The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-03
A FRIEND OF THE CITY
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAGGARD
PROUD OF THE CAPITAL.
In an Address at the Commercial Club
He Landed the Commercial
Museum Project.

a smoker WdS given dl tic 10
Club last night for the purpose Of booming
xhe Indiana Commercial Museum and Audi
forum. On account OF a misunderstand-
ing as TO the meeting place only a small
attendance was present. Judge Frank Z.
Gavin called the meeting TO order shortly
after s o'clock, and after briefly reviewing
the plan TO build the big museum and au-
ditorium he introduced Lieutenant Gov
ernor Haggard, who had been invited to be
present, as the first speaker of the even
ing. Mr.. Haggard spoke as follows:
1.-The last time l was in this city before
an audience I made a short speech con-
the selection of a candidate for Governor,
and promising my earnest support at the
election. Being brim fun OF enthusiasm
at the time, IL was easy TO unbosom my
thoughts and say what was In my heart 70
LOO delegates on that occasion
Tonight ! am requested to make a -ew re-
marks on another subject, and II L fall 10
show the enthusiasm manifested then you
will understand that 1t Is easier 10 shout
for a candidate OF your own choice Tor a
high office than 1t is TO get worked up 10
an enthusiastic pitch on a cold proposition
Of business.
1.-THE object of this meeting, as 1 under
stand IL, is TO promote and encourage a
new Indianapolis enterprise. This enter
prise looks to the erection and maintenance
OF a commercial museum and auditorium
on a large scale in which is TO be kept a
permanent exhibit of the manufactures OF
Indianapolis and of the State, and in which
an audience OF $500 persons, for
any legitimate purpose on earth, may De
seated. OF the special benefits and advan-
tages tina will accrue TO the manufacture
iEg, commercial and social interests or In
dianapoiis and the State by the erection or
the building ccltemplated l VIII leave otn-
ers 10 speak. They are obvious and will be
many, and valuable TO every citizen or the
commonwealth
AN OUTSIDERS VIEW.
at am only here as an outsider to indorse
tire movement of the people OF this city in
this behalf and to contribute my mite to
make 1t what its promoters promise and
intend 1t shall be. IL has been my fortune
to be in a position several times within the
past ten years to assist your citizens, by
my vote in the Legislature, in their efforts
to make indianapolis the most beautiful
capital city in the country. You will pardon
me If I say that, but for the votes and in
flence Of a few members Of the Legisla-
ture OF 1898, who represented districts re-
mote from the capital, that splendid shaft
in yonder circle. the soldiers monument,
the pride of the city, State and Nation,
would to-day be far from completion. /
mention this because there is always q feel
ing among some OF the members OF the
Legislature. If not Of jealousy. then OF In
III ~ ~ LAlO CAA4 go -
the people OF indianapolis with reference
to appropriations for needed and proper
public improvements, and because L want
TO testify that, though / live In another
city, / nave never entertained that kind of
q feeling.
az am proud of the capital Of my State.
I believe in Indianapolis. and 1 believe that
whatever tends to the growth and develop
ment Of Indianapolis is a substantial bene-
At to the whole State.
"a few months ago, at one OF the hotels
- - f-1., AAra II nat q OonfIonp0n uhn
was by profession a pessimist, and. by the
way, an intelligent and clever man. He
was complaining about the trusts and other
things In general, when he asked me III 1
had read the proceedings of the antitrust
conference that had been held in Chicago
the week before, n wanted TO know what
I thought of some OF the speeches 1 told
him that I had read all the speeches, but
that / had got no new light on the subject,
as the speakers did not reveal any facts
that we did not know before. II the trust
Is an evil, as I think II Is ! said. none OF
the speakers at the conference seemed to
be able to suggest any remedy for IL. We
all know what the trust Is well enough,
but what we want to know is how to get
'I went on to tell him that there were
q great many social. political and COM
mercial conditions in this country that
were apparently wrong, and that among
by any OF the speakers at the trust con-
ference. What was that, the Standard
Oil trust? he inquired No. I answered,
not the Standard Oil trust 1t is bigger
than the Standard Oil trust. 1 mean the
great city, the metropolis, he CONNER
cial octopus, that you find conveniently To-
Gated here n there over the world. Here
Is the city OF Indianapolis, as an example.
It Is the capital city OF the State. and
the political and commercial octopus OF
Indiana Her tentacles reach into every
school district and every section of and
in the State is made TO contribute to its
~up-building. Just think Of the things that
Indianapolis has at the expense or the peo-
pie of the other parts of the State. Why.
the state fair Is held here every year. and
you and I are here. along with 5000 other
victims from the outlying districts, for no
other purpose in the world than 10 see the
fair and spend our money with the mer-
chants on Washington street. And more
than that, the Legislature meets here, the
Governor and state officers live here, draw
their salaries here and spend their money
here. The headquarters of the States mill
tary establishment Is here. besides four
or i've state institutions are located here,
all contributing to enrich the people OF
this locality. Why, IL Is something awful,
when you come to think of Ii. and what is
worse than all. is that Indianapolis gets
all these advantages by law. The peopk
OF the State. through their representatives
In the Legislature. have conceded ell these
valuable privileges TO this town. And there
Is the ounty seat. the octopus of the coun-
~ In which It is located. for IL has adj
vantages over any other point IN the coun-
y" hAlA AZ "a SCAT IL dlSO duInOT-
lied by law. Think of IT. UP yonder on
Lake Michigan Is another octopus. belong
sng TO the same species. but much larger
than our own Indianapolis. Chicago is the
octopus or the entire Northwest. Her ten
tscles reach out two or three hundred miles
In every direction. and even INDIANAPOLIS
Is compelled occasionally TO chip in for the
benefit of Chicago in a commercial wav.
In the same sense st. Louis Is the CONNER
cfal octopus OF the Southwest: New Or
leans OF the far South: San Francisco OF
the far West: New York OF the whole
country: London and Paris OF the whole
world.
o MAN-MADE LAW.
The last named cities 1 stated. do
not get their positions and advantages by
any man-made law. Nature did the work
for them. The Almighty made the lake for
Chicago: the river for st. Louis and New
Orleans. and the great harbors for San
Francisco and New York. And He made
the geographical center OF the State OF In
diana. East and West. about where In.
dianapoIis now stands Finally. 1 said TO
my friend, If these things are not right:
II some people are not enjoying the privi-
lege OF living at the metropolis: IL there
has been any unjust or unfair distribution
of the worlds favors in these matters.
whose fault Is A. and VIVA are you going
TO DO about itT'
"He replied that he had never looked az
IL in that way: that he guessed Ii was all
right. and IN II WASH Z. IL couldn't be helped.
Everything has been made for the best.
and things are not always what they seem.
Great as has been the growth OF the metrop-
oils. II has not been greater than the de-