Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-18
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Keystone State Mr. Tener. in his ad
dress had this to say:
on the third day of July, in the
year of nineteen hundred and twelve,
it was my privilege to visit this great
city of San Francisco in company with
my fellow members on the Pennsyl-
vania Panama-Pacifc Exposition
/ Commission. We came, representing
the people of our Commonwealth un-
der the law, to select within these fair
grounds a suitable site upon which
to erect a structure to be known as
the Pennsylvania Building.
Il We promised you then that Penn
sylvania would heartily cooperate in
your great undertaking by represen-
tation here in a building and in ex-
hibits that would be indicative of the
standing of our Commonwealth
among the other States, and COM
mensurate with the dignity and inn
portance of this exposition.
Those of us who journeyed here on
that occasion have also well in mind,
and in deepest gratitude recall what
was so generously done for our en-
tertainment and comfort by the good
people of this city, by President Moore
and his committee and the members
of the California Pennsylvania So
WY" ht VI GIL Nhtt1 nS
given us then to enjoy will ever re-
main a most pleasant recollection.
We come to-day to finish the work
then begun. and representing the peo-
pie of PENNSYLVANIA and the Honor
able Martin G. Brumbaugh. the splen-
did Governor of our State. to dedi-
cate this building. its equipment and
control to the purposes of the San
Francisco Panama-Pacific Universal
Exposition.
There are many in this presence
to-day who left their firesides in
Pennsylvania to cast their fortunes
with you of the Golden West, as we'll
as native sons of Pennsylvania and
her citizens by adoption, who for the
present are sojourning here, and it is
to such of you. more directly, that l
now address myself
The keystone in the arch of the
original States-Pennsylvani ad-
mittedly rich in historic lore, rich in
agriculture and manufacturing indus
tries, rich in finance, craftsmanship
and patriotism. and lest you of Penn
sylvania and friends of Pennsylvania
forget. let me recount some of the
things which tend to justify the proud
claim that our Commonwealth has
done as much as any other State in
the Union in the founding and devel-
opment of this great nation.
1t was in the city of Philadelphia
in the year of 1776 the first Conti-
mental Congress met and where. the
Declaration of Independence was
adopted. The Liberty Bell proclaimed
our freedom TO all the world from its
belfry in the Statehouse in Philadel-
phia. The first observance of Fourth
of July and the first capital of the
United States were in Philadelphia.
The first United States Mint was
erected. and the first United States
| post office established, in Philadel-
phia.
1t was in Philadelphia that the first
printing press in America was oper-
ated the first newspaper in America
published and the first magazine is
sued. The first Bible published in
America i'm English was printed in
Philadelphia, and in the same city was
established the first hospital in this
country, the Pennsylvania Hospital
The first public library and the first
medical school in America were es-
tablished in Philadelphia.
/ The first piano manufactured in
America. the first steel and silk made
| in America. were all produced in
Pennsylvania. 1t was in Pennsylvania
that oil was first discovered, that the
first steel rails were made in Amer
lea, that the first armor plate and
| first steel cars in America were pro-
duced The mariners quadrant was
invented by Thomas Godfrey. Penn
sylvanian: the first steamboat oper-
ated in lAmerica was run on the Della
ware river by John Fitch, its inven-
tor and the first locomotive built in
America was constructed in Philadel-
The worlds first international expo
sition was held in Philadelphia, just
one hundred years after the Declara-
ton of Independence. The first
| Speaker of the National House of
| a Frederick a
| Muhlenberg.
Among native Pennsylvanians IA
| nous in the world of art were Will
liam Rush. the first American sculp-
tor: Edwin A. Abbey, the great
| painter of the nineteenth century, and
living to-day are the sculptor George
Gray Bernard. the acknowledged
| Michael Angelo of this generation,
and Miss Violet Oakley, whose mural
paintings enrich and dignity the
State Capitol at Harrisburg and many
other edifices throughout the United
States.
Valley Forge and Fort Duquesne
are in Pennsylvania as is also the bat
tlefield of Gettysburg. Lancaster the
richest agricultural county in yield in
all the world, is in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania levies no tax on real
estate or personal property FOR state
purposes. She is absolutely free OF
| debt and has a substantial cash sur
plus in her treasury. Pennsylvania
tax laws are the best and her cleo
ton laws the most progressive. Her
population, consisting as i does OF
| eight million souls, constitutes a citi-
zenship as loyal to flag and country
and as God-loving as can be found in
all the universe.
Such is a brief and partial review
of her achievements and sacred pos
sessions. And l admonish every loyal
son of Pennsylvania to defend and
safeguard her glorious record.
of special pride and interest must
! IL be to you of California to know
; that John w. Geary was in January,
1s49, appointed postmaster of San
Francisco by President James h. Polk,
and on Augusct 1st of the same year
, | elected your first alcalde. and chosen
: the first mayor of your city May 1st,
; 1850. Geary was later Governor of
! Pennsylvania and major general IN
the armies of the North during the
Civil War. and il was he who fought