Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-24

THE INSIDE HISTORY OF TIE TEXAS PACIFIC LAND
SUBSIDY GIVEN N HUNITNGrOSS LETTERS.
The ColtOn-Huntington suit is now being tried at
santa Rosa, Cal, In which Mrs Cotton, the wife of
the late Gen. Cotton, brings suit against C. p Hun
ungton, the president OF the Central Pacific, for
her husbands share in the profts OF the Western
Development company. This company built the
Southern Pacific road. and it was important that
the Central Pacific should be considered a rival,
Huntington. Sanford aud others. OF the Central Pa
ciiic formed this company In order that their road
should not appear. and placed Gen. Cotton at the
head. Huntington denied that any cons dontial re
lations existed with Cotton, and aboa, ;lrsc hun
ared letters We're produced hy MIS-. Cotton written
by him to Gen- Cotton. only a portion OF these
were admitted as evidence, and Mrs. Cna,.d has
given The others TO the san Franci3oo uaryl icle,
which published them yesterday. liz 1uovei
about three pages and implicate many pro lnent
persons, and give some OF the INSIDE history OF the
Texas Pacific subsidy fund.
TIE FIRST LETTERS
are devoted to the Importance OF creating the i'm
preston that the Central Pacific aad the Southern
Pacific are separate corporations In regard tC
Iom SCOTS claim for the Texas Pacific land grant
he says:
.Ir Scott kicks at 1t propose to saw to Congress:
we viii build east OF tie Colorado, 20 meet the
Texas Pacific without aid, ana then see how many
members viii dare give him aid to do what We
offered TO do without"
BE SPEAKS OF CONGRESSMAN LUTTRErL
as "wild hog" and advises Cotton not TO let him
come back to Washington. In regard TO Gould. he
wants to be mixed up with him as little as possible
"aS he is so much of a Spectator that IT is very
difficult TO tel just where his interest Is or whether
ne Is working TO put stock up or Down"
PRICE OF THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE
OF the price OF an Arizona legislature Hunting.
toms views changed with time. ON September 2.
1875. he wrote:
''Cannot you have sanford then goyernor) call
the legislature together AMI grant such charters as
we want at cost OF, say, 25,0O0.n
He then thought $4,000 would buy it. brt two
months later he Thought he could get 1t for 5000
HUNGRY CONGRESSMAN
In November, 1874. he wrote concerning the
Texas Pacific subsidy. and said that ssThe c,,njno
session OF Congress viii be composed or the hum
grieSt Set OF men that ever got together"
He says: "Scott is working mostly amonp rbe
commercial men. BE switched Senator Spencer OF
Alabama, and WALKER, OF Vermont. this week hut
you know that they can be switched back with file
proper arrangements when they are wanted All
the members In the House from California are doing
frSt rate except Piper and he is a damned hog.
any way you can TX him. / wish yOu would write
to Luttrel, saying that say he is doing iirst rate
and Is very able, 6c., and send me COPY
He speaks in admifing tones OF SCOTS methods
whom. he says. If he wants commit aqman
away, he gets some fellow dis next fiipnd) 10 ash,
him TO take ride 10 New York or anywhere else
or course on q Tree pass, and away they 60 to-
gether. Then Scott has always been very literal
In such matters" In other letters these matters
are reiterated