Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-28
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books, toys, traps, &C., arranged BY
his mother. a little further on and
at about the same distance TO the left
is the Mausoleum. This is built OF
marble imported from Italy, and is
said to have cost Sl60,000. When
you step up to the door and peer
through the bars you see that only
the middle vault is yet awaiting its
occupant, in the person Of the wife
and the mother Of the two between
whom she is to lie. a watchman
guards the tomb of the old senator
and his son every night. just back
OF the MauSoleum is q cactus garden,
the soil and plants of which came
from Arizona. There is quite an
extensive arboretum between the
University and the town. Here you
will find rare trees from almost
every cline. President and Mrs.
Hayes, John Wanamaker, Russell
Harrison and others have planted
trees here.
Now that we have looked over the
grounds, let us review briefly the ca
reer of the illustrious founder and
his reasons for founding this great
University. Leland Stanford, the
son of poor farmer, was born near
Albany, n. Y, early in 1924. In
1850 he married Miss Jane Lathrop,
of Albany, and with his young wife
went to the frontier of Wisconsin to
practice law. In 1852 he lost all his
property, law library, in a fire.
He then set out across the plains to
join his brothers, VINO were mer.
chandising in Sacramento. In 1860
he was worth a quarter of q million.
He attended the Republican conven-
ton in Chicago, which nominated
Abraham Lincoln in that year. He
went from Chicago to Albany with
the intention of living thereafter at
Albany, but after a short visit to the
scenes of his boyhood, he concluded
that California was the best place af-
ter all. He returned to find that the
Republicans of California had nomi.
mated him for Governor. Tins no
became the War Governor of Cali
fornia. 1t was largely through his
influence that California didn't give
the Confederacy as much aid as as
did either Kentucky or Missouri
He did not stand for reflection, as he
was already deeply engrossed in the
project of the Central Pacific rail
road. 1t was out of this the money
was made with which the Southern
Pacific railroad was afterwards built.
Mr.. Stanford was for MANY wears
president of that giant railway cor
poration, that for nearly thirty wears
had no competitor in all the vast and
rich territory of California. 1t is
said that he never discharged faith.
ful employee after the man became
old and decrepid, but that he carried
him on full pay. In 1885 Mr.. Stan.
ford was elected to the L. S. Senate
and was reelected in 1891. His re.
electioh IS SAID TO have cost him
@ooo'ooo out this Is never breathed
mere at the university. 1t Is the
misfortune OF California to have
legislatures VIGOROUSLY venal and
'ofiuP'' ara a long list CT million
aife - .. senators. Even to-day,
JUST as west virginia, the State is
represented oy fepublican mil
iionalre ana democratic lawyer
nu' 0ta"iord "as' perhaps, fairly
hoou s'ei"'or' ana certainly cham'
p'onou iliany measures 10 the inter.
GOV Vi 'no eo'ii'i'oh people OF MS
''"'e' hiu' VIC poor farmer boy,
WIN oeRah lie pennlless, became
"oVerhor VI great state at the
'iios' 'rl'ical Perlod OF us history
was '"ioe oeiia'or established one
VI VIC rlciest anu ihost unique UNI
'ef'i''eS III 'he "orld' ana dled IN
Ills seventeen year worth thirty-hVe
''iiiiols VI ooliars.
In 1868, after eighteen years of
married life, there was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Stanford their son and
only child, Leland Stanford. If