The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-06

to Gen. Cotton November 20, 1874;
This coming session Of congress will be COM
posed of the hungriest set Of men that evergot
| will do.
Again, April 10, 1878;
This congress is nothing but an agrarian The
afterwards explains that he meant anarchistic)
| camp, the worst body OF men that ever got to-
gether in this country.
On June 20. 1873, he wrote:
think in all the worlds history never be-
| fore was such wild set of demagogues hon
ored by the name OF congress.
CONGRESSIONAL INeRArrUDE
In testifying about his Washington expert
ences Testimony pages 1854, 3765l, Mr.. Hunt
ington said
knew was right and beloved that nearly
| every member of congress knew 1t as well as
aid and yet continued to abuse us, hoping
thereby to advance their. own selfish interests.
When he called congress anarchistic, he said
that he spoke so because he twas tired and
vexed with thousand and one annoyances
caused by men who ought to have given us
vote OF thanks instead of injuriug us and our
property as they did" A little afterwards he
repeated this pathetic statement:
irequen ly go very much annoyed at the
| 1ngratitude of congress.
| Then, in reply to question of the commits
| sion he said once more:
| There were thousand thinqs that annoved
| me, but what annoyed most was that the
representatives of the people It Washington
should fail to recognise the great work thatwe
had done for the country.
| Hunger, anarchism, demagogery 1.-THE devil
| knows what" this much-enduring man could
suffer The private fortune of some $40 O0O.-
| 600 which he had gained, he could endure.
| But ingrattude too much for him. as it
was for the late c. ]. Cesar.
| Irgratitude, more strong than traitors arms
| Quite vanqufsh'd him.
| Now i'll all this there is one curious circum-
stance. Mr.. Huntingtons ground high
| He paid money for votes and forbade his
people to do. Neither would he use or have
used any but proper influences. The only
| thing he would do or have done was to explain.
Now the fellows that he found in congress
knew all about this; and why on earth
should they have showed them
selves hungry and anarchistic and on to
| him? They did't want explanations and they
knew he had nothing else for them. How is it
that they could have tormented and dis
gusted him? If they had attacked him for
| money he would have felt such feelings. Per
haps it was because he knew about the afro
cities of that b ibing Scott, or perhaps solue
wicked subordinates of his had violated
his orders and he h ad found it out.
PROPER INFLUENCES.
Some OF Mr.. Huntingtop's letters to General
Cotton squint horribly towards ex city such
money payments Mr.. Huntington had re-
probated and forbidden, because that is not
right" They suggest melancholy ideas OF
what he meant by ''proper influences" He
wrote to Gen. Cotton, Nov. 8, 1877:
1 do not think we can get any legislation this
session for extension of lana grants unless we
| pay more for 1t than it is worth.
On November 49, 1877, he wrote
If we are not hurt this s.ion it will be be-
| cause we pay much money to prevent it.
Again on January II, 1876:
1t cost money to fix things so that would
| know his bill, viz, Scotts Texas and Pacific
railroad bill, would not pass | believe that
| with $4,000 can pass our bill.
In his testimony before the commission
| (p 3695) he was asked whether he would
think it improper TO pay member of congress
for preparing statement of facts and figures
to establish proposition in which the Central
Pacific company had an interest He was not
! sure. He replied:
should want to think of that il such case
| should arise. l always like to get re best men
10 40 any n ,ns .h ave 'c co no
| it very carefully and then should act accord
| ing TO the best of my judgment.
Which meant, apparently, that he would
| pay money to a member of congress to do
work for the Central Pacific railroad provided
the member we're smart enough for tho pur
| poses OF the road.
COTTON LETTERS REVELATIONS.
Every now and then along the whole line of
800 or 400 letters of the Cotton correspondence
! items and references crop out which seem to
| imply payments of money such as Mr.. Hunt
ington expressly denied making aud forbade
to "all my people, Perhaps the most sur.
prising of these is the purchase for $3.50. 900
from John p. Jones, now senator from Nevada,
| OF the senator's railroad in California. Mr..
Huntington "did not want it at any price"
deter of April 90, 1870; but he made the
offer "because we want HIM e. Jones-to
| help us wi h our sinking fund bill in con-
gress." Another letter, May z 1877, shows
| that the explanation" made to Senator Jones
was successful. Mr. Huntington says OH that
| date
Jones is very good natured now. and we need
his help in congress very much. and have no
| doubt we shall have it.
September 81, 1873, Mr. Huntington wrote
to General Cotton that he wanted franchise
for one or roads through Arizona we
controlling, but having it in tho name of
other party" to use against Scott. And he
| continues:
| Arizona) call the legis ature together and grant
snch charters as we want at cost OF say
much money to us.
| MYSTERIOUS PAYMENTS.
The accountants of the commission prepared
q document exhibit W, testimony, etc.. pages
47o3 to 479s), with this significant headiag:
list of amounts of cash, stock, bonds, etc,
which have been expended or paid ont by the
| Central Pacific Railroad company, whether for
| lawful or unlawful purposes, but for (which
| sufficient and detailed vouchers have not been
| given.
This list covered about "a years. 1S63-166S,
| including the "explanations' OF Messrs. Fran
| chot and Sheriff.. The annual amounts vary
| from $lS,S6O in 1873 up to 1885, 32O64 in
| 1873. The total for tho "a years is is 81 $751;
| 355.67. The amounts OF these payments, the
dates and the names to which they are charged
| are give in detail.
| 1t is impossible to ascertain what this money
was paid for or in whose hands it finally
/ landed Unless Mr. Huntington swore falsely,
however we know what over 81 600, 900 of the
total was not used for. That is the amount
which passed through his hands He swore
up and down that mono of it was used to buy
votes or to exert improper Influences
HUNTINGTON foRGETFUL.
| Mr.. Huntington accounted for some of these
untouched money payments on his explana.
ton" theory by saying that he or his chief lob
byist employed people to go and talk with con-
gressmen in favor of any given measure.
| Asked for the names of such people," he
could not remember any except those of two
or three lobbyists already notorious. Asked
how many such "people" he had employed, he
| said "a good many" Asked II as many as forty
| -. eftp ,a avoided a direct answer Oulv saw.