The morning times., 1896-09-20

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the immense traffic Of the Worlds Fair
me grcatestcVer knownto date-oniy sixty
five lives were lost. Truly, the laborcl
is worthy Of his hire, and faithful 10 en-
ployer and the public, and, my fellow citi
lens, l AIN glad 10 say that the wages 81
the railroad men are larger by double
| IN this country than in any other count nv
| of the world.
Your spokesman has just observed that
| no body OF Americans has greater interests
at stake in the pending puiiticii campaign
| than the railroad men. who are everywhere
| taking the livclicst interest In the proper
| settlement or the great principles Involved
| IN II. The triumph OF IRE. silver would
mean To you. as the adoption by Mexico
! has meant tG-the railroad employees of that
| country, decrea So in the purrna sing power
OF the money III which they are paid Of
| fully one-half. with comparatively no IN
| crease III wages
| Not only that, hut 1t would mean in
| eritailc decreased employment AMI general
| distress. a 50-ccnt dollar. employees of
| the rai!road companies, will Du more add
to your earnings than the railroads woul,
| add To their traffic by Diminishing the size
| Of their cars.
! The railway men are deeply Interested
! in the prosperity nf the country. They know
| from experience that when the country
| Is prosperous. railroads are prosperous,
| and when railroads are prosperous they
| have steady work anI rcniuncrative en-
| ployment.
| STRONG POLITICAL FACTOR
| They know when The business OF tn.
| country is poor the business OF railroads
is poor, ana the employees suffer both III
time ana pay Tney are Interested, too
| IN good money aud they are III FAVOR OF
| law and order. Tney wan' to perpcruatr
our free institutions for their children
forever and torerermor". They ar. yea lous,
| like all good citizens, for the honor of til,,
country, and they mean to MAINTAIN I'M
suliicd the proud Fame or America.
They do not believe, either, IN public
| or private dishonesty. They want the
government 10 CENTS the t,.sl
currency known To the commercial world
and they want the railroad companies to
pay them IN the best currency IN the world.
currency that VIII not he questioned and
that VIII pass current everywhere for its
face value without discount OF deprcCia-
ton.
force IN our politics this year than the
men who traverse this country from one
end of 1t to the other, and Ia feel that a
large percentage of that force Is enlisted
IN the Republican cause aud is fight inr
for the success OF Republican principles Is
an assurance of victory which VIII gladden.
every patriotic heart.
You are always SolicituuS for the trains
III your charge. You guard them with
sleepless activity from wrecks and wreck
ers. and as citizens OF this glorious Rrpub-
lie. You are deeply concerned III It's progress
aud honor. and Will guard with equal care
from wreck the credit and currency and
courts OF the United States.
DANGER SIGNALS Needed.
The signals of danger to public safety
and honor are as quickly iuu IaunIully
needed by you as the danger signals when
your roaus have established Tor the safety
OF life and property committed To your care
The perils which life along the path or
the hatlunS progress you would nrip 10
remove as YOU would To remove those along
the track OF the railroads You operate
l welcome the railroad employees ul this
country as allies III tins contest for The,
country's mono" ana for the cuuntry's flag
The contest this year, my countrymcu II
1t results III Il Victory for the Republican
party. Will not be a mere party victory,
but "A victory deeper and broader and more
Significant IMAM tnat. Tor IL viii represent
the votes of men of all parties, who unite
with the Republican party in the patriotic
purpose 10 preserve III" honor of the country.
With tnc many delegations that are visit
ing me today, the one crowding the other |
am sure you Will excuse me from talkiug:it
greater length. much as 1 would be glad
To do for tins splendid audience OF earnest
aud patriotic men. | thank YOU one and
all, Tor this visit. 1t has been an in
SEPARATION 10 me, and l believe that 1T
will be OF valuable service in the fight
which we are all engaged.
Aud now, Mr.. Burke, ana gentlemen OF
the TelesrapherS Association OF Chicago,
l am glad to greet YOU here with The
railroad employees, who have honored me
with their presence. Perhaps none OF us
appreciate the degree OF universal ac-
ceptancc that the telegraph has ohtained.
remember. as a boy, OF reading how
Morst, the first 10 put the telegraph into
practical use in the United States, sent
his first meeting across the wires the
significant message; What God hath
wrought
BENEFITS OF EGRAPHY
Little did the people know then what "A
gift he had made to lis future countrynaen
and 10 the renutcst ages When the
Dcmocratl' national convention in 1874
was III session AT Baltimore il is SAID the
news OF MIR. Folks nomination was in
stautiy tcleErapncd to Washington sixty
miles distant. nut il found no credcnce
there. Men did not believe III the accuracy
of the statement and waited until il was
verified by the newspapers or the RETURN
ing delegates.
Perhaps The news was surprising where
Il different result was so confidently expect
Ell but it illustralest the credulit ofthc times
and The lack of confidence IN scientific
accuracy. Contrast this lack OF 1aith
with the story of the old man who. it is
reported. had learned TO read the clickihgs
oil the wires. waited patiently at the telt-
graph office III Chicago for many hours
Tor news from ApPoniattoX. and when at
last the wires were clicking the news
from Washington that Lee iau surrendered.
he sprang 10 his feet with the happy cN-
clanation. which proved to be his last
words-'Now l can die happy"
Congress gave very scanI aid to the
great invention, ana some of the old
statesmen Of that time laughed to scorn
"A proposition to make Il small appropria-
ton Tor connecting Washington and Bal
timore by a telegraph line, saying it was
chimerical and could not be done. And
yet they lived to see such lines practically
girdle the globe.
American genius aud enterprise, wiser
than the law-givers. was soon extending
wires every where, until now | believe
it is estimated that the American lines |
extend for go 900 miles. with $40 700
miles of wire. $4,000 offices and AZ, O00
employees. Everywhere the service is eff |
ficient and reliable, and l congratulate |
the telegraphcrs of Chicago, as the repre- |
sentatives OF the entire country, upon the |
marvellous skill, rapidity and accuracy |
with which the millions of messages al |
most daily are handled and transmitted. |
TALKED TO MANY DELEG ATOMS.
The delegations from Butler and Mercer |
Pa, were Just behind the Chi !
cago men As soon as the V could find room |
they took their places near the stand |
There were LOO in the two delegations |
Mai. Mckinley sspeech to the IN was heartily |
applauded |
delegation of Pittsburg and Western
Railroad men from FOxburg. Pa, were the |
next callers They all carried tin buckets, |
and repeatedly cheered Mckinley during
his speech to them.
At O'Clock the Commercial Travellers |
of Cincinnati called. Mayor John a. Caltl-
well accompanied them. They brought the |
Guard, Levi c. GoOdale was spokesman
Major Mckinley was most heartily cheered |
when he mounted the stand. He said:
Mr. Chairman and gentlemen OF the Com
nercial Traveller Association OF Cincin-