State House Will Be Relieved
of Unsightly Surroundings.
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AmfinAI. SrERUY.
fT was a Iinppy
tbougbttoflzon
Washington's i
mrtnuay ns lue
date for welcoming
home the battleship
fleet which has
now made n crluse j
arouud the world. '
It Is the first time
in history that so
large and powerful
a force of warships
has made such n
Journey, and had It been Intended as
a hostile demonstration it would have
been highly Inappropriate to signalize
Its return by a big demonstration on
the birthday of Washington, for,
though mighty in battle when the
question of freedom was involved, he
wns not a man who sought bloody
strife for the sake of conquest or for
the opportunities of winning military ,
gk.ry. When many of the colonists
were eager for separation from the I
mother country in the discussion pre
liminary to the devolution he held
back as long ns possible, hoping that
a reconciliation was yet feasible.
When, during his second term ns pres
ident, some of uN more Impulsive I
countrymen would have plunged the
young nation Into war with England
or Franco he again held back and
saved the republic for the time being
from a struggle which might have
been fatal to Its existence, coming at
n time when it bad not yet had op
portunity to strengthen Itself against
the enemies of the general 'govern
ment within and the foes of the whole
country wit limit.
Hut the sentiments of Washington's
farewell address, breathing peace and
amity with all nations, are not in an
tagonism to the mission of the licet
which has been circling the globe,
for that was a peaceful mission.
Wherever it appeared friends rather
than enemies were made for the Amer
ican nation. The welcomes extended
the officers and men of the fleet in
South American ports. In the orient, in
Australia and New Zealand strength
ened the bonds of friendship already
existing between these countries and
our own. The services of our ships in
the Mediterranean In connection wllh
the Italian earthquake disaster earned
the gratitude of the Italians and their
government. Every where that l he
flagship Connecticut led her bravely
manned and splendidly equipped sister
warships the prospects for peace were
Improved, strange as the statement
may seem. This was duo not alone to
the expressions of pacific sentiment
which accompanied the setting forth
of the fleet when it sailed from Hamp
ton Roads on that memorable Kith day
of December 1907, but to the admira
ble tact and good sense displayed by
both officers and men wherever they
went ashore, often under circumstances
which were a temptation to conduct
which might have been discreditable
to their uniform and a cause of ill
feeling between the visitors and their
hosts. The cruise around the globe
was not only free from serious acci
dents to the ships, but was remarka
bly free also from incidents to be re
gretted, the chief exceptions to this
being the court martial and sentence"
of Captain Edward F. Qualtrough of
the Georgia for intoxication at a re
ception in Morocco and the discipline
meted out to young Lieutenant Franck
T. Evans while the fleet was In orien
tal waters, which was especially de
plored on account of the young officer
being a sou of the gallant admiral un
der whom the fleet was guided from
Hampton Iloads to Snn Francisco, the
beloved "Fighting Bob" Evans. In
both these cases thcro were circum
stances which mitigated the offense,
but the stern discipline which must
be enforced in the navy prevented this
fact from saving the officers In ques
tion from censure and loss of rank.
Three rear admirals have command
ed the fleet since lis departure from
Hampton Roads Evans, who was in
charge of it until the arrival In San
Francisco; Charles S. Thomas, who is
now dead, and Charles S. Sperry, who
the latter was Buffering too muck from
bis rheumatism to be on duty. Admi
ral Sperry's record has been unexcep
tional throughout the cruise, and he
returns at the head of the fleet under
circumstances which have won him
much praise. In speaking of the value
of the cruise he said as the ships were
about to leave Gibraltar:
"During these fourteen months of
our absence the fleet has been practi
cally self sustaining In the matter of
repairs. The officers and men respon
sible for repairs have met every, test,
nd the results prove that the ships
bave been better cared for than when
they depend upon the navy yards.
"New standards of efficiency In
it com engineering, which means econ
uny In coal consumption and Increased
radius of action, have been establish
ed. The voyage of 3,051 miles from
Honolulu to Auckland was the longest
ever undertaken by a large fleet with
out recoallng, yet we reached Auck
land vlth coal enough In our bunkers
to steam another thousand miles."
