The record-union., 1896-09-20


dollar, employees Of the railroads, will no
more add to your salaries than the rail-
roads would add to their income by de-
creasing the size of the cars. (Great
cheering and cries of Good enough.O
The railway men are deeply inter-
ested in the prosperity Of the country.
(Cries of You bet we are.D They know
from experience that when the country
is prosperous railroads are prosperous
(cries of Yes, we doO, and when rail-
roads are prosperous they have steady
work and remunerative employment.
(Applause and cries of That's righto
They know when the business of the
country is poor the business of railroads
is poor, and the employees suffer both in
time and pay. (Cries of That's right.
Major.O They are interested, too, in
good money (cheers), and they are in
favor of law and order (Great applause
and cries of Yes, yes; hurrah for Nc
Kinley.) They want to perpetuate our
free, institutions for their children for
ever and forever more. tremendous
cheering) They are Jealous, like ali
good citizens, for the honor of the coun-
try (cries of We areo, and they mean
to maintain unsullied the proud name of
America. (Great cheering) They do not
believe in either public or private dis
honor. applause and cries of No, no.)
They want the Government to pay It's
debts in the best currency known to the
commercial world (applause); and they
want the railways to pay them in the
best currency of the world great cheer
ing and cries of 'Hurrah for Mckinley
currency that will not be questioned,
and that will pass current everywhere
for its face value without discount sor
depreciation. Renewed cheering and
cries of That's what We want.O
Il cannot conceive of a more poten-
tial force in our politics this year than
the men who traverse this country from
one end of it to the other and to feel
that a large percentage of that force is
enlisted in the Republican cause, and
is working for the success of the Re-
publican principles, is an assurance OF
victory which will gladden. every patri-
otic heart. Great applause) You are
always solicitous for the trains in your
charge; you guard them with sleepless
activity from wrecks and wreckers, and
as citizens of this glorious republic you
are deeply concerned in it's progress and
honor, and will guard with equal care
courts of the United States. Great ap-
plause) The signals of danger to
public safety and honor are as quickly,
as faithfully, needed by you as are the
danger signals the roads have estab-
lished for the safety of life and prop
erty committed to your care. Great
cheering) The perils which lie along
the path of the nations progress you
would help to remove, as you would re-
move those along the track of the
mighty railroads you operate. L well
come the railroad employees of this
country as allies in this great contest
| for the country'S honor and the coun-
try's flag. tremendous cheering.)
THE contest this year my country
men, if 1t results in a victory for the
Republican party, will not be mere
party victory, but a victory deeper and
broader and more significant than that,
for it will represent the votes OF men OF
all parties, who unite with the Repub-
lican party in the patriotic effort to
preserve the honor of the country. (Ap-
plause) With the many delegations
| that are visiting me to-day, the one
crowding the other, am sure you will
excuse me from talking at greater
length. as / would be glad to do to this
splendid audience of earnest and pa
triotic men. l thank you, one and all,
| for this visit 1t has been an inspira-
ton to me, and / believe that it will be
of invaluable service to the cause in
which we are all engaged. Great ap-
plause)
And now, Mr.. Burke and gentlemen
of the Telegraphers' Association of Chi
cago, l am glad to greet you here with
the railway employees, who have hon
ored me with their presence. Gap
plause) Perhaps none of US appreciate
the degree of universal acceptance that
the telegraph has obtained. l remem-
! Der as a boy of reading how Morse, the
| first to put the telegraph into practical
use in the United States, sent his first
greeting across the wires. the signifi-
cant message. What God has wrought.
Little did the people know then what a
difference he made to his future coun-
! trymen and to the remotest ages. CAD
plause) When the Democratic Ma
tional Convention of 1914 was in session
at Baltimore it is said that the news Of
! Mr.. Polk's nomination was instantly
] telegraphed to Washington, sixty miles
distance. but found no credence there
Men did not believe in the accuracy of
| the statement, and waited until it was
verified by the newspapers or the re-
| turning delegates. daughter and ap-
| plause) Perhaps the news was sur
/ prising, where a different result was so
! confidently expected, but it illustrates
! the credulity of the times and the lack
of confidence in scientific researches.
| Congress gave very scant aid to the
great invention, and some of the old
statesmen of that time laughed to scorn
| a proposition to make a small appro-
priation for connecting Washington and
Baltimore by telegraph line. saying
it was chimerical and could not be done,
and yet they lived to see such lines prac-
tically girdle the world American in
Genuity and enterprise was soon ex-
| tending wires everywhere, until now. l
believe, that it is stated that the Amer
lean lines extend for 250.000 miles, with
100000 miles of wire, 10000 offices and
$4,000 employees. Everywhere the sery-
| ice is efficient and reliable (great cheer
/ ing), and l congratulate the telegraph
ers of Chicago and the representatives
of those of the entire country upon the
marvellous rapidity and accuracy with
which the millions of messages almost
! daily are handled and transmitted.
! Applause) 1t Is gratifying, too, to
! find them as sensible in politics as in
business great applause) as quick to
enhance the prosperity of the country
and aid unitedly in support Of the right,
as they are attentive and obliging to the
public Great applause)