Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-01-02
Governor
West and
HiSGueStS
Are Given Great Ovation by
SaIemiteS and Many from
Other POintS==ReCeptiOn a
Most Delightful Event

The reception given at the capitol
last night by Governor and Mrs. West |
in honor Of the eX-goyernOrs of the |
state their wives or widows, was un- |
dCubtedly the largest and most enjoy |
able social event that ever took place
in the Capital City. The big rotunda
was a mass of color a vertable bower
Of beauty. The great American flags
draped clear around it always beauti-
ful and inspiring, seemed peculiarly
fitting for the occasion, and they We're
in evidence everywhere There was
wealth Of evergreens in hooks and cor
pern, great strings and wreaths of
holly graced the walls, or swept in
curved lines Of beauty from the big
chandeliers to the walls and corners,
while suspended from the dome, and
in the center Of the rotunda hung an
immense bell of evergreens.
Beautiful Decorations.
The governors room, where the re-
ception was held, was beautiful be-
yond description, with u great poin-
settia in full bloom on the center Ia
BILE and graceful festoons Of smilaX,
and the same dainty plant, with its
curling tendrlls, in evidence on all
sides.
It was amid such surroundings that
not only Salem people, but men and
women prominent in all walks Of life
in the state at large, gathered to do
honor to Governor West and his dis
tinguished guests. Half an hour be-
fore the time set for the reception,
guests began to arrive, and when the
doors to the governors office were
thrown open at o'clock the big cor
ridor was filled and the senate and
assembly chambers were also well
sprinkled with smiling and happy Wis
itors. The guests entered the COVER
nor's room from the main corridor,
passing out at the side door near the
senate chamber after paying their re-
spects to the genial governor and his
wife, and their distinguished guests
The Honor Guests.
Governor West and Mrs. West were
first in line Next to them, Mrs. Lou
lisa Woods, the venerable widow OF
George L. Woods, Orcgons third gov.
ernor, 1866 10 1870. She is also the
sister of ex-senator George Mcbride
and of Supreme Judge TON" Nc
Bride. BY her side was Mrs. Stepher
r. Chadwick, widow Of oregon's fftl
governor, serving from 1877 to 1878
Then came ex-governor Zenas +
Moody and his wife. He was the sew
enth governor Of the state, 1882 t
1887. Everybody in Salem, and 70
that matter in the state, knows an
likes the genial and mentally youn
ex-governor, the first to be selecte
from eastern oregon TO fill the COVER
Eor's chair. A pioneer an old stear
boat man when the rivers were tn
only big highway, a compendium {
knowledge Of the early oregon day
and q most delightful and interestin
man of the old school, the good ol
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Some More Of Them.
Mrs. William Paine Lord, widow I
'oregons ninth governor, stood me-
in the receiving line, tall, erect con
manding beautiful; one who would
once attract attention in any asser
blage anywhere. Mrs, Frank BensC
stood beside Mrs. Lord and with h
was Mrs. Jay Bowerman, At the e
treme end Of the line, was a man Q
ways distinguished in any crowd, (
physically he out-tops them, and
mental size rs no misit for the t
rorm. That Of course, is T, T. Ge
and beside him greeting hundreds
old friends was his better half, a
that is saying much, for the worse
half is high in the rating.
Assisting in the line was the gC
ernor's stair, Adjutant-General Finz
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