The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-15
cARNEGIE's GIFT TO TWENTY
ONE REPUBLICS OF NORTH
AND SOUTH AMERICA.
CORNERSTONE IS LAID
ADDRESSES ~ PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT, ANDREW cARN.
EGiE AND OTHERS.

Washington.-Under splendid aus
pices OF patronage and beautiful
spring weather the corner stone
was laid Monday Of the proposed
home for the International Union
of American Republics. or as Secretary
Root aptly called it, "a temple dedicat.
ed to international friendship"
The decorations were in keeping
with the occasion. Flags and cOlors OF
twenty-one American republics foated
In the breeze over the grandstands,
while the coats of arms OF these coun-
tries were displayed at many places
about the stands.
During the ceremony the nag OF
zach of the twenty-one- countries rep
resented was hauled aloft by blue.
Jacket from the Washington navy
vard and attached to wire, and when
tho last one had been placed in posi-
ion the group made line OF emblems
that stretched from one end of the
eourt to the other. As they were being
hauled up the Marine band played
strains from the national airs OF the
particular country the flag represented.
In the Presidents stand there were
seated the cabinet, the Supreme Court.
the diplomatic corps and members Of
The Senate and House. Secretary Root
was the presiding officer. Cardinal Glib
bons made the invocation.
There were addresses by the Presi-
dent, Secretary Root. Andrew Carnegie
and Brazilian Ambassador Nabuco.
and reading of cabled messages of con-
graduation from the presidents Of the
lLatin-American republics.
Bishop Cranston pronounced the
benediction.
| President Roosevelt told his hear
ers, when the portion Of his speech re-
lating to that subject was reached,
that he was glad to hear them applaud
the battleship fleet. He believed In
peace and arbitration, he said, but he
also believed in keeping in such trim
that it shall be temptation to nobody
to wrong us.
Following the speech making and
the reading of the congratuiatory
cablegrams, the President and the
others who had participated. marched
to the center of the court, where the
cornerstone was ready to be placed
In position. After greeting the head
Mason with cordial grasp Of the
hand, President Roosevelt was given
trowel decorated with the American
republics colors. Taking several
trowelfuls of mortar he placed 1t on
the stone on which the cornerstone 10
to rest and smoothed it out, the latter
act being In turn followed by the re-
naming members of the party. They
then returned to the grand stand,
where the benediction was pronounced.
In his address the President said:
This is a memorable occasion for
all the peoples of the Western hemis.
phere. The building, the cornerstone
of which We lay today, emphasizes by
Its existence the growing sense of SOL
idarity Of interest and aspiration
among all the peoples of the new
world.
"At the outset. on behalf of all of
US. l wish to thank Mr.. Carnegie for
his generous gift-a gift to all the ma.
tons OF the new world. and therefore
pre-eminently fitting as coming from
one who has so sincerely striven for
the cause of peace among nations.
| In the next place. as President Of
this republic, 1 greet the representa-.
tives OF all Of our sister republics to
the south Of us. In a sense you are
our elder sisters and we the younger
people. for you represent a more an.
Client civilization on this continent than
we do"
Secretary Root said:
we are here to lay the cornerstone
OF the building which is to be the
home OF the International Union of
American Republics.
THE public spirit and enthusiasm
for the good Of humanity which have
inspired an American citizen, Mr.. An.
drew Carnegie, in his administration
of great fortune, have led him to de.
vote the adequate and ample sum Of
three-Quarters of million dollars to
the construction Of the building.
Into the appropriate adornment
and fitting of the edifice will go the
contributions Of every American re.
public, already pledged and, in a great
measure already paid into the fund Of
the union.
"The international union for which
the building is erected is a voluntary
association, the members of which are
all the American nations from Cape
Horn to the great lakes"
Ambassador Nabuco Of Brazil spoke
for the Latin-American republics, say.
ing:
Gentlemen, there has never been q
parallel for the sight which this cere.
mony presents-that of twenty-one ma.
tions Of different languages, buildins
together house for their common do.
liberations. The more striking is the
scene as these countries, with all pos
sible differences between them in size
and population, have stablished their