Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-28
FHE STRENUOUSLI LIFE
resident Roosevelt Busy Even When on the Deep.
LIKED FREELY WITH ALL SAILOR MEN

1alted by Delegate of Colored Re-
 Dublican Club and Booker Wash-
 inGton's Secrctary-Firm as to
 Negro Troops' Discharge. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S. President Roosevelt on his trip to and from Pan
 ma on the battleship Louisiana mixed EEEeely with the officers and men, of
 Ehom he speaks in the highest com
 nendation He participated in the
 laief petty officers mess and visited ehe branch of the Army and Navy 46nion, which has an organization of
 bout fifty members on the Louisiana ond whose meeting place was way down h the hold of the ship. As the NGhip was passing Hatteras on the way h0me the president had the engineer
 epartment steam up, and for three S8hours the vessel made run of 1872 knots, which is half a knot in excess |sof the contract requirements.
 On the homeward trip vaudeville was given by the men 1n honor of the president and Mrs. z Roosevelt.
 There was programme of sixteen 0elections made up of songs, sketches, nolos of various kinds and monologues. *Uunday as the vessel was nearing the
 Virginia capes the president delivered Fl speech to the men assembled on &Soard the vessel in which he told them
 hat he had experienced and gave
 hem some advice. His remarks were zns follows:
 ssCaptain and officers and enlisted mon of the Louisiana:
 Fl wish to thank you for as pleasant md interesting trip as any president has ever had on land or sea, and SEro6table trip, too. Not only I do not nee how any president but do not 1noe how any good American can fail ID believe with all his heart in the United States navy, can fail to do all (hat in him lies for the officers and 9xnen of that navy in order that the Fnavy itself may be brought to con- ptantly increasing state of perfection soD formidable fighting machine. This 1e the third of our great ships on which I have spent some time, the Gther two being the West Virginia and mo Missouri. I am very proud of the 'nhips-I am even prouder of the men Enboard the ships.
 One thing more take this chance S1o say. have been astounded and mortified at the attitude of certain of Hour people ashore in declining to allow Bncle Sam's men when they have their uniforms on to come into places of somusenent. Outside of Washington l lave no control over those places of s0musement; in Washington I have, and any place of amusement to which ad- mission is denied to reputable men who are behaving themselves who wear the uniform of the army or the navy will lose its license if it is in my power to cause the loss, and l think III is.
 The first official callers the president rece. d upon resuming business brought up the troublesome question Of the dismissal of the negro troops of the Twenty-fifth infantry. They were Charles Anderson, collector of internal revenue, New York. and F. J. Scott, private secretary for Booker T. Wash lngton.
 Anderson came as representative ef the colored Republican club of New York, and Scott was the messenger of Mr. Washington. When he first ar rived at the White House, Anderson declared that his errand related merely to an unimportant official matter. Aft q having seen the president he decided to tell what brought him to Washing ton and then said he came here 10 ask the president to do justice to the col pred soldiers.
 Both Anderson and Scott were rather retlcent regarding what occurred. but It was apparent that they got very lit- tie encouragement from the president. Mr. Scott said he presented 10 the president a petition from Booker T. Washington. fin which plea was made for the dismissed soldiers.
 It is learned that the president stood firmly by his last declaration. He is willing to take up the individual cases of the men if it is shown that they were not responsible for the troubles that brought on the discharge ordered. but he has no intention of resembling or even modifying his order.
 Scott and Anderson had a talk later with Secretary Taft. It is reported that on account of the very great pub lic interest in the discharged soldiers the president may issue a statement explaining further his attitude
 A report says that the president be- lieves the people of Porto Rico are en- titled to American citizenship and will recommend that this he granted 10 them in a special message to congress.
 President RooseyeIt's annual mes sage. it is said. deals with the expan- sion of the powers of the federal gov ernment to grapple with questions that have heretofore been for the most part left to the states.
 He advocates the supervision by IT, cense or otherwise of all corporations other than railways doing interstate eommerCe business.
 He advocates 6 bill providing for a more elastic currency
 He asks the eight hour day for rail way employees and the adoption of the block signal system.
 He fsvors publicity of campaign ex-