The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-04
MODERN EVILS.
Ahey Demand Modern Remedies
Says the President
An a Speech Defeating Pennsyl-
vania's New Capitol.
He RAPS THE COURTS
For Standing in the Way Of the
OOuntry's Advancement.
Pleads for More Power to the
Federal Government.
HE RAPS THE COURTS


gathered in Harrisburg. the magnificent
new capitol Of Pennsylvania vas ded-
leated today with brief ceremonies in
which President Roosevelt took an &C
tive part.
Crowds began to gather about the
immense grandstand at the West State
street entrance to the capitol grounds
at daybreak and when the exercises
began the place was one mass of hu-
manity- Before the exercises were start
ed rain began falling and continued
throughout the ceremonies. Thousands
stood in the drenching downpour facing
the presidents stand which was filled
Notwithstanding the rain. The president
wore a rain coat and spoke bare headed.
Most Of the ticket holders were men,
few women turning out on account of
the weather.
President Roosev elt arrived at the
Pennsylvania railroad station at 11:02
a. m, and was met by the capitol
dedication committee and escorted to
fhe capitol by the governors troop
Crowds lined the route from the station
to the capitol and the president was
given a cordial greeting Al the capitol
the president was met by Governor
PennypacEer and after the formal
greetings the governor and Mayor Gross
with gold medals as gifts of the state
and city respectively.
President Roosevelt was given an
enthusiastic reception when he appear
ed on the grand stand at 11:45 o'clock.
All branches of the state government
We're 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 a historic Bible
by John H. Dillingham;, member of
the society of friends in Philadelphia,
former Governor William A. Stone,
president Of the capitol building COM
mission. in a brief address turned the
building over to the governor at the
same time handing him a gold key.
Governor Pennypacker accepted the
building on behalf of the people in
brief speech.
When he concluded the governor in
troduced President Roosevelt. who de-
livered the principal address Of the
day. The president spoke as follows:
Address of the President
1T is a very real pleasure for me to
attend these ceremonies at the capital
of your great state. In every great crf-
sis of our government the attitude of
Pennsylvania has been of crucial i'm
nortance, as the affectiOnate nickname
of keystone State signifies Pennsyi-
vania has always looked warily before
she leaped, and it was well that she
should do so. But having finally made
up her mind, in each great crisis of
our national history, her weight has
been cast unhesitatingly upon the right
side, and has been found Irresistible.
This was true alike at the time of the
Declaration Of Independence. at the
time of the adoption of the COnstitu-
tiOn, and during the terrible years
when the issue was the preservation Of
the Union
ePennsylvania's soil is historic It
was within Pennsylvania borders that
the contest opened which was to de-
eide Whel Ter the valiant soldiers of
France would be able to bar this con-
tfnent against the domination Of the
people of the English-spea colon
les. Tt was on Pennsylvania soil that
the Declaration of independence was
signed and the constitutional cOnven-
tion held. Tt was in Pennsylvania that
Washington Wintered at Valley Forge,
and by keeping his army together dur
ing that winter definitely turned the
scales in our favor in the contest fer
independence. It was again on Penn
sylvanias s soil. at Gettysburg, that the
tide turned in the civil war. In the
composition Of her people. moreover,
Pennsylvania has epitomized the com
position Of our Union for here many
Old World races have mingled their
blood to make that new type the
American. Finally, in all branches of
the public service, in peace and in war
the native or adopted citizens of Penn
syivania have attained the highest
eminence.
II do not. however, come here today
to speak only Of the past and stil 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 handle ourselves in the present.
and each of US can best show his de-
votion to his own state by making evf-
dent his paramount devotion to that
Union which includes all the states
The study of the great deeds of the
past is of chief avail in so far as ii
fncites us to RraDDle reS0Iufefv and Of
fectively with the problems of the
present We are not now menaced by
foreign war. Our Union is firmly es-
tablished. But each generation has its
special and serious difficulties and we
Of this generation have to struggle
with evils springing from the very ma
ferial success Of which we are so proud
from the very growth and prosperity
of which. with justice. we boast. The
extraordinary industrial changes of the
last half century have produced a to-
tally new set Of conditions, under
which new evils flourish, and for the
these new remedies must be devised.
Graphing With Evil.
"Some of these evils can be applied
with by private enort only; for we
never can afford to forget that in the
last analysis the chief factor in person
al success, and indeed in national
greatness, must be the sturdy. self re-
liant character of the individual cfti-
zen. But many of these evils are of
such a nature that no private effort
can avail against them These evils
therefore must be grappled with by
governmental action. In some cases
this governmental action must be ex-
srcised by the several states indi-
eidually In yet others It has become
Increasingly evident that no efficient
state action is possible. and that we
need through executive action. through
legislation, and through Judicial inter-
-rafa Hon oud onnStv1frffnn Of Lava ~