The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-06
GOVERNOR CALEB w. WEST.

Ing from u. governors room is the back
parlor, Il general reception room, where the
governors son, II stalwart young Kentuck-
ian of - just out of college, acts as his ia
theirs private secretary.
Walking directly back thiUaah aside en-
try, we find the dining room and kitchen.
for here the governor and son keep house.
with the modest retinue of cook and n
Jantor. The other side of tho 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 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 12 years ago. The re-
naming rooms are mostly filled with musty
records, Legislative documents and desks,
crowded together III 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 bnttoned over n 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 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
elnor 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 Norm on pop-
ulation, receives for his responsible serv-
ices $1,000 year. He is not a rich man
and lives within his salary. He is lawyer
by profession, and back in old Kentucky
bore the title of judge. He is So years of
age. OF him Senator Edmupds said to his
Kentucky friend, Senator Joseph Black
burn: There is only one thing | have to
complain of in our friend Harrison's ad
ministration, that lie 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 n salary of 81 500 and fees.
He is a Mormon, born in Salt Lake City IS
years ago. He is the first Mormon recoa-
nized by president of the United States
since the appointment of Brigham Young,
Sept. %, 1850.
The secretary's commission is dated May
8. 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 81, 900,
the United States judges each $1,000 A
territorial government is conducted on
economic principles.
HERBERT Haywood.