New-York tribune., 1903-01-08
NEW CARNEGIE LIBRARY.
BUILDING DEDIC4TED
President Roosevelt and Mr. Car
aeg1e Speak an Washington.


Washington. Jan. IA throng of persons of note
assembled this afternoon attend the dedication
of the Washington Public Library. The exercises
took place in the auditorium of the library
building. Those who took part IN the exercises in
cuded President Roosevelt Andrew Carnegie the
giver of the building: the presidents of the build
ing commission and the board of library trustees
The building is a beautiful white marble structure
in the centre of Mount Vernon Square. For its
construction Mr.. Carnegie gave $35eo00. and as an
architectural ornament TO the national capital 1t
is equal to the government buildings. To-days
ceremonies marked the transfer of the building
from the building commission to the board of IL
brary trustees. OF which Theodore W. Noyes is
president.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELTS ADDRESS.
The dedicat<n exercises lasted an hour After
the Bishop of Washington. the Right Rev. Dr.
Satterlee. had offered prayer, President Roosevelt
introduced. and spoke as follows:
1 count myself fortunate in being able to come
here to-day not only for my own private onIa
Of all the Country to express nv profound appre
ciation of what is emphatcally GIT OF wlsdol, t
people OF this country, from you. Mr. Carnegie;
h to cali + bsgf thrice f1 blessed who cobe
the power and the purpose to use his Weai.h tt Lot
shall do them real benefit. and in way can more
benefit be done than through the gtt OF aac
woman has the chance to get for nhser ms r9ranter
OF course common school system lies at lIs
the Foundation only Of those who are to stand
pr tn as the fhe aoriy must
educate themselves. .Applause:l Inc VOTE o0e one
side of the way in which all healthy work te IN 1ns
community must be s d0ns s Make Mar an WISE or
cultivated All can do Is to give nm onsge son
(Applause) That is all can do in any kind ;} 9I
work oTl ApPaGseh rs p. ns Iong 9ny rum is the
work that heirs man to help hinseii. p sTI,
way The man who viii submit or demand to be
carried is not worth carrying (Laus%hter % a i+Sp- p
him But every m & Of us fn needs ehsnee hs to
show for himself the stuff that is in him. and l TINS
kind Of free rec b1aFy 5 IL Is dng n 6ne wS it should
be our aim tc do n the great r WGrf it Is 0a as far as
niG may Seia be equaiilng the opportunities and then
leaving to the men themselves to show nov taey
II other words IS the kind Of gift that rtS5 stseFs
the harry middle & cou5He ] 9ert On the one hand
and % on the other the scya Of showing that pub
lie spirit in way that will demoraiize and pau
perize those who take advantage of it ApplaQse,,
To quote an expression that LIAM ann 11Re ees Of our
civilization, hardness of heart and softness Oh
head daughter and aprlause9 -,.o,,-
have to leave at once as the Presde[ mas be
cause feel that movement for securing better
catinn i its widest and 6roadest and deepest sense
is of such prime importance tnat tne or
ately come than to this building Mr. Carnegis. at at
this time, to thank you Tor tne glt Ina Hou az
continued applause)
When the applause had subsided, President
Roosevelt left the auditorium. the audience rising
az he passed out and the Marine Band playing
America
In a brief address H. 3. 2. Mcfarland one of
the commissioners of the District Of Columbia
turned the building over to the board or HpEaFy
trustees President Noyes responding on behalf OF
the board Mr.. Noyes reviewed the work "hlcn
l7a5 nreceded the establishment Of the library and
Paid a tribute to the nberahty OF Mr. Carnegie.
MR.. CARNEGIE TALKS OF LIBRARIES.
Mr.. Carnegie followed. and was enthusiastically
received by the great audience He said IN part
The free library maintained by all the sIs people i,i for
its walls Even he who honors US to-day oy ms
august presence the holder OF the n1ghesf Rosl9n E
upon earth. the elected OF the a1orlty Oh tne t En-
gfish-speakng race, a position compared VIII WIN
cance within these walls has no pTivilege ~9eh 9e
is not the right of his poorest and huInolest iei
Free libraries maintained by the people are are
cradles of democracy and .er ne gemocratic idea
Tsv ar enphatically fruits of the true American
ides s,t While even the President thus stands
upon the common level as President we caaot h tait
place denied the official as pr pFiPse 4esa IN be the
Iepube of lette ee fOr rory IN ' of the nation its
ftors this was won long since by Theodore Rooss-
Celt the nof o6iv caused his fellows to mark
him and write his speeches IN tneir pooS s b % booSs
.HT-a1 his will rank hlen III uIS
fs-1 we hail him to-day, therefore. IN the oual
of President and author, posltlons uils4L
nassed in their several spheres rare anu "oi1o01i
in combination
Mr. Carnegie said that he had given, cinens
itbi, the last two years, 730 library buildings IN
th Month of July last 276 applications for library
t,,j15i,es were received by him from all parts Oh
the English speaking world When he arrived IN
7Savvyork last month from Europe he found await
ing him applications for $50 additional buildings
rTo-dav he has on hand 3s5 new applications, max
i,o in all under consideration now more than 800,
etbe great majority Of which" he said, VIII, no
doubt be given
Referring to the concentration Of his mind on
rho library business Mr.. Carnegie said he had
been a concentrator all his life. II have seldom or
never known" he continued. "a great success
made by a -al1-trades the board member in
twenty companies the controller of none. I am
he allowed to concentrate my time upon it until it
is filed This is not charity. this is not pnilen-
thropy; il is the people helping themselves by tax
ing themselves" After expressing belief in the
good motives Of people who gave for charity he
said that most of Il is "a mere pruning OF the
branches of the upas tree. We must get TO the
roots of the poverty the misery and the crime
which still darken human society. but which. let
us gratefully remember. become less and less under
the great law of evolution.
After the ceremonies the library was thrown
open the public. and thousands OF people passed
through it
WILL GIVE ANOTHER s350,oO0.