Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-20
c. +. Huntington interviewed in Pari
on Some Sensational Stories.

c. +. Huntington Interviewed in Paris
on Some Sensational Stories.
PARIS, September l9,b.-Tbe railway,
magnate, c. P. Huntington. has returned
| 70 Paris from business visit 10 Germany
| Referring to rumors of his adopted daug6-
| ters engagement TO Prince Hat-feldt he
said: The New York newspapers are
| having an immense amount of trouble try
i ing to settle whether my daughter is or il
not engaged to Prince Hatzfel5t one
might imagine that it was something nm
usual Tor an American girl to get married,
| It's easy TO see that the iOurnslisriC season
| is dull but of all the absurd things have
! seen printed, the most absurd is the ssnsa-
| uonal account Of the manner in which
| am supposed 10 have broken of this match
| The story is elaborated with detail which
! DO great credit to the writers. iblsgina-
| tions. Once for all / should like fn state
| that l have not broken of any malcb be-
tween my daughter and Prince HatzfeI5t
! for the good and sufficient reason that no
! such match ever existed. The yOurr cen
| tleman has been lavish enough with his
| attentions, nor is there very much reason
| to doubt the character of them, but il takes
! two people to make bargain, sometimes
| three, and neither my daughter nor myself
| have made up our minds what TO think of
| this TeutoniC nobleman
| OF course, we Americans are rather dis
| posed to turn up our noses at people who
| travel about on the strength of unearued
| titles. We like to know what man has
| done or can do; not what his father or
great grandfather did for him. Nv own
family dates right back to the Norman
conquest, but that never troubles me. fl
| can't get glory for what l am myself. will
| go without glory.
Now, l don't mean to find any fault
with Mr.. Hatzfeldt for being prince.
have met him, and think him verv pleas
| ant young man, as young men 90. They
| tell me he has been extravagant, lost money
| on the turf etc, but pretty much all youa.s
men do that sort OF thing nowadays. In
my time it was different We believed in
old-fsshioned, homely virtues, and indus
try, economy, and so on; but according to
the code otto day, Prince Hatzfedt is man
OF homer and au accomplished gentleman.
l Will even admit that my opinion OF him
is at present vastly better than was the case
when | left home But none of this is eny
! reason why he should necessarily become
my son-in-law-that Is question ! have
not yet considered seriously. shall get to
1t in due time, but propose to take my
time.
My purpose in coming to Europe was
quite other than that of deciding
whether my daughter should become a
princess. l have enormous business in
| terests on the Continent which for the
present require my close and undivided at
| tention. You may, therefore. deny abso-
lutely all the silly stories l have referred
! to. No match has been made, and conse-
! quently none has been broken off have
not refused to pay the Princes debts, be-
cause | know nothing about his debts and
! have no reason to do so. Whether there
may one of those days be closer rela-
| tiOnship between the Prince and nv
! daughter and myself will depend on va
rious things, but for the present neither he
! nor she nor |, nor any one else, except, of
| course, the sensational scribbiers Of GER
/ tain New York dailies, can say anything
| definite on the subject
| In conversation with Mr.. Huntington on
other subjects he cOntrasted American rail-
ways with those of Europe, TO the great
disadvantage Of the latter. He mas no
doubt that the United States can get up an
international exhibition, either in 1892 or
any other time, which will discount any
thing the world has ever seen. He is CON
yinced that American engineers can, if
they want to, build an Eiffel tower mile
high, which will last 1000 years, this
being simply u matter of enlargiug the
base He does not approve OF gambling in
any form, either at cards or on the stock
exchange He made his money without
that, ana is forced 20 admit that the men
OF the present generation, princes included,
are sorry lot