The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
New S13,OOO,OOO Capitol Dsdi-
 cated in Harrisburg, Pa
CROWD BRAVES ELEMENTS
Roosevelt Discusses What Pennsyl- vania Has Done In the Past and What g. r''Had Do In
 the Future.

Harrisburg, Pa, October 4.--President Roosevelt made flying trip to liar is burg and York today and in each city he made a speech from the train. At both places he wore dark raincoat and rub bers while speaking to protect him from the storm.
 The President left Washington this morning in a special train in company with Senators Penrose and Knox of Penn sylvania, and returned to the national capital this evening. At Harrisburg the President delivered the oratlon at the dedication Of the beautiful new state cap itol. which has just been completed at a cost of $1S,0000Oo to take the place of the old state house desi oyed by fire in lS97 The President lef tse executive mansion shortly before clock for York
 There he visited the county fair grounds and was driven around the race track. The rain fell during the drive and the Presidents face was bespattered with mud when he left his carriage and mount ed small platform from which he made his second speech. At the conclusion of his speech he was driven to the station and boarded the train for Washington
 Largest Crowd In city's History.
 In the presene oi the largest crowd that has ever gathered in Harrisburg, the magnificent capitol of Pennsylvania was dedicated 1day with brief ceremonies in which President Roosevelt took an ac- tive part. Rain fell throughout the ex- ereises, but thousands stood in the drench- ing down pour facing the Presidents | uta count of the bad weather.
 The crowd at one time during the cere- monies surged dangerously about one of the street corners. several thousand per sons being involved in the struggling mass. Matters assumed such state that Col. Joseph B. Hutchlson, commander of the Eighth regiment N. G. F., and chief of Harrisburg police, rode into the crowd and with the aid of a squad of guardsmen quieted the people and com plete order was restored.
 President Roosevelt was met at the railroad station by the capitol dedication committee and escorted to the capitol by the governors troop. Crowds lined the route and the President was given a cor dial greeting, At the capitol the Presi- dent was met by Governor PennypaclSer and after the formal greetings, the Gov ernor and Mayor Gross of Harrisburg presented the President with gold medals as gifts of the state and city,
 Given Enthusiastic Welcome.
 President Roosevelt was given an en- thusastic reception when he appeared on the grand stand at 11:45 o'clock All branches of the state government were represented in the crowd on the platform and considerable space was given to specially invited guests. Following the reading of a portion of the scriptures from historic Bible by John K. Dill | lingham, member of the Society of Friends In Philadelphia, former Gov. Will liam A. Stone. president of the capitol ! building commission, in a brief address turned the building over to the gover- nor. at the same time handing him a gold key.
 Governor Pennypacker accepted the | building on behalf of the people in d brief speech and when he concluded he introduced President Roosevelt. The Pres- ident wore rain coat and stood bare l headed In the rain. He spoke as follows:
 The President Speaks.
 Ii is a very real pleasure for me to at tend these ceremonies at the capital of your great state In every great crisis Of our government the attitude of Pennsyl- vanla has been of crucial importance, as | the affectionate nickname of Keystone State" signifies. Pennsylvania has always | looked warly before she leaped, and IL was well that she should do so. But hav- ing finally made up her mind, in each 1 great crisis of national history, her weight has been cast unhesitatingly upon the right side. and has been found irre- sistable. This true alike at the time | of the Declaration of Independence. at the time of the adoption of the constitution. and during the terrible years when the | issue was the preserva ton of the Union.
 Pennsylvanlas soil is historic. It was within Pennsylvanias borders that the contest opened which to decide whether the valsnt sodiers of France would be able 10 bar this continent against the domination of the people of | the English-speaking colonies It was on | Pennsylvania's soil that the Declaration | of Independence was signed and the con 1 stitutional convention held. It was in ! Pennsylvania that Washington wintered at Valley Forge. and by keeping his army together during that winter definitely 1 turned the scales in our favor in the con l test for independence. It was again on | Pennsylvanias soil, at Gettysburg that the tide turned in the civil war. In the composition of her people, moreover. Pennsylvania has epitomized the composi-
 
 World races have mingled their blood to make that new type the American. Final ly, in all branches of the public service. in peace and in war, the native or adopt ed citizen of Pennsylvania have attained the highest emnence.
 Needs of Future.
 1 I do not, however. come here today to speak only of the past, and still less to | appeal merely to state pride. We can show that the past Is with us a living force only by the way In which we ham dle ourselves In the present. and each of us can best show his devotion to his own state by making evident his paramount | devotion to the Union which includes all | the states. The study of the great deeds | of the past Is of chief avail in so far as { 1t incites us to grapple resoutely and | effectively with the problems of the pres ent. We are not now menaced by for | | m