Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-20
SENATOR STANFORD,
What a Washington Correspondent Says
Concerning Him.

! A Washington correspondent of the San
Francisco Post makes the following refer
ence to Senator Stanford in letter pub
| lished this week
Senator Stanford is big man physically
as well as mentally. His six feet and $40
| pounds OF manhood are seen at the Senate
every day, rain or shine. The Senator is a
man of business, and he believes in being
on hand at the proper moment to attend to
| the peoples business. He has one of the
strongest faces in the Senate His hair is
| brown, and it is carefully brushed away
| from his face. AS a matter of fact, the
Senator always looks as though be had
| come fresh from the BARRIERS chair. His
| beard is frosted by years, and it is worn
closely cut. In appearance and manner
Senator Stanford reminds one of Grant He
has the same square-cut jaw, the eyes are
| the same, and his mannerisms are very
| similar to these of the dead commander.
| Stanford IS. by all odds. the wealthiest man
IN Congress. 1t is said that he could buy
and sell the fortunes represented in both
| the Senate and the House, and then have
| plenty left for a rainy day The extent of
! his fortune is variously estimated. Some
place 1t as high as $50, 900 600 and some
even higher than that The Senator has
none of what is called the arrogance of
| wealth. To him the possession of his vast
| fortune is mere incident. No man in
| pubic life has such demands made upon
his generosity. The Senator likes to give !:
but he is particular that his donations are
made in directions where they are de-
served. The professional mendicant gets
! no satisfaction from Senator Stanford.
Your correspondent learns upon excellent
authority that there ar to-day hundreds
OF persons who have been assisted out of
| difficulty by him, and yet who are totally
| Ignorant OF the name of their benefacter
He does good with his money because it
| gives him pleasure so to do. The Senator
lives in magnificent style in freestone
| house on Farragut square, which was for
merry occupied by General Brady. The
interior is decorated with everything that
money can buy, and yet there is nothing
| gaudy or outre about the furnishings.
| Everything is in the most perfect taste.
! The Senator has an Office on the lower Goor.
| The walls are fairly covered with paint
| ings- a large fiat desk occupies the center
! OF the room, and the Senator can usually
! be found by his evening visitor behind q
huge mass OF papers. There is room for
| one OF his private secretaries on the other
| side of the desk, and that gentleman has
! no easy time OF it. No matter how urgent
the business ON hand, the Senator always
has time 10 extend q kindly greeting. He
Will not waste his callers time, however.
| and, on the other hand, he will not permit
the caller to waste his. In conversation
one IS instantly struck with the directness
| OF Mr. stanfords reasoning. He looks at
| everything from a common sense stand
point. At times he impresses one with the
stoiidity OF Grant.~sn listening bis face is
impassive, but when an especially strong
point is made, his eyes show the active and
receptive mind within. Stanford like
Grant, is man of tremendous executive
capacity. He has never known what it is
to be defeated. So far be has made sue.
! cess of everything he has attempted