The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-09-21
SHOUT FOR ROOSEVELT
Public Meeting of Locomotive
Firemen Goes Wild With En-.
thusiasm For the President.
Brotherhood Resents the Cauard That
the Executive Is Not a
True Friend.
GFrom the Buffalo Expire ). Sent. 10


The big public meeting held last
night In Convention hall 10y the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen of
America, now in convention In this
city, wound up In most remarkable
demonstration for President RooSe-
welt. 1t WIS the big feature of the
monster meeting not on the pro.
Eramme, and by reason of the acct.
dent of II and its consequent sponta-
ncity it proved beyond the faintcst
shadow of doubt that ut least one
powerful organization that has been
an honor aud credit to American labor
for more than n quarter of century
is heart and soul for Roosevelt.
The Roosevelt demonstration was
most sensational. Convent, III hall was
packed from the stage To t. entrance.
FULLY 1000 men and Women We're
there the attendance taxing the sent
Ing capacity to such an extent that
many extra benches had TO be placed
close up to the stage.
Edward \. Manly, secretary of the
Interstate commerce col..uission, In
the course of his speech had called at
tentlon to the fact that II New York
newspaper had criticised the president
because he had accepted an honorary
membership i'll the brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Firemen.
Let me say" sHid Grand Master
Hannahnn, that II the picadent of the
United States or any other of its citl-
Aens does nothing worse thln accept
membership In this organ alton he
will neither merit the Ill viii nor de
serve the ccnsure of any of his fellow
men lChecrs.
If the rest of the public. and partic-
ulnrly those who are intfUsted with
the direction of our government and
the management of the nations great
est enterprises, would do as the presl-
dent and meet us upon common level,
there would be fewer strikes and less
strife and more of pence and good Will
III the Industrial world"
''What has the president done for
your shouted I'M intoxicated man who
stood near the stage door on the right.
What has the president doncT" re
pented Grand Master llHnnahHn. The
president has proved to the organized
workingmcn of this country that he
has nm interest I'm their welfare by ne
eeJting an honorary membership In nm
organization of men whose faces are
bcBrimcd by smoke and dust and who
daily and hourly face the gravest dan
gers
The monster audience burst into
deafening cheers. The tumult rolled
from wall to wall und back again.
Men stood up on the benches. wildly
waving their hats and cheering for the
president. The demonstration WIS
spontaneous and was general all over
the hall. Finally 1t died down and
some one In the audience shouted:
'Ilurrah for Theodore RooHevelt!"
And again the crowd burst into
cheers. and when the second demon
stration died out the intoxicated man
was nowhere to be seen.
During the demonstration the men
on the stage sat silent and made no eff
fort either 10 check or urrc on the re
markable ovation which tie president
had received, and when 1t was over
Grand Master IIannahan went on with
his speech without reference to the
subject.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men has II membership of 1890 men,
nearly all of whom live in the United
States. II has been said before that
the railroad men of the country thor
oughly believed In and supported
Roosevelt, and if any proof of that AS
sertIon was needed it was amply fur
nished last night.