Governors of Washington, territorial and state . t received hisattention were of wide range, probably the mostimportant being that of coast defense. One biogra-pher says: At a single session he increased the coastdefense appropriation and authorizations of con-tracts from $600,000 to $11,500,000. Since his retirement to private life Senator Squirehas divided his time between Ilion, N. Y., where his\vife prefers to live, and Seattle, where his sonsare in business. His life was beautifully summa-rized at the eightieth commencement of Wesleyanuniversity by President Shanklin, as follows: Watson C
Governors of Washington, territorial and state . t received hisattention were of wide range, probably the mostimportant being that of coast defense. One biogra-pher says: At a single session he increased the coastdefense appropriation and authorizations of con-tracts from $600,000 to $11,500,000. Since his retirement to private life Senator Squirehas divided his time between Ilion, N. Y., where his\vife prefers to live, and Seattle, where his sonsare in business. His life was beautifully summa-rized at the eightieth commencement of Wesleyanuniversity by President Shanklin, as follows: Watson Carvosso Squire, your alma mater de-lights this day to honor you; soldier with a distin-guished record which won you promotion from theranks to colonelcy; successful business man; gover-nor; United States senator; thirty-six years a faith-ful trustee of Wesleyan university—in all theserelations clear-sighted, just and patriotic. I admityou to the degree of doctor of laws. EUGENE SEMPLE EUGENE SEMPLE Thirteenth Territorial Governor 1887 to 1889. NO. XIII.—EUGENE SEMPLE The administration of Eugene Semple as gov-ernor of Washington territory has suffered at thehands of historians. There are many causes for this,among which are the following: He was appointedas a Democrat for only the last half of PresidentClevelands term. The territory under normal condi-tions was overwhelmingly Republican. Partisan biaswas intensified by the agitation for statehood, forit was known that then the people would choosetheir own governor. There were three large issuesin the public mind. The anti-Chinese agitation hadgrown tense and had culminated in fatal riots inthe first two months of 1886. The elections in thefall of that year had gone in favor of the leaders ofthe agitation and the air was charged with threat-ening outbreaks during the first year of Gov. Sem-ples administration. He won applause from thelaw and order press by maintaining the same firmattitude as his predecessor. This was wholes
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