Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-06-26
PENNOYER FOR GOVERNOR.
\ fittsburger Nominates Him and
Gives His Reasons.

States Ex-Governor Pennoyer, Of Ore
gOn, who has been elected Mayor OF
Portland, Oregon, who, on being
sworn into office begins his reform by
cutting his own salary in two, reduc-
ing it from 5000 to s. 300, which he
has done to bring the public officials
salaries onto a level with all other
citizens who have been reduced more
than one-half in their incomes. In
nominating Ex-Governor Pennoyer for
President, ~ against the political
mountebanks that have the lead for
that Office, l put my claim upon these
well established claims for the suf-
frage of the great mass of the Ameri-
can people: First. Pennoyer has
shown Il decent respect for his fellow
citizens, especially that class whose
necessities compel them to labor to
support their families and whose
wages have been reduced One-half,
the purchasing power of which is re-
duced another half by the heavy bur-
dens put upon them to support the
official aristocracy which has fastened
upon our municipal, State and ma
tional governments; an aristocracy
even more rapacious than that which
our Revolutionary sires revolted
against. 1t is prostituting these vari
GUS governments to their own avarice
and greed. Ex-Governor Pennoyer is
the first public man that has showed
that he respects this State and condi-
ton of the laboring man. The work
ingmen, if they have intelligence
enough for self-government, will to a
man, second the nomination and rally |
to his support and never let up until
he is in the Presidential chair. The
two old boodler parties, having for two
generations worked the racket on the |
tariff issue, have now hit upon the
currency question to humbug the vot-
ers Of the nation.
Patriotism is lost virtue with the
American people. Let me appeal 10
their selfishness as one great reason
they should vote for Pennoyer. The
municipal, State and national treasu.
ries are the richest mines in which to
operate to-day. No gold, silver, lead,
coal or ore mines offer so rich dig
gings as do our public offices At one
half the salaries now paid. Why,
then, should we stand by and let pot
house politicians bankrupt our gov
eminent when We cannot make as
much money az we can by securing
these offices at one-half the present
cost? Why, there is not one in ten OF
these men whose place cannot Qrom
our labor ranks) be filled with a STU
perior man. Pennoyer has demon
strated by his own success that he is
far superior man to the most likely
man for the Office in the Republican
party. The one was dead failure
the other successful business man.
Both have held the position of Gov
ernor in their respective States. Pen
noyer's administration will compare
favorably with McKinley's. The one
shows that he has a true comprehen.
sion of the business requirements nee
essary to relieve our national, State
and municipal governments from
their embarrassed condition without
making serfs OF all our industrial |
classes. Ex-Governor Pennoyer shows
he is in sympathy with our Democrat
ic institutions; that he recognizes the
true doctrine that the servants should
not be above their lords.
Here is an opportunity for our
working men to show their capacity
for self-government and to throw off
an official aristocracy that is and has
been for more than third Of . cen.
fury fastened upon the public crib
What better are such pothouse polit-
ical adventures than any other COM
mon citizen. that they should have
carte blanche to lifelong pull on the
political teat? Let us arise and take
advantage OF this Pennoyer example
to shake these old boodlers. They are
of no finer blood than ourselves. It is
only the glamor that the newspapers
have thrown around the pothouse pol
iticians that makes voters fall down
and worship them. You could not
find a single thing, to save your life,
they ever did TO entitle them to your
homage. Let us take advantage Of
the present disturbed condition to
throw off the burdens that are op.
pressing us and making slaves of a
brave people. Pennoyer's principle
will bring prosperity to our oppressed
industries, relieve our industrial inter-
ests and remove the sheriff sales from
the homes of our people. Who will
second the nomination, and name his
running-mate? ]. B. COREY.
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1t is now practically certain that
the proposed reincorporation of the
city of Port Townsend, which is to be
submitted to the voters at q special
election called for that purpose on
June 80. will be favorally considered,
aud that the place will be known as q
city OF the third class incorporated
under the general laws OF the State of
Washington.
Nor many business houses in these
United States can boast OF fifty
Il n.