R. M. Shackelford to CPH, Oct. 13, 1892, E. Curtis to CPH, Nov. 22, 1892, Curtis to CPH, Nov. 29, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 51.

R. Hal Williams, The Democratic Party and California Politics, 1880-1896 (Stanford: Stanford Univ. Press, 1973), 162-73.

By Dec. 10, Curtis said it looked as if White would win, Curtis to CPH, Dec. 10, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 51.

friend, Curtis to Huntington, Dec. 14, Dec. 16, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 51.

excellent man, CPH to E. Curtis, Nov. 25, 1892, vol. 232, ser. 2, r. 33; friend, CPH to Wm. Stewart, Dec. 10, 1892, vol. 232, ser. 2, r. 33.

Stewart had offered to negotiate a deal with Whites rival, Foote, who was an old enemy of the Southern Pacific and brother-in-law of Stewart, but who now, according to Stewart, offered to help facilitate a funding bill if elected.

Stewart to CPH, Dec. 1, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 51.

not friendly, CPH to Mills, Jan. 19, 1893, CPH Papers, vol. 233, ser. 2, r. 33.

Stow indicated he could set all the candidates aside and elect a man who could help the railroads.

W. Stow to CPH, Dec. 14, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 51.

played him for a fool, J. Reddick to CPH, Jan. 17, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 2, r. 51; on Hearst, Mills to CPH, Feb. 4, 1893, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 51.

Huntington was a little alarmed by letters White wrote to Democrats to secure the nomination.

CPH to R. Carpenter, Jan. 23, 1893, CPH Papers, ser. 2, r. 33, LB, 233.

Edith Dobie, "The Political Career of Stephen Mallory White" (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ., 1925), 139.