this audience. | am glad to
know you are enlisted in the cause
against reputation" (Tremendous
cheering)
The crowd was so large and other dele
cations crowding around SO fast that
| the usual program of shaking hands had
| to he eliminated. Those nearest Mai.
Mckinley made rush for him, and. be-
sides tearing down part of the stand al
most tore his clothes from his back.
Two delegations were massed in one
for the next address, They were the
people from Mercer county, Pa, about
300 in number, and the Butler county,
"a, delegation, also a large one. Eight
delegations brought three or four bands.
a number of clubs and 400 or 800 gaily
! uniformed men.
Congratulatory addresses were made
by John b. Harris, puddle boss of the
Sharon Iron cOmpany's rolling mills
J. NJ. Evans. president of the Sharon
Mckinley and Hobart Protective and
Gold Standard Club. and 4. ii. Beigler,
chairman of the Mercer county repubi-
can executive committee. Each assured
Maj: Mckinley that his majority would
be the largest in the history of the Key
stone state.
Maj. Mckinley hurried =" tHo house
when his address was finished to pay
some attention to visiting callers await
ing him. He had just reached the door
when the committee of the Railroad
Mems Gold Standard Club of the north
em division of the Pittsburg and West
crn road, from Foxburg. Pa. over
hauled him and demanded response to
the introduction of their president, d. G.
MOrarity of FoXburg.
The next delegation to seek an audi
cncc was the commercial travellers of
CINCINNATI. accompanied by Maj. Cald-
well and number of prominent Cincin-
matt business men. This was n large
and distinguished delegation. which had
literally packed train of twenty
coaches. The members of the organi-
cation wore white hats, large badges and
canes and were of very stylish ap-
pearance. Music was furnished by the
First Regiment band. Levi G. GoOdale.
eX-presldent of the Cincinnati Chamber
of Commerce, was the spokesman.
The Cincinnati delegation had sur
rounded Maj. Mckinley and were shak-
ing hands with him at the rate of more
than one a second when horsemen es-
corted long line of carriages and a
longer one of marchers to the gate. This
body was the commercial travellers of
Pittsburg, with their wives and lady
friends in the carriages. They brought
floral tributes of immense size and
great beauty to Mr.. Mckinley. and their
pi'siu'hI pld'tu IL liTSc TOSelle DduSo,
with special inscriptions, on Maj Nc
kinley's lapel. Addresses were made
by Percy +. Smith and William H. Reed.
president of the Pittsburg Commercial
Travellers Council.
The next company was composed of
Hungarian-A citizens of Cleve-
land, each of whom waved small
American flag. DR.. Swearington made
an address.
The last callers were the Hardware
Mems Mckinley and Hobart Club of
Cleveland and their employees. 1t was
in charge of the president. Maj. Gram
mel, Each of the men in the party wore
a white duck cap and carried little flag.
INTENDED AS A. REPLY.
Chicago. Sept. 19.-An audience in
Central Music hall greeted Governor Alt
geld tonight. His address was chilly in
tended as a reply to the address of Carl
Schurz. delivered some weeks since from
the same platform.
A street parade preceded the speech in
the hall and the local democracy turned
out in great force. Governor Altgeld was
greeted with great applause when he adj
vanced to the front of the PLATFORM and
he was frequently interrupted by cheer
ing.
ADDRESSED PENNSYLVANIANS.
Several DELEGATIONS From the keystone