Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-04

to attend these ceremonies at thu
capital of your great state. In ever!
great crisis OF our government tn,
attitude of Pennsylvania has beer
of crucial Importance. as the affec
tionate nickname of "Keyston,
State" signifies Pennsylvania has
always looked wariiy before sh'
ieaped, and 1t was we'll that she
! should do 80. But having finally
made up her mind. In each great
crisis of our national history, he,
weight has been cast unhesltatingly
upon the right side, and has been
found irresistible. This was true alike
at the time OF the Declaration OF In
dependence. at the time OF the adop-
tion of the Constitution, and during
the terrible years when the issue was
the preservation OF the Union.
Pennsylvanias soil is historic. 1t
was within Pennsylvania borders
that the contest opened which was to
decide whether the valiant soldiers
OF France would be able to bar this
continent against the dominion OF
the people of the Engllsh-speaklng
colonies. 1T WAS ON PENNSYL-
vANIA'S SOIL THAT THE DECLA-
RATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS
SIGNED AND THE CONSTITUTION
AL CONVENTION HELD. 1T WAS
IN PENNSYLVANIA THAT WASH.
INGTON wINTERED AT VALLEY
FORGE, and by keeping his army
together during that winter definitely
turned the scales in our favor in
the contest for Independence. II
was again on Pennsylyania's soil, at
Gettysburg that the tide turned In
the civil war In the composition OF
her people. moreover. Pennsylvania
has epltomized the composition OF
our Union; for here many old world
races have mingled their blood to
make the new type. the American,
Finally, in all branches OF the public
service. In peace and In war, the ma.
tive or adopted citizens Of Pennsyl-
vanla have attained the highest emf.
nence.
Conditions Have Changed.
do not. however, come here to-
day to speak OF the past. and still
less TO appeal merely TO state pride.
We can show that the past is With
us living force only by the way In
which we handle ourselves In the
present. and each of MS can best show
his devotion to his own state by
evident his paramount de-
votion 20 that Union which includes
an the state. THE STUDY OF THE
GREAT DEEDS OF THE PAST Is
DF CHIEF AVAIL IN so FAR As
IN INCITES US To GRAPPLE RES
)LuTELY AND EFFECTIVELY |
WITH THE PROBLEMS OF THE
PRESENT. We are not menaced by
'oreign war. Our Union Is firmly
established. Hut each generation has
Is special aud serious difficulties;
Ind We OF this generation have to
struggle with evils springlng from
he very material success of which
Ne are so proud. from the very
yrowth and prosperity OF which. with
ustloe, We boast. The extraordi-
,ary industrial changes OF the last
lelf century have produced totally
lew set OF conditions. under which
lew evils flourish: and for these new
wills new remedies must be devised,
Some OF these evils can be Crap
led with by private effort only; for
20 never can aford to forget that In
he last analysis the chief factor In
ersonal success. and indeed In ma
Ional greatness. must be the sturdy.
elt.reliant character OF the indivld-
al citizen. BUT MANY oF rHEsE
WIS ARR or SUCH A NATURE
HAT M PRlvATE RRFoRT CAN
VAIL AGAINST THEM. These
wills. therefore. must be grappled
ith by government action. In some
lses this government action must be
Serclsed by tho several states indi- |
Idnally. In Yet others Il has be-
me Increasingly evident that no
neIent state action Is possible. and
Iat We need through executive
'tion. through legislation. aud !
rough judicial Interpretation ana I
OF law. 20 increase tho
'weF OF the federal government. I