Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-02-18
SMOOTH ARrICLE.

SMOOTH AkEhCLk-
We have lately been reading in the
Washington correspondence Of the San
Francisco Examiner q long account oil an
interview between Major Z. B. Stonehill
and President Grover Cleveland. Indeed
we believe, according to the same an
thority, the Major had . second pro-
tracted interview with the President.
Major StonehiIl is widely known IN po'
litical and legal circles in Nevada. where
he formerly resided and praetieed his
profession with distinguished success.
But il was not until he removed hence
to San Francisco, q few years ago, that
he struck the peculiar, sweeping tide that
leads on to fortune. He had been there
but q few months until he became Deputy
District Attorney for the City and County
Of San Francisco at q fine salary, pick.
ings and perquisites included. AT the
following election he succeeded his chief
in the District Attorneyship, and since
that time he has been literally rolling in
wealth. He has q fine mansion in . fash.
ionable quarter Of the city and lives in
great style. Though not unused to rough
ing it in the Sagebrush, he now moves
among the swell sristocracy Of Mob Hill
without . jar. There Is nothing wrong
in all this, only IL shows that the Major
Is q man of ability, in keeping with his
sleek and rotund appearance. He is more
than this. Viewed from either q social
or q political standpoint, he is simply
oil from the can" There is no finer in
the land than the Major. Withsl he is
a princely good fellow, always receiving
and entertaining his mountain friends
with marked cordiality and hospitality.
We are glad Of his good fortune. He has
succeeded at the Bay far better than any
of our transplanted Nevada lawyers, and
| the best part Of the San Francisco bar has
at some time or another resided in this
State. Major Stonehill owes his entire
success in his new field to the fact that
he buncked with Boss Buckley from the
beginning. He was valuable to the Boss,
and the Boss in turn was valuable to him.
Having ample means, he is spending the
Winter in Washington, wither he went
partly on pleasure and partly 70 look Of.
ter q number of matters Of National i'm.
port. In his interview with the Presi.
dent, he is reported to have declared
himself an Observation-Disclosures
machine politician, and to have seriously
hauled the Chief Executive over the Goals
for the ~latter's Mugwumpian tendencies.
He found fault with the Federal appoint
ments in California, and declared that
Hsgsr, as Collector OF the Port, and
Lawton as Superintendent OF the Mint.
had never in all their lives contributed
one dollar nor an hours labor to the sue
cess of the Democratic cause, and neither
was deserving Of the slightest recognition
at the hands Of the party. The Major
did not forget to put in 3 good word for
his benefsctor, and told the President
that men like Buckley were the people
to listeu to in California politics. The
correspondent makes it appear that there
was a rough-and.tumble talk between
Major Stonehill and the President, but
they finally reached q better understand
ing, and parted in a mutually amiable
mood. An hour later, the account goes
on to say, q basket Of flowers were sent
by Mrs. Cleveland, from the White
House conservatory to Mrs. Stonehill,
who was slightly indisposed at Willard's
Hotel. All Of which goes to prove that
the Major got his work in on Grover in
good shape. and is, what we have claimed
him to be, without q single living equal,
and no rival. in all the length and breadth
and depth Of the Smooth Eph category,