Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-25
BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL!
Vice President Stephen
son at Salem.
WELCOMED BY THE GOVERNOR
To this Beautiful and Glorious
State of Ours.
FIRST BORN OF THE PACIFIC /!
Declines to Measure Swords With
Our Executive.
PENNOYER PORTRAYS The CALAMITTE
That Cleveland and Stephenson
are Called Upon to Remove.
Stephenson Answers Him With a
Declines to Measure Swords With
Our Executive.
PESEOYER PORTRAYSTHE CALANITTBS
That Cleveland and Stephenson
are Called Upon to Remove.
Stephenson Answers Him With a
Glittering Generality.

Governor Pennoyer and Mayor
Catch, representing the great state Of
Oregon and its Capital City in their Of
fetal capacity, were at the Southern
Pacific depot at five o'clock to meet
Vice President Stephenson and party,
travelling through to Portland in their
special car from San Francisco to Port
land. AS the train drew 10 nearly a
thousand people were in waiting, the
regimental band was playing, and a
detail of the Oregon National guard
was firing a salute.
The people cheered as the governor,
mayor and local committee consisting
of Col. Wagner of the Board of Trade,
Ex-Governor Chadwi and other
prominent Salem Democrats, and q
JOURNAL reporter mounted the rear
platform and were presented to
Adlai E. Stephenson, late of Illinois,
who in turn presented them to the
gentlemen of his party, among whom
were Judges Geo. B. Burnett of st.
Louis, VIM. s. Ewing of Chicago,
Chief Justice S. P. Shope of the Su-
preme court of Illinois.
The Governor and Vice President
after greetings stepped out before the
vast audience and were received with
clapping Of hands.
THE GOVERNORS ADDRESS.
Mr.. Vice President: On behalf of
the people Of Oregon and as its chief
executive officer, bid you heartfelt
welcome to the state. We haYe beau
tIful country with varied resources.
Look around you aud behold the vision
Of beauty which greets your eye on
every side. No fairer land upon the
whole earth is visited by the sunlight
Of heaven than our own Oregon. And
yet with all our wealth Of resources
many of our industries are at a stand
still aud hundreds OF our laboring men
are without employment and their fam
lilies are without sufficient bread. This
condition OF affairs we believe is the
legitimate result of a departure from
the financial policy of our fathers, W hich
was made two decades ago, and which
still exists. (Applause.) IAN old fel-
low yelled "GOod for Pennoyer," and
Stevenson let go his hand and he
dropped back into the crowd.) Be
lieving this, we appeal to you 10 use
your utmost influence to procurea a re-
turn to the policy of the government
which was successfully followed for
eighty years. The simple repeal Of the
sherman law, thus leaving our finan-
cial system on gold basis, by the
great political party which elected you
to the next highest office in the gift of
the people, which has gained control of
the legislative and executive branches
Of government. aud which pledged
itself TO the people in its last national
platform, without discriminating
against either metal,p to secure the
coinage and use OF both gold and silver
as the standard money OF the country,
would be most fiagrant breach OF
faith, which all honorable men would
Justly subject the party perpetrating it
10 the unmeasured contempt Of the ma
lion and the world. Nor would Il be Of
any benefit. The people OF Oregon
therefore beg you TO aid In carrying
'ut the written pledge Of your party by !
! restoration OF the former financial
'oliey Of the government, which would
'esult in return Of prosperity, a re- |
rival OF our industries and the employ