Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-10-11
Dedicating the Static Capitol.

The program Tor the dedlcatlOn Oh the
new State Capital was gone through at
Harrisburg. last Thursday, during a
drenching rain.
President Roosevelt arrived at the
station at 11:00 a. M, and was escorted
to the Capitol, where he was received,
in the rotunda, by Gov. Pennypacker,
and taken to the Reviewing Stand,
built in front of the building, and
around which thousands of people We're
standing in the rain.
The dedication ceremonies consisted
of the reading of chapter from the
Bible. speech by Ex-Gov. VIM. A.
Stone, President of the State Capitol
Building Commission. one by Gov.
Pennypacker, an grafton by the Pres1-
dent, and the bepediction; follow ed by
procession by the Guardsmen
and Cadets of the state;
after which the President took
dinner with the Governor. and then
caught the 300 p. m. train for Wash
ington, stopping at York, to make a
short address.
Ex-Gov. Stone in his speech spoke
proudly of the work done by his com
mission, in completing the building
within the time specified, and for less
than the amount appropriated -S4 0OO,-
900.
From his speech we take the follow
ing:
THE law under which the building
was constructed, contemplated a COM
pleted building, ready for occupancy.
We found that in addition to the money
necessary for that purpose, we could
spare one hundred and ninety Thousand
dollars for decorations. Contracts were
therefore made with Miss Violet Oakley,
George Gray Barnard and Edwin A.
Abbey for mural paintings and sculp-
ture.
THE amount paid and to be paid to
the contractors, George +. Payne q
Company. is s.. j22, ,63S. 70; the amount
to Miss Violet Oakley is $50, 100000; the
amount to George Grey Barnard Is
800. 0O0. 90; the amount to Edwin A
Abbey is $40, 900. 90; the architects COM
mission amounts to S185, ,631 80; the
amount paid to competing architects Is
s., 10000. The expenses OF the coMmls
sion, including salaries to employees,
amounted to $50, ,S39 O4 leaving IN tne
hands of the commission $40, s90.94.
Gov. PennYpacker began his short
speech of acceptance with the sentence:
1.-The Capitol is much more than the
building in which the Legislature holds
its sessions, the courts sit in judgment,
and the Executive exercises his autnorl-
ty here. 1t is a concrete manifestation
of the Importance and power OK the
State. and an expression of its artlstlc
DEVELOPMENT. Intelligent observers VINO
look upon the structure and examine
the proportions, the arrangements ana
the ornamentation, are enabled to divine
at what stage in the advance OF CIVIL |
cation the people have arrived, and TO
determine with sufficient accuracy what |
have been their achievements in the |
past, and VIII at are their aspirations for 1
the future"
And then talked history and art, but
had nothing to say regarding the nearly
nine million Of dollars taken from the
Treasury for extra ''trimmins'', and
furniture.
President Roosevelt stood in the rain,
like the rest, with his coat collar turned
ND and made splendid speech, ore
that should be read by every citizen of
the state,
He talked of the early history of the
state, and resurrected the memory of
,ne of our early patriots. Justice james
Wilson, whose career has been singu-
arly overlooked for many years; COM
,limented the state ON the work of
asst winters extra session, also Senator
Knox who was present, on his work in
,he Northern Securities case, spoke
Of what has been accomplished by late
legislation by Congress in the matters
Of great public improvements, and the
curbing Of the great corporations and
more of if; and ended with
these sentences;
1T behooves us Americans to look
ahead and plan out the right kind OF a
as that which we intend to
develop from these wonderful new con-
litions of vast industrial growth. 1t
must not be. it shall not be, the civili-
,ation of mere plutocracy, banking
house, Wall-street-syndicate civiliza-
ion; nor yet can there be submission to
lass hatred, to rancor. brutality, and
mob violence, for that would mean the
nd of all civilization. Increased
,owers are susceptible of abuse as well
l1f hax ha m
les for selfishness been so great, nor
he results of selfishnes so appalling; for
n communities where everything is
organized on d merely selfish CONNER J
.ial basis, such selfishness, if unchecked, /
nay transform the great forces OF the
lew epoch into powers of destruction
hitherto unequaled
I'VE need to check the forces OF greed,
20 insure Just treatment alike of capital |
and of labor, and of the general public, |
TO prevent any man, rich or poor. from
doing or receiving wrong, whether this |
wrong be one of cunning or of violence. |
Much can be done by wise legislation |
and by resolute enforcement of the law. |
But still more must be done by steady
training of the individual citizen. in |
conscience and character, until he |
he grows to abhor corruption and greed |
and tyranny and brutality and to prize
Justice and fair dealing.
THE men who are to do the work of the |
new epoch must be trained so as to have |
4 sturdy self-rospect, power of sturdy |
insistence cn their own rights, and with |
1t proud and generous recognition OF
their duties, sense of honorable obli- |
CATION to their fellows, which will bind |
them. as by bands of steel. to refrain in |
their daily work at home or in their
business from doing aught to any man |
which can not be blszoned under the |
MONDAY Sun.
ACCIDENTS.
ID. Il. Parker, driller of this county, |
had an eye burned by spark from an |