The San Francisco call., 1896-08-06
Appointive officials OuSted if
They Do Not Declare for
Free Coinage.
VAIN PROTEST OF CITIZENS.
Firemen and Policemen Who Oppose
the NebraSkan Will Be Made
to Resign.

PORTLAND, Or, Aug. 5.-Ex-Governor
Sylvester Pennoyer. the Democratic
Populist Mayor inducted into Office on the
lst of July, who gained such National
notoriety because of his 01scourtesles
to Presidents Harrison and Cleveland, is
already making himself very odious as
chief executive of the city. He has occu-
pied his present Office little more than a
month, and in that short time he has
demoralized the entire municipal govern
ment Entering upon his duties with no
pledges to political parties or person he
promised not to revolutionize any of the
city departments within his personal
jurisdiction unless for good cause, but his
cloven hoof already protrudes from be-
meath its vestment Efficiency, length OF
honorable service in the city government
are no recommendations to him. He is
prostituting his small power to the in
terests of the Democratlc-P Populistic
Presid entail candidate.
On Monday last Mayor Pennoyer asked
Paul Wessinger, one of his recently ap-
pointed Fire Commissioners. how he STOOD
upon the silver question. Mr.. Wessinger,
who is a representative German-American
here, replied that he was a sound-money
man. Thereupon Pennoyer unceremo-
niously asked for the Commissioner res
ienation. which was formally accepted
this afternoon.
The Mayor has implicitly permitted the
edict to go forth that no man expressing
himself adversely to the principles in
dorsed by Bryan, particularly those per-
halI IN,
in an office over which he has direct or in
direct control. In other words, he will
sacrifice the best business interests of
Portland to the subservience of his polit-
lcal hobby. To-day he was asked: "Is it
possible that you will allow the silver
question to cut figure in the administra-
tion OF city affairs 2"
Usually" replied he, ''a Mayor sur
rounds himself with men in harmony
with himself in city affairs. But now the
question is more serious one, affecting
the vitality OF the Nation. The question
is as to whether the country shall be
dominated over by Great Britain or ruled
by Americans. Those in favor of the
former let them train with the British,
but so far as I'm concerned l want none
but Americans on guard"
When Pennoyer appointed his boards
of Fire and Police Com missioners recently
he gave the plece-hunting public to under
stand that he personally would not inter
fere with their management of those
departments, but a -substantiated re-
port was current this afternoon that the
Mayor had instructed his commissioners
to investigate the political status of each
member of these departments and allow
none but unquestioned free-silver men to
hold their places.
In this manner is Pennoyer performing
the work of a ward politician for Bryan.
Should the programme be executed there
will not be reliable and experIencedIman
left on the Police and Fire departments by
the close of the current month. This after
noon the fire underwriters sent volumin-
Gus protest to the Mayor and the Fire
Commissioners against the proposed re-
moval of Chief Campbell and other good
men in that department. The protest
contains a threatening paragraph to the
purport that insurance rates will be ele-
waited several notches the moment the in
surance agents appeal is ignored.
This city never was in such state OF
agitation because of Mayors attitude as
at nresent