Show I 1 SEH ATOll ZELAND STANI I 1 A istead la dead at GO 60 no ila could stand on tho the seisho sei ro find and bockon beckon trains of curt cars to him from across the tha continent and beckon steamships to him from across who possessed more wealth than DUAS made esson I 1 hal to control tho the world wo ald was not cot trong strong enough to bott beat buck back for one ona moment the coming of that summons which eaters bentora the palace of tho the rich as unceremoniously as it does daoa the tha but of tho the pauper there them were three stages la in tho the career of LELAND each marked and dla dis one win was when a young man he was struggling tor for a com competence and for distinction among hll his fel lowman the second was when unexpected success camo to him and put in hll h Is hands tho the power to control states and nd to give new direction to commerce while tho the third stage might bo be dated from tho the death of his bis von eon since which time ila ho has been going into the decline which terminated yesterday in death in hla hill first stage ho he was a winsome man lie he had bad a clear brain and all allaround round bust business noss faculties which always mako make their possessor a controlling force among men he wont went to california forty one ona years tears ago with nothing but the practical experience which comes of 0 being brought up on a farm and tho the clearer vision which Is alycia the faithful student of tho the science of tho law ho be commenced his career by mining which very soon ho he gave up and entered upon tho the life of a merchant for years with reasonable ho he carried on a mountain tore store until bo be had accumulated capital enough to remove to sacramento and wo we suspect that his in those days was to bo be a successful merchant t and man of affairs probably tho the utmost figure at which he had bad fixed tor for his fortune was at the same time he ha was a first class cit citizen lion in tho the commotion I 1 which the political situation sot california in he bo could not refrain from taking taken a part no ile was ono one of tho the organizers of the republican party lu in that state and was waa we believe bol levo elected the first republican governor no he filled that office at a critical time with signal ability we bellove every public word ho be then spoke was worthy of remembrance W we bellevo e that a very every paper that ho he signed if searched out and examined would do him honor about that time ile bo and his bis associates began to boll ja J p a toll road across tho the St sierras erras from dutch flat to donner bilco the their ir idea being that it if the silver mines in nevada con tinned to yield for five or six all years they would each malco make a little fortune out of the road about the same time the citizens of 0 dutch flat raised the money to make a preliminary railroad survey over the mountains the ongle engineer er who made those surveys was oil an enthusiastic daring man and when ho he laid the result of his bis surveys before the moo men of dutch plat flat some of them went with him to sacramento and called upon the road company after much consultation those people decided that it if they could ret got some borne help from the general government from the city of sacramento from el doi dorado ado and placer counties they might possibly build the road as nigh up as dutch riat flat to connect with their toll road so the railroad company was organized and the business of dealing with the general government was wag butla putla put in the bands of senator it was just at the time when the treasure from california and nevada was a vital factor to the government and when the government was most anxious to conciliate the west and keep the west coast loyal to tho the union senator BARGE INS great faithfulness and consummate skill worked until begot ho got a bill through congress giving to the railroad company an immense grant of land c P subsidy in the valley and a double subsidy in the hills at the same time wo we believe bol lovo el dorado county voted the city of san F francisco ranc leco contributed trIbu tri buted tod it wo we remember rightly the city or county of sacramento contributed slid so the iho road was begun bogun the central pacific railroad Coca company pany had a contract with itself under the name of the contract finance company to build that road when the first twenty miles were belat the owners saw that they could make money by building the road it if not cot by operating it they obtained an all act from congress permitting the company to mortgage mor tRaga the road lor for a largo amount the mortgage to take precedence over the lien ilon which tho the government hold held upon the road so bo the road was pushed through tos to a junction with the union pacific in building the road load the mm men interested made several millions of dol are their success of course mado made them hem millionaires then they com to gather in most of the rall railroads in ID california to extend their lino line south along the route now known as n the southern pacific they also began a railroad from california to oregon and with the profits profit ol of the central pacific they kept increasing their lines until they lad bad a continuous route team from san francisco by the central roll route to to and by tho the southern route to newport news A vast amount ol of ability was displayed la in the handling of their business they rn raa their roads as ai an absolute monopoly it nover never was a question to them whit what we wai a fair char chargo go but rather how much the country through which their roads ran could stand they made 6 ua fortunes and while C Q P huntington was wag the controlling spirit and if AUX was the man who attended to tho the minute details mr charlas was the executive max man and gov STA 1 fond at as