Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-08
THE PRESIDENT
AS A FIREMAN.
He Has Been Chosen an Honorary
Member
OF BROTHERHOOD OF L. f.
He Returns Thanks for the Compli.
ment and Gives Ills Views on
Organized Labor.

Chattanooga, Tenn. Sept. S.-Prest
Roosevelt today was elected an hon
orary member of the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Firemen. He attended the
executive session Of the order In the
morning, walking from the hotel to tie
auditorium, distance of few blocks,
escorted by Grand Master Sargent
committee of the brotherhood ard a
detachment of troop b, state guard.
Acting Grand Master Hannahan well
coined the president, stating that his
attendance at the convention would DO
great good to organized labor, not only
In this country. but In Canada ard
other countries as well.
The president returned his thanks
fer the welcome and said he was glad
to be with the brotherhood. He said
the firemen's brotherhood was the re-
suit which naturally comes from tie
application of the principle of common
sense TO their work. He said that or
ganized labor never had made an un-
reasonable request of him, and that II
IL had he would have denied it, In
speaking OF the appointment OF Grand
Master Sargent, of the brotherhood.
to be a commissioner general or ia
migration, the president said 1t was
one of the most satisfactory appoint
mcnts to him and to the public he had
ever made; that Mr. Sargent has a
hard body and not a soft head.
John +. McNamee, OF Columbus, o.,
enc of the grand officers and Demo-
cratic member Of the legislature. moved
that the degree of grand honorary
membership be conferred upon Prest.
Roosevelt. The motion was referred 10
the committee on constitution ana bN-
laws. whose recommendation was
unanimous that the motion be accept
"a. The report Of the committee was
adopted by rising, unanimous vote,
and amid great cheers.
The president thanked the conven-
ton for the compliment paid him and
Grand Master Sargent then gave him
a pass which admits him to all meet
ings Of the brotherhood.
At this point the brotherhood ai-
io,,rned until tomorrow morning ard
| the public was admitted TO the au(ii-
| torium to hear the presidents address.
| While the audience was being seated
the band rendered "Amerlca," the pres
ident and others In the hall rising,
Discussing the benefits which have
grown out of the organization OF the
brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen.
the president said the brotherhood de-
serves much from all firemen. but he
firmly believed that the individual fire.
man since the growth Of the brother
hood had been more, not less. efficient
than he was 20 years ago.
"A great deal can be accomplished, :"
he said, by working each for all and
all for each. but We must not forget
that the first requisite In accomplishing
that Is each man should 60 on and
work for others by working for him.
self.
Il feel that organizations like yours
have tonic effect upon the whole body
polite II Is a good thing that there
should be large body OF our fellow cit
liens who exercise the old qualities Of
courage, daring and resolufe. unhinch-
Ing willingness to meet danger, and
that there should be profession whose
members must, year In and year out.
display these qualities. l hope to see
all our people develop the softer. gen.
tier virtues TO an ever-lncreasing de-
gree, but ] hope never to see them lose
the sterner virtues that make men.
The problem OF good citizenship Is a
problem OF producing good men and
women. All the organizations in the
world won't make coward or shirk a
good engineer or a good fireman. and
the best constitution will work but III
II we have not In the average citizen
something that stands as far above N
tellect as intellect does above mere
brute strength-character that Is COM
posed OF honesty, Of courage and of
hard common sense"
The president told of his trip over
the battlefield of Chickamauga yester-
day and drew a lesson OF the honor
shown by the armies OF the north and
south. The men who composed these
armies. he said. possessed the require
ments OF which good citizenship Is
made. He referred TO the inscription
on the monument raised by Kentucky
TO the Union and Confederate soldiers
from that state who fell on that bat
tlefield.
He read the inscription as follows:
"As we are united In life and they
united In death, let one monument per-
petuate their deeds and the people. for
getful OF all asperities, forever hold in
grateful co-remembrance all the glories
OF that terrible conflict which made all
men free and retained every star on
the nations flag"
THAT Is good sentiment: that Is a
sentiment by which We can all stand.
"And, oh, my friends, that sentiment
has its underlying spirit, a spirit Of
brotherhood. firmly believe in my
counrymen and therefore | believe that
the chief thing necessary in order that
they should work together Is that thy
should know one another; that the men
north should know the southerner; that
he man OF one occupation should know
the men Of another occupation. so we
may all realize that the things that d.
vide US are superficial. are unimportant
and that we are and ever must be knit
together In one indissoluble mass by
common American manhood"
As the president concluded he was
roundly cheered.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
Chattanooga, Tenn. Sept. s.-The
presidential party left at | 80 over the