Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-17
GOV. PENNOYER At NACLEAf.
Declares the Last Legislature
Was Net Corrupt.
The GaTERyQR On TIE B4ESNIE
still Attacks The Journal but
Cannot Answer It

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nsAr C1vsla aor Ps1nOyeE- He bsd 0ot
Iver halt the erO~d thai tgrned cot TO
near bin fogr years ago There vss 3
LArze deIezAiion q oEtic,s-sssks citizens
Acd earnestly seekers out from salem 20
aear him. aud POp1lisi managers from
oearly every precinct 10 the eo1nty.
He spoke briefly about the lsst legis-
.a,gre, said il Was not corrupt Not :
usrnbsF wzs sctgsted by corrupt mo
u7es. TIE most unjustiisble expend
t1rs vas for g. 400 for clerk hire. Un-
j1s,ifAble sppr priAiions were made f1r
ug1er Institutions Of learning-the
state university and State Agricultural
Jl.ege. The appropriations for the
4t- mill and Eastern Oregon asylum
Sas not expended.
The paralysis Of the country was
-sused by coming upon the gold basis.
fe scored the state National Guard
.ery severely. The governor received
$3.50 a year for his services. This wsz
Increased by allowing him $50 year
r the erection Of the jute mill The
constitution says the governor shall So
hat the laws are faithfully executed, &,
Jut it does not say that he shall exc
cute them.
He drafted a bill that no state officer
hould receive over 1900 year. It
gAs amended in the senate TO 5000
sear, but not acted on in the house.
The governor showed how the SALARIES
4 the supreme judges and reporter had
zen increased without increasing
heir constitutional salaries. He had
.sked the legislature 10 abolish the
domestic animal commission which
lad nothing 10 do, but which paid
him $50 year.
Judge Galloway was a member Of
that board. All he "Peunoyer" ever
did was to say "kIll him." when
diseased horse was to be killed. For
that be got $3.50 year. Galloway took
that money and never even said "kili
him" II they wanted to vote for a
man for governor who had never be-
fouled his hands by taking a dollar of
unconstitutional compensation, they
must vote for Pierce.
He had to allow the repeal Of the
mortgage tax law to stand because it
was the lesser Of two evils. He knew
it would stand only two years, when
it would be repealed, as the Populists
would control the next legislature.
Here the governor devoted consider
abe space to the abuse Of the CAPITAL
JOURNAL, "that little two-by-four
sheet" "a most Insignificant squat,
aud other dIgnified expressions.
He advocated the Swiss method Of
making laws. II received a public
burst Of appaulse. The only way to
protect the consumer was TO allow him
TO buy where he could buy the cheap
est. He ridiculed the Democratic
financial plank in Oregon. The Popu-
lists alone were right in money matters.
The Populist party demanded gold,
silver and treasury notes, all full
legal tender-that he declared WAS the
Peoples party doctrine. This did not
meet with a very warm reception. He
ridiculed Horr Of the New York Tri-
bune aud advocated government loans
TO the people.
Cleveland had become law to him
self He was nullifying laws aud in
creasing the national debt withoot
authority OF law. lie sent the federal
soldiers to Oregon without proclama-
ton Of law. He was seeking 10 seat
an old Kauaka wench on the throne OF
the Hawaiian Islands. (ApplAuse.)
Caesar overthrow Pompey; yelling
ton overthrow Napoleon; Washington
overthrew CORVALLIS; but greater than
all, General Cleveland overcame Coxey
At Arlington, and his name will 90
laundering down the ages for all time
10 come. (Laughter.)
For twenty years ever since the de
monetizatlon OF silver, there had beer
A decline OF values In all farm products
The governor told many amusing anec
dotes, aud Is an entertaining speaker.
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