Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-19

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extended the thanks of the Chamber
I to the hotel management for the eX--
cellent arrangements and to Charles
10. Covert, chairman of the reception
committee, under whose direction
the entertainment was so admirably
worked out.
Ovation For Bcidlcman
Lieutenant Governor Beidleman re-
ceived a veritable ovation at the
hands of his neighbors and the Wis
! itors alike. The applause continued
for full minute, the whole assem-
I blage rising to greet him. lie re-
sponded in a brief but happy speech
welcoming the legislators not as
strangers but as men who come to
be part and parcel of the community
once every two years and who are
looked upon during their stay, more
as neighbors than as guests. He paid
n high tribute to Governor Sproul,
whom he said had been coming to
harrisburg for so many years that
he needed no introduction. He pro-
nounced the Governor the best eX-
ecutive Pennsylvania ever has had
and predicted a wonderfully con-
structive administration.
! Governor Sproul also got a rous-
| ing reception at the hands of the
guests and members who cheered
| and clapped so that he could not pro-
ceed with his speech for a time.
; The Governor returned the Lieu
ltenant-Governor'sc complimentary re-
marks with interest. He said he had
known him for many years and
| counted him as one of his warmest
| friends. IF anything of interest to
| Harrisburg ever escaped his notice
at the Capitol, | don't rem embeT
what it was" said Governor Sproul
ut pleases me greatly to see how
well he is received by his friends
and neighbors and he may feel happy
| that it is so. You do we'll to honor
for him for never had any com.
munity u more ardent or faithful
champion in the halls of the Capitol
than Lieutenant-Governor Beidle-
man."
The Governor recalled that he had
been coming to Harrisburg for %
years, having served in the Senate
since 1897. lie looks upon the city
as a second home, he continued, for
| his treatment here has been uni
| formly kind and courteous. lie said
he saw many changes in the city
since his first coming. In the old
| days, he said, the Legislators got the
idea that Harrisburg people thought
they were a lot of carpetbaggers
condemned by their own communi-
ties to spend several months here
every four years. The entertain
ment and "stabling" provided fol
/ these visitors were on q par with this
idea, the Governor continued.
| But recently there has been a big
fchange. he noted. and he felt that
he voiced the sentiment of the guests
| when he said that all of them fee
at home here now and they believe
that the people of Harrisburg are
doing their best to make their stay
comfortable. The Governor added
that so far as he is concerned, he
means to spend most of his time
: during the next four years. He
referred to the building of the Penn.
Harris hotel as an evidence ofs the
recognition of the community of it:
responsibilities and expressed the
| belief. that no building anywhere
fills a more important than the
| Penn-Harris in Harrisburg.
A Businessman
Governor Sproul said that wheI
he came out of college he turned
toward politics and entered the Sen
late, but it soon became apparent tt
him that if he wanted to make ;
Iliving and raise a family he woult
have to go into business as q sid
line. So he bought a newspaper an,
then found he had to do a lot NOR
business in order to make the pape
go. And after he had done tina
he bought farm and since has beer
spending nearly all his time maxim;
the farm pay. From which, he said
it might be judged that business wa
not secondary by any manner o
means to politics in his life and tina
he naturally viewed the affairs o
state from q businessman's stand
point.
Big Things For City
| The Governor said the state il
planning big things for Harrisburg
Among them he outlined the fol
lowing:
The spending of some mil
lions of dollars in developing
1 the Capitol Park extension and
in providing office buildings so
that all of the state depart
ments may be lodged under one
roof.
The concentration of all state
Offices and state employees in
Harrisburg, now scattered over
the state, as rapidly as this city
| provides suitable houses for
them.
The centering of all the great
through arteries of travel of the
state highway system about to
be constructed, running from
north to south and east to west,
in Harrisburg.
These improvements to be
made Immediately.
Governor Sproul said that th
good roads will be started imme
diately in order to provide work TO
thousands who might otherwise b.
unemployed and he expressed TIL,
belief that few people of this cit,
realize how vitally the centering her
of the great road systems will affec
the life of the city. He predicted
that the good roads combined will
the good hotel will bring hundred
of tourists to Harrisburg and tha
thousands of people will shortl,
come to this state to enjoy the fin
roads and the matchless scenery o
which Pennsylvanians are so proud
The Capitol Park development
are to be made as soon as the Legis
tlature can find the money, he said
and he thought it would be forth
coming in a short time. Pennsyl
vanians believe their Capitol shoult
have proper setting, he continued
and believed their capital city shoul,
be as fine place as any in tn,
Commonwealth; municipality [,
which they could point with pride
The policy of the administration, h,
said. would be to bring all of the nov
widely scattered state offices to Har