Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-07

pared with which our present advance
ment will be but child's play. MY uni
versity is established with the OBJECT o
furthering this view as much as possible
and hope it will become one OF the
maker-minds of the world"
The next question the reporter ven
tured was: "Do you intend building the
Southern Pacific into San Diego?"
Not Immediately" was the reply. 81
am going to San Diego to-day" con
inued the Senator, "to look at the har'
bor there and take a general view OF the
c)untry, for I am very much interested
in everything associated with Southern
California.
The portals of the hotel were by this
time reached, but the scribe had oppor-
tunity enough to ask how the Senator g
racing establishment was getting along
and was told in reply Every we'll, in
deed" The lunch proved to be very
palatable, but was hurried through as
time was precious and by l 80 O'Clock
all were on board the train again and
spe eeding toward Los Angeles. The
Senator proved all excellent converse
tionalist.
THE STATE DIVISION.
Speaking of the proposition to divide
the Golden State'' and make North
and a South California, Senator Stanford
his disapprobation OF such a
scheme. Eve love you too we'll to let
you Co." he said, ''and Pm sure you
do not want us to love you less."
He got quite warmed up when racing be-
came the topic for discussion and showed
that his affection for fine stock is very
great. 81 believe in systematic course
in everything" he said, "and this ap-
plies to the training Of the horse as
much as anything. When 1 started in
to establish stock stable, did it on a
plain basis of progression, and when l
tell you that have now in my string
six .month-old colt that l have refused
$12 900 for, you can judge whether 1
have been successful or not. When GO
to buy a horse the first thing do is to
examine his head. If that is satisfactory
then look at his points and then at his
pedigree. l am not like the man who
was trying to sell trotter to an
purchaser who said that the
horse was all right everywhere but his
head. Yes, but he doesn't trot with his
head,' said the salesman. l disagree
with him. think that horses trotting
depends good deal upon his head, and,
as l said before, that is one of the rules l
have always observed in getting selec-
tions for my stables"
A question as to Mrs. Stanford's s health
brought forth, "It is very much improv-
ed. She is travelling with me across the
continent"
The conversation then turned OIL sgri-
ro,,~,,,,ko o,l o,>oolz;un of ha
scale-bug Mr.. Stanford said, 1--WE are
troubled good deal up North
with what we call the meal
bug, but which is evidently the
the same as what is known as the cot
tony cushiony scale here. l believe it
was first introduced up north through
some Australian trees which Mr.. Geo.
Gordon planted on my ranch. We are
fighting hard with it but so far have been
unable to do very much good. The
honey crop of Southern California has
always been a good one, has it not p"
said Senator Stanford. Il was much
surprised in early days before the rail-
road was built into here to hear of honey
being shipped from Los Angeles to Sac
thence by rail across the con-
tinent, and over the Atlantic to London,
where it carried off the honors of the mar
ket. But then our products get everywhere
and as an instance l will mention that
l saw some California canned goods for
sale in the bazaars of Constantinople."
"Have you any diseased vines up
north, Senator?' somebody interro-
gated.
"None that have heard Of" was the
reply. "None have been reported on
my property, nor have l heard any COM
plants from the Sacramento Valley"
CONGRESSIONAL POINTERS.
"What is your opinion regarding our
applications for appropriations
for San Pedro ?" was another question.
"Well, think that you had better ask
for only what is necessary for the time.
Let it be understood that the work con-
templated here will entail an
expenditure of what 1 understood
is estimated at 100000, and
then say how much you want now. If
the bill goes through the House don't
think there is much fear regarding the
Senate. Everything there is managed so
differently to the lower House. One can
talk to the members individually and
matters will be generally understood be-
fore the subject is called up, whereas in
the House there are so many different
elements that this is impossible. For
instance, take the Chinese Bill that
came up before the Senate two years ago.
of course took good deal of interest
in it and explained the exact situation to
the Eastern Representatives, who had
only previously had their information
through the medium of printed matter.
Well, when the bill came up it actually
went through without debate. ingalls,,
Hoar and Sherman, all strong believers
in the brotherhood Of man, sat perfectly
still and never opened their mouths. Had
a word been said on either side debate
would have followed and the proceedings
delayed, probably for days."
The Senator's attention was drawn to
the Wolfskill depot, which had by this
time been reached, and he surveyed it
very critically. omplimentary remarks
were heard on all sides regarding the
building, and the Senator said: "You
could have had it ten years ago if you
had only been smart enough. But at
that time you would have protested that
to put it here would be to
put it out of town = it does
not look that way now though" said he
in conclusion as he looked around at the
scene of thrift. He was asked when the
shops would be established here and re.
piled that the site had been selected and
matters pertaining to them were in
progress. "When they are in operation
they will be Of great help to the town."