Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02

TINS time for constructive service, leav-
ing to some capable agency created by
law to secure the best agents for the
public service.
Women's Suffrage Amendment
Two years ago 1 asked you to sub
nit the question of an amendment to
the Constitution permitting women to
vote. You did so. The amendm ent
was defeated. Since then a great ma
tional election has been held and
women have more largely than ever
exercised the franchise. They should
be allowed another opportunity to lay
their claims freely and fully before
the people and l request that your ac-
ton may be favorable in this matter.
Historic Sites and Markers
In this Colony and Commonwealth
have been enacted many of the most
important parts of our national his
tory. Our State is rich in sites made
sacred by the deeds of heroic citizens
All these sites should speedily be
marked to the end that the coming
generations may know at what price
our liberties have been won and at
what sacrifice our ancestors here
carved from savage life and dense for
est n great Commonwealth. We shall
thus increase the love and loyalty of
our people for our great heritage and
advance the day when all our people
by enlightenment shall find in the
story of Pennsylvania a source of
sacred pride and gratitude
Capitol Park and Camp Curtin
The Commission appointed by my
predecessor to acquire additional
grounds about the State House have
performed most difficult service in a
commendable way. About twenty
seven acres in the heart of the city
have been acquired and competent au-
thorities of nationwide experience
have been secured to develop this ex-
tension and the present park into q
commanding setting for our State
House. This work -shoH}a be pushed
with all possible dispatch. The city
of Harrisburg is now developing sys-
TEN of parks the equal of any in the
country. 1t is our hope and desire to
make this new State park consonant
with the work done by the city and
upon a scale worthy our great Com
monwealth. Funds for the conduct of
this important work should be pro-
vided and our Capitol set in an en-
vironment of beauty, making it the
pride of our people and a notable ad-
dition to the beautiful and useful park
areas of the Capital City.
During the Civil War our PennsyI-
vania troops We're all trained and mus
tered into the national service at Camp
Curtin, site now within the limits
of Harrisburg and rapidly developing
into an important residential district.
A small area yet remains unimproved
and for an unimportant sum this land
may now be acquired, set aside as
Camp Curtin Park, and made a me-
mortal TO the citizen soldiery of Penn
sylvana. | earnestly urge your favor
able consideration of this patriotic
service.
Conclusion
No other State has had to consider
such complex problems as confront us
in this State. Here we have welcomed
all the peoples of the world. Since the
days of the great Penn this has been
the home and haven of all who choose
to come. These are now a part of us.
Their welfare is the States welfare.
Their education. their employment,
their health. their happiness, their
economic and social we'll being are all
subjects of the greatest moment III
ever government needs to demon
strate its wisdom and humanity that
government is ours. In tho interests
of all these people / have steadily Ia
bored. Their rights are sacred. Their
destiny is ours. Every consideration
makes their cause the cause of our
people at large. They and those of us
who have long lived for PENNSYLVANIA
alike demand clean, capable, and con-