The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-01-21
.l0TE2NOR'S MESSAGE
Linn R. Rogers Delivers His
Inaugural Address.
rp ,DyoCATES RETRENCHMENT
-,,ol EuiIding Packed to Hear wash
fpston's Sew Governor outline
His Proposed Policy.


- Or,ppia Wednesday, John R.
n,.r. MAS. with great simplicity, in
.,,r,-ed governor of the state of
,,-.,;,..ou for the ensuing four years.
...i..nn oath of office was admins
lily Chief Justice Scott before the
..;,+ ass .mblv of the legislature. The
I'll legislative hall of the old capitol
i,ilIns was packed to suffocation with
.,.r,l.,., Of the legislature and repre-
motives OF the various parties from
al parts of the state.
Tho .,avprnor-elect, as soon as the
mint ASS mbIy was called to order,
walked up the crowded aisle to the
.a,Ler's rostrum, where he was met
,r tbe chief Justice, who installed him
q. chief executive of the state in few
simple words.
The governor then assembled the ros-
trrn and was greeted with applause.
He Immediately proceeded with his
inaugural address, the full text of
which follows:
Gentlemen OF the Senate and House of
CONSERVATIVES of the State of Wash
ington:
An eminent doctor of the law has
told us with great force and clearness
that all valid law is based ON that in
stinctiye apprehension of justice which
finds universal Judgment in the heart
Of man. On this true foundation are
based all right rules of human conduct.
RELYING upon this and upon my own
clearly felt consciousness of right in
tent. | assume the weighty and most
RESPONSIBLE duties imposed as the result
Of the recent election. pledge you
only this: A strict adherence to law
and firm determination to execute 1t
without fear or favor.
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
We live in favored region. Here
stretch out before our eyes, in else
where unequaied profusiOn, the boun-
ties OF nature. Nowhere among the
ssterhood of states comprising the
American Union are the natural re-
sources and opportunities here afford
el excelled or scarcely equaled. With
cupied by the six New England states,
the state Of Washington presents wide
diversity OF opportunity unrivaleG in
the splendid character of the invitation
offered to both capital and labor. 1t
has the best and most productive grain
fields in the world, and has the largest
body OF valuable timber yet remaining
In the limits OF the United States. It's
mountains of coal and iron are in close
proximity to the deep waters of Puget
sund-the grandest harbor of the
Union, with shore line of l 300 miles
In extent, the future seat of empire on
the Pacific coast, through whose ports
have already come during the year just
passed goods second in value only to
those imported by the imperial city of
New York. Add to all this a mild
climate, where rivers are never frozen
and ports never blockaded, a brave and
seIt-reiant people, industrious and
energetic, and it would appear that ev-
tfythlng necessary to mans prosperity
mas been provided with a generous
Aand And this is indeed the truth.
Nature has here lavished her bounties,
ana nothing is lacking to complete a
perfect picture of Gods favor to man.
PRESENT DIFFICULTIES.
And vet that all is not we'll with us
We are agreed. No honest man can say
lSl labor receives the full measure of
JUST return for its performance. Times
art nard, We say, and property has de-
Eeaated below the value it should
justly hold, Men vainly seek employ
Meht, which, if found, is not ade-
quately remunerative. Anxious wives
anu mothers look with fear to the daily
diminishing family stores Mortgages
sU'ef much of the real estate, and the
ueSftS OF strong, brave men sink within
.lenl as they view with moistened eyes
.le needs OF helpless children for whom
e! are called to provide. No one
sOuo's, no one denies, the existence of
w., ~aH' and Involuntary poverty among
poverty, too, not the result of
;'S'eiulneSs or lack of industry, but
ra, Ceu oy the constantly approaching
lue OF money, consequent upon the
rro ~, of silver and the estab-
,h ,sument OF the gold standard Never
nciesS We are told that money thus
,au Iilgly enhanced and enlarged in
tb H. power by legislative act is
IL nly honest money. Having by
;a "s mus to all intents and purposes,
ma Erased the size of the dollar, our
nle'afy masters demand from the
s. .pe the number of dollars denomi-
mo- mo- IN the bond. Having in like
LIT lier doubled the ounces in the
5ua uu with which all the products of
Dis -an e&ertion are measured, they call
mn IOllest who speaks of return to
Is eS ana pounds having relation to
VI l. Like the drunken ishWife
s;T IeVlled the eel that would not lie
cr;,;. while She skinned it, these hypo-
Md nd purveyors of so-called honest
VII cover with billingsgate those
Of tba punt out the transparent trickery
p4rSo eir Proceedings. But, blinded by
sbo Ia and pecuniary interests, men
neos wlnk themselves honest and who
non n 10 be honest do not see the enor-
p,"a justice of the demand thus made
siara industry for steadily increasing
are ~ u the products of toll. These
lace e conditions we are required to
cress; because of them, debts are in
sre nh Interest is accommodating, taxes
Ia paio, our homes are taken from
~ business is destroyed, and la