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July 2nd, 1890

My Dear Governor:
When you last left here for Washington I promised both you and Mrs. Stanford that I would write you occassionally during your sojourn in Europe.
I am aware that you are and will be in the receipt of numerous letters from your friends in California during your absence; several of them have informed me that they have already written, so I fear I will be unable to say anything to you which will be of interest to you or news to you. Edward Curtis informs me that he is keeping you posted weekly with a collection of newspaper clippings of coast items, and Mr. Fillmore tells me that he keeps you posted on railroads; you doubtless receive the leading daily newspapers of California, hence I infer there is little left for me to say.
Public opinion in California concerning yourself is unchanged. At no time in its history have been the subject of such universal thought and comment as you have been this season. The attack made upon you by Mr. H., his subsequent denial of his charges over his own signature, and his frequent re-iterations since of the original attack has been, and is, a topic more generally discussed than any I have ever known concerning men in California. But one opinion prevails concerning it; you have lost nothing in the respect and esteem of the people of the Coast.
Your enemy will do all that he can to encompass your defeat.