Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-10
A THOUGHTFUL TALK
President Roosevelt Speaks to
Pennsylvanians
THEIR NEW CAPITOL DEDICATED
Cost of Construction and Interior De-
coration was sl3,Ooo,ooo. Building
Covers Two Acres, Has 481 Rooms
and More Floor Space Than Nation
al Capitol.

Harrisburg, Pa, special.-The new
capitol dedicated is one of the most
beautiful aud imposing buildings IN
the United States, not only in archi-
tecure but in interior decorations and
furnishings. Thus far the building
and furnishings represent the expen-
diturc Of $13,OOO,OOO. The building
is Roman-Corinthian in general de-
sign, faced with Barre granite. 1t
covers a triae more than two acres
and consists of main building ane
two wings, the total length being
525, and breadth 254 feet, surmounted
with a dome rising 292 feet above the
first floor. The most striking feature
Of the exterior is the employment Of
32 great granite rnoIoliths; each
weighing 35 tons. The building. con-
tains 4S1 rooms occupied by all the
departments of the State government,
including the supreme and superior
courts. 1t contains more floor space
than that of the Capitol at Washing:
ton, and more than that Of the capital
at Albany. The $9,O03,O0O spent i'll
furnishing the building have been
made the campaign issue by the fusion
.andidates who are opposed to the Re
publican candidates.
The Presidents Speech.
The principal speech at the dedi-
cation Of the new State capitol was
delivered by President Roosevelt. The
President felicitated Pennsylvania up
on the fine progress she has made and
the great men she has produced. AT
ter speaking at some length upon the
powers and duties Of the State he ap-
plied himself for while to more gen.
eral matters affecting the nation at
large. Among other things the Pres
ident said:
7 do not come here 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
handle ourselves in the present, and
each of us can best show his de-
votion to his own State by making
evident his paramount devotion tu
that Union which includes all the
States. The study Of the great deeds
Of the past is Of chief avail in SO
far as it incites us to grapple reso.
,utcly and effectively with the prob.
lems of the present. We are not
now menaced by foreign war. Our
Union is firmly established. But each
generation has its special and serious
difficulties; and we Of this genera
tion have 10 straggle with evils spring.
ing from the very material success
/ Cor which We are so proud, from the
very growth and prosperity Of which
with justice we boast. The extraor.
binary industrial changes of the last
half century have produced q totally
new set Of conditions, under which
new evils flourish; and for these new
evils row remedies must be devised.
Some of these evils can be crap.
pied with by private effort only: fol
we never can afford to forgot that il
the last analysis the chief factor jr
personal success, and indeed in nat
onal greatness. musi be the sturdy
>elf-reliant character Of the jndivi
dual eitizeu. But many uf thes;
evils are hf such nature that II,
private effort can avail against them
These evils, therefore. must be crap
oled with by governmental action. Ii
some cases this governmental actor
States individually. In yet other
t has become increasingly eviden
hat no efficient State action is pos
iible. and what we need through exc
'utive action, through legislation, ant
trough judicial Interpretation ant
construction Of, law, to increase tn
COVER of the federal government.
After showing what has been dom
Il the past few years to help alon:
he advancement Of the nation h
Said:
We have actually aeeomplishe,
much. But we have not accomplishe'
all, nor anything like all, that we fee
must be accomplished. We shall no
halt; we shall steadily follow the pat
I'VE have marked out, executing til
laws we have succeeded in putin:
upon the statute books with absolut
mpartiality as between man and man
and unresting in our endcavor L
strengthen and supplement these b.
further laws which shall enable us il
more efficient and more summar.
fashion to achieve the ends we hav
III view.
In closing his speech Presiden
Roosevelt said:
1t behooves MS Americans to lool
ahead and plan out the right kim
of civilization as that which we in
tend to develop from these wonderful
new conditions of vast industrial
growth. 1t must not be, it shall no
be, the civilization Of mere plutoc
racy. banking house, Wall Stree
syndicate civilization; nor yet cal
there be submission to class hatred, t
rancor, brutaliy ana mob violence, 70
that would meaa lha end Of all civil
zntioil. increased powers are sasrep
Etible Of abuse as He!l az Naa; ilcYe