Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-11
SENATOR STANFORD
INTERVIEWED ON THE PRESI.
DENTAL QUESTION.
He Does Not Ask, But Will Accent
the ination-Against Free
Trade and the Chinese.

iEPEcIAL DMPArcHEs To THE REcoRp-us1os.l
Icopyi0 1888, by tte California As.ociased Press,
NEW YORK, April 10th.-A fierce storm
kept Senator and Mrs. Stanford close in
doors at the Fifth Avenue Hotel this
evening. The Agent of the California
Associated Press sent up his card, and was
at once ushered in. Then occurred an in
terView OF much importance, as placing
nnaiiy and conclusiyely Stanford's position
In reference to question of great interest
on record. This subject was at once ap-
preached by your representative with the
leading question:
Senator, is it true that you have signi-
he'd your willingness to permit your name
to go before the Republican National Con.
Senti1n for the Presidential nomination
Are you candidate for the Republican
nomination for the Presidency"
Senator Stanford answered this question
unequivocally as follows: The possibil-
lily OF the American people desiring me to
serve them in Presidential capacity is
so slight that l have not thought of offer
| ing my services, but were the Presidential
nomination offered / do not think that 7
should require much time to accept it.
| am IN the same position that any American
| citizen would be. l have never asked that
l should be made candidate"
Your representative alluded TO the fact
that there had been much talk on the Pa
cific coast concerning the possibility that
Stanford might be nominated by the Re-
| publican Convention, also to the fact that
citizens of various sections have been
anxious to find out whether Stanford is
candidate.
HIS PACIFIC COAST FRIENDS.
AT this Senator Stanford said 1.-THE
people back there on the Pacific coast are
| talking about me as possible candidate.
L suppose they would cheerfully support
| me. should receive the nomination. and
1t is very gratifying to know that the peo-
pie think so kindly of me. Their partiality
l attribute altogether to their kindness,
Yes, ii is true have heard my name men
toned, as possibility in connection with
the Presidential nomination, by cities in
various parts OF the country. In fact,
have frequently received letters from vari-
Gus sections asking me if am candidate
| for President"
What answers do you return to such
letters, Senator-if that is a fair question p,
To these letters have uniformly re-
| piled that did not offer myself as a candi-
date"
REPUBLICAN, CHANCES.
But you think, Senator, do you not,
| that the Republicans have an excellent
| chance of success at the next election ?''
| was asked.
Il think, said Stanford, " that the Re-
publican strength has been greatly in
creased by Clevelands free trade message.
think that message will help the Repub-
lican party greatly in States which at the
last election were considered doubtful and
! which went Democratic"
And is not the Pacific coast close?r
| PROTECTION NECESSARY TO THE PACIFIC
COAST.
1t has been close at recent elections
but it is my opinion that with an unobiec-
tionable candidate the States of California.
Oregon and Nevada will all go Republican.
l think that California is decidedly for pro-
lection. We hope to be a manufacturing
State in time. Our fruit and wine interests
will be in time greater than any similar
interests in the world, if they are properly
encouraged. We want protection for WOOL
and for such manufactures as we already
have. We feel the necessity for protection
even more perhaps than do the Atlantic
| States, because of the possible wholesale
competition by Chinese. Remove the pro-
tective tariff, and can see no reason why
the Chinese then should not manufacture
all the goods needed on the Pacific coast,
nor why these goods would not enter all
parts of the United States. Our American
manufacturers would be compelled to go
out of business, or manufacture at very
low figures"
You have little doubt that the Pacific
coast, with suitable candidate, will go
ANY GOOD CANDIDATE CAN WIN.
Nc" answered Stanford with an un-
Objectionable candidate and thorough
canvass think it very probable that the
Republicans can secure all the electoral
votes of the Pacific COAST
How about the country at large"
If the Republicans nominate a man
| who can command the full Republican
vote they will be successful. The Republic
cans are even hopeful concerning Virginia.
That will yet be a great manufacturing
State, needing protection. 1t has rich coal
mines, iron, timber and water power
What is your position, Senator, on the
leading public questions?n
STRONG TARIFF ADVOCATE.
Stanford answered: :" l am tariff man.
believe in protection, and am ready on
| all suitable occasions to describe my views.
am protection man because l see that
we have labor enough at home to provide
| for our industrial needs. Even during the
war, when there was great draft on our
supply of workingmen for soldiers, no in
dustry stopped, though the war took about
two million men from industrial pursuits.
So say that. should there be any offering
OF large reward in some industrial pur-
suit requiring the services of 1000, 900 work.
| ingmen, such labor would be forthcoming.
While we have surplus of labor at home
| do not see why We should go abroad to
have our work done. Let me illustrate, in
homely way. If farmer on a rainy
| day wanted an axe-helye. be had batter if