The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-07
CELEBRATION AT ALBANY,
COINCIDENT WITH THE ASSEM-
BLING OF THE LEGISLATURE
OF NEW YORK.
GOV. BLACKS FIRST MESSAGE.
Relations of Capital and Labor Dis
cussed by the New Executive
SOlOns In Other States.

centennial establishment of Albany as
the capital of the Empire state. There
was parade of the civic and military
bodies of the city. At Blocker hall, the
assembly was called to order by ex-
Gov. Morton, who introduced Gov
Black as permanent chairman. After
a short address, Gov. Black presented
the Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, the ora
tor Of the occasion. Mr.. Depew's ora
tion was received with evidences of
hearty appreciation. In part he said:
The Dutch maxims of government were,
Unity makes right" and Taxation is only
lawful by consent of the people" These
principles of our Dutch founders bore album
dant fruit in the influence of New York upon
the political and constitutional history Of the
repuDilc, In the influence OF New York upon
building and expanding of the common school
and the universal adoption of the principle
of religious education.
The commingling of races in our common
wealth is one Of the sources of it's imperial
position. 1t has abolished narrowness and
provincialism, and created broadness and lib
erality of character. 1t has done more than
anything else to develop the American type
OF manhood. The true American is cosmopol-
itan. He breathes the air Of a continent
ruled by the flag of his country; he lives
under institutions which give the largest
liberty and the greatest opportunity for indi-
vidual effort He is in touch with the most
marvellous material development of any age
OF progress at a speed which fires his brain,
makes sentient the nerves and gives new
impulse to the blood. He cannot help being
patriotic and proud, but the sources of his
patriotism are so sure and the reasons for his
pride SO sound that he can be liberal Just
and charitable to all nations, races and
tongues. His sympathy is quick and out
spoken for people under other forms of gov
ernment who are seeking equality before the
raw and struggling for civil or religious lib
erty. He will give moral support and assist to
of o1 -
who are in rebellion against tyranny and
oppression. Antiquity has for him precious
lessons; and he studies with keen apprecia-
ton, pleasure and admiration the art and
literature, the architecture and monuments.
the heroes and historic fields of the old world.
But the superiority of other lands in some
Iea,ure Ie OF civilization only intensifes his
Droaoens ne sees more clearly that we are
- the heirs of all the ages in the foremost.
hies OF time. In the larger share Of freedom
United States.
Commerce stimulates Invention and COM
peis the enlargement of the facilities and
the cheapeRing of TRANSFORMATION The car,
-rler ,is both the creator and the distributor
OF national and individual wealth Mountain
ranges nave smut off the limitless fertile
ana attractive territories Of the West from
The Atlantic. seaboard, except where nature
mas made natural highway through the
lakes to Buffalo and down the valleys to the
Hudson, and through the lakes again down
d
son. The brilliant Gov Morris has seen
the ease with which Lakes Erie and Ontario
could be connected with the Atlantic through
the natural channels. Other statesmen of
New York had impressed the work upon the
state legislature and upon congress- but it
II was reserved for the practical ability the
popularity and the. indomitabIe energy of
Gov De Witt Clinton to carry through the
projects of the Erie. the Oswego and the
Champlain canals. The wedding Of the wat
ers of Lake Erie with the waters of the bav
OF New York created that system of North
western commonwealths in which now resides
the political power of the future growth of
our republic. Navigation carried population
along the lakes, the canals and the rivers
ana prosperous settlements existed wherever
the product of the coil could be carried
cheapley to market. The discovery that ev-
cry mile of railroad constructed in new ter
rltory opens to cultivation and for homes
one hundred thousand acres of virgin soil
caused to be built that system of RAILWAYS
which now numbers in miles quite one-haIf
Of Of the total mileage of all the railways in
the word. and the vast internal commerce
which 1t carries far surpasses the combined
traffic of the railways of other countries and
OF the merchant vessels on the ocean.
1t is common to lament the good old times
and the better days of the republic. 1t is the
result of my study, experience and obseva-
ton that the best day is today, and tomorrow
will be better Taking courage, hope and
inspiration from the superb results of our
first century, we enter upon the second con-
fdent that under divine providence, which
has so signally blessed us in the past, the
people of this state will prosper and increase
in patriotism, in public spirit in learning and
art, in progress and wealth, in the preserva-
ton and expansion of the opportunities for
all to rise to better conditions and to a broad
er life and in the fuller enjoyment of the
continuing and ever expanding blessings of
civil and religious liberty.
In declining the invitation to attend
the Albany centennial celebration.
President Cleveland wrote:
The years spent in your city while 1 dis
charged official duties, left on my mind the
clear CONVICTION that no mistake made
when Albany was fixed upon as the seat of
government for the great state of New York.
TO be always thereafter associated with its
glory ana It's prestige. During my stay among
the good people Of Albany. l gathered in many
remembrances. You may be sure
therefore, that, although absent | shall on
the day of your celebration, remember with
qualification my proposed participation in
the exercises at this particular capitol and
pleasurably recall the discharge of impor-
tant and laborious public duties made more
easy by the great hospitality of the people
President-elect Mckinley wrote: While I
yield to nobody in affection and admiration
Tor my own state, yet l. with the people of
the entire nation, look with peculiar pride
upon New York as the great Empire state
OF the Union. 1t is indeed empire in the
OF lis wealth and resources its
worldwide commerce, the grandeur of its
acheYements, the broad COSMOPOLITAN and vet
intense patriotism of it's citizens, it's enlight-
ened and beneficent public spirit and in all
the elements that go to make up a great.
people. 1t would be keen pleas
ure could l present my Fluctuations in per
son, but this cannot be.
Gov Blacks message to the state
legislature today dealt almost wholly
with state affairs. He noted in open
ing the satisfactory condition of the
finances of the state. The providing
nf in%e
recommended to the attention of the
Legislature, in which connection it was
suggested that short term men may be
employed in making and improving
roads. The relations of employers and
were discussed
Tolerance" the governor saws. "Is
the requisite of amicable relations. and
this will arise when the EMPLOYERS and
the laborer understand each other.
Some plan should be devise69Which will
afford to each such information as will
form a basis for the friendly adjust
ment of differences between them. No
such plan now exists here and the re-
suit is the appalling loss Of wages and
property which is so often seen when
the rights of the employer and laborer
clash. The plan known as the univer-
sity extension has been tried in Eng
land, and is said by many to have pro
duced satisfactory results. 1t is the
investigation by careful, intelligent and
conscientious men into the affairs of
the laboring people and their relations
to their employers. It's tendency and
purpose is to give and to get informa-
tion, and by seeing both sides, prevent