The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-12
TROWEL HANDLED
BY ROOSEVELT
Cornerstone of Home of Amer
lean Republics Duly
Laid.
LARGE AUDIENCE PRESENT
TELEGRAMS FROM SOUTHERN
REPUBLICS READ.
LARGE AUDIENCE PRESENT

Washington, May 11.-Under splendid
auspices of patronage and beautiful
spring weather the cornerstone was
laid today of the proposed home for tn
International Union of American Re
publics, or, as Secretary Root aptly
called it, "a temple dedicated to in
ternational friendship" Three thou
sand persons, including representatives.
of political, official and social life in
Washington, and who occupied seats
on stands composing a great quadran-
gle, were interested spectators of the
ceremony. The decorations were in
keeping with the occasion. Flags and
colors of twenty-One American repub-
lies floated in the breeze over the grand
stands, while the coats of arms of these
countries were displayed at many plac IS
about the stands. over the speakers
portion of the presidents stand were
the colOrs of the United States and
Brazil, the latter in honor Ambassador
Nabuco.
Long String of EmbIems.
During the ceremony the flag of each
of the tWenty-One countries represent
ed was naUled alOft by Il bluejacket
from the Washington navy yard and
attached to a wire, and when the las
one had been placed in position IL.
Ygroup made a line of emblems that
stretched from one end of the court to
the other. AS they were being hauled up
the marine band played strains from
the national airs of the particular cour-
try the flag represented.
On the presidents stand there were
seated the cabinet. the supreme court,
the diplomatic corps and members %
the senate and house. John Barrett,
director Of the bureau. introduced Sec
rotary Root as the presiding officer.
Cardinal Gibbons made the invocation.
There were addresses by the presi-
dent. Secretary Root. Andrew Carnegie
and Brazilian Amba ssadOr Nabuco, and
reading of cabled messages of cOngrat-
ulatiOn from the presidents of the Lat
in-American republics.
Bishop Cranston pronounced the bene-
diction.
President Roosevelt told his hearers,
CWhen the portion of his speech relating
10 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 10 nobody to
wrong us.
No Word From Venezuela.
NneH MI barrett read cdDle8fdInS
Of congratulations from the presidents
of the American republics, it was no
ticed that there had been no response
to the invitation to contribute to the
symposium from either President Cas-
tro of Venezuela or the president of
Paraguay. There was no public OK
PLANTATION of President CastrO's failure
to send a dispatch, while Paraguay is
not represented in the governing board
of the bureau.
Following the speechmakinS and The
reading of the congTatulatOry cable
grams, the president and others who had
participated marched TO the center Of
the court, where the cornerstone was
grady to be placed in position. After
greeting the head mason with a cordial
grasp of the hand, President Roosevelt
was given a trowel decorated with the
American republics cOlors. Taking
several trOwelfuls of mortar he placed
it on the stone on which the corner
stone is to rest and smoothed il "ut.
the latter act being in turn followed
by the remaining members of The party
They then returned 10 the STandStand,
where the benediction Was pronounced.