Show PRESIDENT AND fraternities in receil recon ing the members of the national fraternal press association at the session recently held in washington D 0 president roosevelt said gentlemen of tho the national fraternal freds association I 1 am delighted and exceeding pleased to meet ou especially in view of the nature of the interests into rosta you cepro sont sent you being tho the re represent presenta tives 0 whose business busin efti it ia Is to care for the homo home it 11 1 I am not greatly mistaken you have the same object in view and are adopting largely the same methods 0 o of government which prevail in the national government of our country and in d no government will over ever be PO perfect until every citizen can say 1 I am my brothers keeper it ie is very gratifying to me moto to learn of the tho magnificent v work ok your havo have already accomplished in re liev eing ali necessities of the wi widows dows and cr phana of your da do ca ers in working out the great problems which confront our nation we must depend wholly upon the venti sentiments ments which actuate ind and pervade your fraternities viz tho the brotherhood of man and the sacredness of american home life I 1 ac act confident that in the final an analysis alsis wo we shall find that the stability of our government depends not so much on our armies amies and navi navies 9 though they may bo be vastly important but rather wo we will have to depend upon the brother brotherhood bood of nu humanity manity as represented in tho great reat fraternities the fraternal societies represented by your as are in my opinion one of 0 the greatest powers powen tor for good government and the protection of the homo home that we have in the country thia this goT government emment will endure jast just so long ar wo we protect tho the great interests int oresta represented by your orders I 1 thank you gentlemen for thi this interview and I 1 am heartily with you in this gro t fraternal work and trust that you may succeed in your present mission to washier ton at the close of this impromptu speech the president shook handa hands moat ment canaly with each member of tho the delegation |