Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-18
LAYING CORNERSTONE At The
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
President Roosevelt Took Prominent
Part AZ Well as Leading Citizens OF
the Nation-President's Speech Very
impressive-Masoni Fraternity Act.
i've Participants.


the house and diplomatic corps as
spectators. and before a large con-
course of people, the cornerstone Of
the Office building for the representa-.
tives was laid with impressive cere-
monies Saturday afternoon. The ad-
dress Of the day was made by the
president, who spoke on The Man
With the Muck Rake"
Today, with impressive ceremonial,
the cornerstone of the largest Office
building in the world solemnly devoted
to the primary purposes of legislation
and the comfort of its legislators, was
laid with the Masonic fraternity as the
active participants. assisted by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who, like Presidents
Washington and Fillmore, is a Mason.
and who. following immemorial Gus
tom, delivered the principal address.
In commemoration of today's event,
the Masonic fraternity of the District
of Columbia had been ordered into
line, and, with the grand lodge of Ma
sons, escorted by the several comman-
deries of Knights Templars marched
to the building. In the northeast Sec
ton Of the building, according to Ma
sonic usage, the cornerstone was plac-
ed. Work on that section had been
held back pending the ceremonies, but
the construction OF the outer part of
the rest of the edifice has progressed
up to the second story. Previous to
the ceremonies a copper box two and
half feet long and l8 inches wide was
placed in the stone In the presence of
the grand treasurer of the grand
LODGE The box contains many rare
and Unusual articles, together with
the coins Of the United States and the
series OF postage stamps now In use.
Unlike other boxes used for similar
occasions. this box, which was made
by one OF the employees of the capitol,
has series of small compartments ar
ranged. SO that envelopes containing
the articles many stand uprisn. in.
stead OF lying fiat. as has been the
custom heretofore. This box was her.
metically sealed and In position when
the grand master Of Masons began the
ancient ceremony Of placing the cor
nerstone In position.
The building dedicated Will be clas'
sic in design. II suggests in general
division. the Garde Heuble. on the
Place de la Concorde. In Paris. while
the pavilions are modelled on those OF
the Colonna de Louvre. Architectur-
ally. the front Is divided into two
parts. the lower corresponding to the
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mo good whatever will come from
the warped and mock morality which
denounces the misdeeds of men OF
wealth and forgets the misdeeds prac-
ticed at their expense; which de-
nounces bribery, but blinds itself TO
blackmail; which foams with rage II
corporation secures favors by improp-
er methods and merely leers with had
eous mirth II the corporation Is itself
wrOnged.
"The only public servant who can
he trusted honestly to protect the
rights Of the public against the mis-
deeds of a corporation is that public
man who will just as surely protect
the corporation itself from wrongful