Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-20
TWO VIEWS OF STAMFORD.
One Represents Him as Failing in Mind
and Health-The Other Says He Has
Gone to Carlsbad to Reduce the De-
mands on His Sack.

The advent of big railway party in
Los Angeles, with Mr.. Coils P. Hunt
ington at it's head, has revived interest
in the sensational episode which resulted
in the expulsion of Stanford from the
presidency of the Southern Pacific rail-
way and the substitution of Huntington
in his place The HERALD yesterday
took occasion to interview, on the issue,
couple of leading Los Angeles
republicans, who have had ample
means of knowing the ins and
outs of the corner of Fourth
and Townsend streets, and their views
are SO divergent that we give them sim
ply for what they are worth. As to the
reader, it need only be said that
she pays his money and he takes his
choice"
The Pessimistic View.
''The fact that Stanford has been
bounced from the presidency of the
Southern Pacific railway is simply a
public proclamation of fact which a
great many persons have known for a
long time, viz, that he is in condition
of physical, political and mental des-
uetude. Huntington and Stanford have
hated each other for years, but that
hatred would never have been made
public if Stanford had retained his old
time force. Eight or nine years ago
Governor Stanford was in a very pre-
threatened with paralysis. His lower
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very heavy drinker, was wont to get on
aftermath was terrible. Gifted with
the constitution of giant, and younger
then than now, he adopted an abstemi-
GUS diet and postponed the evil day.
The republican senator from California
is nearly 10 years old. For the
last twenty years he has taken
very little exercise and latterly he has
taken none at all. The confinement of
a luxurious life at the national capital
and his old-time eXcesses have done
their perfect work. What confinement
has done for his body the atmosphere
exhaled from lot of most importunate
toadies has done for his mind Both his
body and mind are hopelessly congested.
When he made that peculiar speech in
basing of national currency on land
his associates began to prick up their
ears. They at once instituted inquiries
and satisfied themselves that the gov
ernor was suffering from softening of the
brain, and that he would be very
dangerous man to leave at the head of a
great corporation which, as Huntington
said, represents one hundred and
fifty million dollars of invested
capital From these inquiries
came the grand bounce. Huntington
would never have dared to Jump STAN
ford in the way he did if he had not
known that he was gone past redemp-
ton. You mark my word. Stanford
will be withdrawn from the senatorial
campaign before it ends. Other aspir-
ing republicans will have chance to
take an inning You notice that STAN
ford, after his defeat, withdraws to
Carlsbad, Germany. So did Flood after
the disastrous wheat deal, which nearly
wrecked him and Mackey. You know
that Flood did not profit much by the
waters of that famous resort. No more
will Stanford, in my opinion. Such
trips at his time of life are ominous, es-
pecially when the man that makes them
is laboring under great modification and
depression"
The Optimistic View.
"When up in San Francisco some time
ago l met Senator Stanford often, and l
was very much interested in taking note
of his appearance and health. | have
not seen him looking better in years,
and in conversation he expressed him
self as feeling better than he had feltfor
decade. The only thing ailing him
was a slight manifestation of gout,
which he said his physician ascribed to
lack of exercise. His mind is as clear
as it ever was. His introduction of
bill to assist the depressed agricultural
interests by issuing currency based on
land was reallya statesmanlike measure,
inspired by a profound patriotic feeling.
firmly believe that he will be elected
his own successor. His visit to Carlsbad
is very sagacious step. Rich as he is,
he knows that even his immense fortune
would not be equal to the strain of sup
plying the demands of the strikers in
a six months campaign. His European
trip means that he intends to reduce
the pecuniary friction to two MONTHS
and, unless Huntington intends to
spring into the gap and spend millions,
you may be assured that Stanford will
win. l pin my faith to this prediction,
and you will see that l will be justified
by the event."
Both the friends and enemies of the
displaced railway magnate can find in
the foregoing expressions of republican
opinion ample material to sustain their
special views. Meanwhile, the vigilant
and alert democracy may we'll acquire
renewed confidence at witnessing the
dissensions in the camp of their enemy.
As to both the Stanford and the
Huntington factions of the railway, the
contained and undaunted democrat may
well exclaim, "Tyrian and Trojan are
alike to me.'