National Republican., 1886-08-01

ton is to be located on her fathers old
homestead in Albany, n. Y. The buildings,
with the future maintenance, will be con-
struCtcd and supported from the private
funds of Mrs. Stanford, who spends yearly
many thousands in charities and in the
maintenance of six kindergarten schools in
San Francisco, in which her young son dur
ing his life was deeply interested, this fact
now serving to her as an inspiration in her
benevolent and noble work.
After his admission to the bar and his
marriage, Mr.. Stanford removed to the
then young State of Wisconsin to engage
in the practice of his profession, but the
greater prospects of success in the ris-
ing State of California soon drew him to
this land of golden promise and adventure.
1t is needless to refer to any of the subse-
quent events in his career, as they have
| often been narrated in the public press of
| this country
So much of inaccuracy, however has been
mingled with the statements relative to the
Leland Stanford, Jr., University" that q
short narration of the facts concerning its
foundation and endowment may not be
uninteresting, as 1t is the largest individual
| gift that has ever been made in any country
| for the purpose of education. The facts are
as follows: On November II, 1885, Leland
Stanford and Jane Lathrop Stanford, his
wife-being desirous of promoting the public
| WtlllTc ny JDuu'lllp iilll til'lbWlllG " Ulll-
versty for both sexes, with colleges, schools,
seminaries of learning, mathematical insti-
tutes, museums, galleries of art, and other
things necessary and appropriate to a uni
vcrsty of high degrec-granted and con-
vcyed to Lorenzo Sawyer and % other assO-
ciate trustees and their successors forever
the following real and personal property:
First, Stanford's Gridlcy farm in the
county of Butte, in the State of California,
| a aNppIlpnt
land, the present value of which is 81 ,5OO,-
600; second, StanfOrds Nina farm or ranch
in the counties of Butte and TChama, in said
State, containing $4,000 acres, Of the present
value of Sl,SOOOOO; third, the Palo Alto
farm in the counties of SAN Matco and Santa
Clara, in said State, containing 1000 acres,
of the present value of 81, 100000.
Governor Stanford's donation TO the new
university already exceeds the combined
gifts of the founders of Harvard and Yale
Colleges, the Cornell and Vanderbilt Uni
vcrsites, and of the Peabody educational
fund. The endowment of the Johns Hop
kins University i'll Baltimore, Nd, by its
founder, was about S3,OOO,OOO, and is the only
one ever made which approaches the Cali
fornia donation. The young Albany law
student of40 years ago has not lycXcceded
all former founders of colleges and univcrsi-
ties in the amount of his prinCcly donations,
but has far surpassed them in the broad
mindcdncss of the wise and catholic provi-
sions in the trust deed for the future govern
ment of the university. Mr.. and Mrs. Stan
ford lost by Premature death Il talented, good
and intelligent son. but thousands of families
will in the future have cause to blcssand honor
his name, as the endowment ofthis university
will have given them that most valuable ac-
QUESTION, next to good health, which any
human being can pOsscsS-a good education.
Senator Stanford was II delegate to the Ma
tional Republican Convention ut Chicago, in
1860; was elected Governor of California, and
served from December, 1861, to December,
1868 as president of the Central Pacific Rail-
road Company he supcrintcnded its construc-
ton over the mountains, building $50 miles of
it in 203 days; he is interested in other rail-
roads on the Pacific SLOPE in agriculture,
and in manufactures. lie was elected TO the
United States Senate, as Il Republican, in
the place of j. 4. Farley, Democrat, and took
his seat March 4, 1885. As man of affairs,
few men have had his extensive business
experience. Already, ut the first session of
his service as Senator, many of his associates
lean upon his judgment, and all respect his
opinions; so early has he become one of the
most influential Senators in practical legisla-
ton His term of service will expire March
3, 1891.