An interesting incident of the return
of the fleet Is Its escort to the waters
of Hampton Roads by" the squadron
under'cominand of Rear Admiral Con
way H. Arnold. Tills squadron was
created since the ships under Sperry
sailed away fourteen mouths ago aud
constitutes the third squadron of the
Atlantic fleet. It consists of the bat
tleships Maine. Mississippi. New
Uflg Denied Public Inproveneat to De
Accomplished at Last
Harrlsburg, Pa., Feb. 18. Tho Fox
bill for the extension of Capitol park
has been favorably reported by unanl-
mous vote of the senate committee on
public grounds and buildings. The bill
Is certain to pass the senate, and prob
ably without a dissenting vote. While
there may be some opposition in the
house this has not yet asserted itself
In any way and there is every reason
to believe that a handsome majority
awaits the bill there. Governor Stuart
Is expected to sign it in view of the
overwhelming sentiment in the leglala-
ure and throughout the state In favor
of this much needed improvement
The desirability of extending the
Capitol park, so as to give the mag
nificent new state house an adequate
setting, has never been questioned.
The only objections raised In the past
have been based on the uncertainty of
the cost of the project and the difficul
ty of finding revenue to meet It .be
cause of the extraordinary demands on
recent legislatures for providing mod
ern and ample asylums for the Insane,
Increasing the public school appropria
tes;
MAIN GATE, FORT MONROE.
has bad the honor of guiding It from
San Francisco across tho Pacific, to
Australia, Japan, China and the Phil
ippines, through the Indian ocean, the
Red sea, tho Suez canal and tha Medi
terranean and once more Into the At
lantic and American waters. Thomas
commanded but a short time, although
during the crulso up the western coast
of South America he represented Ad
miral Evans on several occasions when
SECm;TAHT Tlil'lUN h. Ki'.wnr.RRV.
Hampshire and Idaho and the scout
cruisers Chester, Birmingham and Sa
lem. Admiral Arnold and his ships
met Sperry and his fleet about 1,000
miles at sea to escort them home.
Admiral Arnold is an officer of ex
ceptional executive ability and popu
larity in the navy. Ho was born In
New York and entered the Naval nvad
cmy at Annapolis in 18-J3, being grad
uated In the class of 18C7. He was
appointed to the Minnesota, which
was about to sail on n special cruise.
In 18(18 he was made ensign and trans
ferred to the Pacific fleet, where he
served on the Powhatan. From her
he was sent to the
flagship Severn of
rtm the north Pacific
station as aid to
Rear Admiral Poor.
He held this sta
tion until 1871,
meantime advanc-
lug to be a lieuten
ant. In subsequent
years lie served as
aid to Rear Ad
miral Stringham.as
flac lieutenant and
Ai.M.HAi. AiwuLu. secre(rv to Rear
Admiral Trcnchard mid as secretary
to Rear Admiral Nicholson on the Eu
ropean station. Ho was secretary to
Rear Admiral Gherardi while the lat-
tor was in command at the Brooklyn
j navy yard, and in 1894, being then a
j lieutenant commander, he was in
, charge of the hydrographlc office In
New York. For several years he was
In active sea service and In 1808, when
. he received his commission as coin
mauder, was on duty again at the
1 Brooklyn navy yard. He was placed
, In command of the training ship En
terprlso In 1001.
With the arrival of Admiral Sperry's
ships In Jiome waters It is expected
the battleships Illinois, Kearsarge and
Kentucky ivlll be detached from the
fleet nnd their places taken by the
Mississippi, the Idaho and the New
Hampshire. The fleet will reassemble
at Hampton Iloads on May 17, after
which thcro will be maneuvers along
tho Atlantic icoast, followed by record
target practice In Cape Cod bay late In
August or early In September.
When the fleet set sail fourteen
months igo Victor H. Metcalf was
secretary of the navy. Ills successor,
Truman u. Newberry, has the prlv
Uego of assisting President Roosevelt
in cxtondlng welcome to the returned
voyagers. Secretary Newberry has
taken hold of his duties at the head of
tho navy department with a vigorous
hand aud is proud of having held such
a post at the time when this epoch
making cruise has been brought to a
successful conclusion.
CAPITOL PARK
TO BE ENLARGED
SDVERNOR OBTAINS FACTS
yard, saloons, power plant and a nrc
houBo. Clouds of black Btnoke from
the power plant and other nearby fac
tories sweep over tho beautiful pllo
and aro rapidly discoloring it In warm
weather when windows have to bo
opened the deliberations of' tho legis
lature and the work of various state
departments are seriously hampered
by the noise from the abutting street
Looking out from the new capltol
as far eastward' as the main line ot
the Pennsylvania railroad, four blocks
away, the eye sweeps over one of the
most unattractive portions of the capi
tal city. The twenty-nine acres com
prising the proposed extension are oc
cupied by cheap tenement houses,
small factories and shops, unsightly
warehouses and stables. The area is
intersected by numerous narrow al
leys, lined with rickety wooden build
ings which constitute some of the
worst slum places In the city.
The Incongruity' of such conditions
adjacent to the Seat of the government
of a great commonwealth has been the
occasion of severe comment on the
part of many distinguished visitors.
