The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-01-12
Gov. Pennoyer Writes Groves
a Christmas Letter.

On Christmas day, Governor Penney
er, of Oregon, addressed the following
letter to Grover Cleveland:
"The extraordinary circumstances which
greet the return of this holiday be my,
excuse for writing you.
To-day is the first Christmas in the history
Of Oregon when more than two thirds of its
people are without employment, and more
than one-third are without sufficient means
of support. Business is lmost completely
stagnant. Money is not to be obtained and
debtors are powerless TO avoid seizure of
their property and their homes to satisfy a
small percentage of the claims of creditors.
Repeated appeals have been made to ne as
governor of Oregon to assemble the legisla.
ture to alleviate this condition of affairs and
avert the impending calamity. The redress
is. however, not in our hands. but in yours,
hence this appeal to you.
The laws of congress which have dEz5rim-
mated against silver and made gold alone a
full legal tender money, giving to the money
lender the privilege OF refusing both the
silver dollar and silver certificates, thus rem.
dering unavailable more than one-halt of the
national currency, as absolute debt paying
money, are the sole cause of the decline of
prices, paralysis of business and conse Quent
idleness of the army of workingmen with
the impending starvation of their wives and
children.
When yeu stood upon the eastern portic0
of the capitol on the 4th of last March you
had announced to the people that you would
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to carry out the pledges of the platform to
which you gave your assent, and upon which
you were elected, and which declared for both
gold and silver as standard money without
discrimination against either metal.
The widespread revision of 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
this advice the further downward tendency
would be checked and with favorable con-
gressional legislation business would 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
d~ishonorable not to do so2
The responsibility lies entirely with you.
Complete obedience of the lower house of
congere IS to your wishes has been observed
throug nout the world. 1t would be your be-
hest, and in this the senate would give you
support.
You are a father II you no doubt feel
grateful to God when you, Upon etiring to
rest, look upon your sleeping babes in their
couches, the picturet Of health consequent
upon their having suticiency of food and
clothing. 49,
Ipray you. however, I'd i the scope
Of your vision and behold, as you can, many
and many a cot -children loved as much by
their parents as yours are by you, weak AID
sickly from insufficient food and clothing;
the innocent victims of vicious financial Leg
~isIation, whose sleeping forms are bathed by
the scalding tears OF mothers bending over
them in sorrow and despair, and therefore
Hesolve It's You should to faithfully carry out
the pledges which your party gave to a con-
fding people. If YOU viii do So, God wiz
bless you and a grateful nation viii applaud
Vou.r