Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-09
AT CHATTANOOGA.
Unstinted Praise for Grand Master
 Sargent and His Men.

Unstinted Praise for Grand Master
 Sargent and His Men.
 CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Sept. g. President Roosevelt made a ringing address after his election as an honor ary member of the Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Bremen. He attended the executive session of the order in the morning, walking from the hotel to the Auditorium, distance of few blocks, escorted by Grand Master Sargent, a committee of the brotherhood and a de tachment of Troop B, state guard.
 The brotherhood first heu it's execu- tive session, which the president at tended Acting Grand Master Hanna han welcomed the president, stating that his attendance at the convention would do good to organized labor not only in this county, but in Canada and other countries as we'll.
 The president returned his thanks for the welcome and said he was glad the fremen's brothefhopd was the re- suit which naturally. cpmes from the 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 if it had he would have denied it.
 In speaking of the appointment of Grand Master Sargent of the brother hood to be the commissioner general of immigration the president said it was one of the most satisfactory ap- pointments to him and to the public he had ever made; that MT. Sargent has a hard body and not soft head
 At this point the brotherhood ad- Journed for the day, and the public was admitted to the Auditorium to hear the presidents address. While the audience was being seated the band rendered America" the presi- dent and the others in the-hall rising.
 Mayor Chambliss delivered short address of greeting, in which he wei comed to Chattanooga the firemen, whether they came from Canada, Mexico or Oyster Bay. After an ad- dress of welcome in behalf of the state by Governor McMillin and an address by Grand Master Sargent, interspersed with music, President Roosevelt was introduced by Acting Grand Master Hannahan.
 His reception was most enthusiastic, the audience rising to it's feet and cheering.
 When the president addressed the convention as my brothers" he was cheered again. He said he was glad to be here and joined with the others in extending cordial welcome to the vis- itors from Canada and Mexico. He to this meeting.
 T always have, gentlemen, admired greatly the railroads of the country, and do not see how any one who be- lieves in the fundamental principles of citizenship can fail to do so''
 He compared railroad men to soldiers who are accustomed to taking risks acting on their own initiative and obey ing orders. Tn raising his own regi- ment, he said he got a number of rail- road men. Of course the first requisite was that man should know how to ride and how to shoot. Giving them these two qualities. he found there was no better group from which soldiers could be drawn than railroad men.
 ''At the opening of the twentieth cen tury we face conditions vastly changed from century ago." he said. 'tWe, as people, find awaiting us problems which need our best thoughts to solve''
 The president referred to the good work accomplished, by the Brother hood of Locomotive Bremen.
 'T believe emphatically,' he said, ''in organized labor. The worth of an or ganization depends upon its being han dled with the courage, the skill, the wisdom, the spirit of fair dealing as between man and man and the wise self restraint which I am glad to be able to say your brotherhood has shown"
 The president said that he had been profoundly impressed by an inscription he saw on the monument to the Fed eral and Confederate Kentuckians on the battlefield. He read it:
 "As we are united ia life and they united in death, let one monument per petuate their deeds and one people, for getful of all asperities, forever hold in grateful remembrance all the lines of that terrible conflict which made all men free and retained every star on the nations flag"
 That's good sentiment" said the president when the cheers died down, ''and what does it mean but this one thing - brotherhood = brotherhood in business, in work, in good citizenship, tn the nation brotherhood"
 Washington Lawyer Killed by Train. 2 WASHINGTON, Sept. 9-While driv- ing across the Baltimore and Ohio rail- road track near Tacoma park. several miles from this city, Major Daniel O'Driscoll, one of Washington's prom inent lawyers, was struck by a train and instantly killed. He came to this city from Chicago, where he was prom inent both in thesla x and in nontics.