Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-09
HOME AGAIN.
Arrival of Lieut. Gov. Steph-
en- M. White.
AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM.
Interesting Statements on Political
Matters.-The Tariff Ques-
tiOn Discussed.

Stephen nj. White had arrived the nigh
before a good deal of astonishment wa
experienced, as private advices statet
that he would not be here until the 10tf
inst. A HERALD reporter at once wen
in search of the Democratic champion
and found him passing the day quietly
in his residence on Main street and evi
IDENTIFY recruiting after his long journey
from the East.
"I am taking good rest" said Mr.
White, after welcoming his visitor, "as
am rather tagged out with travel, having
been more or less on the move since
my departure from here last May.
In company with Mr.. English !
left Washington on the 2Sth for Colum.
bus, Ohio, to notify Judge Thurman OF
his nomination for Vice-President, and
from that place we proceeded to st. Paul
where we were entertained by Mr.. w.
HI. Kelly, the wholesale grocery man OF
the Northwest. We made our return
journey to California over the Northern
Pacific and enjoyed the trip very much,
the whole journey being full of interest
with the exception of one days travel
from Pasco, near Tacoma Junction, to
The Dalles. This piece of the road was
along the Columbia river, but
the scenery is very dreary, being
nothing more nor less than sand-waste
of such extent that they have carry
Cinnamon on the trains to shovel the
sand off the rails. We came over the
new Siskiyou route and the views were
really magnificent. One cannot imagine
finer scenery than is to be seen at the
upper waters of the Sacramento, and the
grandeur of Mount Shasta is very striking
from this point. The difference between
the speed of the Eastern and Western
railroads is very marked, am
sorry to say to the detrimen
of our local lines. The special
train that conveyed the committee
of notification from Washington to Co.
lumbus ran 600 miles in one night, max
ing an average rate of speed f461s miles
an hour"
''Now as regards political matters. On
the arrival of the notification committee,
of which / formed member, at Wash
ington, we at once proceeded to the
White House and were ushered into the
east room, where the President and Mrs.
Cleveland shortly made an appearance.
Mr.. Cleveland appears to be in excellent
health, and in response to our notification
made a very powerful speech. No
one can appreciate it who did not
hear it, for in the mode of delivery it
was one of the finest orations I ever
heard. Mrs. Cleveland entertained her
guests in magnificent manner and was
not only pleasant but affable, and one
could not help but being impressed with
her dignified though not obtrusive style
which was fully indicative of the station
she occupied. Our stay in Washington
was throughout most pleasant one.
We were entertained royalty by Secre-
tary and Mrs. Whitney at their country
mansion, about four miles from WASH
ington. where we were served with an
an exceedingly pleasant lady and thor
oughly understood and acted up to the
requirements of the occasion.
AT JUDGE THURMAN's
Residence we found the Judge, his wife,
his son, his sons wife, and his three
grandchildren, two of whom are young
ladies, 16 and IS years of age, and the
other boy of about 10 years. The Judge
appears to be in the most robust health,
and the stories circulated as to his in
trinity, must have originated from the
fact that he is slightly lame in one of his
feet. There could be no other grounds
for them, for he is without doubt the fresh
est man of his age ever saw, He was
deeply affected by the unanimity display
ed in the Convention, and the genuine
kindly sentiments which his uncalled-for
selection as nominee for the Vice-Presi-
dency had evoked throughout the
country. During the interview he was
most iovial, instead of being, as repre-
sented by the Republicans, on the edge
of the grave, and he displayed more
humor and less concern about the can
vass and its results than any young DEM
ocrat in the country. He said that if we
wanted him out here in California he
would come.
HARRIsoN's RECORD.
When the news of Harrison's nomina-
ton was made known Mr.. English and
we're in Washington, and we at once set
about investigating Harrison's record on
the Chinese question. We soon ascer-
tanned that Mr.. DeYoung's statement to
the effect that Harrison was in favor of
the. naturalization of Chinese and ap-
proved to their exclusion, was literally
correct. This we derived from
the Congressional Records OF the
time of General Harrison's in
cumbency in the Senate. met
Senator Mitchell few minutes after
wards, and asked him how he liked
Harrison. He said that he was off on
the Chinese question, but that every
Democrat and Republican was also at
the same time. / told him that refer.
ence to the records showed, however,
that all the Democrats but one had voted
in favor of exclusion, while Harrison,
Edmonds, Hoar and others had advo
Gated the Chinese interests. He seemed
somewhat taken ahack by this statement
but declared that everyone was
all right now. The Congressional
records show conclusively thai
Harrison stood in with the Chinese al
at every turn of the fight. In talking
with several Senators, among them 6
prominent Republican, found that Har
rison was never considered very infu
ential Senator, and that his permanent
absence from the Senate evoked no re
gret.
SHERMAN ON HARRISON.
To illustrate this will quote from Sen
ator Sherman's opinion of the Republi
can ticket as published in the Philadel
phia Press of June 26th, 1888. The Sen
ator said that the nomination OF Harrison
was rather delicate subject for hin
to discuss. He supposed that th'
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