| Show THE FRIEND railway firemen pay a notable trib ute to president roosevelt Kooi evelt IMO no pres dent ever received ft a more notable tr bute from a labor ton t on than theodore roosevelt did at the convent on an 0 ot the brotherhood of loco motive I 1 bremen held in buffalo A pub I 1 c meeting was held on the night of sept 13 fully persons were in attendance crand grand master handalian IIan Han nahan in conclude ing an address called attention to the fact that a new york newspaper had ci ti sed the I 1 res dant because he had accepted an art honorary membership in the brotherhood of locomotive firemen let ma m say said mr nir hannahan IIan nahan that if the president of the un ted states or any other af of its e t zens does nothing noise oi se than accept men bersh p in th the s organ zit vit z it on he w 11 no n ther merit the ill will nor deserve the cens re of any of his f fello ello v men cheers if the rest of the public and barly those who mho are in trusted with the direction of our government and the management of the nat on s grei girtest test en ses would do as the pres dent and meet us upon a common level there would be fener fewer strides strikes and less strife and more of i bace and good will in the in lu world what has the pres dent done for you shouted an intoxicated man who stood near the stage door on the right what has the pres dent done re heated grand master hanrithan IIan Hann nahan ithan the pres dent has proven to the organized workingmen of this country tatt he has an interest intel inte est iest jn in their welfare by accepting an honorary mein mem bersh p in an tion of men whose faces are begrimed by smoke and dust and who daily and hourly face the gravest dangers dait gers the monster aud and ence burst into deafen ng cheers the tumult rolled from wall to wall and back men alen stood up on the beaches be achee wildly waving their hats and che cheering erin f for the fresi prom dent the demonstration was spon ganeous and vi as general all over the hall finally it died down and some one in the aud ence shouted hurrah for theodore roosevelt Roosevel tt and 4 nd again the crowds burst into cheers and when the second demon stra ti tion died out the intoxicated man was wa now here to be seen burdg dur ng the demonstration the men on the stage sat eilent silent and made no effort either to check or urge g on the e remark able ovation which the president had re the brotherhood does not per mit pol t cs s to influence its action but its members regardless of party enter tain a it gh op a on of president roose i elt elf and will stand by him as firmly as a he stands by thoin |
