Railroad telegraphers were the computer nerds of the 1870's. They
controlled the distribution of news, financial information, and the
importation of essentials into the cities of the continental interior ,
whose very existence was made possible by the railroad.
Thomas "Al" Edison was taught the business by his friend John A. Thomas,
then in Detroit and not much older than Edison although, at 22, he was a
creaky old geezer to the telegraphers. Thomas had got a good position
the minute the golden spike was driven due to the influence of his
prominent and liberal minded father, William O. Thomas of Macomb
,Illinois, my great-great grandfather- at least that's how the family
tells it.
Cyrus McCormick - "... a whirlwind in size 55 trousers..." -,of Chicago
had ,literally, revolutionized the world; for the first time, the
majority of the population did not have to be farmers. The railroads
completed the process; cities erupted in the interior, surrounded by a
sea of wheat, with the rockies in the background.
All of that was controlled to the tiniest nuance by the teen aged geeks
with a knack for electricity. It was just like the computer geek-dom of
today. Really was.
Taft was an appointed president
TR, by this time Elbert H. Gary's slave, made a deal with the hierarchy
( read Skull&Bones ) that he would not run again if he could pick his
successor, subject to approval by S&B.
He surprised them by choosing WH Taft, a thoroughly likeable
incompetant, totally devoid of ambition, who just wanted to golf and
party.......sort of like Quayle.. or Dubya.
WH was the son of Alphonso Taft, cofounder of the skulls, and he
cheerfully carried out whatever orders he was given, whether from his
wife or from his skull overseer, JOHN HAYS HAMMOND.
