Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-21
CONCERNING AN INTERVIEW

Atelegram from Seattle was printed
in the HERALD Sunday morning that
purported to have been a special sent
from San Francisco TO the Press
Times, and which pretended TO be an
interview with Governor Ferry. 1t is
plainly, however, a straining and an ex-
aggeration Of what the governor really
said, and its unfairness is made palp-
able TO the unprejudiced reader. Even
if it contains Governor Ferry's words.
those words are plainly replies 10
leading questions, and hence when
they are interpreted by fair minded
people their bias and misleading char
acter are made plain enough. Gov
ernor Ferry is too much Of a courteous
and sensible gentleman to intention
ally indulge in small reflections upon
his representative in Office, under any
circumstances, and especially when in
a previous part of the interview he has
said, according to the showing Of the
alleged interview: "Itis impossible for
me 10 express my opinion Of Mr..
Laughton's actions during my alb
sence. / have seen none Of the bills
and none of the yetOes and have read
very little about them. Before my de-
parture l provided that / should not
be followed by newspapers or any
Of the cares of my official position, my
health forbidding."
Notwithstanding this, however, the
Press-Times interview proceeds TO give
Governor Ferry's remarks an invidi-
Gus color, and causes him TO say
things, by implication, that will not
be pleasing to that gentleman when
he sees them in print.
Then with triumphant supererroga-
tion the Press-Times causes the gov
ernor to say:
1t Is my duty to obey the will OF the
people, and you can say emphaticaily that
II the people demand the re-enactment OF
constitutional bills that may have been
vetoed. | shall summon the legislature in
extra session.
That reporter should take the
trouble to send that remark all the
way from San Francisco to Seattle by
wire, is more or less funny. Any news
paper could print similar things about
any governor, mayor, president OF
other person possessed of the power OF
veto or TO call together a legislative
body, and in this connection the re-
mark contains nothing more than an
admission by Governor Ferry that he
was elected TO do his duty. A reporter
might just as well send to the associ-
ated press, TO be printed all over the
country, telegram to the effect that
President Harrison says, while on his
present tour, that If Russia should de-
clare war against the United States
while he is away, he would hurry
back to the capital and call an extra
session Of congress, and report Post
master-General Wannamaker as say
ing that IL his present representative
at Washington should abolish the New
York postofiice during his absence, he
would look into the matter when he
got back.
The probabilities are that about all
Governor Ferry said TO the reporter in
question, when II is boiled down, was
some words which have been mixed,
like a needle in haystack, amid a
mass of verbiage composed OF the
reporters leading questions, with an
swersthat would be natural for any
sensible man like Governor Ferry, and
which words were these:
AS have said, have not the necessary
information to enable me to pass judg-
ment upon Mr.. Laughtons acts. II any
of the bills which he has dlsapproved are
obviously unconstitutional, | shall GER
tainly indorse his vetoes.
That is the legitimate sum and sub
stance of the interview, and a man OF
Governor Ferry's patriotism and wis
dom is not likely TO take the demagogic
cackling OF some would-be party or
gans, and the white-wasbers OF incom-
petent legislative favorites as the will
and the call OF the people.
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