Evening star., 1896-02-21
MILLIONS DIVIDED
The Central Pacific Railroad and the
Big Four.
Mr.. HUNfINGTON'S INTERESTING STORY
Shares Received by Stanford. Hop
kIns, Crocker and Himself.
[R. HUNTINGTON'S INTERESTING STORY
PROUD OF HIS ENEMIES

The Senate committee on Pacific railroads
was i'm session today with Mr.. Huntington
still On the stand and Senator Morgan act
Ing as interrogator-in-chef. The Inquiry
was continued on the lines of the report
made 10y the Pattison commission. Mr..
Huntington asserted that many or the
statements made in the report were the re-
suit of mere street talk in San Francisco
! He was asked if it was true - was stated
in the late Senator Stanfofd'e testimony
before that commission, that Huntlnst ID,
Stanford, Hopkins and Crocker had each
| received s13.Gn.oD In stock after the com
pleiion of the Central Pacific. and replied
! that this statem.n mt did not accord with his
recollection. The four had received sia,-
| 053"oo in stock in the aggregate. AMI it
had been divided equally.
Senator Morgan pressed the inquiry in
regard to the destruction of the books OF
the Contract and Finance Company and
quoteI tha statements of witnesses who
had told the PattiSon commission that the
books Were then in existence. Mr.. Hunt
ington declared they were not. and said
the witnesses who had given this iest-
mo9y were not reliable.
Are you," asked Senator Morgan. "in-
different to public opinion"
Il am satisfied" Mr.. Huntington replied,
IF. one man thinks well of me, md that is
{. p. Huntingdon"
Large Dividends ID. clmreL.
Mr.. Huntington said IN reply to ques.
tons that the Central Pacific had paid div
idends to its stockholders for several
years after its completion, and that ac-
coldns to his recollection the four prin-
cipal stockholders, himself. Stanford,
Crocker and Hopkins. had each received
about $2.ooo.g1 as dividends. These diyi-
dends Were. he declared, legitimate and
in no way forced.
Speaking of the San Francisco mass
meeting on January Is last, at which a
strong memorial % Congress against the
Huntington management was adopted. and
at winch II was said there were l3stD
people, Mr.. Huntington declared that there
were only ffty-two persons there.
The committee adjourned until next FRI
day TO give M. Huntington an orportun-
lty 10 examine the Patterson report. with
The view of making his statement Oh the
points developed in this document.
Proud of His Enemies.
Senator Morgan remarked that he want
ed TO give Huntington an opport tuniiy 10
answer the aspersions cast upon him. hut
Mr. Huntington replied that it would take
one hundred years to reply TO all that his
enemies had said of him.
nave great many enemies" he said,
ana Snl proud Of them, for have al
ways hewed TO the line, and where there.
We're hngers In the way they were pr, ;ty
sure to be cut
He said that while he was satisfied thar
the Pattison commission had done the hest
II could, he still regarded il as SO MANY
words thrown into the air. and ne was SAT-
ished that the public at large would Judge
nim by the work he had done rather than
hy the reports put out against him. Sena-
tor Morgan told Mr. Huntington. in r.niy 10
tfis, that he felt confident that Conpr ass
would accept the statements made 10y the
commission unless he could refute tnera
MI Huntington promised to read the ,,.-
pert ana make mis- reply at the next sitting