The herald., 1893-02-28
THEY ALL LIKE THIS COUNTRY.
NOtables Who Write What They
Think of mi-TrOpicdom.
They Could Not Attend the Banquet,
but Sent Pleasant Words.
Governors, Railroad Magnates, Members
of Congress, Editors and Big Bugs
Generally Praise South
ern California.

The following are extracts from letters
of regret received by Secretary Willard
of the chamber of commerce from nota
bles who were invited to the banquet
at Redondo on Saturday night. They
will be found OF considerable interest:
Telegram from Leland Stanford I
regret cannot be with you tomorrow
evening and enjoy your social gathering.
e. My sympathies and warm
friendship will be with you at the ban
quet.
Telegram from G. N. FELTON,: Sincere.
ly regretting the impossibility OF my
meeting with you tomorrow, beg to as
sure you OF my high appreciation of
your organization, which has conduced
go greatly to the interests of the state and
your city.
From Senator Stewart, Nevada: am
in receipt of your kind invitation to be
present at the annual banquet of the
chamber of commerce of Los Angeles,
which will take place at Redondo Beach,
February 25, 1898. 1 regret exceedingly
my inability to attend.
Tho wonderful progress of the south
ern part of California in the last 20years
is marvellous. l frat visited Los Angeles
in the summer of 1851. 1t was then a
Mexican village, with all the peculisri-
ties OF Mexican town. When [ last
visited your city it WAS a great, growing
and prosperous city of the most i'm
proved type; not only the city of Los
Angeles, but everywhere in your beauti-
full valley seemed paradise when COM
pared with what it was 40 years ago.
l congratulate the chamber OF COM
merce for its energy, enterprise and
great success in aiding to build up the
city and develop the resources of the
state of California, and l wish you all
continued prosperity and happiness. :.
From Ex-senator Edmunde: | have
just received via Rsdlands your very
kind invitation to attend the annual
commerce to be given st Redondo Beach
on the 25th inst.
much regret that it is impracticable
present at the time. Your organization
quill sea suggests and tends to assure
the realization of the vast possibilities
this coast presents for the future ad-
vantage of the whole republic. Asia,
and the regions of Central and South
America are great and almost unopened
sources with which any new enterprises
Of commerce can have TO do. These
sources are prodisal of the products
naaAf1l for tha n nf vonIApn 1vtl
ton. With intimate and commanding
relations with the Sandwich islands and
with the Nicaragua canal, the United
States will become the just and friendly
mistress of the future commerce OF the
globe.
From Senator-elect Stephen M.
White: know that you will have an
enjoyable meeting and only wish I
could participate. The chamber Of COM
mercs ia q necessity. Los Angeles could
not get along without it. Iexpect to
cali upon you frequently in the course OF
my senatorial career for advice and as
sistance. You can rest assured that any
communication that the chamber at any
time sees fit to forward me will be
promptly attended to.
may be permitted to remark that
under the management of the present
president the chamber will certainly be
fully up to the standard.
Telegram FROM Governor Markham /:
. ;. Please say to the members that
am heartily in accord with the pur-
poses OF the organization and hold my
self in readiness to ssaist them in any
way possible in this work.
From W. S. Rosecrans It
would be very gratifying to me to be
with you on that occasion, but the med
ical prescriptions, which brought me
here, forbid such iudulgences. You are
the representatives df the commerce OF a
city OF $4,000 inhabitants now dwelling
and doing business in elegant and sub
etantial modern housss and stores,
whe Q, in April, 1856, when / first saw
it, there seemed not to be more than
5000 or 1000 people, dwelling and doing
business in one story adobe and few
two-story plain brick and frame houses.
a brief statement of the We've and i'm
pressons l had on April 10, 1865, when
first saw Los Angeles, might be of in
terest to you. My views have not al
tered and they are confirmed by the
substantial prosperity now manifested
IN the numerous fourishing, well-built
| towns, villages and plantations sur
rounding your city. should be glad to
thus interest you, but the doctors and
| prudence forbid.
From Bill Nye: If 1 had the
time | would be glad to write you q let
ter which would cheer you up so that
you would almost enjoy our absence
Too busy for comfort.
From @. 2. Huntington: :.
There is 80 much to say about our glo-
rious California that one need not be at
a loss to respond to any toast that has
for Its sentiment the past or the present
or the future of the Golden st.te. be-
lieve even L myself, uuaccustomed
though l am to public speaking, could
find among Californians enough to talk
about on such a theme, and as mental
vision carries me over and beyond her
lofty, snow clad mountains. end I look
mN 80 "a o.