The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-21
President Mckinley Bids Chicago a
Fond Farewell.
TALKS TO RAILROADERS
THE TRAINMEN GIVE HIM A
GREAT RECEPTION.
President Praises Them For Their
Great Ability and Sterling Pat
riotism, Congratulates Them
Upon Their Prosperity-Also Pays
Tribute to the Heroism OF Soldiers

\
ley and the members of his party left
for Washington tonight. The crowd
that has followed him every time he has
appeared in public was with him to the
last and it required the efforts of 15C
policemen to restrain the throng which
packed the depot to suffocation.
Just as the train pulled out, the presi-
dent appeared on the car platform OF
the last car and bowed repeatedly as
the crowd cheered him.
The president spent much of the day
in rest and receiving friends of the
family. There were more than the usual
number of callers.
The prolonged banquet at the Audi
torium the night previous was not per-
| mitted to disturb the habit of early ris-
ing which the president had so closely
| adhered to for years. AT o'clock he
breakfasted and then kept open house
for Captain McWilliams' neighbors and
friends until luncheon hour.
Mrs. Mckinley has patronized the
| bazaar given by the women of the Holy
Angels Catholic church, by sending a
| donation for the movement The ladies
! in charge of the bazaar, wishing to
show their appreciation of the act, this
morning sent a delegation to Mrs. Nc
! Kinley, presenting her with beautiful
/ otNItS VASE ne ldQiGS NGlC lCoCANCQ
/ to the president and Mrs Mckinley by
/ Mrs. Lafayette McWilliams.
| After luncheon President Mckinley
proceeded to the First regiment armory
/ to attend the railroad mems reception.
From the armory he went to the Audi
| forum to meet a number of friends and
! while there was presented with me-
mortal in favor of international arbi-
I tration by the Chicago committee on
international arbitration and after lis
tening to the reading of the memorial
he said:
Il am indeed very glad to meet this
representative delegation and give you
the assurance that the subject of your
memorial shall enlist my early and
! earnest consideration. You are doubt
less aware that 1 have informed the
Car of Russia that the United States
will be represented in the proposed con-
greSS of peace. l suppose 1t might not
be inappropriate, when we form our
commission, to constitute it generously
from Chicago gentlemen who are so
thoroughly interested in the issue with
which it will deal, but we will take that
up later. 1 don't want it to take any of
you by surprise"
During the remainder of the day he
rested quietly at the McWilliamS resi-
dence until it was time for his train.
During the trip to Washington the
president will make stops and deliver
speeches at Logansport, Ind, Indian
apolfs, Columbus and Pittsburg.
The weather today. the last day of
Chicago's peace jubilee, was even worse
if possible, than that of the preceding
days Rain fell fitfully and a cold
breeze blew constantly. The railroad
mems reception, at the armory, was
President McKinley's last appearance
in Chicago during the jubilee.
TALKS TO RAILROADERS.
After the reception, the president adj
dressed the railroad men, eiiciting from
them the warmest applause, He spoke
as follows:
Il count myself fortunate to have the
privilege of meeting with this great
railroad organization, in this great
metropolis. l have had in the last ten
days many most interesting and pleas
ing experiences as l have journeyed
through the country, but l assure you
that not one of them has given me
greater pleasure than to meet the wo- |
men and men connected with the great
railroads of the country. (Applause.) /
1t is fortunate that this great body of !
representative men and women have
assembled in this city at a time when /
the people were celebrating the suspen- /
sion of hostilitieS with the hope OF an /
early, honorable, just and triumphant (
peace.
The railroad men of the country /
have always been for the country. CAP /
plause.) The railroad men of the coun-
try have always been for the flag of the
country, and in every crisis of our ma
tional history, in war and in peace, the
men of your great organization have
been loyal and faithful to every duty
and obligation. Yours is at once a pro-
fessiOn of great risk and of grave re-
spOnsibility. l know of no occupation
in the sphere of human endeaVor wh.cu |
carries with it greater obligations or
higher responsibility than Jue plO1es-
sion of railroad men. You carry the
of the country; you carry
the rich treasures Of the country from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, and you
carry daily and hourly the freightage
of humanity; they trust to you, your
to your Intelligence and your
fidelity the safe guarding of their lives,
and l congratulate the country from
the bottom of my heart that in this
great system. SO interviewer with the
everyday life Of the citizens of the re-
public, we have such splendid charac-
ter and such high intelligence.
Il bring to you today not only my
good will, but I bring to you the good
will and respect Of seventy millions of
American citizens. (Applause.) Your
work is before your countrymen, and
the unstinted praise and
approval of your fidelity to the great
interests you represent The virtue OF
the people lies at the foundation of the ,
the power of the people is in
he American firesiGe. The virtue that | ,
comes out of the holy altar of home is
he most precious gift this nation has.
md when the voice of the people speaks :
rom the home of the people it is a l
command to congress and the execu-
iVe-it is the law of the republic"
Il thank you, my fellow citizens for ! {
our cordial greeting, and | congratulate !
'ou on the evidences of returning pros |
'erity everywhere. Great aDpIausa) {
prosperity. Wien you have that you have I
Ometh:ng to do. when you have il moi / {
hen you are idle. There are few empties !
low on the sidetrack. Great laughter I
Dad men not employed now (Applaue.,) \
he more you see the freight car Sae I
ftener you see the paycar. (Applause)
i am very glad to observe the First .
hinois regiment Is in your presence to- :
ay. (ApplauSe.) That gallant regiment i
lade up of the volunteers from the homes l
I chicago, who took their lives into their Z
ands and went to Santiago to fight the =
attic OF liberty against oppression / am {
LAD TO nave This opportunity TO meet .
nem ana greet them and to congratulate ;
nd thank them in the name of the {
american people. And now. having said 1
ms J hope you know / will carry from y
MS place-from this audience from these ;
men and women. the pleas
ntest memory Of my Ions trip through
ne west"
At the conclusion of President McIin-
y s remarks the audience broke into wild I a
heers which lasted fully five minutes. I
OTHER SPEAKERS HEARD