The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-20
PRINCE HATZFELDT.
An Interview with C. 2. Hunting
ton Concerning Him.
PURCHASING SILVER FOR COINAGE
What Secretary WINDOWS Practice VIII be
Assistant Secretary misunderstanding
Tracy and the Charleston.

Especial 10 THE HERAID--Examlner Dlspateh'l
PARIS, Sept. 19.-[Cable to the New York
Herald MFR. C. P. Huntington, the Amer
lean railroad maguate, returned to PARIS
yesterday from a business visit IN Ger
many. He seemed to be in the best posi-
bile health and spirits when called on him
at the Hotel Bristol. Referring to the ru
u1ors of his adopted daughters engagement
TO Prince Hatzfeldt, he said:
The New York newspapers are having
an immense amount of trouble trying TO
settle whether my daughter is or is not en-
gagged TO Prince Hatzfeldt. One might
imagine it is something unusual for au
American girl to get married. tits easy to
see that the journalistic season is dull, but
of all the absurd things have seen printed
the most absurd is the sensational account
Of the manner in which l am supposed to
have broken off this match. The story is
elaborated with detail which does great
credit to the writer's imagination. once
Tor all, l should like to state that l have
not broken off any match between my
daughter and Prince Hatzfeldt, for the
good and sufficient reason that no such
match ever existed.
THE Young gentleman has been lavish
enough with attentions, nor is there very
much reason to doubt the character of his
intentions, but it takes two people to make
bargain, sometimes three, and neither my
daughter nor myself have decided
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 unearned
titles: we like to know what man has
done or can do. not what his father or
1F,4l ,,a a For Nj
family dates right back to the Norman con
quest, but that never troubles me. If
can't get glory for what am myself, will
20 without glory.
Now l don't mean to find any fault with
Mr.. Hatzfeldt for being prince. l have
met him and think him a very pleasant
young man, as young men go. They tell
re he has been eXtravagant and that he has
lost money on the turf, etc, but pretty
l.uch all young men do that sort of thing
nowadays. In my time it was different.
We believed in the Gld-fashiOned homely
virtues in industry economy and so on,
out according to the code of to-day, Prince
Hatzfeldt is man of honor and an accom-
Dlished gentleman. Twill even admit that
ny opinion of hin at present is vastly
oetter than was the case when / left home,
A-9ut none of this is any reason why he
should necessarily become my sOn-in-law.
That is a question I have not yet con
Sidered seriously, | shall get to 1t III due
time, but propose to take my time.
MY purpose IN coming to Europe was
quite other thanV deciding whether my
laughter should become princess. lhaye
enormous business interests on the cont
uent, which for the present, require my
close and undivided attention. You may
therefore deny absolutely all the silly
stories l have referred to. No match has
Deen made, and consequently none has been
broken off. l have not refused to pay the
princes debts, because | know nothing
about his debts ndhave no reason to do so
Whether there may one of these days be q
closer relationship between the prince and
NY daughter and myself, will depend on
various things, but for the present neither
ne, nor she, nor 1, nor anyone can say any
thing definite on the subject."
Mr.. Huntington went on to talk on
various other subjects. He contrasted
American railways with those of Europe
% the great disadvantage of the latter. He
lad no doubt that the United States can
yet up an international exhibition either
n 1892 or any other time which will dis
count anything the world has ever seen.
He is convinced that American engineers
cuu, il they want to, build an Eiffel tower
"a mile high. which will last 1000 years,
SGis being simply n matter of enlarging
our base. He does not approve OF gamb
ing in any form, either at cards or on the
D. stock exchange. He made his money with
out that and is forced to admit that the
Young men of the present generation
princes included, are a sorry lot