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Associated Press Dispatch Nv Special WireS
Washington March 22 President |
Roosevelt will take part in the laying ol /
tine cornerstone of The new Office building /
for the members ol the House of Repre- |
scntathrs. ON saturday. April 4th. at /
2.3O O'Clock u the afternoon at which /
time the ceremony Will he almost iden- |
tiral with the laying of the cornerstone
of the United States Capitol by President
Washington. nearly ll3 years ago. Fed |
oml Masonic Lodge, which had charge
of the ceremony over century ago, VIII
hnye the honor of directing the swinging
ol the cornerstone of the House Annex
into place. Walter A Brown the grand
master of the Masonic lodge oi the District
of Columbia. win uperintcnd the cXer-
/ cises. and addresses viii be made hy the
/ President and Speaker Cannon. When
| the Capitol cornerstone was laid. prosi-
/ dent Washington was acting grand master
/ of the Masonic lodge in Virginia and, 10y
virtue oft that Office. he was in charge oi
/ the ceremony At that time Federal
/ Lodge was under the Jurisdiction OF tire
l Grand Lodge of Virginia, but few years
later the District of Columbia Mnsons
| were organized into a separate luusdic-
tion. and. consequently, the district or
/ ganization will have charge of the cere-
| monv. Three thousand invitations will
be issued to prominent men throughout
the United States. The cabinet, diplo-
matte corps, Senators. members OF the
House. the United States supreme Court
governors of the various States. promi-
nent army and naval officers and other
government officials will attend the cere-
mony The Marine Band will escort
Federal Lodge TO the site oi the new build
j. Al. D. ..N I..a Ninf. HI.N
grounds and will play during the laying
of the cornerstone.
In accordance with tradition, the stone
is at the northeast corner Of the building,
and its location corresponds with that
of the Capitol cornerstone. Since the
, original Capitol was built wings have been
added at the north and south ends so
the keystone of the building is now vel
4 toward the centre OF that great structure
/ The foundation of the magnificent new
Z Office building Is completed. and the
floor beams for the first story are IN place
o Upon these temporary floor viii be laid
/ and seats will be provided FOR the guests
! The high wooden fence which surround.
\ the foundation will be partly torn away
so that a view of the ceremony may bG
had by persons who cannot be provided
with seats In accordance with Masonic
] tradition, the ceremony will be in the oper
air and the persons who participate IN i
d will have no protection from the weather
regardless of what conditions may be
a Simplicity will mark the event and al
Z pretension will be avoided. In eyerl
d detail it will correspond as nearly 40 pos
q sible with the ceremony i'm which Presi
! dent Washington participated. Ih'
U articles placed in the cornerstone as fa
8 as practicable, will be identical with thos
- deposited IN the Capitol cornerstone b,
9 Federal Lodge and. as both Presiden
Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon are mem
d bers of the Masonic order, the occasion
i will in every way hamonize with tn
d spirit OF tho ceremony directed by th
g Virginia jurisdiction.
b The senate office building. which is i
s course of construction Immediately mort
o OF the Capitol grounds is not so lar ad
II vanced as the House building. and Il
IS cornerstone cannot be laid at the presen
!, session of Congress. These two building
when completed. Will take the places ,
additions originally proposed to the Cap
tol. but which were objected to on Oh
ground that they would mar the arch
4, tectural scheme of that structure Fac
of the new buildings will occupy a con
rs plete square of ground, and they viii !
Ia magnificent white structures of class
IL design to harmonic with the Capit'
y Library of Congress.
~ September 18TH 1893, was the eNa'
I date of the laying of the cornerstone
I the main Capitol building by PresdeI
. Washington The wings of the centr
- building were completed in ISL and wei
~ partially burned by the British in 1871
a The entire central building was hnishe
i'm 1927. The cornerstone of the eNtei
sions at the north and south ends Of Il
u main building were laid by Presidei
Fillmore on July 4th. 1851, when DAM
Webster was the orator The extension
which contain the present Senate ai
House chambers, were first occupied
1857 and 1859, respectively.
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