The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-20

CANTON. O.. Sept. 19.-All day long
the tramp of visiting delegations was
heard in Canton, and all day long
Major Mckinley was able to say:
How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him that bringeth good
tidings." for ten thousand voters called
to greet him and cheer him and to
promise him their support.
The greatest delegation of the day,
and of the campaign, was that of the
Chicago railway men. There were
nearly 5000 in the delegation. They
came on ten special trains and travel
ed all night in common day coaches
in order to see Major Mckinley. There
We're all working men-railway en-
ployees-and there were no officials
among them. They marched the streets
in splendid order with their own bands.
1t was stirring labor demonstra-
ton, and the spectators on the streets
were liberal in the demonstrations of
delight.
Major Mckinley was impressed with
the great outpouring of Chicago rail-
way employees, and he made them a
long speech, notwithstanding the fact
thar he had to stand in the rain to do
it, With the railway men was a fine
delegation of commercial telegra pliers,
nearly 200 in number. M. j. Bourke
was their spokesman.
my FELLOW CITIZENS.''
Mr.. ]. W. Dodge spoke for the rail-
way men. In response to these warm
~ applauded addresses. Major McKin-
ley said:
My Fellow Citizens:-It would be a
hard heart indeed, which would not be
moved by this splendid demonstration.
bid you, each and every one of you.
a, sincere welcome to my home
(Cheers.) I count it among the great
est honors of my life to have 5000 rep
resentative men of the great railroad
lines of the country conferred in Chicago
come to this city to give me their assur-
anceS that in the year 1896 they stand
by protection, reciprocity and sound
money. Great applause.) These dele
cations coming great distances present
remarkable phase in our political
life and evidences the deep solicitude
they have for the welfare of our coun-
try. Such a demonstration as this
would not be possible if the people of
the country
WE'RE NOT PROFOUNDLY SENSI-
BILE
of the dangerous menace which is pre-
sented in the national contest of this
year. applause and cries of 1--WE are
all interested.'O You are here today
men of all parties and creeds, because
you want to defeat the effort which is
now being assiduously made to destroy
the credit and currency of the coun-
try, and also because, loving law and
order, you want to stamp out the spir-
it of lawlessness and reputation
which now threatens it. applause and
cries of That's what we will do'0
Your active interest in this contest
for good politics, good government
good morals and good money will be
helpful in every part of the country
and inspiring to the friends of good
government everywhere. The railway
is the mightiest factor Of modern civil
lization. To trace the railroads his
tory during the past twenty years
would be to write
THE PROGRESS OF THE COUNTRY
itself, so intimately are they associ-
ated. To say they have cost 81, 600, 600, GOO
employ 100000 men, with 80, 600 loco
motives, $4,000 passenger cars and over
100000 other cars; that their capital
stock is $3.50, 0O0, 900, with funded debts
of $46S, 000,0 yearly traffic earnings of
$1,000, 900; net earnings S31S, 900, 900
and dividends $64, 600, 900 annually, con-
veys but a faint idea of how fully they
enter into every line of business and
affect directly or indirectly the great
masses of our people. Not only are
lives constantly in their keeping, but
every year they become more essential
to our subsistence convenience and
comfort (Applause) The greatest
tribute which can be paid to the rail-
way men of the country is that high
degree of care and attention and skill
which they give to the service-per-
forming the most delicate and RESPONSE
BILE duties, engaged in a business in
which both life and property are in
yolved, where heedlessness or careless
ness will sacrifice either or both; and
yet the percentage of loss is merely
nominal in both cases. Not only are
SKILL AND ENDURANCE RE-
QUIRED
in their exacting duties, but the great
est watchfulness and fidelity, and often
the keenest intelligence to think and
act Instantly under circumstances the
most perilous and trying. applause and
cries of That's right, Major.D I have
said that railroad men are cool and
collected. brave and vigilant in the dis
charge of their duties, GREAT applause
and cries of "HurTah for Mckinley },
and surely greater praise could not be
given them than this. Faithful unto
DEATH has been truly written OF many
a brave engineer, conductor or brake
man, who persisted rather than aban-
don his train when it was possible, at
the expense of Others. Great applause
and cries Of That's right.O So worthy
are these devoted servants of the pub
lie, so watchful that railroad accidents
are said by competent judges to be not
nearly as frequent or as fatal as other
modes of transportation. Your spol1es-
man has justly observed that no body
of Americans have greater interests at
stake in the pending political cam
paign than the railroad men, who are
everywhere taking
THE LIVELIEST INTEREST
in the proper settlement of the great
principles involved in it. (Applause.)
The triumph of free silver would mean
to you, as its adoption by Mexico has
meant to the railroad employees of