I have had my full share of the ups and downs incident to political life, but there are no sore places in my memory. I am grateful to the Giver of All Good and the people of Oregon for the honor and good things I have enjoyed here, and my earnest desire is that God will bless this beautiful state in all its years and in all its borders with plenteousness and peace, and that righteousness, justice and truth may characterize and exalt its future history.
GEORGE H. WILLIAMS.
