The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-10

railroads running out from Washington I'm al
most every direction, on which he gives free
ever .1 20 & Ths Texas ao seems I.
own almost every one in the whole country. /
hear in veyy many of the large towns there are
parties holding stock IN this construction com
for the Il. y. bin Then on our aide we have
Sargent, Booth, Jones, Cole, and Gorham
in the Senate to help u. Scott IL
working mostly AMONGST the commercial men:
He switched Senator Spencer Of Alabama and
Walker OF Virginia this week, but You know
they can be switched back with the prorer ar
rangements when they are wanted; but Scott h
asking for 40 much that lac can promise largely
TO pay when he wins, and YOU know keep on
from California are doing first-rate except
Piper, and he II a - hog any way YOU can fix
him. wish you would write letter TO Lut-
trell saying that say he IL doing frst-rate and
IL very able, etc, and send me a copy.
Yours truly. g. r. HUNTINGTON.
p. 81 will get You telegraph passes. III.
SCOTT AS A "CONvINCER."
NEW YORK. Feb. IL, 1s76.-Friend Cotton:
Scott Is developing more strength for
his Texas d. p than 1 thought IL possible for
him to do. He has men all over the country to
bring influence to bear on their NJ O. They
have considerable money, they have con-
WINGED several parties that 1 thought we had
sure. am doing all can, but 10 IL the livellest
fight was ever IN. sent man 10 Richmond,
Va, Saturday. and one To Albany to-day, 10 get
resolutions passed by the Legislatures against
subsidies. II can get them IL VIII control two
members OF the Railroad Committee, and want
them very much. OF course You will see the
necessity of keeping such matters 20 ourselves:
have not time TO write more, IA IL is night, and
l 20 10 Washington at u. IN. Yours truly.
G. p. HUNTINGTON.
ROUGH FIGHT.
NEW YORK, March 4, 1S76.-FRIEND COTTON:
Yours OF Feb. ~, No. l42 ia received. l have
been In Washington most OF the time since
Congress met, and You say truly when YOU
write that you tn nix L have had a rough tight
here this wioter The Railroad committee of
the House set up for Scott, and 1t has been
n very difficult matter TO switch majority OF
the committee away from him, but l think IL
has been done; but Scott is very able, and then
he promises every hing TO everybody, which
helps him for the day and in this tight, and'1ust
what he may yet do L cannot say. And
think 1t OF 50 msch Importance that he IL not
allowed 10 build a read parallel TO ours with
Government aid that l shall endeavor to get
our bill passed through the Senate this winter.
II possible land the House, tool. IL we only get
ii Through the Senate, and could then get built
some road i'll Arizona before Congress comes
together next winter. 1 think there would be
but little doubt we would win the fight, What
do you all think OF it, Yours truly,
G. y. HUNTINGTON.
p S.-Those memorandums giving progress
OF the work on > II. are very interesting TO me.
III.
HE WORKS 365 DAYS IN THE YEAR.
NEW YORK, March %, l876.-Frend Cotton:
Scott il making very dirty fight and
i shall try very hard to pay him of, and II i do
not live TO see the grass growing over him shall
be mistaken You know i work 800 days ina
year when 1t is necessary. Yours truly,
G. r. HUNTINGTON.
TROUBLESOME SETTLERS.
NEW YORK, April Is, 1s76.-Frend Cotton:
i send with this petition Of settlers on
S. p. lands. l called for copy Of the petition
with the names of those signing 1t, and while
they gave the petition they would not give the
names OF the signers, but l managed to get
them; you need not say where you got the
list OF names; the party who got the names
said most of them is in one handwriting.
Yours truly, g. r. HUNTINGTON.
