The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-26
PENNOYER TO CLEVELAND.
OregOn's Governor Presents Il WOeful
Dik,ar L. Iar..


SALEM, Ore, Dec. Ex-Governor Penney
er to-day addressed the following letter to
President Cleveland:
THE extraordinary circumstances which
greet the return of this holiday must be my
excuse for writing you. To-day is the first
Christmas in the history of Oregon when
more than two-thirdS OF it's people are
without employment, and more than one
third are without sufficient means OF sup
port Business is almost completely stag
debtors are pOwerleSS to avoid seizure OF
their property and their homes, to satisfy
at a small 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 TO alleviate this condition of affairs
and avert the impending calamity. The
in yours, and hence this appeal to you.
The laws Of Congress, which have dis
crininated against silver and made gold
alone full legal tender money, giving to The
money lender the privilege of refusing both
the silver dollar and silver certificate, thus
rendering unavailable more than one-half of
the national currency as absolute debt-pay-
ing money are the sole causes of the ce-
consequent impoverishment. Of the great
army of wage workers and of impending
starvation of their wives and children
IF when you stood upon the eastern por-
tico of the Capitol the 4th OF last March
you had announced TO the people that you
would speedily convene Congress in extra
form to which you gave your assent, and
upon which you were elected, and which
declared for the use of both gold and silver
as standard money without discrimination
against either metal, the widespread de-
preston in business, which has diminished
the value of the property of 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 con-
gressional legislation business would again
revive and prosperity would again visit our
land. 1t is honorable to carry out the
pledges of the party to the people and is
it not most dlshonorable not to do so?
THE responsibility lies entirely with YOU.
Complete obedience of the lower house of
Congress to our wishes has been observed
throughout the world. 1t would be your be-
hest, and in this the Senate would give you
support. You are a father, and you no
doubt feel gra teful to God when you, upon
retiring to rest, look upon your sleeping
babies in their cOuChes, the pictures of
health consequent upon their having SUM-
however, TO enlarge the scope of your vision
and behold, as you can in many and many
cot, children loved as much by their par
s'3tS rs yours are by you, weak and sickly
from insufficient food and clothing the in
nocent victims of vicious financial legisla-
tiol, whose sleeping forms are bathed by
the Scalding tears of mothers bending over
them in sorrow and despair, ana there re-
solve, as you should, to faithfully carry out
the pledges which your party gave to con-
hding people. II you will do so, God will
bless you and grateful Nation will ap-
Dlaud YOU"