president dunt ratified all that was dono done that they wore were able abla to draw drav fortunes ort unai estimated at from twenty to fifty million millio nv each out of the patrons of their roade within wilbin a very taw few yearn tho the other fact follows as a natural seq sequence notice that the drafts they to analo a a 0 on 11 the public through a sparsely settled country must have been very about ton toll years ago the senators ond loil it was a mighty blow to him because be had bad centered ceni ored all his lopes hopes in that boy and all accounts agree agrio that ho he was a bright boyr boy givia ig full promise of succeeding to bis big fathers business and handling it with ability but it was not to be ile he and died said and elnko then borno down by grier grief niada foolish by the flattery of sycophants who surrounded him made a little vain by monal success not only to in his regular business but in raising horses borsos and plant planting lag vineyards donator So has bag not been tuo the evenly polled poised roan man that ho he was wa ot of old in fact wo we data his bis breaking down as col coincident cadent with tho the death of his bis son eon all ills big hopes being dashed to atoms by that death then the th senator realizing that he ha was childless find and growing old to build a monument to his ton boa which would endure forever and which could coald carry with it moro more than tile the blessing of cold stone that it should bo be a blessing to the th coast forever with that thai thought in mind he be built the stanford university and through that in for himself immortality tho the blessing that university Is to be to the stilo of california and nd to tho the world will in a little while cause all men to forget anything that might have boon harsh barsh or selfish in senator llo life because in point of fact it Is tho the most magnificent sift gift over ever bestowed upon this world by is a private ot Lizon wo we believe it was one of the thoughts which came to tho the senator la in the be first days of the decline la in his bis life because ills his had harsh before that that Is tho the methods of his bis company had boon beau a little harsh and their treatment of the state which had boon so BO kind to them and their idea of handling business was a little severe fo for r instance they did not hesitate to buy judges and legislators they did not hesitate to smash out opposition just by tho the power of their money as was evidenced by the way they destroyed the old sacramento anim and by their treatment of any merchant who dared to bo be independent and to express honest opinions about any injustice that the company was seeking to enforce upon the community perhaps those these characteristics were necessary noce to win groat great suc success coss wo never hoard of senator stanford STASi STAN FonD being directly implicated bated in anything that was wrong but the ilia company did many wrong things and ho he was the president and ap approved of what was done As nearly us as possible that company tried to overthrow the rule which governs all common carriers and to be a law to itself that senator STANFORD was wall elected to tho the senate when he was old when he did not need tho ilia place when his best friends 0 ight to have bavo advised him that ho he could do no honor to himself or that place slid and to reach which it made it necessary tor for him to crash to death the roan man who had boon the real source of his fortune wo we mean tho the lato late senator SAn GENT revealed a degree of selfishness inherent in the man which he ha never showed in his bis earlier and moro more vigorous days As it Is men would soon forget him except tor for that university the more they study that its scope its intention the moro more they will honor STAN STA N ronn until it will not bo be strange if a hundred years tears hence be will bo be almost apotheosized in california A friend of his residing in california only tour four days ago was saying how mightily the faculties of the senator were clouded how certainly he bo was going into the shadows and further added that ho he did not be alave ilave his bis family and friends would permit him to ever go again to take taho his seat scat la in the senate at the same time only last week this gentlemen gentleman visited him and fourd found him in his bis pot pet station looking at his colts as thy they w were are being exercised and picking out this and that ono one and predicting I 1 its is future probably ho he wont went on oil that way to tho the very end and died in a moment we hope that his bis end was peaceful tor for he bo was ono one of the strong men man of this coast tor for thirty years and he put forces in motion which resulted in ili mighty goo food d to the people wo we do not believe that his bis wealth brought him very much happiness at least ile he know sow somo 0 sorrows sorrow for moro more than once in his III life ho he would have given up the list last dollar if by so 80 doing he be could havo have put aside the cup which ho he forced to drink in forty years yes in thirty years from a penniless boy he bo became at least partial dictator of the business of tho the country trains Traine rolled nt at his bis command groat ships sailed under his direction beau igau ticul structures grow grew into existence places that wore halt half deserts were made to turn into gardens and when such a man as that passes away no mattor matter tor it if there were tome some spots on ilia career the final result Is that be makes bis his countrymen countrymon stronger and happier and ho he leaves for tho the youth of tho the land a place where without cost they can obtain an education either in a scientific or practical course which will enable them to go out in the world fully equipped tomcat tc moot its friction and its competition |