TIE ATLAS" GOOD ARTICLE
NEW YORK, May l. 1s79.-Friend Cotton: The
article In the A TIA is good. 1t would be well
when you get good article published on that
side to mark IL and send IL TO more important
papers on this side an TO members OF Congress.
think never had quite so much on my hands
at one time as l have had the last two months,
hut think have disposed OF the S. p. until
December. Scott came to my house last Satur-
day night, and We both agreed 10 hold of and
do nothing las aboveD. Scott, no doubt, thinks
he will be stronger next winter than now, but
do not think So Z" Yours truly,
G. y. HUNTINGTON.
sARGENT'S BLUFF GAME.
NEW YORK, May II, lS76.-Friend Cotton:
sent Hopkins an article yesterday
cut from the Commercial IA dreTtiSer: to-day
/ met one of the editors. Norcutt; he told me
Scott paid for having IL published: that he
would not have let it gone into the paper ii It
from to-days Times. Just what is TO come out
OF this fght / cannot say, but expect 10 live to
see the grass growing over these fellows. But
IN the meal, we shall be 9grt some
CONTROLLING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
NEW YORK, May 2, tS76.-Friend Cotton: Here
with send copy OF Geographic dispatch that
came over yesterday. Who n this Webster? Is
ii not possible to control the agent of the Asso
ciated Press in San Francisco The matter
that hurt tho G. p. and s. p. most here arc the
dispatches that come from San Francisco.
Scott has wonderful power ever the press.
which suppose he has got by giving them free
t for many years over his roads
THE CALIFORNIA DEIEG ALTON REVIEWED.
NEW YORK, juno Z. I876.--Friend Cotton;
/ am having the hardest fight by hun
dred times that have ever had in Washington,
but We shall not be eat up this time. / hope
Luttrell will be sent back TO Congress. think
IL would be misfortune IL he was not. Wig
CLINTON has not always been right, but he il "A
good fellow and liz growing every day. Page is
always right, and it would be misfortune 10
California not to have him in Congress. Piper
Is a damned hog and should not come back. 1t
IL shame enough for a great commercial city
like San Francisco to send scavenger like him
TO Congress once. / have not time TO write
more. Yours truly, G.. II. HUNTINGTON.
HUNTINGTON AS BARGAINER.
NEW YORK. June -. l876.-Friend Cotton:
Your three letters OF the 18th and 27th of May,
Nos. -, are received. / notice what YOU say
OF Wigginton, LutJrell, and Piper. The lat
ter should be defeated at almost any cost. San
Francisco cannot afford TO have so worthless
fellow represent them in Congress
Yours. etc, G.. Z. HUNTINGTON.
THAT oDIoUs DEMAGoGUE
NEW YORK, June ~ 1876 Friend Cotton:
Washington But while they may bite us they
will not eat us up. SheTel tClcgraphed me 20
come to Washington in great haste as Lawrence
was 10 pass his bill at once, so j went over and
got the committee to recall IL from the House
back TO the committee, so the demagogue from
Ohio cannot trouble us before the 9th OF July.
Yours truly, G.. Z. HUNTINGTON,
BAIT FOR DEMAGoGUEs TO NIBBLE.
NEW YORK, June "A, 1s76--Friend Cotton:
L am doing all j can to have the Gov
eminent take G,OOO 600 acres or land and give the
railroad company credit for SIS, COO. but the
prospect of their doing II Is not a. bright as
Wish it was / wsrh You would have the news
papers take the ground that this land ought to
be taken by the Government and held for the
people, so thai when they wanted IL they could
have il, etc. Something that the demagogucs can
vote and work for. Letting the Government
take the lands now at $3.50 an acre TO pay debt
due them, say in twenty years, is not more than
say 81 would be put In sinking fund at 6 per
cent, interest compounded each six months.
Yours truly, G. =. HUNTINGTON.
THE COMPLIANT ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK, July 8, 1870. - Friend Cotton:
Yours of the sd and Goth, Nos. l73 and ia, are
received. l am glad TO learn that the outlook
for the coming year is so good rs IL will help Us
to some of the money to do some OF the many
things that We ou2ht 10 do. Our payments for
materials this month and next will be very large,
and you will need to send all the money you
well can.
have recoived a tejeorarn that I mnst come IN