Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-14
PRESIDENT HELPS
LAYCORNERs STONE
At WASHINGTON
For the Big Federal
Building to Be
Used By Of
ficials.
IMAM WITH THE MUCK.
RAKE"
Was the Title Of Roosevelfs
Was the Title Of Roosevelfs
Speech--.Elaborate Cere.
monies By Masonic Or
der Largely Attended.

with which the President of the Uni.
ted States took a prominent part, with
the Supreme Court and Senate, the
House and diplomatic corps as spec
tators, and before large concourse OF
people, the cornerstone of the office
building for the Representatives was
laid with impressive ceremony this af-
ternoon. The address Of the day was
made by President Roosevelt.
An Elaborate Program.
The official program follows:
Selection-Star Spangled Banner,
by United States Marine Band. Lay
ing of the corner stone by the Grand
Master Masons of the District of Co
lumbia, assisted by the officers of the
grand lodge. Vocal selection by
Octette. Address by Grand Master
Walter A. Brown. Cornet solo by
Walter A. Smith. Address by Joseph
c. Cannon, speaker OF the House. Sal
utation, by United States Engineer
Band. Address by Representative
William P. Hepburn, of Iowa. Selec-
tion by United States Marine Band.
Address by James D. Richardson, for
mar Representative from Tennessee,
and Grand Commander of the Su-
preme Council of the Scottish Rite. Sc
lection, by Engineer Band. Address,
by President Roosevelt Selection by
the Marine Band,
Represented New Mexico at Today's
Ceremonies.
Special to the New Mexican.
Washington, April 14.-Delegate W.
II. Andrews attended the ceremonies
this morning Of the laying Of the cor
ner stone for the Office building Of the
House and Representatives during
which President Roosevelt delivered
q lengthy speech. The Delegate rep
resented New Mexico at the cere-
monies.
: = -"'---, Presidents Who Laid Corner
."F A century yyo,nseSaEs .,iiu I'M, " years ago
George Washington. then the Presi-
dent, assisted the Grand Master Ma
sons of Virginia and Maryland in lay
ing the cornerstone of the nations
capitol. Fifty-eight years ago, Millard
Fillmore then President, laid the cor.
ner stone of an extension to the Capt.
tol under circumstances such as char.
acterized the laying of the first cor
ner stone. Today with even more i'm
pressive ceremonies the corner stone
of the largest Office building solely
devoted to the primary purposes OF
legislation and the comfort of legisla-
tors was laid. Previous to the cere-
mony a copper box two and a half
feet long, and eighteen inches wide
was placed in the stone. The box con-
tains many rare and unusual articles
together with coins of the United
States and a series of the postage
stamps now in use.
President Rooseveit's Speech.
"Over century ago Washington
laid the corner stone of the Capitol
in what was then little more than a
tract Of wooded wilderness here be-
side the Potomac. We now find II
necessary to provide by great addi'
tional buildings for the business OF
the Government This growth in the
need for the housing Of the Govern
ment is but proof and example OF
the way in which the nation has grown
and the sphere of action of the Ma
tional Government has grown. we
now administer the affairs OF nation
In which the extraordinary growth OF
population has been outstripped by
the growth Of wealth and the growth
In complex interests. The material
problems that face us today are mol
such as they were in Washington's
time, but the underlying facts of hu
man nature are the same now as they
we're then. Under altered externa
form we war with the same tendencies
toward evil that were evident ir
Washington's time, and are helped by
the same tendencies for good. It IL
about some Of these that wish tt
say word today.
I'm Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress
you may recall the description Of the
man with the Mdck-rake, the mar
who could look no way but downward
NTH tho muck.rakA in his hand. whf