The herald., 1893-12-26
PENNOYER'S READY PEN,
The WebfOOt Governor Goes
for Grover.
A Gliding Letter to the Chief
Executive.
Cleveland the Cause of a Cherries
Christmas in Oregon.
The Presid snts Feelings as u Father APP
pealed to in Behalf OF Suffering
Humanity-A Pertinent
Epistle.
Rv the A asncInted Press.

BY the Associated PreSs.
SALEM, Ore, Dec. 25 Governor PEN
noyer today addressed the following
letter to President Cleveland
The extraordinary circumstances
which greet the return of this holiday
must be my excuse for writing to you.
Today is the first Christmas in the his
tory of Oregon when more than two
thirds OF its people are without employ
ment and more than one-third are
without sufficient means of support.
Business is almost completely stsgnsted;
money is not to be obtained and debtors
are powerless to avoid the seizure OF
their property and their homes to satisfy,
at ANAL percentage OF their value, the
claims OF creditors. Repeated appeals
have been made to me as governor OF
Oregon to assemble the Legislature In
order 20 alleviate this condition OF affairs
and avert impending calamity. Redress
is. however, not in our hands, but IN
yours, and hence this appeal to you.
The laws of congress-, which have dis
criminated against silver and made gold
alone full legal tender money, giving TO
the money lender the privilege OF re-
fusing both silver dollars and silver GER
tificates, thus rendering unavailable
more than one-half of the national cur
rency as absolute debt-paying money,
are the sole causes OF the decline OF
values, the paralysis of business and
the consequent lmpoverishment OF
great army OF wage-earners and OF the
impending starvation OF their wives and
children.
II when you stood upon the eastern
portico of the capitol on the 4th OF last
| March ycu had announced to the peo-
pie that you would speedily convene
congress in extra session TO carry out
the pledges OF the platform to which
YOU gave your assent, and upon which
YOU were elected, which declared fo1
1.-THE use of both gold and silver as
! standard money, without discrimlna'
u s,s., jsas-tha VIDE,
7 diminished the value OF the propefty 81
the nation by fully one-half, would never
have occurred; and if now you would
give such advice to congress the further
downward tendency would be checked,
and with favorable congressional legis-
lation business would again revive and
prosperity would again visit our land.
1t is honorable TO carry out the pledges
of party to the people, and is it not
most dishonorable not to do SO? The
responsibility lies entirely with you.
The complete obedience of the lower
house OF congress- to your wishes has
been observed throughout the world.
1t should be your behest, and in this the
senate would give you support.
You are father and you no doubt
feel grateful to God when you. upon re.
tring to rest, look upon your sleeping
babies in their cradles-the pictures Of
health, consequent upon their having 6
sulfciency OF food and clothing. pray
you, however, to enlarge the
scope of your vision and behold
as you can in many and many
lot OF children, loved as much by thei
parents as yours are by you, weak anc
oickly from insufficient food and cloth
ing, innocent victims of vicious financia
legislation, whose sleeping forms arr
bathed by the scalding tears of tn,
mothers bending over them in sorrow
and despair, and then resolve that yor
will faithfully carry out the pledgel
which your party gave to a confdint
people. If you will do so, God viii
bless you and grateful nation will ap
plaud you.