The record-union., 1891-05-06

concord now happily existing among the
people of our whole country may remain
undisturbed throughout the remainder of
your administration, and for unnum-
bered cycles yet to come.
Again l assure you that Oregon eX
tends to you generous, heartfelt well
come.'
The President responded as follows:
"GoUe171or Pe9tnogeT, Df1. Mayor and
FeLtOw-citieenS 1t is very pleasant to be
have been spoken by the Governor of this
State and by the chief officer of this mu
nicipality that we are welcome to the
State of Oregon and to the city of Salem.
/ find here, as / have found elsewhere,
that these cordial words of welcome are
repeated with increased emphasis by the
kindly faces of those who assemble to
greet us. l am glad that here, as else
where, we look into the faces of happy,
prosperous, contented liberty-loVing,
patriotic American citizens. Applause
Our birthright, the wise anticipation of
+. those who formed our Government our
national and constitutional organization,
which has repeated itself in all States OF
the Union; this wholesome and just di-
vision of power between three great, in
dependent, coordinate branches of the
GOvernment-the executive, legislative
and judicial-haye already demonstrated
that what seems to the nations of Europe
to be complicated and jangling system,
produces in fact the most perfect har-
mOny and the most complete and salts
factory organization for social order and
for national strength.
I'VE stand here to-day in one of these
halls set apart to the law-making body of
your State. Those who meet here are
chosen by your suffrages. They come
here as representatives to enact into laws
those views of public questions which
II moi fI,aC NNtif Of C-Ify {
your people, expressed in an orderly and
honest way at the ballot-box. / hope it
may always be found to be true of Ore
gon that your legislative body is a repre-
sentative body; that, coming from the
people, its service is consecrated to the
people, and the purpose OF its creation is
attained by giving to the well ordered
and well disposed the largest liberty by
curbing, by wholesome laws the ill-dis-
posed and lawleSS, and providing by eco
nomical methods for public needs.
1.-The Judiciary, that comes next in our
system, and notably in the Supreme
Court of the United States, have contin-
ued to retain the confidence of the people
of the whole country.
1.-The duty of the Executive is to adj
minister the law. The military power is
lodged with him, under constitutional
limitations. He does not frame the stat
utes, though in most States and under our
| National Government the veto power is
lodged in him, with a view to secure the
reconsideration Of any public measure
But the public executive officer has one
plain duty-it is to enforce the laws with
kindness and forbearance, but with
prOmptnesS and ineXOrable decision.
Applause. He may not choose what
laws he will enforce, any more than a
citizen may choose what laws he will
obey. We have here but one king-it is
n lou 1NoSSnA nv fhnSn Stiftltinnal al
methods which are necessary to make it
binding upon the people, and to that king
all men must bow. Applause.l 1t is
my pleasure to find so generally every
where disposition to obey the law.
Il have but one message for the North
and for the South, for the East and West
as l journey through the land. It is to
mold up the law [Cries, good" good"
and cheersl, and to say everywhere that
man owes allegiance to it, and that all
law breakers must be left to deliberate
and safe judgment Of an established tri-
bunal. [Applause.l
''You are justly proud Of your great
State. It's capabilities are enormous; its
adaptation to comfortable life are peculiar
and fine. Years will bring you increased
population and increased wealth. I hope
they will bring with it, marching in
stately progress of material things, those
finer things-piety, pure homes and
orderly communities. [Applause.l But
above all this State pride over all our re-
joicings in the advantages which are
about us in our respective States, we look
to that greater arch of the Government
that unites these States, and makes of
them all one great union. [Cheers.l
but, my yfellOw-citiZens, the difficulties
I see interpOsed between US and the train
which is scheduled to depart very soon,
the difficulties growing out of the pres
ence of this friendly multitude, warn me
to hurry these remarks to speedy close.
/ beg again most profoundly to thank
you for this evidence of your respect,
this evidence Of your love for the institu-
tions of our common country" lCheers. J
AT CHEMAwA.
CHEMAwA or, May 5.-Just before
leaving Salem the Citizens Committee
from Portland, headed by George Will
Jams, and including b. Goldsmith, Chair
man of the State Democratic Committee,
waited on the President and said they
would escort MIN to Portland. A short
stop was made at Chemawa, where the
President received the pupils of the In
dian Training School.
In a short speech he said: "All pur-
poses of the Government toward you and
your people are benevolent and friendly
1t is our wish that you may become such
people as your neighbors are-industri-
Gus, kindly, peaceful and self-respecting.
Everything / can do to promote this end
will be gladly DONE"
AT OREGON CITY.
OREGON CITY, Or, May 5.-Nowhere
has the President received more cordial
greeting than was accorded him by the
Pioneers and Army Veterans at Oregon
City. The Mayor Of the city delivered an
address of hearty welcome, and closed by
calling for three cheers for the President.
They were given with vim.
The President made an address, in
which he said: THE interesting story of
the early settlement of Oregon, of the in
ternational contest which for some time
threatened an international war, is fresh
in the minds of the pioneers, and | am
sure is taught these children of your pub
lie schools The work OF those who set
up the American flag here, and who Sc
cured to US this fertile region, is worthy
of mention and honorable commemora-
ton by this generation. Your State has
added another to that succession OF
kindly greeting which began when we
| left the National Capital. We have come
out of land of irrigation and roses into
this land where the Lord takes care of
the crops laughter and applausel, and
this dependence upon seasons is not
without its instructive moral influences.
To the pioneers, to those who have en-
tered in with less labor to the inherit
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these comrades of the Grand Army | give
my most hearty greeting" [Cheers.
AT PORTLAND.
PORTLAND, May 5.-The Presidential
party arrived here at noon to-day. AL
! the steamboats, in the harbor blew
/ whistles Justify, and salute of q guns
was fired. When the Presidential train
appeared the members of the Legislative
/ Committee hurried to the rear of the
/ Presidential train, and when he came out
/ ex- United States Attorney General Will
Jams introduced him TO Mayor Delash-
mutt.