The Press., 1893-06-29


 man about whom gathered as many in cidents of popular interest as about any of those connected with the government in Washington or with the life of the Pa cific coast His whole life from the time when, driven from his home in Wiscon- sin by the loss of his whole worldly pos sessions, including his law library, in 1852, he identified himself with the busi- ness rush of the Pacific coast, was full of incident. His large personality attracted host of friends, his manners were bland and affable, his intelligence of a high or der, and his conversational powers fasci- hated every one. But it was not so much these characteristics nor even his shrewd business qualities, by which he became one of the wealthiest men in the whole country, that endeared him to those that came in contact with him. It was. rather his intense personal interest in everybody. His private secretary gives many instances of his simplicity of character, made es- pecially manifest in his charities, which were almost innumerable. They were al- ways made privately, and not one of them ever came to the knowledge of the pub lie except through other people. They varied in size from the small bills, with which he filled his pockets every morn ing, when he went out to his office, to the twenty million dollar gift to Stanford University. It is said that he was never known to refuse request for donation constituents. He would help a man, wo- man and child, and only drowned and shook his head when the applicant had evidently been drinking. He could not tolerate intemperance. When he first came to Washington it is reported that he would start out every morning with pock- cts full of twenty dollar gold pieces. Grad ually he learned that those to whom he distributed these on every side would have been content with ten dollar bills. He used these for a while, and then fell to five dollars; but, whatever denomination he carried, he always returned home with out cent.
 His social nature was such that he was never so happy as when his house was filled from top to bottom. He was proud of everything Californian, and delighted to find any one who would enter heartily into discussion of the various fruits of the land. His wife was a meet cordial coad- tutor with him in all his enterprises, and the two will be remembered everywhere with the deepest gratitude for their uni form kindness of spirit and readiness to help any one who needed help.
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