Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-26
STATES NEW CAPITOL WAS WEAPON
IN DESPERATE POLITICAL STRUGGLE
Governor Pennypacker, in Telling About the Clash
Which Stirred Pennsylvania, Shows the Tac-
tica Error of the Opposition Forces
of the Commonwealth in an address which

of the Commonwealth in an address which
RAM
The Capitol is much more than the
bUilding in which the Legislature holds
its sessions, the courts sit In judgment
and the Executive exercises his authority
IT Is a concrete manifestation OF the I'M
portance and power of the state and an
expression of It's artistic development
Intelligent observers, who look upon the
structure and examine the proportions
the arrangements and the ornamentation
are enabled to divine at what stage IN
the advance of civilization the people
have arrived and TO determine with sufll
ctent accuracy what have been their
achievements in the past and what arc
their aspirations for tho future.
The commission charged with the duty
OF erecting this Capitol and those who
have had responsibility in connection
with it have felt that in architecture snd
appointments the outcome ought TO ho
worthy of the Commonwealth. They have
not forgotten the essential and unique
relation which Pennsylvania has borne
in tho Development of our national life;
that in her first Capitol the Government
of the United States had it's birth; that
during ten years Of the early and uncor-
tain existence of that Government she
gave it home; that since its origin what
mas ever been accepted as the Penn.
SylNania idea" has been the dominatN
political principle of its Administration:
and that its present unparalleled material
prosperity rests finally in large measure
upon the outcome OF her furnaces and
mines Nor have they forgotten that the
thought of William Penn, enunciated
over two centuries ago and rewritten
around the dome of this Capitol, has be-
come the fundamental principle of our
National Constitution acknowledged now
by all men as automatic truth.
There is "A sermon which tho many
Americans who HE hithcr in the future
years to study chaSte art. expressed iu
form. as today they 20 to the Parthcnon
ana st. Peters, to the Cathedras of Ant
werp and Cologne. will be enabled to
read in these stones Of polished marble
and hcwn granite. When Moses set out
to build IAN altar under the hill and
twelve pillars" he beforehand wrote all
the words of tho Lord" Let us take
comfort in tho belief that in like man
nor this massive and beautiful building,
which VIC have in our later time erected,
VIII he an example and inSpira tiOn to
all OF the people. encouraging them in
pure thoughts and melting them to
worthy deeds. Let MS bear in mind tho
Injunction of tho far-seelnG founder of
the province. which made it indeed, as
he hoped, the seed of a nation--"that We
may do the thing that is truly wise and
just"
ON behalf of the commonwealth as
its Chief Executive ! accent this CapitoI
and now. with pride. with faith and with
hope. ] dedicate IT to the public use and
10 the purposes for which it was designed
and constructed.
The Golden Key
Huston, who was "A warm enthusiast ant
clatcd with the success Of his production
caused to be made a gold key for the mali
door Of the Capitol, to lie used as the sym
Dol or the transfer, which lie presented anc
inscribed to me- one Of Rooscyclt's attend
ants proposed to carry off this key as ;
mcmento for the President but / ntcrferco
and prevented its Accomplishment. 1t wa,
before the dinner. which gave to noose
welt at the executive mansion. that Pcnros,
came to me and asked me whether woul,
not send an invitation to Charles E,mor,
smith, explaining that they wanted to tr,
to get him in line, and evidently expectin.
me to object I replied, "Certainly," an,
sent the invitation. Smith, although h
was daily printing falsehoods about m,
promptly accepted. At the dinner penros
came to Roosevelt, who sat on my right
and said:
"Now, Mr.. President won't you talk t,
smith,
Il will do what | can with him" wa
the answer.
escorted Smith up to the head Of tn
table and tl&y had a long conference
Tomorrow Governor Pennspacker brings his a.
mInistration to "A close. " "'