New-York tribune., 1904-10-20

commerce The engineers had left their posts or re-
sponsiohty They went on stIl9e' !. Inc III nl'I the
places Of those who had left their engines ana
one an Old engineer upon the Pennsylvania RAIL
road OF twenty years experience S Iocoroo
tive. the other engineer in saWihlll III -
northern part Of Missouri who ,5 saw fis e Iatter
showed the advertisement to coiP1lllC Is - civ
mill and told him he expected TO go 70 INaSs
and offer his services IN response 10 'he ''i'0
..VVhy." his friend said to him. "you know moth
ing about locomotive; you know all aD3uI q pa"
mill engine but about iocom0dse rsistH6t and
did not like the surroundings In Lne saw t WIt'ir ~
democratic aspect about them And ne persiISser pieeS
and off he went to Kansas City The I,eSa two ocs
the very same morning. The old engineer va, wgs
on Jones's Siding upon the hin and he performed
his work 20 absolute perfection Inen . I4S m .t
No. q passenger locomotive standing upon the side
Tbere aeN is IS no 1Gs need ed Of her here"
The sawmiii engineer jumi ed upon the foOtboarG.
and wished he was vas back back IN the saWmiL but 'ieFe
There stood the master msehanlc looking & on: 1os 80
and gave that lever yak slcn as 2 Il IL esI The eir
shot acIoss the turntabIe into the roundhouse and
nearly broke through the wall That "ouId not uD;;
not do There the master mechanic looking OH ;, on
SO he reversed once more and shSI & dCFUS tI 'I Vail III in
He though he was in the New Jerusalem; 30 re
taTd There was the master mechanic with his hair
literally standing up. He says: 80.
You old fool. what are you doIhS 'iie'S-
.aIyrgt Nv are YOU doing there? had It in there
tvvice and why didn't you shut the doors ,.a. In
4ba Ias+ twenty wears the DemOcTatc party nstS
bad the national engine in the roundhouse tTIce We
but Uncle Sam was wise en9uen h % cresf Suesfons
let consider the SSelt
hefore ms deliberately and we'll Let US coLsluL
them not in the light of passion, tor passl@o on lcS %
IIs over the pPecipice TO our fall Let US io =
slider them in the light OF prejudce LOT m ConsieT
the hind leading the blind But let US ~ Co ConslTSI @
them I'm the light of reason II we take ta oS
hest Interests there will be no douoC tndt On 49,?
veuher the American people VIII pIocId4nl IiGII
ReuubIican principles and the Republican admih-
Before close fellow citizens. wish to S,, thank n5
the splendid members Of the AneTlcuS fluo o5
PittsbiIrg for their patriotic services to-suL anu
7 wish TO thank an Of these other ciuo ortsaillzd-
tions for contributing to this magHhcent demon
natriotism. Now, fellow citizens. let US so aheau
with the purpose of securing the triumphant elcc-
ton Of our able. patriotic countryHEAn' 4heooore
Roosevelt.
At the end Of the meeting big wave Of hu-
raanity surged over to the platform as Senator
Fairbanks 9yas descending to the Twenty-sev-
enth-st exit The police tried vainly to keep
the people back The boards which the
newspaper men wrote were smashed into bits.
but the crashing and clamocng did not bother
the Senator George B. Cortelyou. chairman of
the national committed. and several police ser
thronE behind him held in check. MI
Fairbanks finally took a firm stand under the
platform, and with both HANDS shook the many
hands that were thrust out to him as the crowd
flied out