| Show going abroad for news from home it is always from abroad that we jeard learn the most remarkable things that are happening at home and therefore perhaps we ought not to be surprised at finding the following curious statement in the new york ff herald of a recent date hon george li woods of san francisco ex governor of oregon and utah is mentioned in many marry quarters as a favorite pacific coast candidate for vice president on the republican ticket he is a pioneer of eaily early days a statesman and one of the most accomplished orators in the country we know that the californian Californi aB is a strange being when transplanted from his native heath and it is therefore quite possible that some pacific coaster in new N ork has said something to the effect of the 1 heralds item but in this part of the country the name of hon george ii woods is about as a much talked of for the vice presidency as the nameon brigham young or the late lamented pinney or emperor norton it is true that mr woods has been governor of oregon and and utah and it may also aiso alsobr be true that he is a pioneer of early dys days 21 whatever that means but if 1 f he is a statesman he has kept his secret with remarkable tenacity and skill and we do not think he is an accomplish ed eid orator unless what the immortal sam gam weller called the gift of the gab wery gal loppin constitutes a man an orator we are in mined dined to think moreover that in this era of investigation mr woods might prove an undesirable candidate at least there have been re ro ports about his dealings in utah mines wt ieh leh ich might suggest to envious bp spirits I 1 its the thu propriety of an inquest but indeed it is hardly worth while to discuss the herald 8 whimsical mistake for in the first place lace laco california has not so little discernment as to imagine that th at she ca can ean n n name a me the vice pre president aident and in it the second place should she ever go into that business she will assuredly name somebody capable of be inc int elected sacramento record union |
