The record-union., 1893-06-27
LELAND STANFORD.
Comments by the Press in Honor O
the Dead Seuator

the Dead senator.
sacramento IHsmfs: \ mighty man has
fallen; one who has rendered service to
the Nation and the State that will ner-
haps be forgOtten-we hope not. 81
Senator Stanford devoted LARGELY from
his fortune to the establishment Of uni
Vorsity OF learning. There he established
a monument that will survive for all
time History will unquestionably ac-
cord to him his meet. lie was unselfish.
IL would seem there was merited kind
ness that the One whose counsels he did
| invoke ordained he should pass away
without pain, and in sleep. Truly a
mighty one has fallen.
sacramento Bee: The grandest monu-
ment to the memory Of the departed will
not be IN marble or in bronze, but in the
neafts OF the common people. There he
VIII not be known as Leland Stanford.
the lndomitable railroad builder. the
Governor, the United States Senator. but
as Leland Stanford the man, the bene-
factor, the true friend of labor and of
education, and the champion at all times
OF the laboring classes.
Sacramento Ne1rs. And now deatb
comes TO stop the fruition Of his majestic
plan-death that mocSs our destiny, toys
win our hopes and strikes down ambi-
tlon with relentless caprice. 1t found
MN IN the midst of his splendid life work
and cut him down while he was strug-
glng herolcalIy against its victory. Fare
wen, great man! The laurel chaplet and
tne laueleSs crown may fit the brows of
kings, but for Leland Stanford let ms rear
the nobler tribute OF peoples love.
willows Journal: No man has been
more prominently identified with the po-
utlcal and material history of the State
His demise will be felt more keenIv nv
the employees of the great railroad c0rnor-
alton over which he presided for so lone
period, and who learned 10 REGARD him
as a friend. The position he occupied in
the allectlon and esteem of the vast army
OF subordlnates and attaches of the com
pany IS made manifest by the Sincare
expressions Of regret heard among the
force at this station. All unhesitatinplv
pronounce him friend and mourn his
taking away. His political aspirations
We're lofty. = y He leaves as q mon
umeDt to his liberality and public snirit-
edness one of the largest and most richly
endowed institutions of learning in the
country-the Leland Stanford Jr. TTni-
versity.
Grass Valley Union Leland Stanford
was ever true to his friends. and many
he has raised from obscurity TO positions
OF influence. lie was phiIanthropist in
haVlng given to the State the Leland
Stanford il. University, one of tn a
grandest institutions of learning in the
world, which he endowed with no less
than S20,000.G00. This institution will
ever keep his memory sacred.
san Jose Democrat: The death of To-
land Stanford has removed from this
sphere OF action one of the most Dromi-
mont and active men in the State. Sena-
tor StanfOrd's loss will be most keanlv
lett, not only IN the work of champoning
the great empire of the West but in the
many other walks, both intellectual and
phIanthroplcaI. ThelSenator's
work IS done, and the future generation
VIII bless the name OF the citizen who de-
voted his wealth to channel that gave
them intellectual life.
Santa Cruz Surf: Leland Stanford was
great man, greater than his contempo-
rarles nave been aole to perceive or will
ing to admit. The noble and the mighty
i'll this world contend with like pas-
sions" as those who never rise TO their
mastery and are beseJ with the common
frallties and weakness Of the race to an
extent that while we journey with them
we rarely appreciate their attanments in
higher sphere. There is no severer test
OF human character than the unexpected
requirement of enormous wealth aftar a
man has passed forty years OF age. The
word mas never known man who used
sucn wealth SO acquired with greater
wisdom than Leland Stanford.
Benicia Nec Fro: Senator Stanford. one
OF the most remarkable men OF this age
has joined the silent majority, leaving But
one of the group, Huntington. who
undertook that remarkable work. the
building Of the Central Pacific Railroad,
Stanford has left an honorable and
worthy record, and his many benetac-
tions will stand as monuments to his
memory.
Colusa Sun: z Leland Stanford is dead
A great man has left the earth: a good
man has gone to his reward. He was the
friend to California. Ii has ever been mis-
desire that all the money he made should
/ 60 to California. He has had abuse be-
cause it is the fashion to abuse men who