The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-30

ing from the governors room is the back
parlor, a general reception room, where the
governors son, a stalwart young kentuck-
ian of 90, Just out of college, acts as his ia
theirs private secretary.
Walking directly back through aside en-
try, we find the dining room and kitchen,
for here the governor and son keep house,
with the modest retnue of cook and a
janitor The other side of the house CON
sists of front and two back parlors, used by
the secretary of state and his two clerks
Here the records are kept in a large NOV
able safe. Up stairs are ten rooms. Two
connecting ones are occupied by the gov
ernor and his son, for he has no more fam
ily-his wife died II years ago The re-
naming rooms are mostly filled with mt ity
records, legislative documents and desks,
crowded together in dusty confusion
The officers of state are as unpretentious
as their surroundings. Governor Caleb w.
West is called the Grover Cleveland of the
West" As the large, full form moves for
ward to extend greeting the visitor is
struck with similarity of the contour of
face, the thick neck, the same cut of hair
and mustache, while the black Prince AL
bert coat buttoned over 200 pound frame
completes the resemblance to the White
House occupant If the likeness is re-
his friends sometimes joke him about it.
In Governor Vests method of doing
business strong executive ability is shown.
He receives all callers and petitioners
pleasantly, listens, but gives no sign Of
favor or disfavor The next day, after he
has slept over it, be the matter little or
great, his decision is given. He keeps his
own counsel strictly, and is Ears to many,
lips to few" If "A prisoner under his life
or death sentence is to be pardoned, not
even the nearest to him in official order, the
secretary of state knows it until the gov
ernor says, Draw up pardon for -"
This governor, so democratic in principles
who formerly worked in the face of bitter
hatred of multimillionaire leaders of the
Mormon church for enforcing the Edmunds
antipolygamy law, and often going counter
to the sentiment of the non-Mormon pop
ulation, receives for his responsible serv-
ices s., GOO a year. He is not rich man
and lives within his salary. He is a lawyer
by profession, and back in old Kentucky
bore the title of judge. He is SO years of
age. OF him Senator Edmunds said to his
Kentucky friend, Senator Joseph Black
burnt There is only one thing / have to
complain of in our friend Harrison's adj
ministration, that he did not keep your
friend West in office. He made one of the
best governors Utah ever had"
The secretary of state, Charles r. Rich
ards, receives salary of 81 500 and fees.
He is a Mormon, born in Salt Lake City 80
years ago. He is the first Mormon recog-
nized by president of the United States
since the appointment of Brigham Young,
Sept. 2s, 1850.
The secretary's commission is dated May
@, 1898 there being an interim of AZ years
and months that no Mormon held federal
Office
The other territorial officers receive larger
salaries in proportion to their duties than
the two chief executive officers. The five
territorial commissioners draw each 5000,
the United States judges each 5000. A
territorial government is conducted on
economic principles.
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