The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09
A PRINTER AS GOVERNOR.
The New Executive of New Mexico Tells
Ihttla Stnry-


Little Story.
Ex-senator Edmund G. Ross, in ac-
knowledging the congratulations of
the citizens of Albuquerque, New
Mexico, upon his appoiDtmentment as
governor of the territory, said:
ut is nearly three years since I
made Albuquerque my home. During
this time it has been my pleasure, as |
attended to my business at the prin-
ter's case, to make every effort in my
power to advance the interests of AL
buquerque. Albuquerque is my home,
and L expect it to be my home as long
as live, and l shall never lose an op-
portuhity to advance its proper and
material interests. AS many of you
know, | have been actively engaged in
the promotion of many enterprises of
Importance to Albuquerque, and
want to say, and it is all 1 can say
now, that these enterprises are III a
fair way to progress. Substantial
progress has been made, and that is
all L can say at this time. l know
some of my good friends here think
have been somewhat enthusiastic in
behalf of Albuquerque. but / wish to
say that l expect to live (and l am
somewhat aged now) to see 100000
people residing in albuquerque. and
will not be a very old man then. SO
YOU can see from all this faith l have
IN Albuquerque and the efforts l have
made in her behalf, that have her in
terests deeply at heart. l am very
much pleased with the reception you
have given me this evening. 1t is
more than / could have expected and
more than | bargained for, and you
must not be surprised if it is little
too much for me. 1t is impossible for
me to give adequate expression TO the
feelings of my heart. 1t is true that
since [ have been among you | have
filled very humble place in your
community. L was very much anus
ed the other day when Atty. Gen.
Garland told me in Washington some
thing which you have perhaps seen in
the papers, and which came up when
my appointment was being considered
by the cabinet. Mr.. Garland said: L
saw very curious letter from Albu-
querque the Other day concerning Mr..
Ross appointment. 1t was to the eff
feet that Mr.. Ross had no more ambi-
tion when he left the United States
senate than to work as printer. That
being so, said Mr.. Garland, L am for
him. And SO am L. said Secretary
Lamar, with an emphatic sweep of his
arm. Well, said the president, that
settles it, and was appointed. Now,
L give you this, not as
good story, but as an illustration
of the character of the administration.
1t shows that this is demo-
cratic administration, not in the par
tisap way merely, but in the highest
sense of the word. A daily laborer
works until o'clock in the evening,
but our president and his cabinet not
only work all day, but frequently mid
night finds them toiling at their desks
investigating cases and mapping out
policies for the government. 1t has
been said that the administration has
been slow in making appointments,
and | thought they were a little slow
myself after | waited in Washington
two months longer than [ expected to.
The people must recollect that the
democratic party has been out of
power for twenty five years, much to
its disgust, and they nave forgotten a
good many things they would have
known if they had continued in power.
They even didn't know some of their
best men. They even didn't know me
for while. The people must consider
the inauspicious conditions that pre-
vailed when the administration came
into power. The president has good
deal to learn, and intends to know per-
sonally every man who applies for
position of any considerable promin-
ence. When he appoints man he in
tends to know that he is the right man
in the right place. The president has
a keen and searching eye, and when
he looked at me / believe that he
looked clear through me. / propose,
fellow citizens, to be governor of the
territory in all that the word implies,
l promise, so far as is IN my power, to
give you good, clean, honest, forci-
BILE democratic administration. may
make mistake, but with your assist
ance / will make as few as possible
l expect to have to do some pretty
hard hitting, and, fellow citizens, when
/ begin to hit l will hit hard I will
hit democratic scoundrefs head a
little harder than republican scoun-
dreps head, for democrat has no
business to be scamp. Now, fellow
citizens, this is notsa time to make a
set speech. l have been undergoing
this sort of thing for about ten days in
Kansas and other sections, and assure
you that after seventeen years of pow
erty and obscurity this vindicatlon is
worth a thousand times more to me
than would be all the offices in the ter
ritory rolled into one and offered to
me. l never doubted for an instant
that some day this vindication would
come. I only feared that 1 might not
live to see it, but made up my mind
that I would live, and have kept my
vow."
The Bend in Your Shoulders.