The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-05-16
CARNEGiE'S GIFT TO TWENTY.
ONE REPUBLICS OF NORTH
AND SOUTH AMERICA.
CORNERSTONE IS LAID
ADDRESSES BY PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT, ANDREW CARN-
EGiE AND OTHERS.

spring weather the corner stone
was laid Monday of the proposed
home tOr the International Union
OF American Republics, or as Secretary
Roo. aptly called it, "a temple dedicat-
ed to International friendship
The decorations were in keeping
with he occasion Flags and colors OF
twenty-One American republics tloateI
In tbs breeze over the grandstands,
while the coais of arms of these coun-
tries wsre displayed at many places
about the stands.
DuIlng the ceremony the flag OF
each Of the twenty one countries rep
resene ed was hauled aloft by a blue
JACKIE from the Washington navy
yard and attached to a wire, and when
the last one haa been placed in posi-
tion lie group made line Of emblems
that stretched from one end of the
court to he other. AS they We're 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
seeted the cabinet, the Supreme Court
the diplomatic corps and members oil
the Senate and House. Secretary Root
was the presiding officer Cardinal Glib
bons ma ie the invocation.
There We're addresses by the Plesi
dent, Secretary Root. Andrew Carnegie
and Brazilian Ambassador Nabuco,
and reading OF cabled messages of con
graduation from the presidents of the
Latin 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 ii shall be a temptation to nobody
to wrong us.
Following the speech making and
the reading Of the congratulatory
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 a cordial grasp Of the
hand, President Roosevelt was given
trowel decorated with the American
republics cOlors. Taking several
trowelfuls Of mortar he placed it on
the stone on which the cornerstone is
to rest and smoothed it out, the latter
act being in turn followed by the re-
manning 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 MIR. Carnegie for
his generous gift-a gift to all the ma
tions of the new world and therefore
prominently fitting as coming from
one who has so sincerely striyen for
the cause of peace among nations.
In the next place, as President of
this republic, | 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 more an
cient civilization on this continent than
we do"
Secretary Root said:
We are here to lay the cornerstone
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 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
parallel for the sight which this cere
mony presents-that of twenty-one ma
tions Of different languages, building
together house for their common de
liberattons. The more striking Is the
scene as these countries, with all pos
sible differences between them in size
and population, have established their
union on the basis of the most absolute
equality.
so many sovereign states would not
have been drawn so spontaneously to-
gether II there did not exist through
out them. at the bottom or at the top
OF each national conscience, the feel
ing Of destiny common to all Amer
ica"
Pekin.-News was received here
Monday that 5000 rebels set out to
march on Keng-Tsze, a treaty port on
the Songkoi river. A body of provin-