Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-22
The Trust Accepted-Ex-Govern STAN
ford Interviewed.

rhe Trust Observation-Disclosures Stan
ford Interviewed.
SAN Francisco, January 21st-The Call
will contain the following:
yesterday morning Governor Stanford, in
with member Of the Call
staff. commented as follows upon his NOM
nation by the Republican caucus to the
United States Senatorship: In the first
place, l repeat my published statement that
was not an applicant for the office. |
did not wish to take an active part in the
election of United States Senator, but felt
in the success of Mr.. Sargent,
because of his superiority over the other
both as To experience and gen.
eral qualifications. When the matter
was preached to me | steadily refused |
to announce myself as a candidate, |
and discouraged the idea to such |
friends as spoke to me on the subject. |
No one was authorized by me to present |
my name in the caucus, and it was done in !
the absence of any consultation with me. |
The nomination is really the result of q sort |,
of kindly conspiracy on the part of my !
friends, who decided to accomplish it with
out my consent or knowledge, and think |
they avoided calling on me- 50 as to escape |
any conversation on the subject OF course |
| feel gratified for this exp ession of conf
dence from the people, for it seems to me
that my nomination comes direct from that !
source think the people of this State are
growing weary of contention, and that they
have expressed this feeling in selecting
me for the Senatorial position
They wish that the questions that
have so long and bitterly agitated the
public mind shall be discussed without
prejudice, in spirit of entire fairness. and
| think that this view of my nomination
will be taken i'll the East. While believ-
ing this, however, | do not mean to suggest,
nor do | for an instant suppose that the
people, in comforting this honor upon me,
have surrendered any portion of their
rights, or have altered their convictions
but | mean simply to convey the idea that
they are willing TO test, through me, the
vexed questions. In other words, they
have no hostility toward the railroads per
Sc, nor towards the men engaged in rail
road enterprises unless those men are sup
posed to be unfair in their dealings with
the public. Aside from the qualification
that is naturally felt by him who is hon
ored with an expression of public
this nomination brings to me
only regret. | feel keenly the responsibility
of the situation, and cannot help fearing
that | may not fulfill the expectations that
have been expressed as to my fitness for
the position ! have no political ambition
of Il personal character, and have only
looked forward to putting my business
interests i'll as good order as possible that |
might, in great degree devote the re-
mainder of my life TO pursuits of a different
character. OF course ! shall strive to do
my duty, and of course | shall remain
true to my political record as an unswerv-
ing Republican. The Republican party
l., e..
eSts and prciudices, and they may be as
will be devoted to the good of the party as
a whole, as my every effort in the past has
been"
In response to query as to what action
he would take on the Chinese question,
Mr. Stanford said: = 1t is certainly beyond
question that the right to exclude foreigners
belongs TO every nation, while the exercise
of that right is merely a question of policy.
The people of the coast are clearly in favor
of exercising this national right to the ex-
clusion of the Chinese and no man of
honor could possibly accept from them
position in the Legislature
of the nation unless he were willing to
sustain the policy upheld by them"
What is Thought of Ex-Governor Stan
ford's domination.
Los ANGELES, January 2lst--The nom
ination of Ex-Governor Stanford for United
States Senator is the sensation of the day.
There is some vigorous kicking among the
Republicans, but the nom
ination has fair numerical support
SAN Francisco, January 2lst.-The town
talk in San Francisco to-day is the election
by the Republican Legislative caucus in
of Leland Stanford for United
States Senator, to succeed Senator Farley.
1t is said frankly and emphatically by lead
ing men of both parties, that Leland Stan
ford is not only an eminent Republican
with an honorable official record, tut a man
whose private character is stainless, whose
attachments are worthy of con-
and whose devotion to the in
terests of the State are not questioned. 1t
is claimed by his friends that his promo
ton to the United States Senate will meet
with great favor in agricultural, manu-
featuring and commercial circles through
out California.
FRESNO, January 21st.-The nomination
of Stanford for United States Senator gives
to the Democrats, and that
class of Republicans who are not office
seekers.
Ey Governor Stanford's Princely Gift to
the Public.
SAN FRANCISCO, January 2lst.-The Gail
tomorrow will contain the following
Following the admirable example of George
Peabody, Ex-Governor Leland Stanford has
determined 10 devote Il large portion of his
wealth to public-spirited purposes, but TO
so regulate the usage of the gift during his
lifetime that it will have the benefit OF his
personal supervision, and be free from all
danger of legal interference. On account
of the Senatorial contest, or other cause,
Governor Stanford is very reticent concern
ing his beneficiary plans, but the following
information concerning some of them has
is posted on the subject The
press has already referred to the Mem
orial University that will be founded
at Palo Alto, and the informant above re-
ferred to declares that in its equipment this
University will compare favorably with the
best at present existing in the world 1t is |
not intended to rank with State institutions
of that class, but TO be far-reaching in its
and to attract to its halls of
learning students from all portions of the |
Union. Colleges for young men and f!
young women will also be found |
ed by Governor Stanford as tributaries to |
the University, and high schools for girls |
and boys will also be erected as tributaries |
10 tit COIlCStS All Ol tliCSt INSTITUTIONS |
will be located at Palo Alto, and if the
plans prove successful, that point will !
become i'll time one of the great |
est educational centers of the world. |
The carrying out of these plans will !
require the expenditure OF an enormous |
amount of money, and it IS said that ar
have already been made, or |
are nearly completed for placing the neces-
sary sum in the hands of Trustees Not |
satisfied with this noble gift TO the public, |
Governor Stanford is devising other means |
for benetiting the masses, and has already |
decided upon two channels through which |
his gold shall find generous exit. Up to |
the time of his death, young Leland Stan
ford devoted much of his time to collecting |
the nucleus for museum, and now the |
father intends TO carry out the wishes of
his son by building and thoroughly equip |
ing a public museum in San Francisco !
The other project, referred to as having be- |
come fixed intention. is the founding in |
this city of an Institution similar
in almost every respect to the grand Cooper J
Institute, of New York. Like its proto- |
type, this establishment will be devoted to
the advancement of science ana art. There |
will be evening courses of instruction for
mechanics and youths on the application
of science to the business of life; there will |
be school OF design, a polytechnic school, |
galleries of art, collections of models of III
ventiOns, etc. An institution of such
will be Of vast advantage to San