Including William T. Stead, the great
English publicist; Architects 'Burn
ham and ICelcey and noted civic au
thorities from all over the United
States. Only lost week Vice President
Fairbanks, while here'to deliver the
Lincoln Day address, after a tour of
Capitol Hill, said:
"I am very much Impressed with
your state capltol. The entire building
is one of which you may well be proud.
For the scheme of park extension from
the capltol I have only commendation.
It is badly needed. I have thought so
frequently In passing by on railroad
trains. Never was I more Impressed In
this way thantoday. By all means, ex
tend the park, and do it now. The
thousands of travellers will then b?
able to obtain a satisfactory view of
your handsome state house."
Aside from the appearance ot things
there are practical and economic rca-
TANNERS ALtEY FROM SOUTH STREET, LOOKING SOUTH.
tlon, establishing tuberculosis sanl- i sons in support of the parK, extension
torla and promoting good roads. In
view o the liberality of the legisla
tures ot 1905 and 1907 toward these ob
jects, the present body finds itself less
restricted in the matter of expendi
tures for permanent public improve
ments, and tho plan of the Fox bill
for expending not more than $400,000
a year during a period of five years, for
the purchase and improvement of the
park extension, makes the way easy
from the standpoint of the state
finances. As the state spends ?25,
000,000 a year on its departments and
Its charities, $400,000 is a mere drop
in the bucket, and as the purchases
are to be made by a commission, all
questions of the possibility of wasteful
extravagance have been eliminated.
Nor Is there any longer a question
as to Just what the park extension will
cost. The last legislature authorized
the governor to appoint a commission
to appraise the property and report to
the board of public grounds and build
ings for the information of the pres
ent senate and house. This commls-
project. Harrlsburg is rapidly devel
oping as a manufacturing city, and
property values are going up by leaps
and bounds. Every year of delay will
-largely increase the price that the
state will have to pay for the property.
It is only a matter of time until the
growth of the state government will
require an extension of the present
building or the erection of new groups
of buildings. The public grounds as
they are today would not permit of
' such addition.
T.pnriprs nf nil nnrtlpR nnrl nnhllp
men generally are outspoken In their
' belief that now Is the time to make a
I start on the extension of Capitol park
i During a visit to Harrlsburg on Jan.
19 last. Senator Boies Penrose said:
"I am earfiestly in favor of Capltol
park extension. It Is an entirely proper
I and legitimate undertaking for this
I great, commonwealth. Harrlsburg has
I for several years expended large sums
as a municipality, and through the dl-
l rect Investment of Its citizens is mak
ing the seat of the state government
sion, composed of three real estate ex- 1 Ideal in every way, and it Is therefore
ports, has presented a detailed report,
Including a complete description, with
the assessed and market values of ev
ery property In the district, and Gov
ernor Stuart has transmitted this re
port to the legislature. It shows that
the assessed value of the proptrty is
$941,219 and the market value $1,801,
450. The Fcx bill provides for a total
expenditure of $2,000,000, the differ
ence ot $198,550 being considered am
ple to cover all cost of purchasing and
condemning the property.
The Inadequacy of the present Capl
tol park is apparent to everyone. The
new capltol is as long as the park Is
wide, nearly 520 feet, and in addition
to the capltol building proper the state
museum, 230 by 125 feet in dimensions,
and the conservatory, 200 by 60 feet,
occupy a large portion of the length
wise dimensions ot the park, which Is
only 1500 feet. Thus the park is badly
crowded already. The great west front
of the capltol looks out upon a space
scarcely wider than the building it
self, while on the east side trolley cars
run within fifteen feet of the granite
walls, and on the opposite side of a
narrow street are some ancient dwell
ings, a crowded market bouse, stablo
right that the commonwealth should
exhibit the same enterprise In provld
Ing for Its magnificent capltol building
In a proper and adequate setting.
"There Is no reason whatever for
postponing this needed improvement.
The state is abundantly able to under
take the work and It would seem to be
the height of folly to further delay the
inevitable extension of the public
grounds. Millions ot dollars are being
expended by the national government
In Improving the city of Washington,
and no loyal citizen of Pennsylvania
will object to the making of a proper
setting for the capltol here.
"From what I can gather of tho sen
timent of the legislators there is little
doubt that the Capltol park extension
measure will be sent to Governor
Stuart for his approval at the present
session of the legislature."
Senator Penrose's confidence In the
passage ot the bill at this session Is
shared by members of the legislature
generally. They realize that the pari;
extension can now be authorized with
out curtailing the necessary annronrla-
tlons for schools, roads, local charities
aud other legitimate objects of state
aid.
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