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

that country, decrease in the pur-
chasing power of the money in which
they are paid of fully one-half, with
comparatively no increase in wages.
! (Cries of We don't want it, and we will
not have IT'D
Not only that, but it would mean
decreased employment and distress.
i The 50-cent dollar, employees of the rail-
ways, will no more add to your salaries
than the railroads would add to their
income by decreasing the size of their
cars. Great cheering and cries Of
Good ellough.o
THE railway men are deeply inter
ested in the prosperity of the country.
| Cries of You bet we are.O They know
| from experience that when the country
! is prosperous railroads are prosperous
| (cries of Yes, we DOB, and when rail-
roads are prosperous they have steady
work and remunerative employment.
! (Applause and cries of That's right.)
''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 y They are in
terested, too in good money Cheers,
and they are in favor of law and or
der. Great applause and cries OF
Eyes, yes; hurrah for McKinaey!'')
They want to perpetuate our free IN
situations for their children for ever
and ever after. tremendous cheering0
| They are jealous, like all good citizens,
for the honor of the country (cries of
1--WE are.'), and they want TO main
tain, unsullied, the proud name of
America (Great cheering.) They do
not believe in either public or private
dishonesty. applause and cries OF
No" "no') They want the govern
ment to pay it's debts in the best cur
rency known to the commercial world.
applause and cries of That's right. }
And they want the railways to pay
them in the best currency in the world
(great cheering and cries Of 'Hurrah
for Mckinley ')-calrrency that will not
be questioned. and that will pass cur
rent everywhere for its face value,
without discount or depreciation. Gre
newed cheering and cries of That's
what we want.'o 1 cannot conceive OF
A MORE POTENT FORCE
in our politics this year than the men
who traverse this country from one
end of it to the other, and feel that a
large percentage of that force is en-
listed in the Republican cause and is
fighting for the success of the Repub-
lican principles in an assurance Of vic
tory which will gladden. any patriotic
heart. Great applause.) You are al
ways SolicitouS for the trains In your
charge; you guard them with sleep
less activity from wrecks and wreck
ers; and, as citizens OF this glorious
republic, you are deeply concerned IN
its progress and honor and will guard
with equal care from wreck the credit
and currency and courts of the United
States. Great applause and cries Of
1--WE WIND 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 established for the safety of life
and property 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
remove those along the track OF the
mighty railroads you operate. l wei
come the. railroad employees of this
country as allies in this great contest
for the country's honor and the coun-
trys flag. Tremendous elleering0
1.-THE contest this year. my country
men, if it results In asyictory for the
Republican party, will not be a mere
party victory but a victory deeper and
broader and more significant than thai.
for it will represent the votes of men OF
lican party in the patriotic purpose to
preserve the honor of the country. Gap
plause and cries of You are right" ,
YOU BET.
with the many delegations that
are visiting me today, the one crowd
ing the ether, I am sure you will ex-
cuse me from talking at greater length,
as [ would be glad to do to this splen-
did o11dienoa of earnest and p9friOtic
men. / thank you, one and all, for this
visit; it has been an inspiration to me,
and / believe that it will be of in
valuable service to the cause in which
We are all engaged. Great applause.)
And now, Mr.. Burke, and gentlemen
of the Photographers association of
Chicago, L am glad to greet you here
with the railroad employees who have
honored me with their presence. (Ap-
plause.) Perhaps none of US appreciate
the degree of universal acceptance
that the telegraph has obtained. 1 re-
member as boy of reading how Morse,
the first to put the telegraph into prac-
teal use in the United States, sent his
first greeting across the wires-the sig
wrought'--little did the people know
then what gift he had made to his
future countrymen and to the remotest
ages (Applause) When the Demo-
cratic national convention in 1874 was
in session at Baltimore cit is said the
news Of Mr.. Folks nomination was
instantly telegraphed to Washington,
sixty miles distant, but it 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 returning delegates
daughter and applause) Perhaps the
news was surprising where different
result was so confidently expected, but
it illustrates the credibility of the
times and the lack of confidence in
scientific accuracy. Contrast
THIS LACK OF FAITH
with the story of the old man who, it
is reported. had learned to read the
tickings of the wires, and waited pa
tiently at the telegraph office in Chi
cago for many hours for news from
Washington that Lee had surrendered.
He sprang to his feet with the happy
exclamation which proved to be his last
words, Now can l die happy Great
cheering) 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 appropriation for connecting
Washington and Baltimore by a tele-
graph line, saying it was chimerical
and could not be done Qaughter), and
yet they lived to see such lines prac-
tically girdle the globe. American
genius and enterprise. wiser than the
law-givers, was soon extending wires
everywhere until now I believe it is
estimated that the American lines ex-
tend for 100000 miles with 100000 miles