Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25
PRESIDENT JUDGE KUNKEL'S ADDRESS AT
MARKER DEDICATION is WIDELY DISCUSSED
Ddupn CounyS Foremost Jurt Delivers Constructive Talk
When Chamber of Commerce Stone Is Unueiled

is shown in that which has been done
py the citizens of this city. The inn
pulse which prompted the efforts
which brought to pass all these things
the highest praise. and ought to and
VIII live long in the memory of all
All these things are the work of your
hands, my fellow citizens, they have
been made at the cost of the public
purse. to which you all contributed
ana with your consent and approval,
they are of your doings, they belong
to You, you have paid for them. they
are yours and you have a right to
take just pride in them. You have
purifed the water supply and made
clear and healthful the water you
drink You have changed your streets
from mud roads to smooth and travel
able highways; you have afforded
means by which the most distant
by bridges and highways. You have
beautiffed your city with parks and
green spots where the old and the
young may resort for health and
pleasure. You have made healthful
and pure the air we breath by the
building of sewers. You have made
this a habitable city where conven-
fence. health and comfort abide.
But may L be permitted to say, all
these material and physical improve
ments alone do not make a city great
and to be admired. 1t is the charac-
ter of its citizens which will make it
great and an example to he followed.
These beautiful, healthful and con-
Venient environments will contribute
In no small measure to this end, for
environment has much to do in the
formation of a character, but with
these, If there be a recognition of, and
obedience to the ordinances and regu-
lations prescribed for the city's gov
ernment; the concern of each one for
the rights of others; the proper use
OF these betterments; each member of
the community law abiding, loyal
and honest citizen, this will be a city
then of which 1t can truly be said
mot great alone in wood and stone, "
but in the character. intelligence and
integrity of its people And why, let
me ask, should not each one of you
be concerned in the observance of the
lawful regulations by others as well
as by yourself? The ordinances and
regulations are yours, you have made
them by your chosen representatives.
In no sense have they been ordained
and imposed by others upon us as is
superficially thought They are your
regulations and are as much yours as
these vast improvements for which
you have spent your money Obedi-
all society, and If you fail to accord
proper respect to your own govern
ment, no material advancement will
be permanent, nor will the city fulfill
It's highest purpose of becoming a
dwelling place in which law and or
der, peace and quiet, virtue and hap
plness reign. Let us then resolve as
we progress in material things, while
we conserve our health and comfort
that we will advance also in the
homely virtues which are so often for
cotton and have lately fallen out OF
fashion, so that our city shall become
a home indeed, beautiful in it's adorn-
ment, exceptional in its comforts and
conveniences and all its outward
beauty be a true indication of the
beauty of the character of it's inhabi.
tants.
And now Sir, (turning to the
Mayor the judge concluded) in the
name and in behalf of the Chamber
OF Commerce, l deliver to you and
into your care and custody as the Chief
Magistrate of this city, and into the
care and custody of your successors
in office, this memorial stone which
is intended to be a reminder of an ex-
ceptional period in the history of oul
city; an incentive in the future tc
further material and moral develop.
ment and a permanent monument tC
those who come after us of the faith.
fulness and ability of the individual
citizens, of the city officials, of the
public boards and civic associations
whose wisdom and patriotism accom-.
plished this great work, and of the
generosity and civic pride of ouI
people"