The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-10

| the boulevard toward lne Iedei ~ ou'N
ing the applause became terrific and
continuous.
The president frequently dotfed his
hat in response. AT the entrance OF the
Union League club the president ana
the members of his party allghted, ana,
after a brief reception, were escorted
across jackson boulevard to the plat
form in front of the federal building.
A perfect hurricane Of cheers greeted
the president as he was escorted to the
corner stone. ready for the ceremony.
The president warmly greeted the olh-
Gals and then turned and bowed to
the group of brawny-armed Workmen
who We're to complete the laying of the
corner stone.
Judge Christian C. Kohlsaat, chair
man of the committee on ceremonies,
introduced Secretary of the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage as presiding officer of
the corner stone exercises. The secre-
tary was warmly cheered as he stepped
forward He said, in part:
Secretary Gage.
1.-THE moment is full of inspiring
thoughts Eloquent words wait for the
orator to utter them. If such words
could be mine it would not be my priv
ilege to speak them. Restrained by
official duty, / cannot even voice my
own emotions. excited as they are by
the remembrance thas Tor more than
40 years this spot, to be honored by
the genius of the architect and the skill
of the artist, has been as familiar to
me as has been my daily life. The city
we love is to have a temple worthy
Of her greatness. The native we love is
to fittingly express on this spot her
best conception of art made to serve
utility"
| At the conclusion of Secretary Cages
! brief address Rev. Frank w. Gunsaulu5
n e tfocr ont han ar
| Secretary Gage introduced Postmas-
| ter General Smith, who was also greet
| ed with applause. He said:
Postmaster General Smith.
"The development of the country
within a period of 80 years. on all its
| material sides, seems like such stuff
| as dreams are made Of In 1870 the
| total receipts of the postal service were
$19,172,220, and it's total expenditures
| $23. 99S, S37. This year we shall spend
| sos, 900 and our receipts will be $99,-
| 100000. While our population, not
counting the new possessions, has
doubled, the postal business has null
tiplied nearly fivefold. The figures III
other realms tell the same fabulous
story Since 1870 the distributed wealth
of the country has increased from ST.
| coo, 600, 900 to over $4,000 COO, 600. This
| unexampled gain is widely diffused. The
savings banks furnish a direct test. The
number of their depositors has grown
| from 1900. 600 to more than 100000.
and the aggregate of deposits from
$3.50. 0G0 to more than $1,000 ,OOOOGO.
Where could you find more conclusive
testimony that the average thrift Of
the people has shared in the advance
ment of prosperity and accumulation?
Are we henceforth to mark time in
stead of marching forward? Is the
opening door of wider fields and en-
larged activity within the broken walls
| of the Orient to be unrecognlzed and
unseen? American valor and herlosm
! have never touched suhlimer heights or
shed brighter luster on the American
name than during the past two years.
| Are the genius of American progress
and the fiber of American purpose I'M
equal to the achievements of it's hero
ism, and can it be said that the peo-
pie who have wrought these mastertul
triumphs at home and abroad are too
| blinded to perceive the waiting oppor-
| tunity which has come with the high
| discharge of ma shal duty which lies
along the true pathway of our COM
| mercial expansion?
Glory of the Republic.
| "But we do not and cannot think
alone or chiefly of material develop
ment. Splendid as it has been, in it's
colossal proportions, the glory of the
| republic is it's moral position and it's
embodiment Of the principles of lib
erty. To that standard it can never be
recreant The flag floats to-day over
a domain 10 times as great as that upon
which it's shining stars first shed their
| joyous beams It's beneficial rule has
been extended from time to time over
vast new acquisitions, but 1t has never
| broadened its sway without carrying
freedom, progress and enlightenment
| IN 10 a naOnlp who were
| brought under it's folds. 1t is the
same to-day that it has always been,
but with added luster and higher re-
nown and far deeper respect through
out the world. 1t signifies everywhere
right, law and justice and self-goVern-
ment within the limits of national SOW
ereignty. What citizens of the repub-
lie shall so impugn the honor of his
country and the integrity of her instl-
tutions as to proclaim to the world
that her scepter extended over rude
and remote peoples means wrong
and oppression and spollatlon!
What American shall SO dis
credit his own blood as to
declare that the American people will
either falter in the duty of their trust
or fail in the capacity of their task?
Our inspiring past is the prophecy OF
our glorious future.
The actual ceremonies of the laying
| of the corner stone began then.
| C. E. Kremer secretary of the federal
committee, formally announced that
the stone was ready and the list of ar
ticles placed within it.
The Stone Set.
President Mckinley was introduced
by Secretary Gage, and as the presi-
dent stepped forward to receive the
trowel from the hands of Architect
Henry Ives Cobb the crowds again
burst forth into cheers, the applause
not ceasing until the president raised
his hand The president then stepped
to the side of the unified mass of
Illinois limestone, and taking a troWel
full Of morter from the board he threw
it on the base of the stone AS he did
so a band stationed in the reviewing
| stand played The Star Spangled Ban
ner," and as the notes of the national
| ba,,, yr-ars, baor1 crowd again