Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-04

in Harrisburg. the magnificent new
capitol of Pennsylvania was dedicated
today with brief ceremonies in which
President Roosevelt took an active
part
Rained Throughout.
Before the exercises began rain be-
gan falling and continued throughout
the ceremonies. Thousands stood in a
drenching downpOur
Following the reading of a portion
of the scriptures former Governor VIII
liam A Stone, president of the capitol
building commission in Il brief address
turned the building over TO the COVER
nor. at the same time handing him 4
gold key
Governor Accepts.
Governor Pennypacker accepted the
building on behalf of the people and
then introduced President Roosevelt
who delivered the principal address.
saying in part:
Must Plan Civilization.
1T behooves us Americans TO look
ahead and plan out the right kind of
civilization. as that which We intend
To develop from these wonderful new
conditions of vast industrial growth.
IL must not be. it shall not be. the civil
IIzatiOn of mere plutocracy. a bank
ing-house. WaII-street-syndicat ciyili-
ZaIion: nor vet can there be submits
sion to class hatred. to rancor. brutal
ity. and mob violence. for that would
mean the end of all civilization.
Increased powers are susceptible of
abuse as well as use: never before
have the opportunities for seIfishness
been so great. nor the results OF selfish
ness so appalling; for i'll communities
where everything is organized on
merely selfish commercial basis. such
seIfishness. if unchecked many trans
form the great forces of the new epoch
into powers of destruction hitherto un-
equaled
We need to check the forces of
greed. to insure just treatment alike of
capital and of labor. and of the gen.
eral public 10 prevent any man. rich
or poor. from doing or receiving wrong
whether this wrong be one of cunning
or of violence
Much can be done by wise legisIa-
tiOn and by resOlute enforcement of
the law. But still more must be done
by steady training of the individual
citizen. in conscience and character
until he grows to abhor corruption and
greed and tyranny and brutality and
To prize justice and fair dealing.
The men who are TO do the work of
the new epoch must be trained so as TO
have a sturdy self-respect. power of
sturdy insistence on their own rights
and with it a proud and generous re-
cognitiCn OF their duties, a sense of
honorable obligation to their fellows.
which will bind them. as by bands of
steel. to refrain in their daily work at
home or in their business from doing
aught TO any man which can not be
blazoned under the MONDAY sun
Cost SI3.OOO,OOO.
The new capitol is one of the most
beautiful and imposing buildings in the
United States, not only in its architec
tuTe. but also in its interior decora-
tions and furnishings. Thus far the
buildings and furnishings represent an
expenditure of S13.O0O,00O The capt.
tOl consists of the main building and
Two wings. the total length being 525
feet. and breadth 254. The whole is |
surmOunted with dome rising 292 |
feet above the first floor.
Larger Than u. - Capitol.
The building contains 4S1 rooms |
occupied by all departments of the |
state government. II contains more |
floor space than the capitol at Wash |
ingtOn or Albany