Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-21
GOVERNOR AND M. G.
SPEECHES BY GENERAL BEAVER AND
HON. JOHN DALZELL.

The Head Of the Commonwealth Received
Observation-Disclosures and HumOr In His
Remarks-Kr. DalzeIps Tribute 10 Mr..
CarnegIe-TwO Excellent Addresses.
Chairman Scott said: 1--WE have with us
tonight. as an additional honor, the head
of this great Commonwealth, Governor
Beaver, whom have now the pleasure OF
presenting to you"
As Governor Beaver left his box and
hobbled to the center of the stage on his
crutches, be was enthusiastically cheered.
He said:
Weary and wayworn and dust-begrimed the
traveller who has been whirled down the noun
tain toward the valley below, stands awestruck
and silent before the majestic height of FL
Captain. Those of US who to-day accompanied
the President in the tour which he made Of the
great works which he visited. felt helpless as
we stood in front or that great hydraulic crane
which lifted the immense ingot as the spider
lifts the fly. We were helpless because we
felt how imbecile we were to cope with the
product of the brain and Drawn of man which
had wrought that woodworking piece OF ma
chinery. So tonight as we stand amid these
surroundings, the most of US feel utterly help
less because IL we would do likewise We
couldn't. [Applause.l We stand here helpless
couldn't if we would. The few of us who
could don't. (Applause and laughter.I But
tonight we have a strange commingltng; be-
cause you have seen two men In America who
both could and did. [Applause.l
Tribute to MIR. Pratt.
do not know how much the people Of AIleg-
heny owe to Enoch Pratt, of Baltimore, for
this building, but the fact that us here is an
evidence to me that perhaps the seed thought
of this institution came from Enoch Pratts
great generosity. So when your hearts go out
in gratitude to the man whose munifcence has
surrounded you with. this magnihcence, let us
not forget that other men have been sowing
seed thoughts for that which we tonight enjoy.
Therefore I not only congratulate the people
of Allegheny. small portion Of the great pop
have, but I congratulate our great Common
wealth as to what they are to enjoy, because
Andrew Carnegie has built this library. lap
plause.1 Before this building is finished, be-
fore its dedication, we already hear an applica-
tion Of the familiar proVerb, zone good turn
deserves another" in the expectation of the
people on the other side of the river, who, be-
cause of your prosperity are holding out their
hand quoting this proverb. IApplausel
believe that the time is coming when wealth
is TO be dedicated to the people. and when we
will ind that we not only enjoy reading the
gospel OF wealth, but we will find that those
who preach such doctrine can also practice it.
1t is not often that we find the preacher and
the practice going together. Applause IT.
IS meet LnaG the RreSl0onL OF our naClOn SnOulQ
be here, that he may be able to say to people
In like circumstances throughout the nation:
Go and do likewise. [Applause.l Not the
least of the blessings derived from this gift
men who have both the means and the wealth
to dedicate their wealth to the service Of their
fellowmen. There can be no higher service
than that. [Great applause.]
Chairman Scott then briefly introduced
Congressman John Dalzell, who said:
What Mr.. DuIzeII Thinks.
The temple that we dedicate tonight is reared
to the arts of peace. 1t bespeaks alike the
measure of community's greatness. and the
lofty purpose of one of its citizens. 1t marks
an epoch in our local history, from which we
may with profit look backward into the past
and forward into the future.
The Irishmen and the Scotchmen who SET
tied this wilderness, left their native skies,
but not their native character, Their sturdy
virtues made them not only the most capable
of pioneers. to endure hardships, to meet and
conquer savage foes, to hew down forests, and
eminently fitted them also to lay broad
and deep the foundations of social and
industrial prosperity. These virtues they
gave as a legacy to their children, and
through all, the intervening generations to
this day, they have shaped the progress
of this, our community. Courage, in
dependence, energy, thrift, obedience to law,
all these are elements of our history. Upon ali
the great questions that relate to social order,
Allegheny county has always spoken, still
speaks and God helping us, always will speak
with no doubtful, but with decided voice. The
virtues of our fathers were homely virtues;
they elevated the family and the family gave
tone to the community. Thence came the
church and the schoolhouse, education and
consequent intelligence, the foundation virtue
Among their Penates they set up the God
dess of Thrift. Her they crowned one Of the
graces. Intelligent thrift opened the door to
mn 0rt N Lad m
Labor and capital combining, with common
purpose, have year by year advanced Us on the
highway of prosperity Tonight the stars look
down on two cities and their suburbs, rich in
material wealth, famed for their industry and
energy, but richer in this than in all else be-
side, that the homely virtues of century ago,
are still their most precious possession.
The Arts and Sciences.
With knowledge Of the richness Of litera-
ture and art, and music, and the means to
acquire them, comes the desire for their acqui-
sition. Communities, like men, have their
periods of poverty, of struggle, of success; like
men, too, they must have their periods of culti-
walton and enjoyment. What they will culti-
vate, and what they can enjoy, depends upon
their character, just as in the case of the indi-
vidual.
Hence it is that call this temple a fitting
thing in this community; bound to come here
consummate flower of the tree planted by our
fathers and watered by their sons through a
century OF lie. we are very proud OF THIS
building, but not half so proud of It as of that
other product of the same causes-the man who
built it. THE true test of civilization" says
Emerson, 'is not the census, nor the size of
cities, nor the crops; no; but the kind of men
the country turns out" For the test of our
let me point to you one of our men
Andrew Carnegie.
Standing under the dome Of ST. Paups in
London, the traveller, in whom romance and
history and the most sacred traditions have
com mbined to produce an unspeakable awe. may
read on the gallery front the simple epitaph of
Sir Christopher Wren, of whose genius pillar and
dome, nave arch and aisle, are the silent but elo-
quent witnesses. Isl queris monumentem cir
cumspice." If you seek his monument, look
around. And SO, future generations, focking
to these portals, host after host long after our
friend here shall have solved the great mys-
terry, shall read on every hand the benign epi-
taph of him to whose generous soul it was
given to realize the words of the Divine Mas
ter:
1T is more blessed to give than to receive"