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GOVERNOR, 1906

in both branches of the legislature in the passage of substantially all the bills indicated in his proclamations.

Frank A. Judd,
Chief Clerk of the Senate.

The foregoing resolution concurred in February 15, 1906.

Thomas H. Garvin,
Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives.


The lark of the west, Burgoyne of Pittsburgh, sang a song of jubilee:

Greater Pittsburgh
 
(From the Pittsburgh Leader, February 8, 1906.)
 
Sing out, ye mighty bands of brass.
Let drums and trumpets blithely sound
A strain of praise! Let glass with glass
Be clinked! Aye, and for miles around
Let all true men like joy display!
The Greater Town comes now to stay.
 
Yes, after all the weary years
Of battling; after all the jars
Sustained by gallant pioneers
Of progress, they've let down the bars
At last and given us a show
All rival cities to outgrow.
 
Old Allegheny, which is sunk
In torpor, now must needs awake.
No more can she hang back and flunk
And odious ease and leisure take.
She's part of us henceforth and must
Play ball and raise her share of dust.
 
Our mayor will henceforth exercise
A broad and mighty rulership.
A giant town he'll supervise;
A town that's destined to outstrip
Its peers whenever he controls
A solid half a million souls.
 
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