The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1902-01-17

Ion county, and H. ]. Drane, of Polk
county, as commissioners on the Capt.
tol improvement Commission.
List of the members of Jackson
Lodge, No. 1, F. & A. Masons of Talla-
hdssee January 1st, 1902; copy of the
constitution of the state of Florida;
certified copy of the Acts of 1901, Great
ing the Capitol Improvement Commis-
sion; list of the members of the Iegis-
lature of 1901; certified copy of certi-
hcate of chairman of bhe State Demo-
cratic Executive Committe declaring
the result of the election to be in favor
OF retaining the capitol at Tallahas-
see; circulars prepared and distributed
by the tallahassee Capitol League, in
favor of Tallahassee.
| Report of commissioner of agricul-
tire, and other papers giving agricul-
tural and manufacturing statistics and
general information of the growth and
condition of the state.
Report Of the committee on plat
forms of the Democratic State Commit
tee at Jacksonville in June, 1900, con-
tanning plank on capitol question, from
Jacksonville Metropolis.
Chronological history of the state of
Florida since its discovery; copy of the
Times-UniOn Of April 2, 1899; copy of
the Daily Capital; copy of the Talla-
hasSeean; one old English coin de-
posted by Hon. II. J. Drane; COPY of
tickets used in the election November
9th, 1900, when capitol question was
decided; inaugural address of Gov
ernor VIM. S. Jennings; Governor Jen-
nlngs speech at Ocala, Dec. Both, 1901;
miniature set of Masonic working tools
enclosed in lamb-skin or white apron;
roster Of state troops; copy of the Acts
Of the legislature of 1901; Masonic
jewel in case, and ticket to Andrew
Jackson ball, deposited by Mrs. Ellen
Call Long.
, At the conclusion of the ceremonies
Governor w. S. Jennings in few we'll
chosen remarks introduced Attorney
General W. B. Lamar, who had been
chosen to represent the Capitol I'm
prOVement Commission as orator of
the day. His address, which appears
in full below, was we'll timed and
warmly applauded when the names of
Ex-Governor w. D. Bloxham and Gov
ernOr Jennings were mentioned. His
speech follows:
Governor Jennings, Members Of the
Capitol Commission, Members of the
Masonic Order, and Fellow-citizens:
This large audience has witnessed,
with much interest, the laying of the
cornerstone of FlOrida's new capitol
building, by that ancient order, whose
origin is coeVal, as some authors assert,
with the creation of man, and which,
with apprentice, and felloW-craftsman
and Master Mason, reared the stupend-
Gus proportions of SOlOmOn's magnifi-
cent temple.
This day marks an epoch in Florida's
history. 1t signifies that the will of the
people has fixed this building in this
old, historic city for time beyond the
reach even of conjecture. This day
denotes the transformation of the old
capitol building, from the inward and
outward form in which FlOridianS have
so long observed it, and loved it. We
b.0 adieu to the old; we salute the new.
But, fellow-citizens, we cannot see
the old disappear without some aWak-
ening Of emotion and Renaissance. We
cannot forget the room of the supreme
court where the matchleSs intellect of
James T. Archer won supremacy in his
profession; or where the profound and
varied learning and subtle mind of
Mariana D. Papy bespoke at once the
scholar and the eminent lawyer. Its
legislative halls witnessed the sessions
of the secession convention and re
fleets still the eloquence of George T.
Ward, who plead for the Union, but
who at the head of his regiment
marched to his death for the rights of
his state.
Within these walls also in framing
the present constitution of Florida, was
the venerable, the illustrious Augustus
E. Maxwell, VINO for half a century in
every phase of public service, exhibited |
the able statesman and jurist, and the |
stainless public officer.
It's executive chambers show the pOr-
traits of some of FlOrida's wOrthiest |
SONS. There, in pleasant cOmpOsure OF |
face, is that rare combination of SOL |
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