The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-05-12
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PENNO YER'S DISPiFCH.

Very many things may be sail
against Governor Pennoyer, but it
must be admitted shat he is de
termined in his own way to sus-
tain the dignity of his Office. If
the Office made every incumbent
feel as big asst does his excellency,
there would be no further ques-
ton as to the competency OF the
salary attaching to the position.
The interchange of telcgrams be-
tween Secretary Gresham and
governor, published last week,
brings to mind the position of the
latter when President Harrison
visited this state in 1891. He re-
fused TO meet the president at the
state line, and expressed his no,
ton of the relative position Of
governor and president in the fol-
lowing words: "President Harri
son represents in his official ca
pacity the official power and dig
nifty of the federal government.
l, as governor of Oregon, repre-
sent the state Of Oregon in the
same way. We are equal. |
have no business to go to pay
homage to him. On the contrary,
when he visits Oregon he should
rather pay his respects to me as
its official executive"
So when President Cleveland
expresses the hope. through his
secretary, that the governor will
prevent violence to the Chinese
when the exclusion act takes eff
feet, he replies: Il will attend to
my busin ess. Let the president
attend to his. Almost all the
papers throughout the east score
the governor in unmeasured terms,
but out here where we have had a
good many years. experience with
the governor, and would know
what to expect from any interGer-
ence with the sacred rights of his
excellency, we can not take the
matter seriously to heart. The
president perhaps did not know
that the Chinese and state rights
were near to the governors heart;
and it may be that the president
didn't know that Mr.. Pennoyer is
not in love with him. Anyway,
it is probable that the estate de-
Dartment' will hereafter handle
our governor with soft gloves.
On the subject Washington dis
patch says:
There is a disposition in all
quarters to-day to smile over the
brusque message Governor Pen
noyer, of Oregon: dispatched to-
Secretary Gresham.
The ordinary individual in
Washington is rather inclined to
the belief that Governor Pen
noyer's language may have been
bluff, but that his ideas in this re-
spect were just about right. The
opinion here seems to be al
most general that some one at
this end of the line seriously
blundered in permitting any such
instructions, to have been sent
from the state department to the
governors of California, Oregon
and other states.
No valid reason for the in
structions can be discerned by
those who know the situation
The state department, it is
thought, has no grounds Tor be-
lieving that the abiding citi-l
zens of these great common
wealths were going to take the
law into their own hands. The
officials Of these states, had there
been an indication of any such
action, would have been abso-
lutely able to cope with any dii
1iculty arising in their states.
No authentic reports came to
the proper sources here that there
were likely to be any anti Chinese |
riots in any Of the Pacific coast
states. Or in any other section Of
the country. All rumors of i'm
pending trouble were brought to
the attention of the state depart
ment officials by attaches of the
Chinese legation, and it is pre-
sumed this was done either to
create sypathy for the Chinese
who refuse to comply with the law
or to pave the way for securing
indemnify from the government,
if any Cinnamon were killed"
coz IL, rIll. |