people were against It* When the matter came up 

 In the Assembly for voting, my grandfather was 

 to make the speeeh faTorable to Sacramento* He 

 had taken the precaution to put on a pair of hip 

 boots and wade into some mud nearly up to his 

 waist* When it came time to speak, he got up em 

 the platform* He apologized for his appearance 

 and explained he*d just been down to look over the 

 new proposed site for the capital in Benioia* 

 (laughter) According to some people, that was 

 what kept the capital in Sacramento* 



dilbs Those were the days when the Workingmen's Party 

 was becoming. •« 



Coggins: It was the tJnion Party— a reform party—or at least 

 the party of protest* 



Gilbi Did your grandfather do anything else in politics 

 beside serve in the legislature? 



Ooggins: Ho* Ee ran unsuccessfully for the Senate against 

 Lsland Stanford* 



dilb: You mentioned that a great -uncle had been an 



abolitionist* Was this d\3e to his Quaker connections? 



Ooggins t Probably* His najne was Passmore Williamson* There 

 is a book about him* I forf;ot the neme of it. 

 Oswald Garrison Villard gave me the name of it 



