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Our friend, N.W. Spaulding, called upon me recently. In his business he comes in contact, as you are aware, with lumbermen of the coast, most of whom are Republicans. So far as he can learn he says there is a universal expression of sentiment in your favor.
W.[H.?] Mills returned from the East on Sunday the 29th, having visited Washington and New York. He called upon me yesterday and gave me a half hour or more account of his visit in the East, talking considerably of politics. He informed that he had left his family there to finish their visit before returning to California. He referred to Huntington and his attitude towards your self and informed me that a considerable change had come over the latter regarding Republican politics in California and possibly affecting the re-election of yourself. That he observed this change in Huntington after the latter had visited Washington and conferred with such leading Republicans as Blaine, Stewart, Jones, Ingalls, Noble and others. After this visit to Washington [H.?] had said to him that in his judgement it would be better both for the Company and its interests and for California that the State should be carried in the interests of the Republican party. He said he was satisfied that upon refelction Mr. H. was arriving at the conclusion that it would be better for him to have you out of the way as a Senator in Washington than to have you in California a defeated candidate and that he was taking this view of the question.