Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-02
For forms Of government let fools contest,
What's best administered is best"

Orators may grow warm in their praise of thi:
| party or that; they may with an eloquent tongue
| picture to you the benefits to be derived from
| this policy or that; they can dwell upon tradi
| tons, and boast of things both good and bad
yet, after all, when the day app; caches, when
your final decision must be made, you forget
their utterances as you would a name, and say
| to yourself: WHAT is best for me as farmer
what is best for me as a mechanic what is best
| for me as laborer? what Is best for my little
home, with its precious contents? and what
you think is best you do. and what you do is
generally for the best.
That is the question wish to ask you to night.
Do you think 1t best 10 have a friend in the SEN
ate of the United States or not? Shall 1t be Le-
| land stanford or some stranger? l listened to
the speech OF Thomas Fitch the other night,
and of all the utterances that fell from his eio-
quent lips, none struck me with more force than
those concerning the achievements OF Leland
stanford; and while. IS he said the great men
| tai capacity. the magnificent management,
and indomitab!e will of Leland Stanford Sc
cured for this State the greatest blessing that
ever could have been conceived, while it was
through the iDstrumentality of Staiford's great
ness that his Iron cavalry have penetrated
the wild waste of the western shore, plunged
through the forest, mounted the rugged sides of
the Sierras and broke the crust of ages that had
hid from the world It's greatest possibilities we
must remember that without the skill, intelli-
gence, industry and willing hands OF you who
contributed the labor the greatest achievement
of the nineteenth century would have ended in
dream.
What, pray tell me, could the brains of q
Stanford, or the genius of Stevens accomplish
without your hands to mold their ideas into liv-
ing realities.
Every one of those nonarchs of mans mech
anism as it speeds along with lightning force
over hill and through dale, either carrying to
the markets of the world the products oil our
prosperous State or transporting the mere pre-
eious load OF humanity, constitutes living en-
blem OF Stsnfords purpose and your power; his
conception, your sccomp lishment.
And, as the boiler without the box, the
throttle without the steam, the drive-wheel
without the shaft, the steam chest without Its
valve would be without purpose or power, so
would Stanford without his army of lsboring
men have planned in vain. His name and
yours are inseparsbly linked. Your memories
and his shall be entwined together. The monu-
ment TO his greatness may pierce the heavens,
but its foundation will rest on the shoulders of
you who are his rank and file Ny humble po-
siticn is that of figure merely. am 10 simply
reflect your sentiments My term of Office will
expire in sixty days. The purposes OF my cleo
tinn in returning your benefactor to his seat in
The Senate will be felt by your children, snd in
conclusion would say whatever may be con-
sidered indiscreti0ns of mine, whatever may be
my shortcomings, ask you on this occasion to
lay them aside. Let my humble individuality
be last in the magnitude and importance Of the
question. Is 1t best for you to have friend in
the Senate ofthe United States or stranger?