Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-11-09
WRoTE HIM DOWN An ASS
Mr.. Eutt.ng's Csndidly Expresses
OPINION of Gov. Psunoysr-

Seattle Pest InteIlizenes SOy- 8 Pew
waIIaes Nattinz's prelude to his even
ing sermon Al PIymouth Co1zTsEAtiOo-
al church was on the sghjses q ''GoT
PsunoTer's TbAokzxigisZ ProciAma
siou,', and the large eoogrsgaiio0
heard the pastor's opinion q Ps1DOyer
and the procIAmatio1 expr-ssed - fJi-
Ivs-
sNos I0uz ago vas telling friend
of mine that the neEspapers and maga-
zOes sesned % De rusning out, ooi
when read the prOe!sna;ioo of Ore
zours governor, I said: Here il ssOme
sainx new 1t reminds me Of the story
ahout . eertain worthy Old scientist,
5siEaaop1sr o. professor, Who WA SrIt
isz an essay on the subjees Of religion,
sqd who in il gave tSs pages 10 the
i,.sussiOn Of bezgen aOd eighty
: xbt to that Of hell some persons
z10 knew the old fellow, insinGAted
"a. It the essay wzs 80 unequalIy divided
because its s1ftoF's acquaintance with
the latter sutj@ct was much the mose
Intimate.
'sGOv. PennOyeg seems TO have the
same trouble. He devotes tSo lines %
the blessings Of God and the rsst Of the
proclamation 70 campaign document
n il took q great man % make great
foil there voaId be fewer egrsgiOGs
.ssez 10 the world. Il reminds NE
does this choice 0f the people Of Oregon,
II the Old fable Of the tres starting Ogt
% ind kiog, beginning with an olive
No one ofthe trees wanted il, and fia4l-
ally they took = orzmOle for a ruler
God spoke once through q burning
o1sh, but the bush was not in Oregon
This proclamation iz ahead Of any
thing since the one Ben Butler. Of n&u-
seoas manor y, made while governor Of
Massachusetts,. He tired TO speak HE
folly to the people through the mouths
Of Christian ministers, bat they refused
to be his mouihpieces- When that
proclamation was read At Harvard col
lege, it ceased to grant honorary degrees
to the governors Of Massachusetts,, be-
ginninZ with Butler.
president Cleveland has set Soyem-
Der 3Osh a. q day Of Thanksgiving, bat
although the president has followed
the pFeeedeut set by former presidents,
Pennoyer has not followed the preeed-
eut Of former governors, He has set
apart 3 separate day, November ..
Perhaps he thought be could not digest
q Thanksgiving dinner eaten on the
same day a. the presidents, or perhaps
he did not know when TO set the date.
"Ths president AAd Pennoyer are Of
the same political faith, bat they don't
pull together very well. That is not
uncommon, however; members Of the
same church often differ 10 opinion.
The two men are not alike. Judged by
his public actions, President Cleveland
il a gentleman. Judged by his public
actions, Gov. PennOyer Is an AS He
wishes TO bray through the mouths Of
OregOn's ministers. There il one thing
the people Of Oregon have TO be thank
flI for that il not down in the proclA-
nation, aud that Is that their names
are not Pennoyer.
I'm this wonderful document the
asinine governor devotes two lines u
GDd and the rest Of hi. time 20 the d.
nunciatiOa Of Law that was not passed
until the present. financial trouble had
been on several mouths 1t Is high
time that men OF brains, education aud
religion also, were being elected to Of
dee"