The herald., 1898-10-21
WINDY CITY WEATHER
STOPS A PARADE OF JUBILEE
PEOPLE
THE RAILROAD MEMS MEETING
Roused to High Pitch Of Enthusi-
asm by an Address of the
President
Associated Press Special Wire.

CHICAGO, Oct. 2O.-The weather for to-
day, the last day of Chicagos peace jubilee,
was even worse, if possible, than that OF the
preceding days. Rain fell iitfullySanda cold
breeze blew constantly. Preceding the chief
event, the railroad employees reception to
the President, Mr.. Mckinley spent the time
quietly at the homd of Captain McWilliams,
receiving only few callers, and being en-
gagged. principally with Assistant Secretary
COrtelyou.
to the First Regiment armory,. where, to-
gether with Mayor Harrison, he was re-
ceived by large gathering of railroad en-
ployes. After the reception, the President
addressed the railroad men, eliciting. from,
them the warmest applause. The railroad
reception at the armory was President Nc
Kinley's last public appearance in Chicago
during the jubilee, wet weather having ne
cessitated the postponement of the bicycle
parade. The Presidential party will leave
at II o'clock tonight on the Pennsylvania
special train.
RAILROAD MEN MEET
Judge Barton Paine was one Of the chief
speakers at the meeting OF the railroad men.
He said:
"Few events in the history of the country
more fittingly illustrate the dignity Of labor
than this great meeting and the presence
here of the President of the United States.
There is no room under our system of gov
ernment for discussion of the so-called
classes and the masses; here the son of the
artisan, the farmer, and the day laborer may
in signle generation reasonably hold any
of the great offices in the gift of our people,
and may become one of the wealthy of the
land. That this not only may happen but
has happened SO often as to cease to be
matter for comment we all know.
"Your organization has constantly refused
to lend itself to the visionary aid of utopian
schemes which constantly appear and re.
appear and are forgotten. No man is a
friend of labor when he is not willing on all
occasions to tell the truth in the discussion
of public questions: No part of our people
stable and just government than the per.
sons called the laboring men. The rich and
powerful can protect themselves, the poor
need the protecting hand of stable institu-
tions and the demagogue should find no
place."
The mass meeting was in the nature of
formal opening of three days conference of
railway employees called to draft measures
for national and State legislation applying
to organized labor. In the gathering were
represented the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, the Order of Railroad Conduc-
tors and Railway Telegraphers Union. The
ladies' auxiliary in each of the orders as
niseeu III tne RECEPTION 10 tne Iresluent. "A
throng gathered outside the Armory two
hours before to cheer Mr. Mckinley upon
his arrival, Mr. McKinley's party was con-
Quoted to the first balcony, from which he
looked out upon the thousands of railway
men. The galleries overhead were filled
with men, women and children. Then the
enthusiastic reception accorded the Presi-
dent upon his arrival at the Armory was
sufficient assurance that the railway men
appreciated his presence.
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