, 1891-11-20
AN OLD FRIEND.
EX- GOVERNOR SALOMON AGAIN ON
PUGET SOUND.
Pleased with seattle. Tacoma and
other Points, but Olympia is
the Most HOmel1ke.

the Most Homel1ke.
Ex-Governor Edward S. salomon, who
presided over the territory Of Washington
as governor, from 1870 to 1872, is visiting
old friends in Olympia on his return to
San Francisco, his present home. Gov
ernor Salomon is on the Sound on trip
Of both business and pleasure, but his stay
is necessarily short. He expects, how
ever, to return for more extended visit.
tIt looks like home to get back in Olym-
pia once more, )" he said this morning, ''and
particularly with the rain" It seemed
even more so to come up to this hotel, af-
ter an absence Of 16 years, for right next
door, in George Fosters house, is where I
lived for two years and it looks SO natural.
| am on my way home now, and stopped
in Olympia more particularly to see my
old friends, and I am gratifed to learn that
many Of them are doing SO well. The ma
jority of them are we'll fixed, while others
are actually wealthy. And they ought to
be, too, for believe today that the territory
-Imean the state of Washington, for nj so
used to calling it territory, has more proba-
bllltles for becoming a great and populous
state than any on the Pacific coast, / have
visited several places on the Sound, but the
changes in Tacoma and Seattle are marvel
GUS. Particularly is it so in Tacoma, be-
cause there was not house there,
and Seattle had a start. Seattle, though
appears to have more hustle and
life about it, but Tacoma is very sub
stantial | couldn't help noticing that any
remarks | made in Seattle about Tacoma
We're carefully omitted in the Seattle pa
pers, and the same in the Tacoma papers
about Seattle.
'Olympia ought to go right ahead now
since it has become the permanent capital.
lis a beautiful place, and / am told that
100000 acres have been granted for state
capitol. 1t is deserving of building
worthy of such a great and growing state
haven't had anopportunity to get around
much yet, but shall call on Governor
Ferry and other friends and look around
the city,
A Seettle paper says of the visitor: "Gov.
Saloman appears amuch younger man than
those acquainted with his distinguished
career might imagine him to be. Born in
SchleSlng, Germany in 1887, he came to
this country in 1854, after the completion
of his studies When the war broke out
he enlisted as a private in the Twenty
fourth Illinois infantry His ability as a
soldier won recognition from the start and
he received successive promotion to the
offices of second lieutenant, lieutenant
captain and major Then he helped orga-
nize the Eighty second Illinois infantry, of
which he was first Eeutenant-Colonel and
afterWard colonel. During the course of the
war he served in the Armvof the West the
Army of the Potomac and the Army Of the
Cumberland and he fought in many of the
greatest battles ~ fredericksburg, Gettys-
burg, New Hope church and Mission In
the operations around Atlanta he took
prominent part and in the great march Of
sherman his name was frequently men
toned with distinction in the dispatches
and reports, and by the close of the war he
had won by sheer merit the title of brig
adler general.
Returning to Chicago, he again took up
the practice of law. In 1870 President Grant
appointed him governor Of Washington
territory, which then contained popula-
tion of 23, 900 whites
Governor Solomon bent all his energies in
building up theterritory, and he twas who
started the immigration movement which
makes the tune memorable. At his own
expense he established and maintained in
Chicago, an emigration bureau and he de-
voted considerable time to lecturing
throughout the East on the advantages
and resources of the Northwest. Special
railroad rates We're procured to San Fran
CISCO, and hechartered the steamer Idaho
to bring from there the Immigrants and
their belongings. In this way Governor
Salomon brought hundreds of families to
Washington-fam which have since ac-
quired wealth and prominence. Among
the men who came at that time are Major
James r. Hayden, Mr.. Otto Ranke and
General Ross G.. O'Brien. The stream Of
immigration then begun has steadily in
creased until the present time.
After holding the Office of governor for
two years. General Salomon went to San
Francisco and resumed the practice of law