The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-04

city az no2 a. a..
He vas accompanied BY Senator's Knox
and Psnrose. Surgeon General Rixey and
several members or the White house cler-
Tea. torco and Will return to Washington
tonight.
The new capitol "a one OF the most beau
,ifui ana imposing buildings in the United
states not only IN its architecture but
also IN .ts interior decorations ana tur-
nish.ngs and thus far the building ana
i.s furnishings represent an expenditure
CT about sl3,oo00Oo.
The capitol consists OF main building
and two wings the total length being go
and the breadth 254 feet and the whole is
surmounted with a dome rising 2S2 feet
above the first floor
The building contains 4Si rooms and
more floor space than that OF the capltol
at Washington. where the electric light
fixtures are the most elaborate In THIS
country.
There was great enthusiasm when Pres
ident Roosevelt was introduced and he
spoke as follows:
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
1t is n very real pleasure for me 10 at
tend these ceremonies at the capital of
your great state. In every great Crisis or
our government the attitude OF Pennsyl-
vania has been of crucial Importance, as
the affectonate nickname OF keystone
ways lookt warily before she leapt,
and IL was we'll that she should do so.
But having finally made up her mind, IN
each great crisis OF our national history,
her weight has been cast unhesitatingly
upon the right side, and has been found
irresistible. This was true alike at the
time OF the Declaration OF Independence.
at the time OF the adoption of the con-
stitution. and during the terrible years
when the issue was the preservation or
the Union.
/ do not. however. come here today to
speak only Of the past. and still less to
appeal merely 10 state pride We can
show that the past is with US a living
force only by the way in which we ham
die ourselves I'm the present and each OF
US can best show his devotion TO his own
state by making evident his paramount
devotion TO that Union which includes
all the states The study OF the great
deeds OF the past is OF chief avail In so
far as IL incites us 20 grapple resolutely
and effectively with the problems OF the
present. We are not now menaced by
foreign war.-O Our Union is firmly estab-
lished. But each generation has It's spe-
cial and serious difficulties: and we OF
this generation have 10 struggle with
evils springing from the very material
success of which we are so proud, from
the very growth and prosperity of which
with justice. we boast
The extraordinary industrial changes of
the last half century have produced to-
tally new set OF conditions. under which
new evils flourish; and for these new
evils new remedies must be devised.
EVILS REQUIRE ACTION.
Some Of these evils can be grappled
with by private effort only: for we never
car afford 10 forget that In the last anal
ysis the chief factor In personal success.
and indeed I'm national greatness, must
be the sturdy. self-reiant character OF
the individual citizen. But many of thess
evils are OF such nature that no private
effort can avail against them. These
evils, therefore. must be grappled with
by governmental action. In come cases
this governmental action must be exer-
cised by the several states individually.
In yet others II has become increasingly
evident that no efficient state action Is
possible, and that We need thru ex-
ecutive action. thru legislation and
thru judicial Interpretation and con-
struction OF law, TO increase the power
OF the federal government
II We fail thus to increase II. we show
our impotence and leave ourselves at the
mercy OF those ingenious legal advisers
OF the holders of vast corporate wealth.
who. I'm the performance OF what they
regard as their duty. and TO serve the
ends OF their clients, invoke the law at
one time for the confounding OF their
rivals. and at another time strive for the
notification OF the law, In order that
they themselves may be left free To work
their unbrldled will on these same rivals.
or on those who labor for them, or on
the general public.
In the exercise OF their profession and
in the service OF their clients these astute
lawyers strive TO prevent the passage OF
efficient laws and strive to secure judicial
determinations Of those thfI pass which
shall emasculate them. They do not in
woke the constitution in order to compel
the due observance Of law alike by rich
and poor, by great and small on the con-
trary, they are ceaselessly on the watch
90 cry out that the constitution is vio-
lated whenever any effort Is made to
invoke the aid OF the national govern
ment, whether for the efficient regulation
OF railroads. for the efficient supervision
OF great corporations. or for efficiently
securing .Sedience TO such a law as the
national eight-hour law and similar So
called labor statutes"
CONSTITUTION A SHIELD.
The doctrine they preach would make
the constitution merely the shield of In
competence and the excuse for govern
mental paralysis; they treat II Is Justi-
fcation for refusing TO ATTEMPT, tho rem
sdy OF Ill, instead OF as the source OF
vital power necessary for the existence
OF a mighty and ever growing nation.
Strong nationalist tho am. and :rm
tho my belief n that there must be a wide
extension OF the power OF the national
government 20 deal with questions OF this
kind, freely admit that as regards many
matters OF nrst-rate importance. we must
rely purely upon the states the states
for the betterment OF present conditions.
The several states must do their duty or
our citizenship can never be put on a
proper plane. Therefore l most heartily
congratulate the people OF tho state OF
Pennsylvania on what It's legislature.
upon what its govsrnpent. has accom-
plished during this present year. II Is
remarkable record OF achievement.
Thru your legislature you have abol-
ished passes; you have placed the offices
Of the secretary OF the commonwealth
and The insurance commissioner upon an
honorable and honest basis % salary only
by abolishing the fee system; you have
past a law compelling the officers and en-
ployes OF great cities 10 attend 90 the
duties for which they are paid by all the
taxpayers, and 60 refrain from using tho
power conferred by their offices 90 infiu-
ence political campaigns; you have pro-
hlbited the solicitation or receiSing OF po-
iitical assessments by city embloyest you
,,av. had nv law nrOt tectcd tho state treas