The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-05
ROOSEVELT CURB FOR RICHES.
SPEAKS FOR Federal CONTROL
or CORPORATIONS.
Declares C-essutu1Sn's Commerce Gsa-se
GiVes Power % Regulate All AgSre-
Eatieas &C Capital -supcrviaiOO an
Antidote. Net q Cause. for Anarchy.

Roosevelt came to Harrisburg to-day 70
participate in the dedication OF the new
State Capitol Building, which has cost
tlS. 900. 900 TO date.
This afternoon he went to York. twenty
eight miles from here. and made an Informal
address in the York county fair grounds.
He returned to Washington from there.
It was a nasty. rainy, chilly day, but
weather discomfOrts did not seem to inter-
fere with the enjoyment which the Presi-
dent got out Of his little jaunt into Penn
~sylvania. He was In the best Of condition
and showed he was greatly pleased over
the heartinees OF the reception which he
! received here and in York.
The biggest hit Of the day he made at
the ~neighboring town when he told the
people who were standing in the muck
and mire Of the fair grounds that they were
bound to be prosperous as long as their
barns were bigger than their houses.
The crowd yelled and yelled at this, for
the point appealed to them strongly. All
through that section Of the State where
the Pennsylvania Dutch are thickest even
a person of indif erent observation could not
fail to be struck by the disparity in the sizes
OF the farm dwellings and the barns.
There was a steady drizzle in Washington
when the Presidents train Of three cars
pulled out OF the Pennsylvania station in
that city at 75e O'Clock, and il was raining
as steadily when the train arrived at Harris
burg at II :O5 o'clock.
The Pennsylvania Senators, Boies Penro5e
and PhiIander {. Knox, Surgeon-General
! Presley NJ, Rixey of the navy, who In the
Presidents personal physician; Assistant
Secretary Iatta and Executive Clerk
McGrew Of the White House -stan and the
usual contingent Of Secret Service men ac-
companiei the President from Washington.
With Gov. Pennypacker. Mayor Gross
Of Harrisburg and Assistant Secretary Latts,
the President was taken in a carriage
through Harrisburg streets by a circuitous
route to the Capitol Building. His only es-
cort was a troop Of Pennsylvania Stato
ConstabulRry.
In spite OF the rain people thronged thu
sidewalks along the line OF the procession
and cheerel all the tims the President
was IN sight. Every building on the route
was decorated with flags and bunting, AMI
the whole town showed in every way that
il was happy over having the President.
Mr. Roosevelt Ia the first President OF tbs
United States who has visited Harrisburg
since Lincoln was there. He was there
! Opcs before Nhep, hs. Yas Police Co D"mis-
7 sionef 81 New York. and made a apeech
about governmental reform.
Before the dedication ceremonies were
begun the President was shown around
the magnificent building. He was greatly
impressed with the structure and said that
the Senate chamber was the most beautiful
room Of the sort he had ever seen. When
he appeared on the temporary stand
erected in front OF the Capitol md facing
Third street the big crowd gave a wild yell
Of welcome and made Mr.. Roosevelt feel
that he was to make himself at home.
The people held their places in spite OF the
rain. On the stand with the President
and Gov. ~Pennypaoker were Senators
Penrose and Knox, former Gov. Stone,
former Post MASTER General Charles Emory
Smith, former Senator J. Donald Cameron,
Mayor Weaver Of Philadelphia and Repre-
santatives HUFF and Barchield. Both the
Republican and Democratic Lincoln Repub-
1 lican candidates for Governor stayed away
to show that the Presidents visit had no
partisan significance. 1t was said that
Efforts were made to induce the President
to boost the regular Republican organiza-
ton. II they were made they were I'M
successful, for Mr.. Roosevelt did not talk
politics in his Harrisburg speech.
The dedication ceremonies were simple.
John II. Dflingham of Philadelphia, a
prominent Quaker, read an extract from the
Scriptures, and former Governor William A.
Stone, president Of the Capitol Building Com
mission, made a brief address and turned
the structure over TO Gov. Pennypacker for
the State. He handed the Governor q key
to the building made Of solid gold
Then the Governor made q speech Of ac-
oeptance and introduced President Rooee-
welt, who got another cheer when he rosa to
deliver his Grafton.
Although the rain was falling the Presi-
dent spoke without a hat, but he turned up
the collar Of his overcoat about his neck.
He delivered his speech from manuscripts
written in Theoretically spelled English.
The speech had to do mainly with the policy
OF exercising supervision and control over
great corporate wealth.
Mr.. Roosevelt made a hit with his auditors
when he declared that what he had done and
WhuNtu 10 w III JHLH dlICCstOu Wh0 uOb oOOAh4-
ism, but the antidote for H.; and he took a
shy at William ]. Bryan when he said that
Federal supervision over railroads would
prevent Government ownership OF railroads,
a policy which he declared to be svil from
every standpoint.
He caught the crowd again when, in con-
tending that it was wrong to incite the poor
against the rich, he pointed to a soldier on
duty below the stand and said: And you,
comrade, didn't care whether your bunkie
was rich or poor"
When the President had finished speaking
the troops that had come to participate
in the dedication marched past him in
review. He clapped his hands when a
portion Of the new State ~Constabulary
marched by. They we're fine looking young
fellows, dressed in natty uniforms, some
what like those Of London hobbies, and
sat their horses we'll. The battalion OF
Indian boys from the Carlisle School at
trncted his attention also. Their band
III aged Hail, Hail, the Gan = All Here,
which used to be the favo rite air Of the
Pennsylvania State organization, and this
caused a laugh on q p stand.
From the Capitol the President was