Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-02
GREAT DAv IN CANTON.
Thousands of Railroad Men Visit
Major McKinley.

II AooSutNuS was tAG SCGut VI Il Dig upm.
onstration in Canton, Ohio. There We're
ten visiting delegations of from 1000 to
5000 each and utilizing twenty-six. spe-
cial trains. and estimated at from 10000
to $4,000 people. After the two recep-
tions i'll the opera house in the forenoon
one to the visitors from Hutton, Verona,
Oak Mount and other burroughs of Aile-
enemy County. and the other to the enl-
ployes of the Carnegie City mills of Pitts
burg, the speech-making was transferred
TO the Mckinley lawn, part OF it being
done in the rain.
lt was the big delegation of railroad
men IRON Chicago. too large for any all,.
VINO set the example of defying the elc-
ments. They. with the three or four hun
dred telegraphers who came with them.
surrounded the little receiving stand on
tne Majors lawn and listened to and
cheered the assurances of hearty support
delivered by their spokesmen, ]. w.
Dodge, of the Illinois. aud NJ. J Burke.
"n behalf of the telesrapAers.
Mckinley to Railroad; Mon.
Maj. Mckinley responded To Toe rail
'ad men as follows:
| Ny fellow-citlzcns: 1t wonlh bc hard
cart indeed which would nat he mayed hv
I'M, ms splendid demonstration. ] bid you. each
nome. J. count 1t among the creates, !,unors
y. my me 10 nave a.OnU representative men
IRON .he great @ railroad lines of the cn,in,ry,
rentered in Chicago. cone 10 this city 10 rive
me NE their assurance that in the year 1893
% .aey stanI by proicction. reciprocity and
SCUM sound money These delega'in.,s ,:c;ninx
iohg distances present n rci,arj.,li!r pAlse
IN our political life and evidence ilit, deep
solcit,lde they have for the welfare of our
country. Such demonstration as this wonld
nor De possible If the people Of tie country
were NOT profoundly sensible OF the danger
nus ., menace which is presented IN .lie ma
tional contest of this year
You are here to-tluyl-nlcn of all nnr. es nuj
creeds-becluse You want to defeat Tho ef-
iorl which is now bein. assiduousty made to
DESTROY .s the credit and currency of The coun-
try. and also because. loving Inv ana order,
You want to stamp out the spirit of lawless-
ness and reputation which now ,hrenten It,
Your active Interest IN this contast for good
GOOD money will be helpful in every part Of
me country. and Inspiring to the friends Of
sp1a In 10 SoSernment ern,,I y everywhere
clty OF chicago are nenrly l1,OUD miles Of
railway have read the official Statement
Ds Seas your p raroad road s"mmssioneTs 60 and in The
shehse traffic of the Worlds rnir, t,a great
~ ever known 10 date, only sixty-fvn lives
N,fe saI'sa LOST. Truly %the lahorer is worthy Of
n3bllc, and. my feliow-citizeps, am glad 10
say that the wages Of the railroad ai-n are
larger by double in this country than III any
Your spokesman has justly observed! that
no body of Americans have create. interests
a. a.. STAKE , IN Ille pending political eanoaisn
taking the livelicst interest in tile proper
in 1t.
you, as Its adoption by Mexico hns ueant
to the railroad employees OF i'lat uounsry. IL
decreass In the purchasing power Of The
money In which they are paid of fully one
half, with comparatively no incre,ise in
wages. Not only that, hut it would mean
Inevitable decreased employment and gen.
eral distress. A 50-cent dollar, employees, of
the railroad companies. will no more add to
your earnings than the railroads would ada
TO their traffic by diminishing the size of
The railway men are deeply inter"siel in
the prosperity Of :he country. They know
from experience thar when the coun'ry is
prosperous railroads are prosperous. and
when railroads are prosperous they nave
steady work and rcmunerativo employment.
They know that when tine business .f The
country is poor the business Of the railroads
is poor and the employees suffer both in time
and pay They are interested, too, in good
money. and they are in favor of law aud
situtions for their children forever and
ever.
Talks to TeicEraphcrs.
Maj. McKinley's response to the ,eleg-
raphers was as follows:
And now. Mr.. Burke and gentlemen Of the
Telegraphcrs' Association Of Chicago, am
glad to greet Hou here with the railroad en-
cnce. Perhaps none Of as appreciate the de-
gree of universal acceptance that the .ee
graph has $50 ohtainc.l. I, remember rem as boy
graph into practical nse in the United
States. sent MS iirst greeting & aGross the
hath wrought Little did the people know
then what Il gift he had made to his future
cOuntrymen ana to the reinntest ases When
the Democratic National Convention IN 1s4i
was in session mt Baltimore. 1t is said. the
news of Mr.. Polk nomination was instant
ly telegmphed to Washington sixty miles
distant: but 1t found no credcncc there. Men
inent. and waited until 1t was verified by the
newspapers or the returning Delegates Per
hups the news was surprising. where a differ
eent result was so confidently espectetl, oni
1t illustrates the cre1uiity of She times and
the lack of confidence In scientific accuracy.
Contrast this lack Of faith with the faith
learned to read the clicking of the wires.
waited patiently ut the telegraph office In
Chicago for many hours for news from ap-
pomattox. and when at last the wires We're
clicking the news from Washington that Lee
had surrendered he .sprnng to his feet with
the happy exclamation. which proved, to be
j thank You. my fellow-citizcns, for your
call. and appreciate most hlghly, indeed.
your assurances of support which your eln,
Inent spokesman has presented to me. 4
wish l could shake hands with every man
in this audience. l do no. Know, that can
do It, but l am glad to meet and greet ynu,
and am glad to know that you are enlisted
in the great cause as against public repndia
tion.
Other uciczs tions Welcomed.
Two delegations We're nassed in one for
the next address. They were The people
of Mercer County. Pcnnsylvania, abcit
$500 in number. and the Butler County.
PENNSYLVANIA. delegation, also o. iarg.
one. These delegations brought three T
four bands. number of clubs and SOD
gayly uniformed men.
Congratulatory addresses were made ty
John r. Harris. puddle boss OF the Sharon
Iron Company's rolling mill;J j. M. Evans.
president of the Sharon Mckinley and
Hobart Protective and Gold Standasd
Club, and H. H. Zeigler, Chairman of the
Mercer County Republican Executive
Committee, on behalf of Mercer Counly.
and by Col. j. n. Thomas on behalf Of
Butler County. Each assured Maj. Ne
Kinlcy that his majority would be II.