The herald., 1895-03-16
FISHER WAS NOT ELECTED
The Republicans Cried "Hard Times
%
and Won
He Thinks This Is Great State, and That
1t Will Be Still Greater
and Prosperous

Spencer o. Fisher. banker and lum.
herman from Michigan, is registered al
the Westminster. with his wife and
daughter.
Mr.. Fisher is a splendid type of the
self made man. He has a rugged looking,
strong face. and does not look unlike the
pictures of Senator Allison of Iowa that
have appeared in the newspapers. He is
Il man of considerable political promi-
hence in Michigan. In fact. he is about
the most prominent Democrat in the
state. Last fall he was the candidate of
his party for Governor. and in the tidal
wave of Republicanism was beaten by a
tremendous majority of 107, 900.
Mr.. Fisher is one of the most genial of
men it is possible to meet.
s''I'm a plain sort of fellow, he said
last night at the Westminster. II went
up into the lumber camps when | was a
boy, and started life by driving oxen.
Whatever success I've had in life I've
worked out with my own naked fists
And | am proud of my state. | be-
lieye in Michigan as much as you, Calf
fornians do in. your own state 1t is one
OF the greatest states in the Union. Iron,
lumber copper and agricultural products
are the sources OF its wealth. We can t
raise oranges up there, though" and he
glanced significantly at box of mag
nifcent nayels that stood on the news
counter.
This is greatT country, and | think
California is bound to be one of the most
powerful states in the Union. All she
needs is another railroad, and that road
through the San Joaquin valley, and she
is bound to have them both. | had read
a good deal in the newspapers about the
horn Pa ri tic rnnnnnoIN in Cali fnrnia
but | was not quite prepared to find it SO
bad as it really is. 1t is astonishing how
the people submit to it, Thank the Lord,
we have nothing of the sort in Michigan.
"Ios, | got the hot end of the poker in
the gubernatorial fight last fall, but | IN
not dead yet. You know the Republi-
cans howled hard times, and told every
body we We're to blame for them. That $
what beat me. | think that in an ordi-
nary year L would have beaten John
Rich by about H. 0) votes. AS it was,
ran 1000 ahead of my ticket, and we cal
culated that 100, 900 Democrats in the state
staid at rome and did not vote.
Il served two terms in Congress at the
time when your Ex-Governor, Mr.. Mark
ham, was member of that body. He was
a member OF the same committee as my
self, and we were very friendly. / visited
him the other day at Pasadena. He is a
great story teller but | was never i'm
pressed with his extraordinary ability.
when | was in Washington | knew
Senator Stanford very well. We used to
ride mp to the Capitol together frequently,
and he was always telling me about his
horses.
II had intended going up into the lum.
Der districts of California during my visit,
but find it will be Impossible. | am
now cutting good deal of timber in
Canada, and towing tue logs across the
lakes to be sawed up in Michigan. Las,
year cut about 100, 900, 600 feet. l cal
culatc that I've got enough timber in
sight to last for twenty-five or thirty
years yet. I've been reading about thai
Buggy scandal in the LIE gislature. Look.
as if he were going to get some OF those
fellows into a hole, don't it? We'll, it:
Just what they deserve"