The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-15
GOVERNOR MATTHEWS.

manding view of a severe looking row Of
chairs with perforated seats. Beyond the
desks door opens into the little room de-
voted to the governors personal use. The
governor sits i'll a broad armed, comfOrta-
BILE chair at big desk, whose pigeonholed
wings swing outward. revealing unsus-
pected storage possibilities. Besides the
desk stands another leather cushioned
chair, if anything more comfortable than
that reserved for the governor.
The third room in the suit is long re-
ception room richly but tastefully decorat-
ed. In one corner is the plaster figure
Education" a product of Indiana genius,
which was conspicuous at the World fair.
The chairs and cOuches in the room are of
red leather or wicker, and the inevitable
gas logs blaze in the fireplace, brass ket-
tie pendent Just above them. In this room
the governor holds his 1evees during the
winter when the legislature is in session.
Here, assisted by Mrs. Matthews, he re-
ceives his guests, while band in the cor
ridor plays, that the young people may
dance. There will be no receptions this
winter, as the governor lost son very re-
Gently.
Personal Traits of the Governor.
What strikes you first in Governor Mat
thews is his resemblance to Ex-Governor
Foraker of Ohio. 1t does not appear in
his published portraits 1t crops out in
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He tells me many have spoken to him
about it.
What next appeals to you is the frank
ness of tho governors speech. He seems
to study his words quite as little as his
dress, and there is nothing artificial in the
black cutaway coat, the standing collar
and the narrow black tie which are the
noticeable features of the governor attire.
He has face of healthy fullness. A thin
mustachc of black, just turning gray, half
shades a mouth of moderate frmness.
His hair, parted at the side, is brushed
back from broad forehead.
The governor is of a nervous, active dis
position, and during my long interview
with him he changed his position at least
once in five minutes.
asked Governor Matthews to tell me
what the chance was of Indiana sending a
free silver delegation to the Democratic
convention.
81 think it is not likely" he said
1.-THE delegation from Indiana, have no
doubt, will favor a compromise which
will lie between the wishes of the extrem-
lists of the party. Personally am opposed
to the single gold standard, toward which
tie present administration is drifting
The sentiment in favor of the single stand
ard in our state is almost wholly confined
to the little which may exist in the finan-
cial centers like indianapolis. In the in
terror OF the state Teel1ng Is divided be-
tween bimetallism and free silver coinage.
Personally I favor bimetallism. 1 am op-
posed, toe, tc the retirement Cf the green
backs and the contraction of the currency
by $500. 200. 600 unless we have something
satisfactory to take the greenbacks' place.
I sympathize entirely with congress in its
objection to substituting gold bonds for
coin bonds. 1t would establish a bad
precedent and would be step in the di-
rection of the purely gold Standard
do yQH think Ohio and Kentucky will