Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-11
tunIted Press Leased wIre.D

of the cornerstone OF the DulldlnB
for the international Union of Amer
fcan Republics was the occasion OF a
holiday at the national capital. Con-
gress bought fire acres OF ground
near the White House and Andrew
Carnegie donated s750,OO0 for the
erection of building. The Central
and South American republics are to
decorate II lavishly, and John Bar
rett, an Oregon politician with at
least three months residence in the
state Is to hold Office for life,
Speech of Eliiiu Root.
Secretary of State Root In his
speech said:
1T is too much to expect that
there will not be controversies be-
tween American nations to whose do
Sire for harmony we now bear wit
ness; bat to every controversy will
apply the truth that there are no In
ternational controversies so serious
THAT THEY CAN NOT BE SET
tiled PEACEABLY II both parties
really desire peaceable settlement,
while there are few causes Of dispute
so trifling that they can not be made
the occasion of war IL either party
really desires war. The matters In
dispute between nations are moth
ing; the spirit which deals with them
Is everything.
N..1 atn ~ hA
republics WHO HAVE AGRRED Up
ON THE CAPITAL OF THE UNI
TED STATES for the home OF this
international union, the deep appre-
clation of that courtesy shown by the
American government and this rep I
resentative American citizen, and
the work 10 be done within the walls
that are to rise on this site, can not
fail to be powerful influences to-
wards the creation of spirit that
will solve all disputed questions OF
the future and PRESERVE THE
PEACE OF THE WESTERN
WORLD"
The Presidents Speech.
President Roosevelt's speech on
the laying of the cornerstone of the
bureau OF American Republics:
"This is memorable occasion
for the peoples OF the Western Hem
isphere. The building, the corner
stone OF which we lay today, empha-
sizes by Its existence the growing
sense of solidarity OF interest and
aspiration among all the peoples OF
the New World. II marks our rec
ognition OF the need TO knit ever
closer together all the republics OF
the Western Hemisphere, through
the kindly bonds OF mutual justice.
good will and sympathetic compre-
hension.
"At the outset, on behalf OF all |
OF us / wish 10 thank Mr.. Carnegie
for his generous gift--a gift TO all
the nations OF the New World, and
therefore prominently fitting as
coming from one who has so SINGER
iy striven for the cause OF peace 5
among nations; for while we have
yet long path to tread before we can I
speak with any certainty OF the day
when wars shall cease from the I
earth, we OF this Western Hemis- 5
phere, by movements such as that {
symbolized by this building, have [
taken great strides toward securing
permanent peace among ourselves. !
"In the next place. as President {
of this republic | greet the repre- I
sentatives OF all our sister republics s
10 the south Of ns, In @ sense you
are our elder sisters and we theiI
younger people. for you represent a !
more ancient civilization on this con :
ilnent than we do. Your fathers, \
the Spanish and Portuguese explor-
ers. conqperors,' lawgiyers, and COM
monwealth builders, had founded a
fiourishing civilization in the tropics
and the south temperate zone while
all America north of tho Rio Grande
was still unmapped wilderness. Your
people had founded American uni
verslties. were building beautiful
cities were laying deep the founda-
tIon OF future national life. az many
different points In the vast territory
stretching from the Colorado to the
Plata, before the ships OF the French
man and the Englishman. the Swede
and the Holland2r had found per- !
manent havens on the north Atlantic |
seacoast. For centuries our several
civilizations grew each in its own
way, but each sundered from the
others. Now we are growing to-
gether.